Mashed potato

[HeyWayne]

What on earth is a ricer anyway?

A young Japanese dude who likes to race/mod cars.

[FionaH]

A young Japanese dude who likes to race/mod cars.

ROFL Behave!

[SarzWix]

It's like a massive garlic press but for potatoes and stuff like that

[COMPOST CORNER]

I use both a ricer and a masher (not for the same spuds, it depends on the mood and the urgency of need for mash) but I agree with the tip to let the steam come off the potatoes before continuing the process, makes for a fluffier mash.
However I have to disagree with the comment that if using a ricer, you make puree'd potato. I think that consistency of mash is awful. I think it's more to do with the amount of butter/cream etc added.
I saw James Martin on tele saying you should use the same weight of butter as the weight of spud. It looked like yellow wallpaper paste when he finished.

I add black pepper, butter and either cream or milk, and possibly some whole grain mustard depending on what it's being served with. Or cheddar and parmesan if having it with bolognese, my current fave.
My teenage son however has just mashed potato, nothing added other than the salt the potatoes were cooked in.
It takes all sorts.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Potato & Vegetable Ricer - de Cuisine.co.uk
it's one of these. Much beloved of posh chefs and my heroes The Hairy Bikers.

However I got mine from Morrisons for about a fiver so ignore the £11:99 price tag.

[pipkins]

I think it's the way that it oozes that puts me off creamy mash, prefer some texture - in fact must stop reading this thread, it's making me feel a bit queasy all this talk of milk and cream mixed with veg - eughhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I'm with you on this one

Creamed spuds (shuddersmiley)

[zazen999]

Just DON'T use a hand blender; you end up with wallpaper paste - it chops all the starch up and BLEUGH.

I crush ours, for the adults and mash then whisk for the DSD;

[smallblueplanet]

Crack an egg into your potato and mash, yummy.

[HeyWayne]

ROFL Behave!

Actually, I was slightly off - I think it's more to do with the cars than the people:

Ricer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[FionaH]

It's like a massive garlic press but for potatoes and stuff like that

Potato & Vegetable Ricer - de Cuisine.co.uk
it's one of these. Much beloved of posh chefs and my heroes The Hairy Bikers.

However I got mine from Morrisons for about a fiver so ignore the £11:99 price tag.

Thank you very much. I like the look of one of those You are MUCH more helpful than that Wayne fella

[HayleyB]

HW I call it OCD..........

You been watching too much Masterchef et al my dear

[binley100]

......and when all else fails and you've run out of potatoes . The Tesco frozen mash is ok as I've just discovered.