Best potato for mashed potatoes?

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added over 1 year ago

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My personal preference is yukon gold but russet are also excellent.

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Kristy is the Associate Editor of Food52.

added over 1 year ago

I love these mashed potatoes and they call for russets: http://www.food52.com/recipes...

Even if you don't use this recipe, Russets are a good choice for mashing.

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Summer of Eggplant added over 1 year ago

I like Yukon gold as well.

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phyllis added over 1 year ago

I mostly use Yukon gold but russet are great, too...

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latoscana added over 1 year ago

Yukon gold.

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Bevi added over 1 year ago

Russets or yukon gold. The russets in the recipe Kristy refers to really do the job.

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