h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Of course the potato topping is like wine, you must coordinate with what you're serving. And like wine, you can serve it many different ways (unless, of course, you have a disease called celiac sprue and the potato will give you terrible abdominal pain).

Moving on, with red meat dishes onions and mushrooms grilled with worchestire sauce, steak sauce or red wine is nice. The trick is to butter the spud a little before the veggies climb on top. And make sure your veggies aren't runny otherwise the potato will be too.

Pork and Chicken dishes can be fun too. This dishes are often well served with plain sour cream or yogurt. For the more festive among us, finely chop yellow, red and green bell peppers and bake the peppers (with the spuds) for a few minutes until they get just a little toasty. Then mix the peppers with some shredded cheddar cheese and pour them on the potatoes.

For kids reluctant to eat their tubers, try twice baked potatoes. Hollow out the jacket and mix in butter, salt white pepper and red, blue or green food coloring. When you whip the potatoes and fill the spuds with red, green or blue potato filling.

Some ideas,
Friar
mmm. . .potatoes. . .mmm