Mashed potatoes?

[Hpara759 1780]

I' m I missing that thread?

[South Austin 52629]

Bobby Flay is quite the douchebag, but his mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and mascarpone cheese slams in the paint.

Recipe

But if we're talking every day mashed potatoes, a shitload of butter and heavy cream does the trick.

[4th and 5 4919]

22 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Bobby Flay is quite the douchebag, but his mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and mascarpone cheese slams in the paint.

Recipe

But if we're talking every day mashed potatoes, a shitload of butter and heavy cream does the trick.

did you get the tip that heavy cream does the trick from your mom?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Wasabi mashed potatoes for the fucking win. It goes with that whole Dr. Seuss green ham, and eggs motif.

[Errestaurants 2570]

Joel Robuchon pommes purée 

[Dr Fear 1268]

Bobby Flay is quite the douchebag, but his mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and mascarpone cheese slams in the paint.
Recipe
But if we're talking every day mashed potatoes, a shitload of butter and heavy cream does the trick.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bobby-flays-insane-divorce-boob-jobs-january-jones-and-a-cheater-plane-banner

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[HouTex 1894]

Butter. A lot of butter and some cream or half and half makes for great mashed potatoes. Freshly ground pepper too.

[dcbc 14525]

I don't get too complicated.  Boil and drain potatoes (leave skin on).  Use a masher and add lots of butter, whole milk, and sour cream.  Salt and Pepper (or Morton's Nature Seasons) to taste. 

Edited November 25, 2020 by dcbc

[NorthLoop 14252]

Don't fancy this shit up. Butter, milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder. 

[Henry Hill 3156]

Don’t over think it. Add butter, a nip of salt, a pinch pepper, a little liquid smoke, thousand island dressing and butterfingers and send me $9.94.

[ztejas 43546]

3 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bobby-flays-insane-divorce-boob-jobs-january-jones-and-a-cheater-plane-banner

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What a read. March sounds like she sucks. Flay seems like someone you'd be better off not marrying. 

Having January Jones as a fuckin side piece is winning.

[HornOnTheBayou 8950]

Some of y'all are putting way too much thought into something you're just putting your dick in. Buy the pre-made stuff at HEB and call it a day. Your dick isn't going to know the difference. 

[Hank_Hill 18896]

Instant pot makes it fool proof. Along with butter and cream. Sometimes ranch seasoning to take it to 11

[ztejas 43546]

15 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Some of y'all are putting way too much thought into something you're just putting your dick in. Buy the pre-made stuff at HEB and call it a day. Your dick isn't going to know the difference. 

What your wife does with the mashed potatoes after I'm done putting my dick in them is none of your business.

[Victor Lazlo 1777]

3 hours ago, HouTex said:

Butter. A lot of butter and some cream or half and half makes for great mashed potatoes. Freshly ground pepper too.

This right here. 

Use red potatoes, quarter them, boil until just soft enough to break apart - around 15 minutes. You over cook them they have too much water content  

Add a ton of butter, salt and a little pepper, start mashing or whipping. Add cream or half and half in small quantities and continue mashing.

Test the consistency. Too thick for you, add a little more cream or half and half until you get the consistency you like. 

Seriously, great mashed potatoes are easy to accomplish. 

Good luck, OP.

[TwiceHorn 31554]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I don't get too complicated.  Boil and drain potatoes (leave skin on).  Use a masher and add lots of butter, whole milk, and sour cream.  Salt and Pepper (or Morton's Nature Seasons) to taste. 

I hate skins in my mashed potatoes.

They are supposed to be uniform, homogeneous blobs of white or off-white creaminess.  The only discoloration should be black pepper.

Sour cream and cream cheese are excellent additives.  Note that they, like potatoes, are white and add to and do not detract from, the creamy homogeneous uniformity that defines mashed potatoes.

 

[Jimbaround 975]

Butter. A lot of butter and some cream or half and half makes for great mashed potatoes. Freshly ground pepper too.

Just coming to post this. I also think the food mill is a great addition as it removes the possibility of over whipping with a hand mixer.

