Real or Boxed

We always have the ones out of the box. I would much rather have real, fresh mashed potatoes, but my wife and I don't want to go to the trouble. Two more lazy people to add to the list...LOL.

I can't stand the kind that come out of the box. To cut some of the time it takes to make fresh mashed potaotes I will normally peal a bunch of potatoes at one time. Put them in a large bowl of water with a lid on them to store in the refrigerator. As long as the potatoes are covered in water they can last for several days in the refrigerator. Depending on how we want the potaotes cooked I take out just what we need for dinner that night.

Hi gwumpysmurf.
I ALWAYS make my mashed potatos the old fashioned way with real potatos. I would NEVER eat the ones out of the box! EW EW EW! To me that just sounds wrong. I'll admit it is time cosuming, but SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO worth it!

I would only ever make them from real potatoes! We always have a big sack of spuds in to make chips, boiled/new/baked/roast potatoes out of becuase it's cheaper and i think better for you.

I like real potatoes, or the fresh ones. I have made instant when I am in a pinch but they are just not the same.

I love real mashed potatoes but if all there is is boxed kind then I will make them up but I much prefer real kind.

Have to make mashed potatoes out of real potatoes cannot stand the taste of it out of the box i think that it tatses artificial. There is nothing like the real thing.

I have never liked boxed potatoes They taste like skim milk powder to me, and I could never abide that.

Give me real potatoes, or let me go hungry!

I hate the box mashed potatoes as they always taste like cardboard instead of real potatoes.its so easy to make real mashed potatoes and only takes minutes to do and it tastes so much better you would not believe it.