Where do you stand on mash?

[ClausIsTrulyReal]

I think it's rather pleasant to have for to sop up gravy, but I know that some MNers think it's a giant faux pas.

Hmm?

Mash? If the husband is cooking, it's my must have. If I'm cooking - what's wrong with jacket spuds/roasts.

I love mash but hate making it.

I love mash, but we don't have it at Christmas, only roast. I suspect that's because we go to my mums and roasts are my brothers favourite and I'm being put in my place by being given my brothers favourite potato ( in the nicest possible way).

Jacket spuds on Christmas Day? Now that is beyond the pale.

It's a hassle, but I love it so.

I don't like roast potoato so always have mash on Christmas Day

Mash or JPs have no place whatsoever on the Christmas table. Blasphemy to even suggest

Mash or JPs have no place whatsoever on the Christmas table. Blasphemy to even suggest

See, I feel so strongly I posted twice (oops)

Its the first step to duchesse potatoes which are a must ( along with roasties)

We have roast potatoes. Preferably roast new potatoes still in their skins.

And DH would never forgive me if I stood on the mash.

What coffee said. Mash has no place in a Christmas dinner. Flavourless mush.

Now if only someone could convince my Irish mother of that........

But Xmas dinner is roasties AND mash!

My DSM makes mash and roasts every Sunday roast, just more of everything for Christmas!

I thought everyone had both...

Roast pots only and masses of them. Enough for leftovers to eat cold later.

Some floks think mash is akin to putting sweercornon their late at Christmas.

Now that would raise eyebrows.

Roasties and mash surely.
It's not right to have just roasties. They're like an extra not part of the main?

Weirdos

:)

Huh.

SWEETCORN

Cold roasties?! Definite weirdos!

Gah

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Mash mash! Love mash with a pash. How can you not have mash with Christmas dinner?

Dearly missed Fell Nel posted this excellent tip for mash a while ago.

Simply half your potatoes then boil them in their skins, place cut side downwards into the magic ricer and it beautifully mashes and removes the skins in an easy peasy way.

So easy I now get the dc to make the mash. Smuggy McSmuggerkins.

We are having mash and roasties. We are also having peas, which I understand some frown on. And NO sprouts.

And it will be delicious.

Roast and mash. That's the law here!

Do you have shepherds watching those floks, Claus?

Mash is for toad in the hole and onion gravy. Never a roast.

In fact it has never occurred to me to add mash and I've never seen it on a roast. [sheltered life]

Love it. Worth plenty of butter, naturally. We used to have "creamed"spud at home, with all the lumps painstakingly taken out.