Oh pshaw, on Mon 12 Nov 2007 06:34:30a, George meant to say...

> Janet B. wrote:
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>> 3.184...
>>>> 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.
>

The stickiness comes from over beating.

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