this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
43 points (100.0% liked)
Casual Conversation
3988 readers
59 users here now
Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.
RULES
- Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
- Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including all information that can initiate conversations when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
- Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
- Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
- Keep it clean and SFW
- No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.
- No support questions. See !techsupport@lemmy.world
Casual conversation communities:
- !casualuk@feddit.uk
- !casualeurope@piefed.social
- !forumlibre@jlai.lu
- !batepapo@lemmy.eco.br
- !esp@lemm.ee
Related discussion-focused communities
- !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca
- !askmenover30@lemm.ee
- !dads@feddit.uk
- !letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk
- !movies@piefed.social
- !television@piefed.social
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
How quick?
Homemade mashed potatoes with skin on.
4-5 large russet potatoes. Wash, remove any bad spots, cut into 1.5 cm/1” chunks. Don’t worry about how pretty this is.
Put in pot, cover with water, add a spoonful of salt.
Cook until tender. 20-30 mins. Walk away and do/cook something else.
Drain.
I use a hand potato masher, but an electric hand mixer will work too.
Adjust adding butter and sour cream to the size of the potatoes, they can be quite large where I am. This recipe makes enough for four people plus leftovers. The result should be creamy and soft but able to hold shape.
Add 1-2 sticks (1/2-1 cup, 100-200g of unsalted butter) depending how much you like buttery potatoes. Less if you used fewer/smaller potatoes.
Let it soften and melt a bit and just mash it in.
Add 1 cup (~200g or .25L ) of sour cream. Less if you used smaller/fewer potatoes.
Mash in. Salt to taste. Mash in. Don’t over-mix or mash, just try to get most of the lumps out.
Done. Enjoy. About 10 minutes of actual work, tops. The rest is just waiting for it to cook.
That is a fuck ton of butter, but I do this method too. I have heard it called "dirty mashed potatoes". Seriously though, thats so much butter, be easy mate, doubled the price just in butter too.
It really depends on how large the potatoes are. They can be really big here at the grocery. This recipe makes an entire potful of mashed potatoes, servings for four people plus leftovers. You’d definitely want to adjust down for less, but yes, this is supposed to be very buttery.