Mashed potato - how to make it easily?

[sweetkitty]

We all love mashed potato but the mashing it is a real pain, breaks your arm doing it and they are still lumpy?

Any brilliant suggestions?

Dunno, but the halo needs a polish and is drooping somewhat

Apparently they sell it frozen in Morrisons??? Not that moi would buy such a product

Like the sound of the ricer I'll have a click and a looky.

Well!

I am going now and shall never darken MN's screens again...

Oh I'll be back after the kids have gone to bed.

Hehe... hope you're wearing a super flouncy skirt

I'll have a glass of white chilling for you at the bar...

Frozen mash?!!!!

Okay, my mind is now boggling at how that all works - is it in separate swirls or something? Or do you chip off a bit from the block?!!

Got a ricer and the swines only had a sale on Can't wait for my order to come though

I think you just microwave it Georgina? I honestly haven't bought it yet but my best mate does and says even her dh who is the Mash King loves it (but he doesn't know it isn't 'real' )

Ah - so it's like a ready meal portion?

these people do it too

That's probably the same/similar to morrisons mash?

Anyway Georgina you have a ricer. How wonderful is it,I get very excited about implements

Well I use it fairly frequently, so it must be good!

I'm a sucker for kitchen implements too. Okay, honest opinion. Do you think these Rubber Glove Hands would be completely naff or actually quite useful? I'm sick of soggy gloves but I don't want to kill all my visitors by laughing whenever they enter the kitchen...

I don't know if I dare look? is it that b@$\ard bat?

No that's a good idea, I end up hanging them over the tap and it's not a cool look. Plus they always drop in the sink.

Sorry I doubted ya there hun! Think I'm getting a bit paranoid lol.

LOL ... you mean I missed an opportunity?

Okay, am tempted to get them now. As long as you're REALLY sure they're not naff?

Rubber gloves Georgina?

I thought you were a lady of leisure these days!

Unfortunately I still have to do the odd bit of washing up

sigh

Ain't life a b!tch?

Yeah, it's really cool.

But my sink is really really REALLY white now

so is mine, but unfortunately it's not supposed to be

off to feed dd now, so you can have your mashed potato thread back

ROFL!

It's okay, I think we'd moved beyond mash anyway...

I make the best mash in the world [modest] but don't have a ricer.

Usually use Estima spuds but Maris Piper etc are OK - cut them quite small but even - pre-boil water, add salt, lob (peeled) spuds in, slow boil for c 12 mins (but give a good poke first to make sure no hard bits); drain, add vast amounts of Utt Butt, mash roughly, add small amount of milk (should be warmed according Northerner's DH who is a chef but I can't be arsed), mash again until lumpless.

Actually the fact that I am unfeasibly tall might mean I find mashing with a masher easier than the rest of you. Try putting the saucepan on the table instead of the worktop?

Oooo... no.... never Maris Piper. King Edward all the way...

Maris Piper I find if you let it cook a bit too long you get a gluey mush.

But KE are soooo susceptible to blight. Even now. Estima are very similar - though no pink bits - and blightless. Also usually much cheaper.

Well when I say Maris Piper etc I am attempting to cover all the varieties recommended for roasting in another thread recently. I swear by Estima for everything except new/salad. (They jacket well too.)