Do you make mashed potatoes from potatoes?

[Anonymous]

Potatoes. The premade Bob Evans ones you can buy at Giant are pretty good if you don’t have time to make them. Much better than from a box.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t know there was such a thing as a mashed potato boxed mix until I was in my twenties. I learned this the first time I hosted my now SIL for Thanksgiving, which was the first time she’d ever eaten fresh mashed potatoes.

It’s really pretty easy to make them from scratch, especially if you skip peeling as others have noted.

[Anonymous]

I've never once made them from a box. Making mashed potatoes is pretty easy. I don't measure anything, just eyeball it, and I often don't peel. It's OK if they taste a tiny bit different each time because the ratio of salt/butter/ dairy differs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

An electric mixer is faster and easier

If you don't know what you're doing an electric mixer can result in gluey potatoes. So if someone has been using a box mix I wouldn't recommend starting with a mixer.

You could do skin on mashed red potatoes which eliminates peeling. For me, peeling is the worst part of mashed potatoes.

I personally don't use a box mix. I kind of just eyeball them and taste them. My mom made them with sour cream when I was a kid and I like that flavor profile.

[Anonymous]

Always from potatoes. It would never occur to me to buy boxed mashed potatoes since my mom never did.

[Anonymous]

My pot and potato masher are dishwasher safe. It’s so easy to make fresh from real potatoes.

I do use boxed ones for camping though, like a pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

Make them in a blender or mixer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

maybe I’m doing it wrong, but the potatoes stay in the pot and don’t get all over when I mash them and no splatters. I just serve them in the pot.

I never mash in the pot because we have nonstick allclad. Nothing sharp or violent happens in those pots!

That said I do like the box stuff as a guilty pleasure.

Pro tip- if you have a casserole or a ratatouille or au gratin that are too runny, a few shakes of the potato flakes is a miracle.

[Anonymous]

This is a crazy question! Love my scratch mashed potatoes (secret ingredient = cream cheese).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who tf would make mashed potatoes from a box. How lazy are you??

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

An electric mixer is faster and easier

If you don't know what you're doing an electric mixer can result in gluey potatoes. So if someone has been using a box mix I wouldn't recommend starting with a mixer.

You could do skin on mashed red potatoes which eliminates peeling. For me, peeling is the worst part of mashed potatoes.

I personally don't use a box mix. I kind of just eyeball them and taste them. My mom made them with sour cream when I was a kid and I like that flavor profile.

Yes, I love them with sour cream! So does my family, but they don't know it. They all insist they do not like sour cream so I have to be sneaky in adding it or they won't eat them! (The actually eat several dishes with sour cream unknowingly!)

[Anonymous]

Usually from actual potatoes, but I’ve been known to keep a packet in hand for the days when I just need something incredibly quick, or to supplement leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

Has THIS ever happened to YOU? There’s GOT to be a better WAY!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.

It's not fast or easy. Peeling, boiling, mashing, getting the butter, salt, milk ratio just right. Messy splatters, potato bits all over. I use a potato ricer so that gets messy too. I make them maybe 3 times a year because it's a pain.

maybe I’m doing it wrong, but the potatoes stay in the pot and don’t get all over when I mash them and no splatters. I just serve them in the pot.

I never mash in the pot because we have nonstick allclad. Nothing sharp or violent happens in those pots!

That said I do like the box stuff as a guilty pleasure.

Pro tip- if you have a casserole or a ratatouille or au gratin that are too runny, a few shakes of the potato flakes is a miracle.

Well you should get rid of the nonstick because it's poisoning you.

[Anonymous]

Idahoan (instant) Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes

https://giantfood.com/product/idahoan-loaded-baked-mashed-potatoes-4-oz-pkg/169936