How do you make mashed potatoes

[mead107]

Did mashed potatoes with butter, 1 pack of cream cheese, basil 1/4 cup half and half , ground sea salt and garlic. And pepper. 
 

2 large potatoes and one small one. 
 

was awesome. 

[Ann]

You follow a recipe!? Good for you! Mine are always a little bit of this, a little bit of that, until they have the taste and consistency I want.

[snafu]

Whole milk

butter

salt

 

[mead107]

55 minutes ago, Ann said:

You follow a recipe!? Good for you! Mine are always a little bit of this, a little bit of that, until they have the taste and consistency I want.

Looked up some recipes and made it my way. Was delicious 

[mead107]

Probably about 2 tablespoons of basil 

Edited February 13 by mead107

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

Butter, light sweet cream, chives, a little bit of nutmeg.  

 

Place in parchment cooking bag, run over with car.

[mead107]

25 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

Butter, light sweet cream, chives, a little bit of nutmeg.  

 

Place in parchment cooking bag, run over with car.

How many times do you go back and forth over the bag?

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

47 minutes ago, mead107 said:

How many times do you go back and forth over the bag?

 

 

Seven.

 

Seriously, though...a pinch of nutmeg works surprisingly well.  Literally a pinch - I'm one of those people that rarely measures spices; last time I made this, I'm not sure how much I put in, but it probably would have amounted to an eight of a teaspoon or less for 8 good-sized potatoes.

[CarpetCrawler]

To me, butter and black pepper are the key ingredients.

[Foxx]

I own this potato masher

[devnull]

Butter, sour cream, and .30-06

[Fansince88]

Pour a cup of the flakes in water and microwave.  

 

 

 

 

I kid! No processed foods in our house. Well, less than before. 

[KD in CA]

On 2/13/2024 at 6:43 PM, Fansince88 said:

Pour a cup of the flakes in water and microwave.  

 

I used to eat those all the time back in my '20s....cheap, easy and surprisingly not horrible.

 

 

Recently I made twice baked potatoes for the family.  So basically mashed (butter, milk, sour cream and green onions) and restuffed into the potato shells and baked another 20 mins.  Add chives and serve.  Yummy.

[Uncle Joe]

On 2/13/2024 at 6:43 PM, Fansince88 said:

Pour a cup of the flakes in water and microwave. 

 

4 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

I used to eat those all the time back in my '20s....cheap, easy and surprisingly not horrible.

I got a box with 8 packets after my dad passed away. I've used a couple and as stated they're not awful if you have a gravy to go with.
The positive is they haven't grown any sprouts yet.

[KD in CA]

5 minutes ago, Uncle Joe said:

 

I got a box with 8 packets after my dad passed away. I've used a couple and as stated they're not awful if you have a gravy to go with.
The positive is they haven't grown any sprouts yet.

 

To complete the low-sodium meal, serve creamed chipped beef over them.  That was a low budget fav back in the day.

[Mahoney]

Mashed

Baked

My wife and daughter won't eat them otherwise. (Unless it's KFC 🙄)

[Cinga]

On 2/22/2024 at 2:53 PM, KD in CA said:

 

I used to eat those all the time back in my '20s....cheap, easy and surprisingly not horrible.

 

 

Recently I made twice baked potatoes for the family.  So basically mashed (butter, milk, sour cream and green onions) and restuffed into the potato shells and baked another 20 mins.  Add chives and serve.  Yummy.

 

I used to make them sometimes, same as yours but with bacon bits too and add cheddar cheese on top.