Oh pshaw, on Sun 11 Nov 2007 03:59:58p, Christine Dabney meant to say...

> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:23:16 -0600, "Ms P" >
> wrote:
>
>
> Another thing I do is let them
>>drain in the colander until they look dry.
>>
>>Ms P
>
> Julia Child goes a step further.. After they drain, she puts them back
> in the pot, over low heat, then starts mashing them there. The heat
> dries out the residual moisture left in the potatoes, so you don't
> have watery mashed potatoes. This step is really important.
>
> Then, you can start adding butter and cream.
>
> Christine
>

That's something I always do. Makes a world of difference.

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