If you're a regular in the kitchen, you no doubt rely on your trusty potato masher to whip up a smooth, creamy batch of mash ...

You dutifully strain, rinse, and dry them while you open drawer after drawer looking for your potato masher…that you’ve never owned. No need to panic—and no need to rush out to the shop.

The drier the potato, the more of its creamy smoothness can come from decadent butter or milk ― and the better you can ...

(Hint: it’s not a potato masher.) Once you’ve learned all there is to learn about mash, vote in our poll at the bottom of the page to tell us which style of mash you’re going to make next.