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Re: Smash was Re: The Saharan page (was: Basque article)

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Friday, August 13, 1999, 1:36
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:

> There was a restaurant chain in this area that started offering smashed > potatoes a couple of years ago. It seemed a bit gimmicky, as my mother > has been making mashed potatoes this way for years. Perhaps this usage > has only just made it to NZ? >
I think I may have come across the term on this list and introduced it to my household. I peel potatoes only occasionally before cooking them so I'm quited used to it and pleased to have a description for it. I don't know if I have come across any other sources of the word.
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- andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz Jesus is working out his salvation; he is about halfway there.