Meanings
comparative more potato-ey · superlative most potato-ey
- alternativeAlternative form of potatoey.
Each chip is fresh, crisp, crunchy, crackly, and bursting with real potato-ey flavor.
1976 April 28, “20¢ off your first bite of great-tasting Planters Potato Chips”, in The Daily Standard, number 50, Sikeston, Mo., section B, page 13 more examples
If you do peel potatoes, use the parings to make your own potato meal (see end of chapter) instead of throwing them out. This can be added to potato-pancakes batter in place of flour and eggs to make cholesterol-free pancakes with a more "potato-ey" taste to boot.
1993, Robert Strybel, Maria Strybel, “Potatoes & Potato Dishes”, in Polish Heritage Cookery, New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 442Potato flour (not potato starch) makes pasta with a delicious and distinctly potato-ey flavor.
2004, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich with David Nussbaum, Lidia’s Family Table, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 177Christmas limas are also called chestnut limas, because they have the nutty flavor and potato-ey texture of a chestnut.
2008, Jennifer McCann, Vegan Lunch Box: 130 Amazing, Animal-Free Lunches Kids and Grown-Ups Will Love!, [Cambridge, Mass.]: Da Capo Lifelong, →ISBN, page 196
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