Potatoes can just do one…! yeah, chips etc..but mash is rubbish. Roasties are just a bit ‘meh’, and gnocchi..who’s got time for gnocchi…??

I like bread, but not massively into it…

For me it would be a tight tie up between rice and pasta….

However, I think in teh end, PASTA would win.. soo yummy on its own or with a sauce..
Bolognese..lasagne… mmm

DrP

(Now, a big spanner in teh works is PIZZA…. does that count?)

Beer

Chips…. Smothered in salt and vinegar.

I used to think potatoes were boring until I stopped eating them. Mash is amazing, but a really good baked spud is incredible. Same for bread.

Rice and pasta are what I could do without.

Garlic bread.

Rice for me!

Potatoes.

Gnocchi is pasta.

You think that rice and pasta are better carbs than bread or chips? Are you out of your mind? If thats the case, then how do you explain this? Eh?

Exhibit A, your honour… the ultimate in carbs…

So it has to be one of the above. I’m favouring the chips

Rice.

Carries curry
Carries chill
Carries fried rice
Sushi

Or just a bit of soy.

Pasta is the first against the wall.

Heart says taters

Head says rice

Zep says chips

Ice-cream

Mash is amazing, but a really good baked spud is incredible.

have you ever tried mash made with baked pototoes?

Roasties are just a bit ‘meh’,

they can be amazing if you make them amazing. A plate of boiled rice or plain pasta would be meh. Potatoes roasted in lemon juice and ton of oregano steaming and sticky straight out of the oven is amazeballs.

I think you have to craft rice and pasta into being nice – they’re just an armature to hang other flavours off. But pototoes only need the right nudge to be delicious in their own right

having said that…. I mostly eat pasta

Spuds.
Looking forward to corned beef hash later.

Toss up between potatoes and bread.
A good loaf is a thing of beauty, but I think potatoes edge it.
And anyone who things mash is rubbish needs to serious look at their cooking skills. Mash done well is one of the true wonders of the food world.

Gnocchi is pasta.

Ok.. POTATO Gnocchi…y’know..the potato dumpling thing!

DrP

Rice.

Carries curry
Carries chill

Chili is nice on its own, with a few more beans. Available in the US a bit runnier as chili soup.

Curry can be eaten with chickpeas or other pulses in it and still be good.

So rice can be done without.

maccruiskeen
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have you ever tried mash made with baked pototoes?

You evil genius, im SO trying that.

Hmmmmm. Initially I thought pasta, but as a foodstuff on its own it’s a bit of a one trick pony.

I think my vote would go to the potato…so many cooking options compared to pasta or rice.

Pizza

Tatties.

Canny beat a tattie scone

Beans on …. oh, bugger

Mikuni

Pasta for me – no other choice although rice would be a close second.

Potatoes for me. Life without fish & chips would be dismal.

I could quite easily give up pasta.

fascinating thread, might check back in later to see how it develops

Potatoes for sure, and if you think gnocchi is rubbish then try roasting them with sausages

Bread. Naan for curries, seeded bap for cheese, focaccia. Can fry to go with your brekkie.
Can still make a pizza.

Rice, meh. Pasta, meh. I eat both today, but neither are taste explosions like you can get with bread.

Spuds close run second place – for chips and roasties.

Toss up between potatoes and bread.

Bit Niche…

Although I probably eat more bread based foods (too many), and more rice, I think if I could only have one type of carb for ever more it would probably be pasta, I just prefer it…

Slightly off topic if you were only allowed ONE food item to eat forever but the correct answer should be potato as it is one of the few foods that provides almost everything you need to survive. meat, rice, corn etc only provide some of what you need.

I learnt this during a Diversity Training course explaining why diversity in the team is often more important that getting the exact right person.

If you are put on a desert island with only one food source you should choose potato as it is definitely the best for the job.
If you are then allowed a second choice some logic might say choose potato again because it is still the best for the job. Maybe a different variety of potato.
Same for third, fourth and fifth choice.

Makes sense to choose different food stuffs. Same when building your team.

Bread. Decent sourdough or just quality, crusty loaf.

Those who are not sure about mash are doing it wrong. You need x1 part butter for x2 part spuds.

Is this Brexit related? I didn’t know the negotiations were going *that* badly

Potatoes. Mash, roasties, chips, baker, crisps, rosti, dauphinoise, Hasselbank. Nom.

Next question: you can eat only one animal ever again, what is it?
For me, pig. Pork chops, ribs, belly, sausage, bacon, pork mince, black pudding, brawn…

Although I suspect after a while I might go veggy at the dissonance between cute piggy and tasty food on my plate.

Monster Munch.

right now, and dont laugh, but cauliflower! taste sensation. been trying to eat more veggie stuff so been experimenting with cauli. sliced, then brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with cajun spices or piri-piri, roasted for 40 mins or so, its just gaw-juss! its now replacing chips, mash, rice in pretty much all our meals.

bit like this….

I can only assume the OP can’t make decent mash or roasties?

Toss up between pots and pasta for me although I’d really miss rice and bread. Spuds probably in the end FTW because crisps.

Bread. Decent sourdough or just quality, crusty loaf.

or when the situation demands, such as fish finger butties…

right now, and dont laugh, but cauliflower!

im going to laugh a: because it’s only about 5% carb and b: because farts

Pasta, without question.