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Originally Posted by Hotdog

"meat and potatoes" is a fixed phrase
meat and potatoes - Wiktionary

Great link, Hotdog!

I've always heard it as 'meat and potatoes' in any sense. But, grammatically, either way would be correct; culturally, 'meat and potatoes' is correct.

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

BTW, in Russian I would rather say "картошка с мясом" than "мясо с картошкой". Potatoes are considered as a more important part, and they constitute a bigger volume of the whole dish.

lol! Perhaps in Russia they are...I come from hardy farm country where 'meat' is "the" thing. In order of serving size: meat, potatoes, vegetables. That's in the American Midwest.

Originally Posted by genuinefarmgirl

lol! Perhaps in Russia they are...I come from hardy farm country where 'meat' is "the" thing. In order of serving size: meat, potatoes, vegetables. That's in the American Midwest.

Yes, I know, I've been to the U.S.
In Russia it depends, I'd say, but in my home it is customary that potates are the main food I can have dinner with many other things, but potates are usually the mandatory part for me. They can go with meat or with fish or with mushrooms etc. At least in my family.

Something like this (but not exactly) is my favourite dish:
Жареная картошка с мясом, жареная картошка рецепт, как приготовить жареную картошку
Картофель жареный с мясом - пошаговый рецепт с фото