Kitchen

[misspammie]

KJPA all this makes me hungry,,,it amazes me how we can get so nuts with mashed potatoes,,,I'm reading this for what I need to know,,,,,some of the comments are so very 'not nice'

[shoekitty]

Trader Joes has the best frozen mashed taters! There is nothing, I mean nothing in them but potatoes. They mashed them and made these pellets about 2 inches square, and freeze them. I heat them (you can heat in oven, stove or microwave), add a dab butter, salt and pepper. You can add chopped parsley or sour cream. I think they are good with just salt pepper and butter

[NYC Susan]

On 11/19/2014 shoppergrl said:

Trader Joe's has wonderful frozen mashed potatoes. They are buds and you can make a single serving or the whole bag makes about 6-8 servings.

Yes! They're the only frozen ones I have ever liked. I never would have bought them in the first place because just the thought of frozen mashed potatoes sounds all kinds of wrong to me! But I love TJ's, and was convinced to give them a try.

They're not as good as homemade, but much, much better than any of the other pre-made brands. The bag contains frozen medallions, and you use as few or as many as you need. I keep them on hand for the times when I'm in a hurry or need the convenience.

[NYC Susan]

On 11/19/2014 Cinder63 said:

We tried the Bob Evans potatoes -- one forkful apiece. Wallpaper paste, even with lots of added butter.

However the Simply Potatoes brand of pre-made mashed potatoes (not frozen, come in a tub in the refrigerated section) were pretty good. Only one store near me carries them but it's worth the special trip once in a while.

I had Steam n Mash once and the taste was OK but I had some unmashable clumps of fibrous potato tissue in mine and it was a turnoff from a texture point of view; I can't bear the thought of them now because I still can feel that stringy clump when I think about them. Most people do like them, however.

That's exactly what I thought of Country Crock. I didn't think mashed potatoes could be bad, but I was wrong!

[sylviahomeatlast]

On 11/19/2014 Just Plain Crazy said:

While visiting our DD last month, our son in law had smoked a pork roast and made some wonderful mashed potatoes and gravy. The potatoes were from Ore_Ida and are called Steam n' Mash from the freezer section. They are chunks of russet potatoes and you steam them in the microwave then mash them like you would your mashed potatoes. We just had to pick some up when we got home. 7 servings to the bag according to the bag. I guess that would depend on how big of serving are taken.

HTH

JPC

these... I used to concoct all types of "easy" recipes. these. ^^^^ are easy and are "real" potatoes

[ID2]

I can't imagine thinking making mashed potatoes is such a chore! Its so EASY! All the mess of peeling is in the sink. You rinse, turn on your garbage disposal, walla done! I can't stand all the sodium added to the store bought mashed potatoes. Yuck.

[CalminHeart]

I would never use pre-made mashed potatoes.

You can fix them 1-2 days before, just add extras to help ensure creaminess and put them in the frig. I add butter and sour cream and sometimes cream cheese. I use low/no fat except at Thanksgiving. One day a year won't kill anyone.

[Cookie06]

For the last few years we have had Thanksgiving dinner at my daughter's house. We all bring something to lighten the load on the hostess. I mean after all, we are all family and many hands make light work.

I bring two pies, green bean casserole and some fluffy sweet salad. One of my sons and his girl bring the mashed white potatoes and the mashed sweet potatoes, not to be confused with the dark yellowish/red Yams.

Then everybody else fill in the gaps with salad, other desserts or whatever they want to bring.

That way, in addition to roasting the turkey making stuffing and making the gravy, she just has to clean and decorate the house.

All of us are so happy to do this and like I said before Many Hands Make Light Work.

By the way, I have frozen mashed potatoes and they are "ok" but not half as good as fresh mashed potatoes.

[violann]

On 11/20/2014 ID2 said:

I can't imagine thinking making mashed potatoes is such a chore! Its so EASY! All the mess of peeling is in the sink. You rinse, turn on your garbage disposal, walla done! I can't stand all the sodium added to the store bought mashed potatoes. Yuck.

Peeling isn't easy with finger arthritis........ Ore-Ida Steam and Mash contain 260mg of sodium per small serving, so less than traditional salted mashed potatoes, and very manageable for my low sodium eating.

[Reba055]

This thread shows how we are all different with different tastes. I used to like Simply Potatoes but they changed them awhile back and I tried Bob Evans. I've now switched to Bob Evans. I do sometimes still make mashed potatoes from scratch on special occasions. I make them a day or so in advance and put them in a large casserole dish, refrigerate, and reheat in the microwave. It works great. I used butter and milk but a few years ago tried heavy cream and omg they came out so good so now I mix that in as well.