. Do you still make the crater in your mashed potatoes for the gravy? I do

[debm55]

Last edited Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:59 AM - Edit history (1)

[wcmagumba]

1. Yep, I'm a known craterer...

[debm55]

3. Thank you wcmaguma for sharing.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Sometimes I make a crater

and sometimes I go berserk and pour that gravy all over the various foods on my plate -no boundaries.

[debm55]

4. HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you EYESORE 9001 I do that too.

[Brother Buzz]

5. I build a large potato dike

I like my gravy a mile wide and a inch deep, Baby!

[debm55]

7. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you Brother Buzz. I am trying to imagine that on your plate.

[Brother Buzz]

11. The potatoes and dressing compete for real estate on my plate

The chicken (we prefer roast chicken over turkey) is reserved for sandwiches during the football games.

[debm55]

15. YUMMY. Thank you Brother Buzz.

[Nanuke]

6. We are a proud tater crater family. Gravyboat and ladle designed for this operation. Plus a little dribble on the side.

[debm55]

8. HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you Nanuke. So they have actual tools for the crater. I used to have. I'll have to check. Darn

have been using a regular spoon to make the crater.

[milestogo]

9. You mean like this?

[debm55]

12. Thank you milestogo, but way too much potatoes. It sort of looks like a volcano.

[Easterncedar]

10. In my family, we call it a lake

But how else could you serve mashed and gravy?

[debm55]

14. I like that--a lake. Thank you, Easterncedar. My husband, Rich, just pours it over the top--no crater, no lake.

[Cirsium]

13. But of course

[debm55]

16. Thank you , Cirsium. Another crater for tater.

[WestMichRad]

17. Wait! You mean gravy isn't the beverage??

[debm55]

19. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH, Thank you WestMichRad. You are funny.

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. I do, but first I form a volcano, then a deep crater

and then put the gravy in the crater. I eat it so that the gravy flows like lava.

[debm55]

21. Wow, FoxNewsSucks, You have an actual semi documentary going on. Take it You Tube.

[Sneederbunk]

20. Stopped doing that in 1967 and haven't looked back.

[debm55]

22. Thank you, Sneederbunk. We can all have our likes and dislikes. No one is forcing you to put a crater in your tater.

[boonecreek]

23. Yes I do a crater.

In fact, we had good old leftover pot roast tonight and
I cratered the potatoes on my and Mrs boonecreek's plate.

[debm55]

24. Thank you very much , boonecreek. And give my love to Mrs. boonecreek

[debm55]

25. I am glad I am not the only one that puts a crater in my tater for the gravy.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. yes and no. depends. lately ive been just dumping it on.

[debm55]

27. Thank you Bear. My husband, Rich, does the same.

[redstatebluegirl]

28. Yes i am confirmed crater maker!

[debm55]

30. HAHAHAHAHHAAHH. Welcome to the crater tater makers. redstatebluegirl.

[Botany]

29. No but I still use the Joy of Cooking giblet gravy recipe

N/t

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much. Botany, for sharing with us.

[CanonRay]

32. Always!

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much, fellow tater crater, CanonRay.

[pandr32]

34. 100%!

And like an erupting volcano, it should have rivers of escaping gravy running down the sides.

[debm55]

35. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. thank you very much. pandr32.

[malthaussen]

36. No, I have a unique procedure.

I want butter and gravy on my mashed potatoes, so I dig a hole, bury a pat of butter in it, then close it up and pour the gravy on top. It's the Baked Alaska style of mashed potatoes.

-- Mal

[debm55]

37. Wow, malthaussen, that is very unique. Thank you very much.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. My Wife, Yes. Me, No

But, she won't be able to next Thursday.
First, it's a potato puree, so no crater.
Second, there will be no gravy. Au jus, yes. Gravy, no.
On that subject, I've decided to char some Brussel spouts, then poach them in wine, and make a wine & butter sauce.
Yesterday, i told you the veggie was undecided. This idea popped into my head while playing golf today.

[debm55]

39. Great, Those Brussel Spouts sound fantastic. What is Mrs. GAC making for dessert?

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Not Sure, Yet

It's not that she hasn't told me yet. I don't think she's decided.

[Alpeduez21]

41. I thought of it as a mountain lake

Then I would make rivulets and have rivers flowing down the mountain.

[debm55]

42. That is so nice. Thank you, Alpeduez21.

[SorellaLaBefana]

43. ¡ Of Course ! As Do All Right-Thinking 'Mercins!

También, por supuesto—also, of course—we no longer have either potatoes or gravy for Thanksgiving.

Nor turkey either, for that matter.


But, if we did, I *would* make a crater—tho perhaps not on this scale


Happy Thanksgiving

[debm55]

44. Thank you very much, SorellaLaBefana, Hppy Thanksgiving to you.