Did you know that when you are devouring your potato salad and mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner, you are eating two different types of potatoes? There are waxy potatoes, and then there are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boiled unpeeled potatoes - Veronika Kovalenko/Getty Images Potatoes fall into two main categories: the waxy and the starchy type.

When you're boiling potatoes, it can be tough to figure out how to get the timing just right. For example, if you're boiling potatoes with the goal of making mashed potatoes to accompany Thanksgiving ...