Different parts of the world make the most of local staple produce whether it is rice, maize etc. But for the UK it has to be the potato. Not originally a native plant but now well established as a must have.
It would be hard to pick a favourite way of cooking as they all have their place alongside the rest of the food on the plate. Chips, roast, jacket, and boiled potatoes, crisps, gnocchi and have you tried potato based pizza - well worth a go. The gluten free flour I use has potato flour/starch in it too.
Favourite potato meal would have to be (gluten free) fish and chips. Unfortunately the gf fish batter has gram flour in it which I can't tolerate.
But a good roast potato is a real treat, though you do need the right variety and fat to cook them in.
