OT Potatos - Page 4

>I swear by my old-fashioned potato masher like this:
>http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Potato-Masher/dp/B00004OCJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1254354977&sr=8-1
>or http://tiny.cc/pNfjZ
>I have never seen one of these bend out of shape. It is very easy to use.
>(Believe me, I have tendonitis and arthritis in my hands, and I just used
>this masher this evening without any significant pain.)
>I agree about the electric mixer for potatoes. Totally yuck.
>ep
>> Many many men are fine, nay, excellent cooks.
>> My husband is one of them.
>> However he has some quirks.
>> Aside from leaving food and things in the middle of the dirty dishes
>> next to the sink, the one thing that I hate about when he cooks is his
>> use of the mixer to mash potatos. It all but chokes me to try and eat
>> them when they are done like that. Can you say overworked pasty goo?
>> We have two potato mashers, and I really can't blame him for not using
>> them I guess. One is an old style wooden one, only it is rounded at
>> the end instead of flat, which makes it really hard to use. The other
>> is one of those modern bent steel with slots sort of things, and it
>> is way too bendy to be very useful.
>> His idea of hand mashers are the zig zag ones, he thinks they are good
>> because you can bend them back into shape when you are done.
>> On my planet they shouldn't bend in the first place.
>> The hand mixer died.
>> He doesn't want to drag out the stand mixer for potatos, the pan
>> wouldn't fit and taking it off the stand for something like that seems
>> a bit extreme. So when we have boiled taters now, we have boiled
>> taters. (Yay!) Which means there are sometimes left over potatos for a
>> fry up! (G) If I can beat the rest of the house to them, "potatos and
>> salt, and find no fault" means something here. I am lucky if I have
>> any to work with when I boil them and leave them to cool for chips!
>> We will of course be getting a new hand mixer.
>> I am also thinking very very hard about spending $10 on a decent
>> potato masher. The kind I know best are the ones that are sort of
>> wannabe ricers, a steel plate with holes in it on a handle. DH is
>> absolutely convinced that the plate will come away from the handle on
>> those. My mom has been using the same one for over fifty years, if
>> anybody can destroy a kitchen gadget in five minutes or less it is
>> her. On the other hand new ones might not be as well made.
>> I think I will take the risk, even though I will have to mail order.
>> Besides, that kind of masher just rocks for juicing fruit to make
>> jelly or wine.
>> DH says if I want the tatos mashed by hand I can do it myself.
>> I am willing to make the sacrifice if it meands no more library paste
>> and gravy.
>> NightMist
>> --
>> Legolas is my house elf

