What do you put in your mash potatoes?

[PhilosophyStoned]

I usually put a knob of butter but trying full fat mayo tonight due to accidentally opening two jars, so need using up. Wondering if I am missing other good alternatives?

Sometimes, I make sweet potato mash, the I put a little dark soya sauce and chopped green onions in the mix.

Butter and black pepper, boil
with some salt

Butter, cream and milk in varying proportions.

Roasted garlic is my go to upgrade.

Black pepper and a ton of butter. Maybe a dash of cream if I have it. Absolutely no milk. See also: scrambled eggs.

Now you’re talking. Yum! 😋

Garlic mash!

Always butter and milk in my mashED potatoes.

Lots of butter, milk/cream, mustard, salt and pepper. Sometimes I mix a head of cooked broccoli through it as well.

It's correct to say sausages and mash, because mash is used there as a noun.

But when you're talking about potatoes which have been mashed, then you say mashed potatoes, mashed being the past participle of the verb 'to mash' used as an adjective.

In the same way you would say boiled carrots, not boil carrots, and baked potatoes, not bake potatoes.

Not a criticism, just an explanation which I hope helps you with your already excellent language skills. Unfortunately in Britain many people don't use the language correctly.

A lot of butter, double cream, salt&pepper, seedy mustard and cheddar cheese. Spring onions also good.

Lots of butter and a tiny splash of cream if I happen to have any open, which I normally do.

Hot milk and melted butter, salt and pepper, then more butter and buttered fried leeks.
I actually would happily eat a bowl of that for dinner.
Heaven.

Wrong crowd
'Mash' is fine on it's own - it's an abbreviation. But definitely 'mashed' when it's got 'potato' after it. I teach languages - some things are tricky to translate!

Absolutely. Using one's own language badly is not restricted to Brits though!

Quite.

Me too, and if I have sweet potatoes around, that mashes up well with ordinary spuds.

Thank you, you’ve reminded me that my mum used to put an egg in when making the topping got shepherd pie. Nice memory.

Depends what im having it with. Bit sometimes a big dollop of horse raddish or mustard, normally just butter salt and pepper though.

My face. Nom nom nom!

Usually milk, butter, pepper and salt.

My fave is butter, cabbage, nutmeg and pepper.

Lots of truffle oil, fresh grated truffle on top 😋

Olive oil and black pepper. Sometimes grainy mustard.

@whiteroseredroseolive oil here too! Can't believe it's just us.

In sweet potato mash smoked paprika and black Perrier with butter is delicious. In normal mash I use double cream or butter with white Pepper. Stones throw in some spring onions and cheese

Usually butter and milk, sometimes other stuff, but at the moment the first, fresh out of the ground, chives and lovage. So good.

I always add unsalted butter, black pepper, and an egg.