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I have potatoes. I have butter. I have cream. I have salt. I have pepper. I have garlic. I have herbs.

BUT I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING POTATO MASHER REEEE.

Help me /ck/ I am inept. Can I nist improvise and use a fork or metal whisk? How essential is a potato masher for ultimate creamy holiday mashed potatoes?

>> No.9881148

Yes

>> No.9881154

>>9881145
what is a potato masher? some american creation?

>> No.9881161

>>9881154
Stay obsessed

>> No.9881168

Pretty essential. Dollar stores even sell them man.

>> No.9881177

>>9881145
Masher just makes it easier. A fork or blender will be just fine, the texture may be a bit smoother than you prefer though.

>> No.9881180

>>9881145
Use your potato ricer :)

>> No.9881183

>>9881145

use some canned food item

>> No.9881190

>>9881180

fuck you dude

>> No.9881194

use the bottom of a pot to smash them against a clean counter top and then scrape them up

>> No.9881197

>>9881145
Chew them up and spit them back out mashed.

Bone up a teet

>> No.9881200

>>9881194

Couldn't I just use the bottom of a mug and mash them in the pot?

>> No.9881211

>>9881190
If you don't have a ricer you can use a food mill :)

>> No.9881212

>>9881200
you could punch them if you fucking wanted to, anything will work, it's just going to be more difficult. if I had to do something I would use a can or green beans or something.
>>9881145
imo an electric hand mixer is more essential to getting that ultimate creaminess

>> No.9881238

>>9881211

I know you're just in tune with holiday spirit and busting my balls but really who the fuck keeps all these things in their kitchen.

>> No.9881246

>>9881238
americans think they need a separate tool for every action in the kitchen

i think the jewride in their water makes their brain too confused to use multitaskers

>> No.9881247

>>9881238
Not you apparently.

>> No.9881274

Put the potato in a glass or bowl. If in a glass, use the back of a wooden spoon as a pestle. If a bowl, use a wooden spoon. Promptly spank yourself square in the nose with the potato spoon for being so autistic that you can't even improvise a way to smash a potato.

>> No.9881290

>>9881145
I use a hand mixer to make mashed potatoes, so you can probably use a whisk, it'll just take a little more work.

>> No.9881350

>>9881246
OBSESSED

>> No.9881360

>>9881350
OBESE

>> No.9881370
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>>9881350
>>9881360
lmao

oh man

>> No.9881375

>>9881350
>be american
>forget to buy a specialized tool to crush soft vegetables into a paste
>go to the store
>eat dinner at the mcdonalds inside the store instead of the dinner at home
>get shot as you're leaving

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>>9881375
'Special' people indeed.

>> No.9881404

>>9881375
>average day in america
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc

>> No.9881410

>>9881404
Jesus. Are Americans really like this? A loud ass manlet screaming at two buffoons fucked up on drugs.

>> No.9881429
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>>9881410
In America people grow up dreaming of having an excuse to shoot someone. Most americans grow out of it. Some get confused and take it out on random people, this goes way back to like Charles Whitman at the University of Texas. Still others, millions of them, join the military or law enforcement and get to shoot at people with full impunity. Most of them are smart enough to plant a weapon, or only shoot blacks, or whatever. Some guys, like pic related, are too dumb even to manage that, and they get shamed in a cultural ritual we use to convince ourselves that police work isn't basically just a magnet for mentally ill people who need to beat up and shoot normal people because they got bullied in high school or whatever.

>> No.9881487

Just use a fucking fork, it’s actyally better than a masher for that purpose. If it’s difficult you didn’t cook your potatoes enough.

>> No.9881575

>>9881145
Use a regular glass bottle.

>> No.9881813

>>9881177
Do not use a blender it makes glue

>> No.9881889

>>9881145
Just use a fork.

>> No.9881926

>>9881145
i just made 16qt pot worth of mash for a family potluck dinner tonight. with an aluminum thermos.

>> No.9881971

>>9881429
>because they were bullies in high school or whatever
ftfy, but otherwise spot on

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>>9881145
>écrasé de pomme de terre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lX56TgqLRY

>> No.9882208

>>9881145
Seems fairly obvious that you should just make dauphinoise instead.

>> No.9882222

Just make baked potatoes idiot

>> No.9882233

use your fists
and punch the shit out of that shit

>> No.9882238

>>9881145
Just cube the potatoes and boil them, then add all the same stuff you would.

>> No.9882460

>>9881145
>he puts garlic and herbs in mash potatoes
Fucking ruined

>> No.9882483

No problem just use your ricer or moulis!

>> No.9882603

Just use your hands you fucking neanderthal

>> No.9882665

>>9881161
Stay obese

>> No.9882671

I think if try using a wine bottle before a whisk. Use a food processor.

>> No.9882672

You can make a baked potato??

>> No.9882673

>>9881381
Holy fuck faggotmericans are really thin faggoting retarted?????

>> No.9882692

i bought a potato ricer and i use it weekly. i was "assigned" mashed potatoes at the family gathering tomorrow because i make the best mashed potatoes within my family (objectively, tests were sent to a lab).

>> No.9882710

>>9881145
I've made it many times and have never used a potato masher. Quarter the potatoes and boil them until they're easily pierced with a fork (probably 10, 15 min) and use two forks crossed over each other to mash them.

>> No.9882846

>>9882673
Just the ones who get picked for focus groups.

>> No.9882864

Fuck mashed potatoes. Peel the potatoes, cut into good sized chunks, parboil for maybe 10 minutes, drain, return the potatoes to the pot, cover, give it a couple of good shakes, deposit potatoes in a roasting pan and roast them for about 20-30 minutes, scraping and turning them every so often. People will not say "OH BUT WE WANT MASHED POTATOES"

>> No.9883522

>>9882460

>wahhh its ruined I only like plain mashed potatoes and cheese pizza and tendies!!!!

child palate

>> No.9883534

>>9881145
Use your bare fucking hands you pathetic animal

>> No.9883541

>>9881145
Make a dauphinoise instead, uses all those ingredients and actually has texture as opposed to a pile of boring mash

>> No.9883549

>>9881145
so you dont have a fork? or a blender to make it smooth?

>> No.9883551

Why get it all sloppy and rubbish? Keep the skin on, use a fork, do an incomplete job and leave potato bits to help you get bites where you can actually appreciate the texture and taste of the potato. Mashing skinless potatoes just makes slop. :/

>> No.9883663

HAND MIXER, MOTHERFUCKER

>> No.9883701

why do you NEED to mash them? potatoes are total shit once you turn the starch into diarrhea.

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>>9881375
>Potatoes
>Soft vegetables

>> No.9883741

>>9881813
Blenders won't make it glue unless you put cold/room temp cream in thinking it will hold in properly at which point yeah the cream will make it glue

>> No.9884026

>>9881145
mashed potatoes taste better a wee chunky and thicc