Tater tots

[toys2cool]

Those look like what we call "kroketten"

http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2004/10_oktober/11/binnenland/kroketten138.jpg

They come in different shapes and sizes over here, even with different flavors and fillings

In English those are Croquettes and Us Cubans call them Croquetas they're nothing like taters though

Croquettes are much better

[Meule]

Croquettes, huh? Learn something new every day, thanks.
So they're not similar? Then I gues I'll have to try taters one day, if I ever get in the US

[Mikey]

If I had my choice, i'd take a knish over all of them.

Just set me up with a full plate of potato knish's and sour cream and i'm in heaven

[megojim]

tots are cool . . . extra crunchy!
-jim

[z3zep]

Tator Tots were the only good thing in the high school lunch!

Don't have them much now, but they are tasty!

[z3zep]

Croquettes, huh? Learn something new every day, thanks.
So they're not similar? Then I gues I'll have to try taters one day, if I ever get in the US

You would probably have a hard time finding tator tots. I don't know many restaurants that serve them.... ? At least not here in the NY/NJ area.

Maybe a fast-food joint?

[toys2cool]

Maybe a fast-food joint?

Yeah that's usually where you find them now,I know all the supermarkets around me carry them though

[wayne foundation 07]

Walmart Walmart Walmart,thats where we picked them up at.Our home will never be without them now.

[stuart]

I love a tater-tots. The lunchroom ladies at school work wonders with them. Last week we had "shepherd's pie" that featured them.

[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, croquettes are really good, (I believe they actually originated in France, named from the French word "croquer") and I think they are basically the same as "krokketen". My wife often makes the Japanese version, which are called "korokke", and often have vegetables, and some ground beef or pork mixed in with the potatoes. They are served with kontatsu sauce (kind of like BBQ sauce) and Kewpie mayo.

I think the main difference between all of the above and tater tots is the texture of the potato inside. The above all basically have mashed potatoes inside I believe, while tater tots are more made up of small, minced pieces of potatoes, soft (but not a mashed consistency) on the inside, and crunchy on the outside. Like hash brown patties.