Mash, boring mash!!!

sarahlouise210

I agree...I always add loads of butter and black pepper...my mum always adds a raw egg as well (:eek: ) ....lately I have been giving the kids the new Smash (it is now a fine pwder and not lumps)...mmmmm...I tried it (of course also laden with pepper and butter) and it was yummy..and not a lump in sight!

frizz_head

Have you tried stirring through some wholegrain mustard - great for beef dishes, or some green pesto - great with fish.

studentphil

I think in winter pots seem tasteless. They are Reds so you would think they would be okay.

Psykicpup

All-rounders King Edward, Maris Piper, Romano and Desirée potatoes are suitable for every type of cooking except for salads and steaming.
Boiling Cara, Estima, Pink Fir Apple, Wilja.
Roasting Cara, Wilja, Pentland Dell.
Chips Estima, Pentland Dell, Maris Bard.
Mashing Golden Wonder, Pentland Squire, Pentland Dell.
Salad Charlotte, Jersey Royal, Pink Fir Apple, Wilja.

Above taken from BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_potatoes.shtml#varieties__

scheming_gypsy

Psykicpup wrote:

What type of pots are you using?

a pan :rotfl:

pboae

I've stopped making potato mash. I mix and mash other root veg instead, carrot, swede, parsnip, turnip, sweet potato, etc. I also throw cauliflower and broccolli in if I've got leftovers. It's an easy way to get a greater variety of veg in your diet and tastes better than plain mash.

frizz_head

Ainsley Harriot does a gorgeous Butter Bean Mash in his Meals in Minutes book. Simply fry a chopped onion in oil, add a can of butter beans, add some grated cheese and a knob of butter - warm through until all melted, then blitz with a hand blender.

comping_cat

frizz_head wrote:

Have you tried stirring through some wholegrain mustard - great for beef dishes, or some green pesto - great with fish.

Wholegrain mustard (and maybe a little double cream instead of milk) is also lovely if you are doing a sweet potato mash!!!!

Gingham_Ribbon

Frizz, what do you serve the butterbean mash with? It sounds gorgeous. (And a great way for a veggie to get loads of protein.)

joughtib

studentphil wrote:

At this time of year you just seem to get tasteless and bland mash potatoes.

What can you do about this?

Something slightly out of the ordinary, but my OH makes pizza bases out of mashed potato......I know, bizarre, but stick with me....

We can't eat pizza anymore, due to dieting, and it being laden with calories. So on a baking tray, make "pizza bases", using mash, garlic, a little bit of milk, various herbs. Cook in the oven for a while until it starts to crisp slightly, and then add home made pizza topping, passata based, plus the usual toppings, and the potato base, starts to take on the tomato flavour.

True that it's more like potato cakes, but worth a go, even if it's only the once!