Microwave fresh mashed potato is the king of convenience foods....

[noomchikka]

and this is the hill I will die on.

YANBU

Have you tried Sainsbury’s frozen??

Because it is a LOT better than you’d think, and cheaper.

I'm a recent convert and I'm so happy to never have to peel and mash another potato. Also love the Idahoan cheese mash with peas and gravy. So nice

What I do:

Microwave for 30 seconds shorter than the allotted time.
Pull off lid and squidge a huge lump of butter into the middle.
Microwave for 30 seconds.

Very kind but it will be a cold day in hell before I contemplate that (or own baking parchment*).

*what?

Agreed. Completely converted to this stuff. I add butter.

Do you mean wrap a bundle of them together inside the parchment, or wrap each potato separately?

Frozen jacket potatoes

Idahoan dried instant I think is even better-just add white pepper!!

I think the dried is particularly good for shepherds pie as it's quite stiff !

Idahoan is delicious

microwave M&S mash. Spinach or one of their veg in plastic. Smoked haddock in foil and butter in oven. Tea in 15 minutes from start to finish.

Mmmmmm... Mash.

I do however tend to make my own. Make a big vat every few months, mash it, freeze it. 5 minutes in the microwave from frozen. Ummmmm.

Bit of Philadelphia too

Mix the creamy mash with the root veg mash 👌

I do this with frozen mash too. I think it's probably cheaper and tastes the same.

I haven't had any in ages, but used to keep a bag of the frozen 'pellets' from iceland - briliant for making cottage pie, fish pie...
If you layer them on carefully it looks as if youve even piped the potato on.

Sainsbury's frozen mash is gorgeous.

Iceland have a range of Cathedral City cheese products. They do a cheesy mash. Not tried it yet though.

Nah nah nah nah. Frozen mash is the way to go. Sometimes I just make a massive bowl with some chip shop gravy. Lush.

I'm pretty much a cook from scratch girl but I love frozen mash. I used some today from Farmfoods.... Ingredients, potato, butter, salt, pepper.
No peeling and mashing, and its cheap.

Bannisters are the best.

Proper northern.

Mousseline - French instant mash, bloody amazing!

I haven't read the thread but I couldn't possibly agree more.
My dad and dp are disappointed if we have real mash!

Big fan here too. Great for cottage pie. Teen can make mash themselves in 2 mins. Also good for diet. Mix a bit with cabbage and carrots and you feel you have got loads. Has gone up though. Sure morrisons used to be 80p now about 1.50