[barker]

..... you had potato in one form or another be it mash, roast, baked or just boiled.

Oh, I love boiled potatoes, especially with meatloaf. It has taken me many years but I have finally gotten away from potatoes with every meal.

[snugs]

Dad is too old to break this habit now though I can occasionally get him to eat rice or pasta but only very occasionally and then he says think we should have had potato as well.

This comes from a situation when my nan was ill when he was young because she was on a diet and had cut out all bread and potato and had not substituted any thing instead and she basically collapsed. The doctor came and immediately instructed her husband to put some potatoes on and give her a slice of bread and butter.

Apparently at that time he saw a lot of this where people not understanding how to diet properly. Ever since that almost up until she died she always had one or 2 potatoes every day and a slice of bread, this made an impression on dad and even when I try to explain the pasta or rice achieves the same purpose he still worries if he goes more than a couple of days without potato.