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    Mashed Potatoes Cooking Cartoon

    November 5, 2007 by G. Stephen Jones 62 Comments

    Cooking Cartoon about Cooking Mashed PotatoesMashed Potatoes Cartoon

    I asked my readers to come up with a good caption for this cartoon. There were so many good ones but I decided on this one because of its play on words. I must have thought of the idea for this cartoon around Thanksgiving when we have lots of friends and family over for a big meal with lots of mashed spuds. Someone suggested the Reluctant Gourmet is holding a whisk in his hand and that would making mashing the potatoes quite difficult but it is not a whisk but a masher.

    You may also enjoy my post called What's the best recipe for mashed potatoes? and Secrets to Mashed Potatoes.

    did I create this time."


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    Comments

    1. Connie Barbour

      November 05, 2007 at 7:22 pm

      "An 'A-peeling' man is worth his weight in gold.

      Please try not to groan too loud! 🙂

      Reply
    2. susan bertelsen

      November 05, 2007 at 7:23 pm

      Spud smasher for the masses.

      Reply
    3. Peggy Tindle

      November 05, 2007 at 7:24 pm

      Time to get smashed!!! Pass the bottle.

      Reply
    4. Bobby Harr

      November 05, 2007 at 7:34 pm

      Mashing grapes last Fall was easier than this!

      Reply
    5. Gautam Raja

      November 05, 2007 at 7:36 pm

      Next week on Kitchen Bods: lemon squeezers for powerful forearms!

      Reply
    6. Amy Shaman

      November 05, 2007 at 7:36 pm

      Recipe calls for 50 lbs. of potatoes... too bad it's only me and the spouse this year!

      Reply
    7. Steve Robey

      November 05, 2007 at 7:39 pm

      1.Dagnabbit, I knew I should have hired that cement mixer.

      2. Why can’t they have fish and chips like the Brits?

      3. I know that jar of nutmeg is in here somewhere!

      Reply
    8. Linda

      November 05, 2007 at 7:39 pm

      "Hubba Bubba, toil and trouble"

      Reply
    9. Greg

      November 05, 2007 at 7:41 pm

      Double, double toil and trouble;
      Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
      In the cauldron boil and bake;
      Eye of newt and toe of frog,
      Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

      Reply
    10. Nari Soundarrajan

      November 05, 2007 at 7:54 pm

      I say, this election year, some candidates would like don your cap and mash up all their hot potatoes!

      Reply
    11. Hallie Ruth McGonigal

      November 05, 2007 at 7:55 pm

      LOTS OF 'POTATS' YOU SAY? WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY GRAVY POTS!

      Reply
    12. Fran

      November 05, 2007 at 8:00 pm

      Great way to get out my aggressions and also have a great dish!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    13. Jay Coffman

      November 05, 2007 at 8:02 pm

      John mashed his potatoes blissfully unaware that the peelings were conspiring with the garbage disposal to clog up at the most inopportune time possible...

      Reply
    14. Dick

      November 05, 2007 at 8:12 pm

      Just like my Navy KP day's!

      Reply
    15. JP

      November 05, 2007 at 8:22 pm

      Honey, I think I got ripped off....I don't see any gold in 'dim dar taters!!!

      Reply
    16. Chip

      November 05, 2007 at 8:33 pm

      Hi, Emeril here. Potatos. Mashed. Thansgiving. YAM, YAM

      Reply
    17. Faith

      November 05, 2007 at 8:50 pm

      The only job I'm allowed to do for Thanksgiving... Every year...

      Reply
    18. rgt

      November 05, 2007 at 8:50 pm

      Just thankfull for having so much to share with our family and friends.
      Happy Holidays

      Reply
    19. jennifer mann

      November 05, 2007 at 9:02 pm

      Annual Monday Night football spouse permission fee...

      Reply
    20. Heather

      November 05, 2007 at 9:31 pm

      It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Spud Man!

      Reply
    21. Sally Ryan

      November 05, 2007 at 10:42 pm

      "There's enough starch in this bowl of potatoes to make every one of my relatives as stiff as a board."

      Reply
    22. Sabina

      November 05, 2007 at 10:54 pm

      ! Get in here I'm mashing potatoes!

      Reply
    23. peter sheehan

      November 05, 2007 at 11:02 pm

      Gee There seems to be a lot to mash for 2 people!!!!!!

      Reply
    24. jmc

      November 05, 2007 at 11:08 pm

      I should have been more reluctant when I volunteered for this duty!

      Reply
    25. Tommy

      November 05, 2007 at 11:40 pm

      Now you tell me only TWO coming to Night

      Reply
    26. Juan

      November 05, 2007 at 11:54 pm

      Imagine the Tat - abilities
      Yu - kon do it
      "a mashing gold old time"

      Reply
    27. Liz

      November 06, 2007 at 12:34 am

      Hey honey, how about 'bobbing for potatoes' this year? Or, a potato hunt . . . or spud-o-lanterns . . . . . ???

      Reply
    28. Susan

      November 06, 2007 at 12:52 am

      "So many potatoes, so little time"

      Reply
    29. Carl

      November 06, 2007 at 1:15 am

      The bigger the pot, the worse the mess....