[WBT 20672]

Parmesan is good

[DoobieWah 1467]

Put your cream and butter in a mixing bowl before you even peel the potatoes. This allows it to come to room temp before hitting the potatoes and causing them to seize up. (Hattip to MyOtherBrotherDarrell for that one.)

Also regarding black pepper, many pundits call for ground white pepper just to enhance its homogeneity.

I don’t bother as some of my best friends are homogeneous. 

[TonyTexas 10534]

Modified Robuchon. Using ricer instead of masher is key

Ingredients

4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (medium peeled and halved) 

Kosher salt 

6 sticks unsalted butter (1 1/2 pounds cold, cut into 1/2-inch cubes) 

0.5 cup heavy cream 

How to Make It

In a large saucepan, cover the potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of salt and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain well and let stand in a colander for 3 minutes.

Pass the potatoes through a ricer into the large saucepan. Cook over moderate heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the potatoes are hot and steam starts to rise, about 2 minutes; they’ll start to stick to the bottom of the pan. Add one-fourth of the butter cubes at a time, stirring constantly until incorporated. Stir in the heavy cream and season generously with salt. Serve right away.

 

[AustinMT 952]

7 hours ago, Jimbaround said:

Just coming to post this. I also think the food mill is a great addition as it removes the possibility of over whipping with a hand mixer.

This.  Started using ricer for mashed potatoes a few years ago and the texture/consistency is great

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

If I’m not having gravy with them, I’ll cook them in light chicken broth instead of water.  Then the cream, butter etc like everyone else said.

[TonyTexas 10534]

3 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

If I’m not having gravy with them, I’ll cook them in light chicken broth instead of water.  Then the cream, butter etc like everyone else said.

Don't really understand that need for this. Potatoes don't absorb much liquid during cooking. 

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by TonyTexas

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

8 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I hate skins in my mashed potatoes.

They are supposed to be uniform, homogeneous blobs of white or off-white creaminess.  The only discoloration should be black pepper.

Sour cream and cream cheese are excellent additives.  Note that they, like potatoes, are white and add to and do not detract from, the creamy homogeneous uniformity that defines mashed potatoes.

 

You probably think Wonder bread is the best bread in the world....

[South Austin 52629]

9 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I hate skins in my mashed potatoes.

Yeah, fuck this Neanderthal shit with leaving the skins on. That’s what baked potatoes are for.

[RollLeft 5045]

Butter +season (salt) your food.  Also leave the majority of skins on.

Edited November 25, 2020 by RollLeft

[dcbc 14525]

10 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I hate skins in my mashed potatoes.

They are supposed to be uniform, homogeneous blobs of white or off-white creaminess.  The only discoloration should be black pepper.

Sour cream and cream cheese are excellent additives.  Note that they, like potatoes, are white and add to and do not detract from, the creamy homogeneous uniformity that defines mashed potatoes.

 

 

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Yeah, fuck this Neanderthal shit with leaving the skins on. That’s what baked potatoes are for.

We'll make a special batch just for you two and my eleven year old.  I'm picking up lunchables, too.  You guys want ham, pizza, or the more traditional turkey?

Edited November 25, 2020 by dcbc

[South Austin 52629]

2 minutes ago, dcbc said:

We'll make a special batch just for you two and my eleven year old.  I'm picking up lunchables, too.  You guys want ham, pizza, or the more traditional turkey?

Pizza. And don’t forget the apple juice boxes!

[dcbc 14525]

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

If I’m not having gravy with them, I’ll cook them in light chicken broth instead of water.  Then the cream, butter etc like everyone else said.

The older I get, and the more I cook, the more I've come to realize that cooking shit in chicken broth is the secret.

[dcbc 14525]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

Pizza. And don’t forget the apple juice boxes!

They come with Capri Sun.  And you boys had better not make a mess with the pizza construction

 

 

[dcbc 14525]

10 hours ago, Jimbaround said:

Just coming to post this. I also think the food mill is a great addition as it removes the possibility of over whipping with a hand mixer.

