Ben Squires
Food & Wine

Are you cooking mashed potato wrong?

Dished up next to a roast on a cold winter’s night there’s nothing better than a bowl of mashed potato. And while everyone’s got their own way of putting this classic dish together, a group of culinary experts talking to Good Housekeeping have suggested that most methods for making mash at home fall well short of the mark.

To see the seven most common mistakes we make when cooking mashed potatoes, scroll through the gallery above. We were surprised how many we were getting wrong!

What’s your method for making mashed potatoes? Do you think you’ll take these tips on board? Or will you stick to the way you know? Tell us in the comments!

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dinner, lifestyle, food & wine, potato, potatoes, mash, mashed potatoes