I’ve not tried the store potatoes either but my daughter uses the Bob Evan’s I drain the potatoes place in bowl, in the same pan I cooked the potatoes in I heat milk and butter until butter is melted Add the hot milk/ butter mixture to the potatoes , whip until creamy , add salt , serve They are fluffy and creamy
I added cream cheese to my mashed potatoes for the first time this Thanksgiving. As usual, I also added butter, a little bit of garlic and onion powder, and salt and pepper. My daughter-in-law commented on how delicious they were. I've never gotten compliments on my mashed potatoes before I added the cream cheese!
This is coming from the post on Bob Evans mashed potatoes!
If you are doing mashed potatoes from scratch, a friend taught me a variation. Add one bar of cream cheese (softened) when you are ready to mash. I like to whip it all together with a mixer.
The cream cheese adds a subtle, rich, a little different, flavor. They are really tasty!!
I agree with @kate2357, to be sure you're buying the right type of potato suited to mashing. A typical round, white potato is the worst to use for mashing.
@Twins Mom I always peel and cut my potatoes and rinse till the water is all clear, then I boil them. My mil told me it's the starch that makes them gummy. If you wash you get rid of a lot of the starch.
