Who Invented Mashed Potatoes?

Some sources say the actual recipe for mashed potatoes originated in 1771 when a French man named Antoine Parmentier held a competition on ways to make potatoes. Other sources say that it was the English who came up with mashed potatoes and gravy, somewhere in the 1600s.

When was mashed potatoes first made?

— A passage from, The Art of Cookery, an 18th-century recipe book written by English author Hannah Glasse. This is widely believed to be the first-ever recipe for mashed potatoes, appearing as early as 1747. (Here's a version from 1765.)

Did the Irish invent mashed potatoes?

Irish people began to mash their potatoes too, often with kale or cabbage in a traditional Irish recipe known as Colcannon. The mashed potato has remained an incredibly popular dish in Ireland for more than 200 years and is still found on most dinner tables throughout the country.