This is what you want. 

 

/ricer sounds interesting though. 

Edited November 25, 2020 by dcbc

[DoobieWah 1467]

My most recent batch:

2 medium russets peeled and cut into sixths, ( one axial cut, three medial cuts)

boil for twenty minutes until a fork easily pierces but does not break the tater

2tbs butter and about 1/3 cup milk in a mixing bowl and allowed to warm to room temp. (Actually, I floated the bowl over the potatoes until the butter melted.)

When the potatoes were done, I drained the pan and added the potatoes to the mixing bowl and used a manual potato masher and when mostly mashed, used a fork to “whip ‘em good”. 
 

Salt and fresh black pepper to taste. 
 

easypeasy. I ate the leftovers in beef and veg soup. You can also use them for potato soup but that’s a different post. 

Edited November 25, 2020 by DoobieWah
Manual masher as pictured in post above.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Don't really understand that need for this. Potatoes don't absorb much liquid during cooking. 

 

Seems to work better than just salting them, IMO.  Salted water vs. chicken stock.

[threesheets 1675]

11 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I hate skins in my mashed potatoes.

They are supposed to be uniform, homogeneous blobs of white or off-white creaminess.  The only discoloration should be black pepper.

Sour cream and cream cheese are excellent additives.  Note that they, like potatoes, are white and add to and do not detract from, the creamy homogeneous uniformity that defines mashed potatoes.

 

Yep.  Mine are yukon golds, cream, butter, cream cheese, salt.  That's it.  And if ever add pepper I use white.  

[smuggs 9353]

Edited November 25, 2020 by smuggs

[TwiceHorn 31554]

2 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

You probably think Wonder bread is the best bread in the world....

Well, mashed potatoes, without a modifier, as in your "wasabi mashed potatoes," are a bit equivalent to wonder bread.  Everything has it's time and place, but if we're talking just plain mashed taters, they should be Aryan KKK white n smoove.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

24 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, mashed potatoes, without a modifier, as in your "wasabi mashed potatoes," are a bit equivalent to wonder bread.  Everything has it's time and place, but if we're talking just plain mashed taters, they should be Aryan KKK white n smoove.

That needs to be name.. I'll have the aryan white taters please....  with extra KKK please...

[South Austin 52629]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

This is what you want. 

 

/ricer sounds interesting though. 

You apparently are my mashed potato sworn enemy.

This or GTFO.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Tater fight on aisle 7 !!!!!

[dcbc 14525]

58 minutes ago, South Austin said:

You apparently are my mashed potato sworn enemy.

This or GTFO.

Haven't seen one of those before, and I kind of like it.  I was really speaking more to the using a "masher" versus a hand mixer since this isn't the whipped potatoes thread. 

 

I'm convinced we don't need to be tater enemies and can find some common ground, like a friend and I did with your mom the other night. 

[South Austin 52629]

1 minute ago, dcbc said:

I'm convinced we don't need to be tater enemies and can find some common ground, like a friend and I did with your mom the other night. 

Hey, it’s not gay if it’s a three-way.

[dcbc 14525]

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, mashed potatoes, without a modifier, as in your "wasabi mashed potatoes," are a bit equivalent to wonder bread.  Everything has it's time and place, but if we're talking just plain mashed taters, they should be Aryan KKK white n smoove.

Master Race Mashed Potatoes?

[RollLeft 5045]

23 hours ago, South Austin said:

You apparently are my mashed potato sworn enemy.

This or GTFO.

I just use a wooden spatula.

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

On 11/25/2020 at 9:00 AM, dcbc said:

This is what you want. 

 

/ricer sounds interesting though. 

This is what we use except ours is ancient and belonged to my husband's grandmother and has a wooden handle. I add one stick of butter, salt, and depending upon what is on hand either milk, half-and-half, or cream and sometimes it's a blend of them. I get them pretty smooth.

I've offered to make variations: there's one with cream cheese (Pioneer Woman) or garlic potatoes but they like the plain mashed potatoes best.