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Ok, im not the worlds biggest mashed potato fan!
Tonight however we are having Italian Style Meatloaf and i want mashed potato with it. ;)
Just wondering, how does everyone else make their mashed potato? What else do you add besides butter and milk, cheese/chives, to make it yummier?
I've been known to make mine with a little bit of creamed corn & diced bacon *drool*
sometimes like Sarah:
more often than not, i add butter and milk, salt and pepper, onion flakes (or lightly cooked onions), and cheese
i'm not a fan of mash either, but there are just some meals that go hand in hand with mash so i mix it up depending on the day! our cupboard is never without onion flakes to rescue boring mash though!
Mmmmm, the onion flakes sounds nice, I'll have to try that. I also mix in some sour cream with mine.
Regards,
Dianne
ive known to put mayo and some tasty cheese in aswell.. yummmmm
mum used to put vegemite and pumkin mashed in with ours when we were little
hmmmm ok...
boil peeled tatters... with a pinch of salt in the water
then i use the electric beater :redface:
add a touch more salt, milk and butter and beat more with electric beater.
PERFECT mashed tatters....sooo creamy using the beater...
I just do plain butter, milk, pepper and bit of salt, (use to add finely chopped up onion, but not so much anymore) I melt the butter and add the rest to heat it up a bit before adding it to the mashed potatoes.
My dad does this thing with cream and butter and mustard and it is sooo delicious, but I always forget what else he adds to it lol, so don't make it
I agree BG! And meatloaf is definitely one of them!:
yup - with lotsa tom sauce!!:
I LURRRRVVVVEEEE mashed tatters....mmmmmmm with meatloaf and gravy....yummo!!!
Yup, thats what we're having. Meatloaf, gravy, mashed potato and roasted cherry tomatoes...Yummo!
I like the creamed corn idea and the sour cream idea. Anything with sour cream on it is good to me!
Mmmmm.... *drool* - I definately want mashed potatoes and meatloaf tonight!
Tobyturtle your dinner plans sounds delish, if you could just magic some up to Queensland for me, that would be great!
I always put the drained potatoes back on the heat to get the excess water steamed out of them. I add milk and butter. And occaisionally wholegrain mustard too. I like mine not too stiff.
I will try Ruth! :lol::
Hmmm... Do you think i could add mustard, sour cream and onion flakes??
Ruth's method was actually investigated in a foodie book I read. It also allows the starches to break down a bit, meaning your mash won't be so gluggy. SO, at that point, I mash them with 1+ cup of "chicken" stock (using a Massel ultracube, I make 2 cups then use as much as I need) and I just plug away at mashing them until they are super creamy. Th stock gives it a brilliant flavour, AND it's lower in fat AND it's dairy free!
Hmmm... curry at our place tonight. But mash will have to be on next weeks meal plan!
I mash potatoes with a potato ricer/mouli which gives a perfect, even consistency, then add butter, cream, salt and pepper. Depending on what I am serving it with, I'll add parmesan, roasted garlic or a little dijon.
Another way to get really good mash is to bake the potato whole (this also works well in the microwave), then scoop out the flesh.
I mash potatoes with a potato ricer/mouli which gives a perfect, even consistency, then add butter, cream, salt and pepper. Depending on what I am serving it with, I'll add parmesan, roasted garlic or a little dijon.
Another way to get really good mash is to bake the potato whole (this also works well in the microwave), then scoop out the flesh.
boil the potatoes in vegeta stock
I mash the potato first
then I put in butter and mash it again - usually add the "harder" herbs now like garlic or chili
then I swirl in the cream/milk combination
then season it and then put some cheese in there
If you like garlic (DP and I love it), I make garlic mashed potato
Mash the potatoe up, then add tablespoon of butter, milk and half a clove of crushed garlic, mix and mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum!!! ;)
Cracked pepper and sour cream if I want to be very naughty!
Parmesan added to the mash is nice and would go well with Italian meatloaf.
I do the cream / butter mash as described previously
I combine mine with mashed sweet potato, a little bit of butter and milk, salt and pepper and cinnamon...yum!
Sometimes, for just straight plain potato I mash it with some french onion dip.
Tobyturtle - thanks for the imaginary dinner - it was delish in my head! LOL.
How was it in real life? What did you end up putting in YOUR mash?
A friend of mine mixers hers with Ranch dressing and she says that is delish!
I just mash mine with butter milk and mixed herbs. Sometimes I add mozzerella cheese and it tastes awesome!!
We mash with a tablespoon of butter and a splash of milk, then add chives, parsley and garlic. Sometimes cheese if I'm feeling indulgent LOL!
Oh, and sometimes I make sweet potato mash ... just boil some sweet potatos with the potatos. Or pumpkin mash, just boil some pumpkin with the potatos. Dunno if those two would go well with cheese, garlic, chives and parsely or not though!
This is how I always do my mashed potatoes - with sweet potato or pumpkin (sometimes both). Then sometimes I'll had some cooked broccoli when I'm mashing. Sometimes I'll had cheese and herbs, but we love mashed potato - so we just have it on it's own.:
I also saw in a cookbook called Deceptively Delicious that they do a pureed beetroot with the mashed potato - not sure of the exact details as don't have the book and I haven't tried it yet - but will give it a go one day.
i cook mine with garlic every time..i boil the spuds up with a couple of cloves of garlic, the flavour goes right thorugh the potatoes, them just mash with butter salt and cream..YUMMO
I boil my peeled, chopped potatoes with a chopped onion. Then I drain the water, add milk and much too much butter ;) and salt. Mash lightly - I like it with little chuncks in it ... I'm weird like that :lol: I leave out pepper, because DH likes fine pepper and I like cracked pepper, so we put that on afterwards.
I like my mash straight forward ... but I'm definatly going to try some of these ideas. THANKS!!
I make mine with a large quantity of butter, a teaspoon of vegemite, cracked pepper, a pinch of salt (the vegemite is already salty) and lots of grated tasty cheese. Really, really good. I like the idea of cooking the potatoes with an onion...will be trying that next time!
I seem to be the very odd one out in the way that I put one or two eggs in my mashed potato (depending on the quantity of potato)..... Mash spud, add raw egg, some butter, salt, pepper, beat. Usually enough milk to make it soft. If it goes on top of shepherds/cottage pie I sprinkle nutmeg on top also.
yummmmmmm all this mashed potato talk is making me hungry!!
i have no tips.. but will definitely be adding crushed garlic and cheese when i make it next!!
I whip mine really fast with a fork after I have mashed it with butter and milk. It makes it fluffy and delicious.
I add milk and butter. Then I add some chopped and lightly cooked onions and some chopped spring onion and parsley flakes.
Sometimes I add grated cheese or another vegie like sweet potato/pumpkin.
hmmm maybe im the laziest person in the world but i buy the frozen potato pellets from coles/woolies
in the frozen chip section
you chuck them in the microwave for 10 mins..then i add some salt and butter
i blame my mum....she used to give me Deb as a kid and this is even better....and i used to hate hate hate cleaning the potato masher it would take longer than the rest of the dishes combined...it saves me doing that.
and i dont care if your all shocked/disgusted that i eat instant mash..yummmmmo :lol: