"Vera, boil the mushrooms and the potatoes."

Translation: Вера, свари грибы и картошку.

[Imnuts7]

Why is картошка singular

[Theron126]

Картошка is uncountable, it always uses the singular form. It might help if you think of it as "some potato" rather than "a potato".

[MagneLudvigsen]

Any reason not to accept картофель?

[Shady_arc]

No reason, except it is a formal word people do not actually use in speech (it is something you would read on a price tag). We prefer to stick to картошка, which is what you can hear.

[KeithBrown474825]

Why not сварите?

[Kundoo]

I'm pretty sure it's accepted. But if not, you can report it, because it's correct as well as "свари".

[F4yY9kZj]

But the familiar 'Вера' suggests omitting the formal '-те'.

[Kundoo]

"Вера" is not a diminutive, its a full name, so it's not really too familiar. It's possible and quite common to use a name without a patronymic while still being on "вы" terms.

[RayC628481]

Does anyone else hear it like the Cinderella song? Золушка, Золушка, с утра до вечера, Золушка, "свари грибы", "и картошку", "мой посуду", "подметай"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mof0dEKT_9Q

[VikaAgapo]

Вера, отвари грибы и картошку?