Mashed Potatoes Cartoon
Peeling potatoes sounds simple—until you realize just how many you need for a big holiday dinner. In this cartoon, the Reluctant Gourmet finds himself knee-deep in the task, mashing a huge bowl of potatoes while the sink behind him overflows with potato peels. His expression says it all: he’s committed to the job, but maybe he’s regretting not taking a shortcut!
This scene captures the humor in everyday kitchen struggles. We’ve all been there—stuck with more prep work than we expected, wondering why we didn’t make a smaller batch or hire a helper. The overflowing sink of peels hints at the reality of cooking large meals: it’s messy, time-consuming, and often more work than we bargained for.
But, like any good home cook, the Reluctant Gourmet powers through. The mountain of potato peels behind him shows his dedication to making comfort food from scratch. It’s a funny, relatable take on the kind of culinary adventures that make cooking both rewarding and a bit chaotic.
Whether you’ve made mashed potatoes for a crowd or just appreciate the humor in kitchen chaos, this cartoon will strike a familiar chord. Sometimes, the love you put into a dish is worth all the peels in the sink!
You may also enjoy my post called What's the best recipe for mashed potatoes? And Secrets to Mashed Potatoes.
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Connie Barbour
"An 'A-peeling' man is worth his weight in gold.
Please try not to groan too loud! 🙂
susan bertelsen
Spud smasher for the masses.
Peggy Tindle
Time to get smashed!!! Pass the bottle.
Bobby Harr
Mashing grapes last Fall was easier than this!
Gautam Raja
Next week on Kitchen Bods: lemon squeezers for powerful forearms!
Amy Shaman
Recipe calls for 50 lbs. of potatoes... too bad it's only me and the spouse this year!
Steve Robey
1.Dagnabbit, I knew I should have hired that cement mixer.
2. Why can’t they have fish and chips like the Brits?
3. I know that jar of nutmeg is in here somewhere!
Linda
"Hubba Bubba, toil and trouble"
Greg
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Nari Soundarrajan
I say, this election year, some candidates would like don your cap and mash up all their hot potatoes!
Hallie Ruth McGonigal
LOTS OF 'POTATS' YOU SAY? WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY GRAVY POTS!
Fran
Great way to get out my aggressions and also have a great dish!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay Coffman
John mashed his potatoes blissfully unaware that the peelings were conspiring with the garbage disposal to clog up at the most inopportune time possible...
Dick
Just like my Navy KP day's!
JP
Honey, I think I got ripped off....I don't see any gold in 'dim dar taters!!!
Chip
Hi, Emeril here. Potatos. Mashed. Thansgiving. YAM, YAM
Faith
The only job I'm allowed to do for Thanksgiving... Every year...
rgt
Just thankfull for having so much to share with our family and friends.
Happy Holidays
jennifer mann
Annual Monday Night football spouse permission fee...
Heather
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Spud Man!
Sally Ryan
"There's enough starch in this bowl of potatoes to make every one of my relatives as stiff as a board."
Sabina
! Get in here I'm mashing potatoes!
peter sheehan
Gee There seems to be a lot to mash for 2 people!!!!!!
jmc
I should have been more reluctant when I volunteered for this duty!
Tommy
Now you tell me only TWO coming to Night
Juan
Imagine the Tat - abilities
Yu - kon do it
"a mashing gold old time"
Liz
Hey honey, how about 'bobbing for potatoes' this year? Or, a potato hunt . . . or spud-o-lanterns . . . . . ???
Susan
"So many potatoes, so little time"
Carl
The bigger the pot, the worse the mess....
Kristen
Your Thanksgiving workout begins and ends with Potatoes.
Pump-up the volume, Pump-up the volume,
5 mashes with the right, 5 mashes with the left.
Rest and repeat 'til it's ready to eat
PERRY BARBEE
NEXT YEAR I THINK WE WIILL GO TO DENNY'S
HAVE A GREAT & SAFE THANKSGIVING MERRY CHRISTMAS
Chef Jimbo
Can we talk? I really think Mashed Potatoes are a BAD idea! I'm thinking some nice rice would be A Good Thing!
cathy
"Double double toil and trouble"!
Dave Clark
1. It's the Monster Mash
2. Hi, I'm your common-tator for this po-tater special
3. Strike it rich with the best of yukon gold!
4. Is your spud detector going off yet?
5. The eyes have it - It's delicious!
Helen Dyson
…. Honey…. my parents called… they’re bringing the Smithsons with them… I told them you wouldn’t mind doing a bit extra!
Amy Knox
1. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to regret his decision to invite "extended family" to Thanksgiving dinner.
2. Next on Reluctant Gourmet's To-Do List: Search Internet for leftover mashed potato recipes.
3. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to realize why the cookbook discouraged quadrupling the mashed potato recipe.
Cindy Stegner
I really struck gold..Yukon gold that is...
Vic Ramos
"Idaho Moves..."
Dawn Portelli
Honey, I said it's only my family this Thanksgiving not yours!
Jonathan Mintz
. I thought the wife said, "when I see him, I see a S-T-U-D"....
Steve
"One potato, two potato, three hundred potatoes more!"
Providence Desilets
All this mashing is giving me a potato elbow............
Bill Hoppe
HONEY!? You said your Mom loves mashed potatoes, RIGHT!
Jess
Yum...Yum...smell so delicious!
My super duper mashed potato almost finish.
JK
Kind of reminds me of my army days.
Gail
A way to a man's soul is by cooking mashed potatoes with Yukan Gold.
Gail
You say "Potatoe" I say "Potata" add one more tater I say "Notta"
Tan
Spudtacular here!
Frakecrashed
Fried, Baked, Creamed or Mashed?
Which will it be?
Peel me and see.
Happy Thanksgiving!
LJM
Turkey Day Spud Stud
jennifer mann
i will not forget our anniversary again. i will not forget our anniversay again. i will not.....
Tanya M.
Got Spuds?
Cheryl Ziemann
Oh boy, I hope I have enough Tupperware.
Cheryl Ziemann
This is the last time I buy anything from the school fundraiser. I think I would be easier to just give them a check.
jenn
Every cook's got to take his lumps.
Jackie
"Irving, anything leftover we'll use to make latkes on Hanukah!"
Jerry
A little of this, a little of that. I can name it later!
Cloretta
Should I have told the person in charge of this soup kitchen that I’m allergic to potatoes?
Sspencer Petete
Tater Tater in the pot
Next Novenber I think not
Barbara the barber
" the last time I made these, hardly anyone got sick!!!"
Sue Shaffer
My mashed potatoes are SO "a-peeling"!
jennifer mann
The exhausted gourmet
Mr Potato Head
uber tuber
pulp friction
ghggh
very good!!!