Should cheese go in or on

[TrixieFranklin]

Mashed potato?

Mixed in, sprinkled on top and then in the oven or both?

Both, stir some through and a little sprinkle on top.

Both.

Both of course.

What are you making? If it's just mashed potatoes then no cheese. If it's a topping for fish pie then a sprinkle of cheese on top then grilled until the cheese is melty and crisped on the edges.

Depends how cheesy you want it to be — very cheesy=both; ,
less so= just on top if you want a nice brown bubbling crust,
or just mixed in if you want to dish it up straight away.
Fixed it for you

Both.

As a rule of thumb I always think when it comes to cheese, the more the merrier. There isn't much that can't be improved by cheese. I'd go for in and on. And maybe next to as well.

Both! I made this yesterday, was delicious

It's as a side dish nothing fancy, chicken Kiev and roast carrots.

DH was in the kitchen with me and I had done the mash with cheese mixed through and then went to put more on the top before finishing in the oven and he called me excessive and now we are debating the correct process and amount what sad lives we lead.

Both

Ha! OP - the first argument DH and I ever had was over mashed potato. Apparently I over mash it but he likes a few lumps. Obviously he is totally crazy and wrong, but it's clearly an emotive subject for many!

It is called cheese and potato pie, I learnt to cook it at school.

Both

neither
only butter & milk & nutmeg & salt

Neither cheese is disgusting 🤢

Neither. Potatoes, butter and milk only.

With chicken Kiev and roast carrots, neither, obviously.

What @miltonroad said as well.

Rather too much protein and fat, methinks. I'd be mixing in herbs/parsley and olive oil if needed .... certainly not butter with a kiev nor cheese.

Neither. Would never put cheese near mash because if I have mash I invariably have gravy and gravy and cheese does not seem a nice combination to me.

Id go for both if I were doing cheesy mash.

I'm with Waving, Cheese (note how I give it a capital letter to demonstrate food VIP status) should actually go in and on everything.

It's the law.
I know this because I made the law.
See also, Crisps.

Gravy and cheese and potato greenpop? That's poutine!

Chips with cheese curds and gravy on top. Sits very heavy, let me tell you

cheese in mash? Never heard of such a thing!

Neither, especially not with chicken Kiev