To say mash is overrated?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

I'm just not keen on mashed potatoes! DH doesn't like flavour and just likes it mashed into oblivion with a dollop of his fake butter spread, or cheese (depending on the meal, we generally just have cheesy mash with sausages and beans).

The best mash I've ever had was the garlic one at Toby Carvery, it was SO good but sadly I've still not managed to recreate it at home. Recently I've started cooking new potatoes just for myself when everyone else is having mash. They're so much nicer and I can actually chew them, unlike mash...

However, whenever I see a post about roast dinners on Facebook, a LOT of people say that mash is the best part of a roast dinner. How?!

AIBU to say mash is overrated?

Mash in a roast dinner? Madness. Roast potatoes surely?

Mash is nice as comfort food, with sausages and gravy.

Mash is the potato of the gods and bodger

It clags in my mouth and makes me gag if I eat too much of it, I'm with you OP!

Not if made properly with lots of butter, a little milk and salt. Delicious

Hate mash. I only make it for the DC.

@Pedalpushers

Mash in a roast dinner? Madness. Roast potatoes surely?

Mash is nice as comfort food, with sausages and gravy.

Everyone I know has mash as a roast dinner staple! Roast potatoes go on there too.

Mashed potato needs plenty of seasoning, masses of butter and some milk. Not a bit of fake spread. His type of mash sounds horrible. Really good mash is the food of gods. I would probably choose it as my last ever meal and die happy.

No the wonder it's crap if you're using fake butter!
Lurpak, milk and salt and mash into perfection!
If a Sunday dinner doesn't have mash and yorkies the dinner is ruined!

Mashed potato must be done with plenty of real butter and salt, splash of milk and alot of mashing until lovely and smooth!

Mash is vile, weird texture and taste that doesn’t match. I’m not particularly keen on potatoes in general though much to my mothers horror. The only potato I like is chips if that counts as a potato or a roast potato as long as it’s is crispy and soaked in animal fat.

Mash is over. It’s so twentieth century.

We usually have parmentier potatoes or dauphinoise because that's the only 2 types of potatoes my kids will eat. So I never get to have mash. If they have dinner with their dad, which is very rare, I sometimes make myself a bowl of mashed potatoes with gravy and its amazing! Love them.

I never used to like mashed potato as a child, it wasn’t until I grew up that I learnt that what my mum did (which was just mash boiled potatoes and serve them like that, nothing mixed in) was not considered a normal way to have them. No wonder I thought they were dry.
Now I’m still not a massive fan, but do like it sometimes.

Mash has no place in a roast dinner.

It should be made with real butter or good olive oil, not fake butter spread. Have you tried colcannon OP, you might like that?

Mash is amazing. Cook , drain, let steam for 10 mins and mix in butter, milk, garlic powder and mixed herbs and mash to death. Drool!!

Yes, I hate it. Makes me gag thinking about it.

The people who put it on a roast are the same people who put sweet corn on their roast .

The way your husband makes it sound minging. I use butter, blue milk, and a dollop of crème fraiche roughly mixed in at the end. It's important not to overcook the potatoes!

Love mash. I used to make it with a massive dollop of Sour cream mixed in. delicious. Now I can't have that much dairy, it's salt, flora and a bit of soy milk. Works well.

Wait, worth noting I wouldn’t ONLY have mash with a roast….I’d make at least two types of potato

I don't mind mash but for some reason my DC hate it.

YABU

Riced, not mashed, fuck tonne of unsalted butter, salt and white pepper.

@ImUninsultable

We usually have parmentier potatoes or dauphinoise because that's the only 2 types of potatoes my kids will eat. So I never get to have mash. If they have dinner with their dad, which is very rare, I sometimes make myself a bowl of mashed potatoes with gravy and its amazing! Love them.

I’m not sure if this is some kind of stealth boast . Who the fuck could be bothered making parmentiers or daphinoise all the time, or do you just pick something ready made from Tesco? Anyway I wouldn’t pander to such posh pickiness.

Put in a few scallions,bacon and cheese - now thats good mash

If I wanted a day off school as a child I used to imagine eating it and would instantly vomit. Vile stuff.

“ We usually have parmentier potatoes or dauphinoise because that's the only 2 types of potatoes my kids will eat…”

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