Fried Mashed Potato Balls This falls squarely in the realm of we thought we had an original idea. There is one thing the people hate is leftovers; so after examining the contents of the people fridge we found the dreaded day-old mashed potatoes. the somewhat dried out starchy Solanum tuberosum. Then we thought what makes everything better? Bacon! Then we thought what goes great with both bacon and potatoes? Cheese? So, we decided, following that logical progression of life giving food combination; the only thing left to do is fry it! As excited as we were about or potential historic leftover revelation we were as equally crushed by one of our contributing editors (rather soul crushing) pointing out the recipe already exists.