Mashed Potatoes
It sounds so simple, right? Faraway child is cooking Thanksgiving dinner for some friends in Malaysia. Mashed Potatoes are a family favorite and of course she wants to make them from scratch. Er, I should say that she wants her loving husband to make them from scratch. Son, I swear this is easy! This dish just needs some time and patience! :) Making anything from scratch takes time. I love the boxed varieties too - but, honestly, nothing beats homemade mashed potatoes. You can start with different kinds of potatoes but I really like russet - or baking - potatoes best. White or Yukon gold are great mashed as well - you just need to peel them before boiling and then watch that they don't start disintegrating in the pot. Let's prep these potatoes as russet baking potatoes. These are really big potatoes! scoring the tops Baking potatoes range in size and sometimes its hard to figure out how much to buy. If a potato is the length of my hand - I want 1.5-2 potatoes pe...