Potatoes are the staple food of Europeans. How do Europeans eat potatoes?

Potatoes are very popular not only in Germany, but also in western Europe. Looking at history, we can see that potatoes became the most important food for ordinary people in Europe during the Thirty Years' War, and many rural people could only eat potatoes for many years. At that time, bread was also the staple food, but growing potatoes was cheaper than growing bread, and the yield per hectare was high. That's also the most convenient way to cook potatoes: you don't need threshing, threshing, grinding, just boiling, heating the house with peat fire and baking at the same time. After World War II, food supply became a problem again, so people planted more potatoes. Therefore, it can be said that Europeans, especially Germans, are used to cooking potatoes, which are usually cooked directly.