Which is the best of these four? (1 Viewer)

[Frostillicus]

Potatoes, Noodles (all), Rice, or Bread (non-sweet - no cake etc.)

 

[Scoresman]

No contest. Noodles = pasta. nuf said.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm going with taters. More versatile for me.

 

[Frostillicus]

Noodles, Potatoes, Bread, Rice IMO

 

[Max Power]

Rice scored 3 TDs in a Superbowl. I don't even know who those other guys are.

 

[the moops]

Bread
Noodles
Potatoes
Rice

That’s the order. Pizza is too important for bread to not be at the top. Noodles have too many varieties to not be 2nd. I love potatoes but they gotta slot in 3rd. Rice can be replaced with something else in just about any recipe.

 

[urbanhack]

DON'T MAKE ME MAKE THIS CHOICE

 

[eighsse2]

Meat and cheese goes on bread. Give me a hamburger or hotdog on a noodlebun and we're going to have problems.

 

[Willie Neslon]

I think it's potatoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pz2kXoDo_s

 

[Scoresman]

Meat and cheese goes on bread. Give me a hamburger or hotdog on a noodlebun and we're going to have problems.

Meat and cheese go on noodles too.

Pasta Bolognese with parmesan? Lasagna?

Any asian noodle dish with meat?

 

[eighsse2]

Meat and cheese goes on bread. Give me a hamburger or hotdog on a noodlebun and we're going to have problems.

Meat and cheese go on noodles too.

Pasta Bolognese with parmesan? Lasagna?

Any asian noodle dish with meat?

I'm from America, sir

ETA:
Translation: I haven't graduated food kindergarten yet, sir

 

[dkp993]

Mashed and Baked for the win. Potatoes are the choice. Plus Matt Damon showed we can grow them anywhere, even Mars, to survive

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

there are 9 people that are wrong

 

[-OZ-]

Meat and cheese goes on bread. Give me a hamburger or hotdog on a noodlebun and we're going to have problems.

Fully loaded BBQ baked potato >>>>>> hamburger >>>>>> hot dog (with the occasional exception of baseball games)

Plus, A good pulled pork on rice will change your life.

Egg roll in a bowl has become my family’s favorite meal to make at home. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a56236/egg-roll-bowls-recipe/

 

[AAABatteries]

If I'm eating them by themselves, potatoes. If I'm eating them as a vessel for other food, bread. If I'm eating them as part of a dish, noodles.

Rice can GTFO.

 

[Mister CIA]

Good effort, potato, but bread is the way.

 

[Max Power]

The real answer is Potatoes for bulking and Rice for cutting.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The potato had a great famine named after it, so that has to count for something.

 

[Don Quixote]

The potato had a great famine named after it, so that has to count for something.

Lack of bread was a contributor to the French Revolution and the Holomodor in Ukraine.

 

[brun]

1st cut: I would be more likely to find ways to enjoy cold bread or potatoes, than rice or noodles.
Final cut: I think weaponizing potatoes is more likely than weaponizing bread. So, that's my choice.

 

[FarFromHome]

Gotta be potatoes. You can prepare numerous ways. Fried. Baked. Mashed. Tater tots.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The potato had a great famine named after it, so that has to count for something.

Lack of bread was a contributor to the French Revolution and the Holomodor in Ukraine.

Marie Antoinette did suggest letting them eat cake.

 

[Scoresman]

The potato had a great famine named after it, so that has to count for something.

Potatoes already lost if you have to point to Irish food as the example used.

