Mafiascum.net

this is the king matchup. gnocchi and potato salad rock.

hasselback

GNOCCHI

I'm going to act like I actually know what these are (but really by tastes just suck, so I'll vote on based on their images, which is all I can really do unless someone comes here and forces me to do a blind taste test)

Tator to

Gnocchi

VOTE: (4) Tater Tots
VOTE: (10) Gnocchi

This is a vote based on the picture. I have never tried any of the 4 foods before

Gnocchi is disgusting

btw haschel, thank you for not straight up classifying gnocchi as a dumpling. I really hate when people say it’s a dumpling because I have a very strict definition of what is classified as a dumpling (a la the “what is a sandwich” argument, but for dumplings. I am a dumpling purist).

VOTE: Tater tots
VOTE: Gnocchi

PASTA TIME

- ah, deep frying. Is there nothing it can't solve?
- no contest. Potato salad nauseates me; gnocchi is tasty.

VOTE: Tots
VOTE: Salad

Hasselback looks like so much prepwork, and I ain't got the time for that when I want tasty taters.

Gnocchi is *fine* but it also has a weird texture, and there's so many different ways to make potato salad, and I like versatility.

In post 35, xofelf wrote:

Tots

Hasselback looks like so much prepwork, and I ain't got the time for that when I want tasty taters.

Salad

Gnocchi is *fine* but it also has a weird texture, and there's so many different ways to make potato salad, and I like versatility.

Next time you visit I'm making you a Hasselback potato.

I'll hold you to that.

I'm honestly not a huge fan of tater tots, like they're ok but there are superior forms of fried potato.

Not even close. Gnocchi is amazing and potato salad can rot.

In post 35, xofelf wrote:Salad Gnocchi is *fine* but it also has a weird texture, and there's so many different ways to make potato salad, and I like versatility.

exactly my reasoning. w/ the added bit of..i haven't really had gnocchi that often but everytime i do, it's with a pesto sauce and i'm not into that either.

Sorry for going over deadline; will count votes when I get home from work.

It's a close one, but gnocchi advances. Tater Tots doesn't disappoint and moves on as well.

Next we have and !


Baked potatoes are fluffy, warm, and can be customized by a variety of "fixins".


Latkes are a traditional Jewish dish and they are basically a delightful potato pancake.

In the other matchup...

Potatoes Au Gratin, also known as scalloped potatoes, are made with cheese and a layer of breadcrumbs on top.


Potato skins are a classic appetizer, loaded with many of the same "fixins" as a baked potato but designed for snacking.

I'm only voting if necessary to break ties, but potatoes au gratin are by far my least favorite dish in the entire bracket.

VOTE: Latkes - pancakes are yummy. Again, if it has to be saved by the extras, I'm not counting it.
VOTE: Potato skins - because consistency is overrated. And in this case, I think both have to be saved by their extras.

Why did you seed them so high then?

Anyway I like them.

Pretty easy choice. Baked potatoes are just a bit dull? I know you can have fixins, but to me I'm grading the potato itself, and really, I probably just want to eat the fixins and I'm using the potato as a conduit for them. Also latkes are just delightful

Extremely close for me because I love both. Au gratin is just an incredibly solid side dish, though, and skins are really just a better version of the baked potato because you have less of the potato to contend with and some of the fixins are baked in. They are really good though, I'm going to submit this now before I change my mind

VOTE: Baked potatoes
VOTE: au gratin

In post 45, Skelda wrote:Why did you seed them so high then?

Because I know a lot of other people like them for some reason. Bracketology isn't an exact science, but I still try to not just make things up based on my own biases. Bracketology isn't .

baked is the ultimate potato

basically a baked potato but crisper at the expense sustenance. Also au gratin sucks.

latkes? idk
gratin. duh