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Mashed Potatoes Need Salt

My wife and I do a great deal of entertaining, particularly with students. Once as we sat down, I looked at my wife and her face went absolutely white. She immediately blurted, "Don't eat the mashed potatoes. I forgot the salt." That intrigues me. What makes a good dish of mashed potatoes? You need salt: not too much and not too little.

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