> Hoo!
> That is the very one I was considering!
> Had DH read what you said and he considers that a powerful statement
> in favor of the thing.
> He won't be able to resist using it at least once. It is just how he
> is. If it as easy as I bet it will be I'll win on this!
> w00Tt!
> NightMist
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:58:57 -0500, "Edna Pearl"
>>I swear by my old-fashioned potato masher like this:
>>http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Potato-Masher/dp/B00004OCJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1254354977&sr=8-1
>>or http://tiny.cc/pNfjZ
>>I have never seen one of these bend out of shape. It is very easy to use.
>>(Believe me, I have tendonitis and arthritis in my hands, and I just used
>>this masher this evening without any significant pain.)
>>I agree about the electric mixer for potatoes. Totally yuck.
>>ep
>>> Many many men are fine, nay, excellent cooks.
>>> My husband is one of them.
>>> However he has some quirks.
>>> Aside from leaving food and things in the middle of the dirty dishes
>>> next to the sink, the one thing that I hate about when he cooks is his
>>> use of the mixer to mash potatos. It all but chokes me to try and eat
>>> them when they are done like that. Can you say overworked pasty goo?
>>> We have two potato mashers, and I really can't blame him for not using
>>> them I guess. One is an old style wooden one, only it is rounded at
>>> the end instead of flat, which makes it really hard to use. The other
>>> is one of those modern bent steel with slots sort of things, and it
>>> is way too bendy to be very useful.
>>> His idea of hand mashers are the zig zag ones, he thinks they are good
>>> because you can bend them back into shape when you are done.
>>> On my planet they shouldn't bend in the first place.
>>> The hand mixer died.
>>> He doesn't want to drag out the stand mixer for potatos, the pan
>>> wouldn't fit and taking it off the stand for something like that seems
>>> a bit extreme. So when we have boiled taters now, we have boiled
>>> taters. (Yay!) Which means there are sometimes left over potatos for a
>>> fry up! (G) If I can beat the rest of the house to them, "potatos and
>>> salt, and find no fault" means something here. I am lucky if I have
>>> any to work with when I boil them and leave them to cool for chips!
>>> We will of course be getting a new hand mixer.
>>> I am also thinking very very hard about spending $10 on a decent
>>> potato masher. The kind I know best are the ones that are sort of
>>> wannabe ricers, a steel plate with holes in it on a handle. DH is
>>> absolutely convinced that the plate will come away from the handle on
>>> those. My mom has been using the same one for over fifty years, if
>>> anybody can destroy a kitchen gadget in five minutes or less it is
>>> her. On the other hand new ones might not be as well made.
>>> I think I will take the risk, even though I will have to mail order.
>>> Besides, that kind of masher just rocks for juicing fruit to make
>>> jelly or wine.
>>> DH says if I want the tatos mashed by hand I can do it myself.
>>> I am willing to make the sacrifice if it meands no more library paste
>>> and gravy.
>>> NightMist
>>> --
>>> Legolas is my house elf
> --
> Legolas is my house elf

>That's what I use BEFORE I use the mixer. Well what the hell do you do with
>it after mashing the potatoes? Just keep mashing them up and down? I am
>just real confused.
>Cindy
>> Hoo!
>> That is the very one I was considering!
>> Had DH read what you said and he considers that a powerful statement
>> in favor of the thing.
>> He won't be able to resist using it at least once. It is just how he
>> is. If it as easy as I bet it will be I'll win on this!
>> w00Tt!
>> NightMist
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:58:57 -0500, "Edna Pearl"
>>>I swear by my old-fashioned potato masher like this:
>>>http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Potato-Masher/dp/B00004OCJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1254354977&sr=8-1
>>>or http://tiny.cc/pNfjZ
>>>I have never seen one of these bend out of shape. It is very easy to use.
>>>(Believe me, I have tendonitis and arthritis in my hands, and I just used
>>>this masher this evening without any significant pain.)
>>>I agree about the electric mixer for potatoes. Totally yuck.
>>>ep
>>>> Many many men are fine, nay, excellent cooks.
>>>> My husband is one of them.
>>>> However he has some quirks.
>>>> Aside from leaving food and things in the middle of the dirty dishes
>>>> next to the sink, the one thing that I hate about when he cooks is his
>>>> use of the mixer to mash potatos. It all but chokes me to try and eat
>>>> them when they are done like that. Can you say overworked pasty goo?
>>>> We have two potato mashers, and I really can't blame him for not using
>>>> them I guess. One is an old style wooden one, only it is rounded at
>>>> the end instead of flat, which makes it really hard to use. The other
>>>> is one of those modern bent steel with slots sort of things, and it
>>>> is way too bendy to be very useful.
>>>> His idea of hand mashers are the zig zag ones, he thinks they are good
>>>> because you can bend them back into shape when you are done.
>>>> On my planet they shouldn't bend in the first place.
>>>> The hand mixer died.
>>>> He doesn't want to drag out the stand mixer for potatos, the pan
>>>> wouldn't fit and taking it off the stand for something like that seems
>>>> a bit extreme. So when we have boiled taters now, we have boiled
>>>> taters. (Yay!) Which means there are sometimes left over potatos for a
>>>> fry up! (G) If I can beat the rest of the house to them, "potatos and
>>>> salt, and find no fault" means something here. I am lucky if I have
>>>> any to work with when I boil them and leave them to cool for chips!
>>>> We will of course be getting a new hand mixer.
>>>> I am also thinking very very hard about spending $10 on a decent
>>>> potato masher. The kind I know best are the ones that are sort of
>>>> wannabe ricers, a steel plate with holes in it on a handle. DH is
>>>> absolutely convinced that the plate will come away from the handle on
>>>> those. My mom has been using the same one for over fifty years, if
>>>> anybody can destroy a kitchen gadget in five minutes or less it is
>>>> her. On the other hand new ones might not be as well made.
>>>> I think I will take the risk, even though I will have to mail order.
>>>> Besides, that kind of masher just rocks for juicing fruit to make
>>>> jelly or wine.
>>>> DH says if I want the tatos mashed by hand I can do it myself.
>>>> I am willing to make the sacrifice if it meands no more library paste
>>>> and gravy.
>>>> NightMist
>>>> --
>>>> Legolas is my house elf
>> --
>> Legolas is my house elf

