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Old 09-07-2009, 16:30
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I love creamy and buttery mashed potatoes but they are very predictable! Any suggestions about how to liven up the taste??
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Old 09-07-2009, 16:39
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A big handful of grated cheese melted in is very nice
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Old 09-07-2009, 16:43
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Roasted garlic mash if you like garlic. Becareful though as I had it before and there was way too much garlic and it was just sickly.

or you can get into the Irish variations such as Champ and Colcannon where you can use mixtures of spring onion, kale, cabbage, leeks, chives or bacon.
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Old 09-07-2009, 16:44
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Whole grain mustard!

That is all
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Old 09-07-2009, 17:12
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Chives
Spring onion

(the already mentioned)
Garlic
Mustard
Cheese
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Old 09-07-2009, 17:39
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Pesto! Red or green. Really nice with a piece of fish.
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Old 09-07-2009, 18:08
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Whole grain mustard!

That is all

Absolutely. I bloody love wholegrain mustard. YUM.
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Old 09-07-2009, 18:25
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A mix of sweet and normal potato mash is nice, or potato mashed with carrot or with pumpkin. All really tasty.
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Old 09-07-2009, 18:31
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Either mustard, as mentioned above.

Or sometimes I like it with mushrooms in. Cook the mushrooms and stir them in.
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Old 10-07-2009, 00:18
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parmesan cheese
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Old 10-07-2009, 00:23
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lots of butter, grated nutmeg and a splash of cream..............delish
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Old 10-07-2009, 00:31
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Fry some onion and leeks gently till soft. Add them to the mash with wholegrain mustard.

Enjoy
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Old 10-07-2009, 00:51
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Swede mash, which costs pennies to make, and yet costs a bomb if you buy it ready made in supermarkets.
Add a dollop of salty butter and lots of black pepper and it's gorgeous.

Oh - and my cookery teacher used to force us to add *hot* milk to the potatoes before mashing.
It means the mash is piping hot, of course, but also, for some reason, much fluffier.
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Old 10-07-2009, 10:44
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All of the above suggestions are great. Any other root vegetable mashed in with the potato works well. I often use a mix of potato, swede and parsnip in the ratio of two parts potato, one part swede, one part parsnip. Lots of butter and pepper and a splash of milk.

Another good variation is potato and cauliflower mash (roughly equal quantities of each). I believe this is called pommes Du Barry.

One final suggestion is to use good olive oil instead of the butter and milk in simple mashed potato. This works really well with things like grilled chicken or fish, but I wouldn't recommend it with a 'gravy dinner'.
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Old 10-07-2009, 10:48
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Whole grain mustard and a spoonful of honey!

Or a dollop of horse radish sauce!
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:02
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Absolutely. I bloody love wholegrain mustard. YUM.
Hmmmmmm i think the mustard mash may have it!!
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Old 10-07-2009, 13:19
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I sometimes fry or grill a couple of rashers of streaky bacon then leave to cool until crisp. Then crumble up and stir through the mash with some finely sliced spring onion. Nice combination of textures, and of course bacon goes with just about anything!
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Old 10-07-2009, 20:43
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onions caramelised in plenty of butter.

An egg yolk thrown in will make it nice and rich (and crisp up if its going in the oven at any time).
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Old 10-07-2009, 21:04
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i love good salty butter, loads of black pepper, cream and a dollop of philadelphia.

very very good but very very naughty!
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Old 10-07-2009, 22:10
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I sometimes mash it with parsnip (about 1 to every 3 large potatoes) and stir in a teaspoon or so of horseradish sauce.
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Old 10-07-2009, 22:46
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Try adding some olive oil and chopped sage.
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Old 10-07-2009, 23:10
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some drops of tabasco sauce maybe ?
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Old 11-07-2009, 13:52
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smoked salt
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Old 11-07-2009, 20:40
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Horseradish without a doubt! Best mash I've ever tasted in my life had a nice touch of horseradish in it. What a lovely zing it had!

If there's no horseradish available, how about trying mustard? I haven't tried it myself, but I might well do soon. I don't often make mash because I am so in love with boiled potatoes tossed in mustard oil and garlic. I'm sure the flavours would work well with mash as well though...
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Old 11-07-2009, 21:26
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I like to add finely chopped and fried onions and boiled peas.
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