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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Potato. It is fast and easy and unprocessed.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

An electric mixer is faster and easier [/quote]

[b]If you don't know what you're doing an electric mixer can result in gluey potatoes. [/b] 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.[/quote]

Yeah, I don't think mixers are a good idea for mashed potatoes. You end up with a bad texture. [/quote]

Definitely not mixers. It does something to the starch or something and they get gummy. AI tells me it's because the cell walls break, releasing starch, which basically turns it into wallpaper paste. [/quote]

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