 

[NutterButter]

Love me some potato chips

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Love me some potato chips

If you are in an area that sells them I recommend Better Made brand. Very tasty, I have a hard time putting a bag down.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Let me be the first to say that I'm really glad we don't have to actually make this choice, and I am grateful that we have the luxury of enjoying the variety of all four. This reminds me of that British show "Naked Attraction" where the contestant views four people from the neck down, and has to eliminate one at a time based on various physical features until they're left with their date. I had a really hard time deciding which to vote for, changing my mind repeatedly. I decided it was easiest to work "backwards" and focus on what would be easiest to live without. At first, bread seemed easy to eliminate, until someone mentioned pizza. Then, I thought maybe rice. But, that eliminates a lot of foods... Chinese, Thai, sushi, etc. Pasta? I don't know.... I love homemade lasagna, among other things. Finally landed on potatoes. Fries, baked, mashed? Didn't even think about chips. Ugh. This is harder than I thought.

Finally voted for bread, assuming pizza crust is included in the category. But, it's super close for me. Love them all, which is probably not a good thing. I just think there are more foods I'd miss if I didn't have any form of bread than the other options.... Pizza, burgers, various sandwiches, etc.

Really surprised the leading vote-getter is potatoes, honestly.

 

[Ilov80s]

Impossible to choose. All 4 are elite and are masters at bringing out the best of other ingredients.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Did you have the bread?

 

[dkp993]

Gotta be potatoes. You can prepare numerous ways. Fried. Baked. Mashed. Tater tots.

Let us not forget, we can use Potatoes to help generate electricity. Take that noodles or bread.

 

[the moops]

Gotta be potatoes. You can prepare numerous ways. Fried. Baked. Mashed. Tater tots.

4 ways is not all that impressive.

 

[Quint]

Gotta be potatoes. You can prepare numerous ways. Fried. Baked. Mashed. Tater tots.

Let us not forget, we can use Potatoes to help generate electricity. Take that noodles or bread.

and Vodka

 

[Don Quixote]

We’ve had lists of 50 best noodles and 50 best sandwiches. Where’s 50 best potato or rice dishes?

 

[ChiefD]

We’ve had lists of 50 best noodles and 50 best sandwiches. Where’s 50 best potato or rice dishes?

A guy lives a long time on this board. Every topic has been discussed, dissected, analyzed, and pulled apart from every angle. But once in awhile….maybe every 20 years or so there is something that tips the globe on its axis.

Where…indeed…is the list for the 50 best potato or rice dishes? The time is now, people.

 

[Frostillicus]

Impossible to choose. All 4 are elite and are masters at bringing out the best of other ingredients.

You have to choose. It's the rules.

 

[fatness]

Gotta be potatoes. You can prepare numerous ways. Fried. Baked. Mashed. Tater tots.

Potato pancakes

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Everything from vodka to potato pancakes. It's like most of the other vegetables aren't even trying.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew

 

[El Floppo]

Never been a potato guy, but thats still above rice.
Noodles ftw.
Bread second.
Way above the other two.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

The potato had a great famine named after it, so that has to count for something.

Potatoes already lost if you have to point to Irish food as the example used.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Potatoes can be grown in the worst conditions, reproduce themselves, and are the most versatile and healthy.

It’s not close.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

1st cut: I would be more likely to find ways to enjoy cold bread or potatoes, than rice or noodles.
Final cut: I think weaponizing potatoes is more likely than weaponizing bread. So, that's my choice.

I like the way you think.

 

[Bossman]

Does everyone understand that none of these are appealing by themselves?

The only thing that makes any of these great is what you put on them ... or cook them with.
Would anyone eat pasta / noodles without sauce? ... or butter? ... or in a broth with some flavor?
Could you eat a baked potato dry and call it delicious? ... mashed potato is good because butter / cream. A french fry or potato chip is only good because of the oil it is cooked in and salted.
Rice? Edible as a side dish or when seasoned. Plain rice is blah.
Maybe bread? I love a good rye or sourdough ... but much less without butter. Restaurant bread without oil and parmesan? Pizza crust without sauce & cheese?

"I like bread because Smash Burgers and Pizza"
"I like rice because Pulled Pork"
"I like noodles because Lasagna"

I'm picking potatoes. It requires the least amount of accessories.

