"George" > wrote in message
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> Janet B. wrote:
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>> Oh pshaw, on Sun 11 Nov 2007 09:39:24a, cybercat meant to say...
>>>>
>>>>> I got roped into doing Thanksgiving dinner.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't do mashed potatoes! I never have. I recall trying years ago,
>>>>> and
>>>>> they were lumpy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Got five pounds of big, fresh Idaho potatoes at Aldi, and a pound of
>>>>> butter. I guess I need milk, right?
>>>> Use cream.
>>>>
>>>>> How do you make your best mashed potatoes?
>>> I agree, use cream. Also, save your Idahos for something else and get a
>>> bag of Yukon Golds.
>>>
>> Yukon Golds are too low starch to make decent mashed potatoes.
>> Janet
>
> I don't care for starchy sticky whipped potatoes so I use yukon golds or
> red potatoes (sometimes both) to make really really good smashed potatoes.
> Whipped potatoes always remind me of the instant potatoes you getin school
> cafeterias and industrial restaurants.

I don't know what you are objecting too.. .starchy, or sticky or whipped.
All separate issues. Smashed potatoes are another completely different
issue. Smashed potatoes is a good way to go if you can't make mashed
potatoes. What I object to about smashed potatoes is that the cook often
doesn't see a need to scrub the potatoes beforehand or cut out hard scar
bits and you get all the grit and stuff in the mix.
Janet