mashed potato-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mashed potato-y
form: most mashed potato-y
Etymology: From mashed potato + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The rosemary in the potato cake leapt off the plate—mashed potato-y inside and crisped on the outside, with an herbaceous perfume.
ref: 2012 May–June, Debra Cornwell, “Lot 12 Public House”, in Around the Panhandle, Martinsburg, W.V.: Hornby Publishing LLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023; republished in Valley Homes & Style, Martinsburg, W.V.: Valley Publishing, LLC, 2014 February–March, page 40:
text: Two steaming bowls, already filled with savory lamb stew topped with clouds of mashed potatoes, sat on the table. Both the aroma of the meal and the evening sun glancing through the window warmed the room. Snatching a spoon from the table, Finn started shoveling food into his mouth even before his bottom hit the chair. / “So what are we doing later?” he asked in a mashed potato-y tone of voice.
ref: 2014, Darby Karchut, Gideon’s Spear (The Adventures of Finn MacCullen; 2), Contoocook, N.H.: Spencer Hill Press, →ISBN, page 132:
text: The Option, a veggie burger supposedly including two deep fried portobello mushrooms bore no resemblance to the overflowing online photo and seemed more like cremini mushrooms or a small portobello, with some weird mashed potato-y topping.
ref: 2015 April 1, Alan Kellogg, “Good burgers, but not quite divine”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., page E2, column 6:
text: I like the flavors involved here (especially the pickled onion) -- no, surprise, given chef Devin Ziemann's talent for combining flavors on a burger -- but the texture doesn't really work for me. The patty/square I tried had a texture that sort of mashed potato-y. I'd like something with a bit more body.
ref: 2015 October 23, Greg Dahlmann, “These burgers have no meat (and that's OK)”, in All Over Albany, Albany, N.Y.: Uptown/Downtown Media LLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2015:
text: The generous order contained fries of all lengths and degrees of crunchy. Some were soft and yielded mashed potato-y goodness; others were crunchy wonders.
ref: 2017 October 13, Nancy Nichols, “French Fry-Day: Wingstop”, in D Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2017:
text: Mouth smeared with mashed potatoes, drumming her fork on the high chair, she was gawking about the room when the weight of Tom’s bemused attention drew from her a warm, mashed potato-y smile.
ref: 2018, James Gallant, Whatever Happened to Ohio?, Apollo Beach, Fla.: Battered Suitcase Press:
text: What really sealed the deal for me was that Little Kitchen serves my favorite kind of French fry! Thick crust, not shy on salt, mashed potato-y in the middle, and paired with a blended margarita.
ref: 2021 March 11, Celina Garcia, “[Santa Barbara’s Burger Week Is Back] Little Kitchen: The LK Burger”, in Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, Calif., archived from the original on 11 Mar 2021:
text: According to Brittany North, Beargrease vice president, the trails were looking a little "mashed potato-y" on Monday, Jan. 23, but she remained optimistic for the weekend conditions.
ref: 2023 January 25, Laura Butterbrodt, “All you need to know about this weekend's Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in Duluth”, in The Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn.: Forum Communications Company, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of mashed-potatoey.