 

[FarFromHome]

Does everyone understand that none of these are appealing by themselves?

The only thing that makes any of these great is what you put on them ... or cook them with.
Would anyone eat pasta / noodles without sauce? ... or butter? ... or in a broth with some flavor?
Could you eat a baked potato dry and call it delicious? ... mashed potato is good because butter / cream. A french fry or potato chip is only good because of the oil it is cooked in and salted.
Rice? Edible as a side dish or when seasoned. Plain rice is blah.
Maybe bread? I love a good rye or sourdough ... but much less without butter. Restaurant bread without oil and parmesan? Pizza crust without sauce & cheese?

"I like bread because Smash Burgers and Pizza"
"I like rice because Pulled Pork"
"I like noodles because Lasagna"

I'm picking potatoes. It requires the least amount of accessories.

Sounds like someone hasnt sat down with big plate of plain tater tots. Team Potato!!!!! Ha ha

 

[Juxtatarot]

Does everyone understand that none of these are appealing by themselves?

The only thing that makes any of these great is what you put on them ... or cook them with.
Would anyone eat pasta / noodles without sauce? ... or butter? ... or in a broth with some flavor?
Could you eat a baked potato dry and call it delicious? ... mashed potato is good because butter / cream. A french fry or potato chip is only good because of the oil it is cooked in and salted.
Rice? Edible as a side dish or when seasoned. Plain rice is blah.
Maybe bread? I love a good rye or sourdough ... but much less without butter. Restaurant bread without oil and parmesan? Pizza crust without sauce & cheese?

"I like bread because Smash Burgers and Pizza"
"I like rice because Pulled Pork"
"I like noodles because Lasagna"

I'm picking potatoes. It requires the least amount of accessories.

Sounds like someone hasnt sat down with big plate of plain tater tots. Team Potato!!!!! Ha ha

Tater tots without fat?

 

[Bossman]

Does everyone understand that none of these are appealing by themselves?

The only thing that makes any of these great is what you put on them ... or cook them with.
Would anyone eat pasta / noodles without sauce? ... or butter? ... or in a broth with some flavor?
Could you eat a baked potato dry and call it delicious? ... mashed potato is good because butter / cream. A french fry or potato chip is only good because of the oil it is cooked in and salted.
Rice? Edible as a side dish or when seasoned. Plain rice is blah.
Maybe bread? I love a good rye or sourdough ... but much less without butter. Restaurant bread without oil and parmesan? Pizza crust without sauce & cheese?

"I like bread because Smash Burgers and Pizza"
"I like rice because Pulled Pork"
"I like noodles because Lasagna"

I'm picking potatoes. It requires the least amount of accessories.

Sounds like someone hasnt sat down with big plate of plain tater tots. Team Potato!!!!! Ha ha

Yeah, those are pre-cooked in oil before they freeze them.
... but yeah, def the least amount of accessories needed. Oil, salt ... and I'm in.
Also potato chips. Plain Lays. Nightly. One of my many weaknesses.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I'm picking potatoes. It requires the least amount of accessories.

... but yeah, def the least amount of accessories needed. Oil, salt ... and I'm in.
Also potato chips. Plain Lays. Nightly. One of my many weaknesses.

oil and salt.

All you need for pasta is sauce. Even if you make the argument that sauce takes more than 1 ingredient then you could also just use EVOO or butter.

 

[AAABatteries]

4 ways is not all that impressive.

Ok, Caligula.

 

[Zow]

I also have four kids. This is like making me pick which one I like the best of those four. They’re all amazing. What a silly question.

Actually, wait, I can do that. It’s the 8 year. I still can’t decide what to pick in this poll, though.

 

[Manster]

equal…
Rice bowls
Pasta
Hash browns
Fresh sour dough

Love em all

 

[Hastur]

Mashed, baked, stick 'em in a stew!

chips and vodka for the win!