instant mash question

rosie383

McKneff wrote: »

Which mash do you use please

The one I’m using at the minute is Harvest Basket. Pretty sure it was Lidl’s cheap one. I wouldn’t eat it on its own but the rest of the family have had it and not known any difference. Definitely can get away with it on a shepherds’ pie or smothered in gravy. Especially if you add a blob of butter. I think it tastes much better than frozen mash which always tastes like school dinners from the 1970s to me!

LameWolf

Soworried wrote: »

I'm making mash the lazy way atm.

Just sticking the potatoes in their skin in the microwave for 7 minutes. Then mashing with the skin still left on. It's working well and minimum effort.
Keeps the fibre and skin nutrients also.

I do something similar; get Mr LW to cut spuds into chunks (with skin still on), nuke til cooked, then throw 'em in the food processor with a bit of butter and seasoning. My hands are too painful to mash them myself.
You just go with what works for you.