Fauxtato
//fəʊˈteɪtəʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cauliflower when used as an alternative to potatoes by followers of a low-carbohydrate diet. countable, uncountable
"One recipe is to smash cauliflower and mix it with butter and cream to make mashed almost-potatoes. […] For the first week of the Atkins diet I walked around in a zombie-like state occasionally mumbling to myself. “Meat good.” “Bread bad.” “Got fauxtato?”"
Example
More examples"One recipe is to smash cauliflower and mix it with butter and cream to make mashed almost-potatoes. […] For the first week of the Atkins diet I walked around in a zombie-like state occasionally mumbling to myself. “Meat good.” “Bread bad.” “Got fauxtato?”"
Etymology
Blend of faux (“artificial, fake”) + potato.
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