If you needed an excuse to order French fries for lunch, here ya go. Happy National Potato Day! It’s always August 19th.
A new poll for it looked at the most popular homemade potato dishes. And it wasn’t even close, MASHED potatoes are #1 by far.
The top four, in order, are: Mashed potatoes, potato salad, baked potatoes, and breakfast potatoes or hash browns. (French fries didn’t make the list, because it’s 2025 and you’re probably just going to McDonald’s.)
They also looked at regional dishes that are more popular in certain parts of the country.
New England loves shepherd’s pie, Mid-Atlantic states like Pennsylvania and New York love pierogis, breakfast potatoes are big along the rest of the East Coast, potato soup is popular in a lot of Southern states.
The Midwest is making potato casseroles and potatoes au gratin, Texas and surrounding states eat the most potato salad, the Rocky Mountain states are keeping it simple with mashed potatoes and baked potatoes, and the West Coast loves potato tacos.
Age matters too. Gen Z is into potato tacos, but people over 65 don’t eat them. Just 58% of Gen Z’ers say mashed potatoes are a favorite, compared to 73% of Boomers.
(By the way, if you ever need more potato news in your life, there’s a whole website devoted to it called “Potato News Today.”)
