Ingredient
Potato
Potato is on 43 plates at eighteen of the kitchens we read. Sixteen of them are printed under breakfast, and the shape it takes most often is the entree-plate, on eight.
In the neighbourhood: The breakfast plate
From 40 menus · potato is on 43 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Potato, baked or roasted
Our reading of the menus lists it baked at five kitchens, roasted at four, and both at one: Fager's Island.
baked · 5
On both sides: Fager's Island.
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
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How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of potato
The same 43 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | other ways | 16 |
| How it comes | entree-plate | 4 |
| Where on the menu | breakfast | 7 |
| Other | 44 other steps, added up | 96 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 23 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| roasted | — | — | 9 |
| roasted | entree-plate | — | 4 |
| roasted | entree-plate | entree | 4 |
| roasted | not stated | — | 4 |
| roasted | not stated | entree | 3 |
| roasted | not stated | side | 1 |
| roasted | platter | — | 1 |
| roasted | platter | entree | 1 |
| pan-fried | — | — | 7 |
| pan-fried | not stated | — | 7 |
| pan-fried | not stated | breakfast | 7 |
| baked | — | — | 5 |
| baked | not stated | — | 3 |
| baked | not stated | side | 3 |
| baked | entree-plate | — | 2 |
| baked | entree-plate | entree | 2 |
| broiled | — | — | 5 |
| broiled | entree-plate | — | 3 |
| broiled | entree-plate | entree | 3 |
| broiled | not stated | — | 1 |
| broiled | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| broiled | platter | — | 1 |
| broiled | platter | entree | 1 |
| fried | — | — | 3 |
| fried | not stated | — | 2 |
| fried | not stated | entree | 1 |
| fried | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| fried | breakfast-plate | — | 1 |
| fried | breakfast-plate | not stated | 1 |
| griddled | — | — | 3 |
| griddled | breakfast-plate | — | 1 |
| griddled | breakfast-plate | not stated | 1 |
| griddled | burrito | — | 1 |
| griddled | burrito | breakfast | 1 |
| griddled | pancake | — | 1 |
| griddled | pancake | breakfast | 1 |
| grilled | — | — | 3 |
| grilled | entree-plate | — | 2 |
| grilled | entree-plate | entree | 2 |
| grilled | not stated | — | 1 |
| grilled | not stated | entree | 1 |
| marinated | — | — | 3 |
| marinated | entree-plate | — | 1 |
| marinated | entree-plate | entree | 1 |
| marinated | not stated | — | 1 |
| marinated | not stated | entree | 1 |
| marinated | side | — | 1 |
| marinated | side | entree | 1 |
| other ways | — | — | 16 |
| scrambled | — | — | 3 |
| simmered | — | — | 3 |
| creamed | — | — | 2 |
| mashed | — | — | 2 |
| stuffed | — | — | 2 |
| cured | — | — | 1 |
| scallopini | — | — | 1 |
| seared | — | — | 1 |
| skillet | — | — | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
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- Beef5read by scriptall Beef
- Cheddar5read by scriptall Cheddar
- Chicken4read by scriptall Chicken
- Chorizo3read by scriptall Chorizodistinctive
- Mushroom3read by scriptall Mushroomdistinctive
- Tomato3read by scriptall Tomato
- Asparagus2all Asparagusdistinctive
- Bacon2read by scriptall Bacondistinctive
- Bean2read by scriptall Beandistinctive
- Egg2all Eggdistinctive
- Ham2read by scriptall Ham
- Onion2read by scriptall Onion
- Pork2read by scriptall Pork
- Vegetable2read by scriptall Vegetabledistinctive
Dishes
Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.
Known for: pan-fried, crepe, folded.
Known for: filet, Lemon Vinaigrette, raw.
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Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: vegetable, brioche, tartar.
The menu leans on broth, baguette and succotash.
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Griddled, chip and egg come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.
Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
In the family
Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.
One entry is all the menus we read give this. All vegetable
Where on the island
The 18 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Midtown | 5 | bayside · inland |
| Midtown | 4 | bayside · inland · oceanfront |
| Uptown | 3 | bayside · inland |
| North OC | 2 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 3 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | inland |