> I swear by my old-fashioned potato masher like this:
>
>

> or http://tiny.cc/pNfjZ
>
> I have never seen one of these bend out of shape. It is very easy to use.
> (Believe me, I have tendonitis and arthritis in my hands, and I just used
> this masher this evening without any significant pain.)
>
> I agree about the electric mixer for potatoes. Totally yuck.
>
> ep
>
>
>
>
>> Many many men are fine, nay, excellent cooks.
>> My husband is one of them.
>> However he has some quirks.
>> Aside from leaving food and things in the middle of the dirty dishes
>> next to the sink, the one thing that I hate about when he cooks is his
>> use of the mixer to mash potatos. It all but chokes me to try and eat
>> them when they are done like that. Can you say overworked pasty goo?
>> We have two potato mashers, and I really can't blame him for not using
>> them I guess. One is an old style wooden one, only it is rounded at
>> the end instead of flat, which makes it really hard to use. The other
>> is one of those modern bent steel with slots sort of things, and it
>> is way too bendy to be very useful.
>> His idea of hand mashers are the zig zag ones, he thinks they are good
>> because you can bend them back into shape when you are done.
>> On my planet they shouldn't bend in the first place.
>> The hand mixer died.
>> He doesn't want to drag out the stand mixer for potatos, the pan
>> wouldn't fit and taking it off the stand for something like that seems
>> a bit extreme. So when we have boiled taters now, we have boiled
>> taters. (Yay!) Which means there are sometimes left over potatos for a
>> fry up! (G) If I can beat the rest of the house to them, "potatos and
>> salt, and find no fault" means something here. I am lucky if I have
>> any to work with when I boil them and leave them to cool for chips!
>> We will of course be getting a new hand mixer.
>> I am also thinking very very hard about spending $10 on a decent
>> potato masher. The kind I know best are the ones that are sort of
>> wannabe ricers, a steel plate with holes in it on a handle. DH is
>> absolutely convinced that the plate will come away from the handle on
>> those. My mom has been using the same one for over fifty years, if
>> anybody can destroy a kitchen gadget in five minutes or less it is
>> her. On the other hand new ones might not be as well made.
>> I think I will take the risk, even though I will have to mail order.
>> Besides, that kind of masher just rocks for juicing fruit to make
>> jelly or wine.
>> DH says if I want the tatos mashed by hand I can do it myself.
>> I am willing to make the sacrifice if it meands no more library paste
>> and gravy.
>> NightMist
>> --
>> Legolas is my house elf
>
>

> My masher is 40+ years old and shaped like
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yclaz8q
>
> I boil the potatoes, drain off the water and then stand back on the heat
> for a few seconds so all the water has gone. Then I add a splash of
> milk, turn off the heat and mash away. If I have used a ring at the
> front of the stove I may mash with the pan still on the slight residual
> heat.
>
> Finally I add a knob of butter (enough to exist but not enough to hurt
> my conscience!) and stir it in briskly with an ordinary table fork. This
> smooths the potato out but stops it going 'glueky'. Glueky potatoes
> always look grey.
>
> Results = soft fluffy potatoes.