Leftover Mashed Potatoes
By Sue H.
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 15, 2017 2:31pm CST
I like to make extra mashed potatoes, so I can make tuna & potato patties the next day. My mama made these for years, but now she doesn't do the dinner cooking anymore, so it falls into my unworthy hands. I've learned to make pretty good ones though. It's just mashed potatoes with a can of tuna, egg, bread crumbs, a couple tbsp. flour,, chopped onion, garlic & lemon pepper. Sometimes I put in a bit of lemon juice. Then you just mix up all lhe goo, make patties and roll them in flour, and fry them till the "crust" is nice and brown on both sides. Top them with nice melting butter - we think they're delicious!
Anything special you like to make with leftover mashed taters?
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
15 Jun 17
I make potato cakes with cold mashed potatoes, a little flour, salt and pepper, sometimes some cheese, onions and bacon, roll them in flour and fry in canola oil. Very similar to yours, but I haven't tried it with tuna.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
15 Jun 17
Ooh the bacon sounds really good, I think I'll try it that way next time. How do you do the cheese, do you shred it? Sounds awesome!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Jun 17
@CinnamonGrl I think that the cheese must be grated.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
I should try that sometime, I never thought of having them cold. Sounds good, though!
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I'm going to try it next time I have left over.
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 17
@CinnamonGrl In summer those little tuna balls are very good, served with a lettuce salad and a bit mayo they are a good lunch.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
15 Jun 17
Ooo that sounds lovely!!!
We make just the regular Irish Tato Cakes..just the way you make them but no tuna or lemon or garlic or onion..they are just butter flour tatos and fry them up in an iron fry pan..so good.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
15 Jun 17
Yeh, I remember my mom making them like that too, now that you mention it. She didn't always put the tuna in.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
15 Jun 17
@CinnamonGrl Oh yes we also put an egg or two in to bind the spuds.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
16 Jun 17
sounds yummy, what time's supper? i don't wish to be late, lol. lefto'er taters 're starters fer many thingies, e'en fried 'p like pancakes with some yummy maple syrup 'n lots 'f butter.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
too late, lol. We eat early. And yup, gotta be a lot of butter!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
16 Jun 17
@CinnamonGrl i reckon'd so. prolly a good thingy coz the flour'd made me quite ill, lol. i doubt ya 've almond 'r sorghum flour 's a sub 't'cher place :)
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@sallypup (61594)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Dec 17
@crazyhorseladycx Almond flour rocks! I've made tasty pancakes with that.
@RasmaSandra (80686)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun 17
That sounds very good. I have made mashed potato patties and one time stuffed them with some ground beef.
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@Marilynda1225 (83094)
• United States
15 Jun 17
We do the same thing with leftover mashed potatoes. Those tuna patties have been a family favorite in our house for generations.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
@marlina oh yeh, salmon would be so yummy!
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@Marilynda1225 (83094)
• United States
16 Jun 17
@marlina salmon would definitely work too yum
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
16 Jun 17
That sounds interesting, we don't have that type of dishes here. I will try
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
My mom and I love potatoes fixed all sorts of ways. Maybe you don't have potatoes so much in India?
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
18 Jun 17
I never give a left over mashed potatoes, most specially if it's from the fast food chain.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
15 Jun 17
Maybe you'll make some one of these days
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
24 Jun 17
Yeh, I was reminded that my mom used to make them plain sometimes, too. We love potatoes in every form, I should think of doing tthat as a side dish more often.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50614)
• United States
15 Jun 17
I sometimes make potato pancakes with them
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
28 Jun 17
LOL. My mother eats like a bird these days
or we wouldn't either.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
16 Jun 17
It's one of our standard dishes around here. Actually it's part of the "rut" i'm in cooking-wise. We do still love them, but I need to vary my menu lol
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
16 Jun 17
@CinnamonGrl I'd never heard of making these until you mentioned it so I'm pretty excited about it now.
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
16 Jun 17
I have never heard of tuna & potato patties. My mom makes salmon cakes some days and they are good. I do like to have left over mash potatoes though so I can have them for lunch the next day. I like to add cheese and garlic into them.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Jun 17
Yum! I like cheese and garlic in potatoes, too
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I have never heard of using leftover mashed potatoes that way. Very interesting recipe. I might have to try that one day.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
21 Jun 19
@rebelann Nah, I love potatoes but I am not that fond of tuna mixed into anything other than mayo and pickles. Perhaps with salmon but I am still leery of that too. Now some potato cakes with onions! I could go for that.
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That sounds yummy 
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Jun 17
making extra food to use for future meals is always good
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
20 Jun 17
I just make fried mashed potato patties but this sounds like a good Friday meal for us during Lent.
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@Iquestionitall (229)
• United States
17 Jun 17
I mix them in equal parts taters and regular dough ingredients for bread dough - when I have a kitchen.
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