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The advantage of cooking new potatoes is that they don't need to be peeled. Unfortunately, mashed potatoes are not very nice with their skins on, but just slightly crushing them with a fork and adding some herbs, veggies or even bacon transforms boring plain boiled potatoes into a delicious side dish. This crushed potatoes with garlic is just a basic recipe - use other herbs if you like, such as basil, dill, parsley or tarragon - depending on your main dish. It's quite nice with thyme or rosemary too -  but these two are best fried with the garlic. If you want to spice it up, just add a few pinches of crushed chili to the oil. Actually, you can hardly go wrong with this recipe!