• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I don’t eat potatoes, I’ve only made them for others at Thanksgiving so I just used a fork, but I think the people who prefer a masher say the mixer overbeats them.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        It is liable to turn the potatoes into a purée and into a liquid which is absolutely terrible to serve with anything. It basically turns it into potato soup.

        I remember I only made that mistake once years ago. I got lazy one day and decided to use a hand blender to mash some well cooked potatoes… it only took ten seconds to make potato soup. Then I had to make another batch of potatoes after.

        • Etterra@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Y’all are doing it wrong. There’s a happy medium and it makes the potatoes nice and fluffy.