[beanbag]

i'll eat mashed potatoes just about any way you give them to me. except with ranch. i don't touch that.

=)

[Art]

I grew up eating my Mom's mashed potatoes, which were generally thick, but not lumpy. She taught me to make them the same way. Absolutely delicious.

That said, I will take them just about any way you give them to me. I do not mind the lumps, and I do not mind the skins. No ranch. Yech.

[zedman]

I don't peel the potatoes, and then just a bit of milk or sour cream and mix them up as best you can.

But stop before they get to a pasty consistency.

[Rainer.]

Yeah, no ranch. *agreed*

[Pauler]

i like them both ways, but i like skin in it. seasoned with salt, pepper, a little heavy whip, and a little butter.

[mark01234]

The Best Mashed Potatoes?

In my family, mashed potatoes were one of the first things I learned to cook. It was also one of the first things I taught my daughters to cook. Mashed potatoes seem to appeal to almost everyone. But here's the tricky thing. Ask ten people how they like to prepare their mashed potatoes, and you'll likely get ten different answers. That's because, as with all food, defining the "best" mashed potato is a very subjective thing.

Mashed potatoes are one of those side dishes that you probably had more times than you can count when you were growing up, both at home and at the school cafeteria. And the way your mom made them - whether they were red potatoes smashed with their skins on or some mysterious reconstituted potato flakes - is quite probably the way that you like them today.

Or maybe you didn't like your mom's version of mashed potatoes and grew up thinking of them as bland, gummy, watery or just plain gloppy. And then, when you had mashed potatoes at your girlfriend's or boyfriend's house or at a restaurant, you suddenly realized that mashed potatoes were fantastic. Sorry mom.

But what happens when a reconstituted potato loving person marries a red potatoes mashed with skins person and they look at each other for the first time and one says, "Hey, how about mashed potatoes for dinner tonight?"

"Oh! My favorite!" says the other. What happens next could get ugly.

My wife and I have fortunatley have the exact same taste when it comes to mashed potatoes. She makes them completely different from my mom who used a mixer to whip tons of air into hers. My wife prepares them with an old faschion tomato masher that she either found at a garage sale or grabbed from her mom's kitchen on the way to college.

[Rainer.]

Originally Posted by mark01234

But what happens when a reconstituted potato loving person marries a red potatoes mashed with skins person and they look at each other for the first time and one says, "Hey, how about mashed potatoes for dinner tonight?"

"Oh! My favorite!" says the other. What happens next could get ugly.

Has there been studies done on degrees of potato compatibility?

[DanDan]

I like to cut up red potato's and boil 'em...drain 'em ...add sour cream and cheddar cheese mix it all up with a wooden spoon...so they're lumpy, mashed with the skins.

[Pre-Ex-Girlfriend]

That does it! I'm having mashed potatoes for lunch!


Growing up, my family always had very creamy mashed potatoes; I don't think my mom liked lumps back then. Plus, we used an electric beater to "mash" them, so the lumps pretty much disappeared. Now, I don't have an electric beater, just a potato masher. My mashed potatoes often turn out a bit lumpy because of that, and I kinda like it. If I want garlic mashed potatoes, then I'll throw a few cloves in with the potatoes while they boil. Then I just add some milk and butter. Mmmm... I'm seriously hungry now.

[S.B.Nichols]

Originally Posted by DanDan

I like to cut up red potato's and boil 'em...drain 'em ...add sour cream and cheddar cheese mix it all up with a wooden spoon...so they're lumpy, mashed with the skins.

My wife will make them like that on occasion, but she calls them 'smashed potatoes' The red potatoes are so waxy they don't break down well, but its pretty good.

[WafflesAndSyrup]

Yukon Gold, skin on, butter, salt, pepper, garlic, and milk. Definitely lumpy. Creamy mashed potatoes remind me too much of instant.

Also, frying the leftovers for breakfast is great.

[Kentl]

Creamy, add cheese, slat, peeper, and garlic lots and lots of garlic (not to much how ever)

[penguinofwar]

Creamy but thick and not lumpy. And with a gravy lake.


You know the only thing better than mashed potatoes.....CHEESY POTATOES

[Pauler]

Originally Posted by Pre-Ex-Girlfriend

That does it! I'm having mashed potatoes for lunch!

Growing up, my family always had very creamy mashed potatoes; I don't think my mom liked lumps back then. Plus, we used an electric beater to "mash" them, so the lumps pretty much disappeared. Now, I don't have an electric beater, just a potato masher. My mashed potatoes often turn out a bit lumpy because of that, and I kinda like it. If I want garlic mashed potatoes, then I'll throw a few cloves in with the potatoes while they boil. Then I just add some milk and butter. Mmmm... I'm seriously hungry now.

When i put garlic in mashed potatoes ...i roast the garlic in some butter or olive oil in the oven until the garlic cloves are really soft...then i incorporate all the garlic and butter/oil into the potatoes ....mmmm...