      Reply
    30. Kristen

      November 06, 2007 at 2:21 am

      Your Thanksgiving workout begins and ends with Potatoes.
      Pump-up the volume, Pump-up the volume,
      5 mashes with the right, 5 mashes with the left.
      Rest and repeat 'til it's ready to eat

      Reply
    31. PERRY BARBEE

      November 06, 2007 at 2:36 am

      NEXT YEAR I THINK WE WIILL GO TO DENNY'S
      HAVE A GREAT & SAFE THANKSGIVING MERRY CHRISTMAS

      Reply
    32. Chef Jimbo

      November 06, 2007 at 4:16 am

      Can we talk? I really think Mashed Potatoes are a BAD idea! I'm thinking some nice rice would be A Good Thing!

      Reply
    33. cathy

      November 06, 2007 at 6:53 am

      "Double double toil and trouble"!

      Reply
    34. Dave Clark

      November 06, 2007 at 9:50 am

      1. It's the Monster Mash
      2. Hi, I'm your common-tator for this po-tater special
      3. Strike it rich with the best of yukon gold!
      4. Is your spud detector going off yet?
      5. The eyes have it - It's delicious!

      Reply
    35. Helen Dyson

      November 06, 2007 at 1:30 pm

      …. Honey…. my parents called… they’re bringing the Smithsons with them… I told them you wouldn’t mind doing a bit extra!

      Reply
    36. Amy Knox

      November 06, 2007 at 3:54 pm

      1. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to regret his decision to invite "extended family" to Thanksgiving dinner.
      2. Next on Reluctant Gourmet's To-Do List: Search Internet for leftover mashed potato recipes.
      3. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to realize why the cookbook discouraged quadrupling the mashed potato recipe.

      Reply
    37. Cindy Stegner

      November 06, 2007 at 4:00 pm

      I really struck gold..Yukon gold that is...

      Reply
    38. Vic Ramos

      November 06, 2007 at 4:46 pm

      "Idaho Moves..."

      Reply
    39. Dawn Portelli

      November 06, 2007 at 5:45 pm

      Honey, I said it's only my family this Thanksgiving not yours!

      Reply
    40. Jonathan Mintz

      November 06, 2007 at 6:04 pm

      . I thought the wife said, "when I see him, I see a S-T-U-D"....

      Reply
    41. Steve

      November 06, 2007 at 7:15 pm

      "One potato, two potato, three hundred potatoes more!"

      Reply
    42. Providence Desilets

      November 06, 2007 at 8:30 pm

      All this mashing is giving me a potato elbow............

      Reply
    43. Bill Hoppe

      November 07, 2007 at 1:17 am

      HONEY!? You said your Mom loves mashed potatoes, RIGHT!

      Reply
    44. Jess

      November 07, 2007 at 9:29 am

      Yum...Yum...smell so delicious!
      My super duper mashed potato almost finish.

      Reply
    45. JK

      November 07, 2007 at 5:41 pm

      Kind of reminds me of my army days.

      Reply
    46. Gail

      November 07, 2007 at 6:42 pm

      A way to a man's soul is by cooking mashed potatoes with Yukan Gold.

      Reply
    47. Gail

      November 07, 2007 at 6:44 pm

      You say "Potatoe" I say "Potata" add one more tater I say "Notta"

      Reply
    48. Tan

      November 07, 2007 at 7:27 pm

      Spudtacular here!
      Frakecrashed
      Fried, Baked, Creamed or Mashed?
      Which will it be?
      Peel me and see.
      Happy Thanksgiving!

      Reply
    49. LJM

      November 07, 2007 at 7:41 pm

      Turkey Day Spud Stud

      Reply
    50. jennifer mann

      November 07, 2007 at 7:42 pm

      i will not forget our anniversary again. i will not forget our anniversay again. i will not.....

      Reply
    51. Tanya M.

      November 07, 2007 at 8:18 pm

      Got Spuds?

      Reply
    52. Cheryl Ziemann

      November 08, 2007 at 1:03 am

      Oh boy, I hope I have enough Tupperware.

      Reply
    53. Cheryl Ziemann

      November 08, 2007 at 1:05 am

      This is the last time I buy anything from the school fundraiser. I think I would be easier to just give them a check.

      Reply
    54. jenn

      November 08, 2007 at 8:21 pm

      Every cook's got to take his lumps.

      Reply
    55. Jackie

      November 09, 2007 at 12:32 am

      "Irving, anything leftover we'll use to make latkes on Hanukah!"

      Reply
    56. Jerry

      November 09, 2007 at 1:07 am

      A little of this, a little of that. I can name it later!

      Reply
    57. Cloretta

      November 09, 2007 at 3:51 pm

      Should I have told the person in charge of this soup kitchen that I’m allergic to potatoes?

      Reply
    58. Sspencer Petete

      November 09, 2007 at 8:18 pm

      Tater Tater in the pot
      Next Novenber I think not

      Reply
    59. Barbara the barber

      November 12, 2007 at 12:13 am

      " the last time I made these, hardly anyone got sick!!!"

      Reply
    60. Sue Shaffer

      November 13, 2007 at 2:57 pm

      My mashed potatoes are SO "a-peeling"!

      Reply
    61. jennifer mann

      November 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm

      The exhausted gourmet
      Mr Potato Head
      uber tuber
      pulp friction

      Reply
    62. ghggh

      November 18, 2008 at 8:09 am

      very good!!!

      Reply

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