"Wallace" > wrote in message
...
>a dear, dear friend implied that I should look into getting a new potato
>masher.
>
> Any thoughts? Are they all flat on the bottom, or do any have bottom
> tines which have a pointed or angled shape to cut through the potatoes
> with less effort?
>

By all means, hold out for that elusive triangle tined potato masher since
no other potato masher could possibly work as well.