Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

>Chris wrote:

>> Now, mashed potatoes are the bane of my culinary existence. Can't make
>> decent ones to save my life. If only they had a small appliance for that!

>Actually, somebody makes one. I recently received a spate of catalogs;
>I can't remember if I saw it in Brylane Home or JC Penney Kitchen.

I've never had any trouble using first a large fork, then a hand-held
electric mixer. To make them smoother I include one or more of:
milk, buttermilk, melted butter or goat butter, yogurt, and/or
olive oil. But I'm sure there's some standard I'm falling
short of with this approach.

If it's just me and sweetie eating, we don't bother with the mixer --
slightly lumpy potatoes are just fine.

Steve