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    Potato Mashers

    Why do I keep buying cheap ones?

    I had a great, unbreakable one, but it was uber uncomfortable, hurt like hell to mash any potato at all. SO I got rid.

    Then I got one after another cheap ones...and they all come apart down in the mashing end. AND hurt my hand.

    Why, after all my own rantings,on these very forums, about buying quality produce, so I keep buying cheap sh1tty potato mashers?

    That's all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    Why, after all my own rantings,on these very forums, about buying quality produce, so I keep buying cheap sh1tty potato mashers?
    erm.... so don't?


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    Get a good-grips one. Not too expensive, and comfortable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    I had a great, unbreakable one, but it was uber uncomfortable, hurt like hell to mash any potato at all. SO I got rid.

    Then I got one after another cheap ones...and they all come apart down in the mashing end. AND hurt my hand.
    You do know it's normal to mash the potatoesafter you cook them, right?

    I've never had a potato masher hurt my hand, although I have had them fall apart. Now I've got a nice, cheap, but solid, metal one from Pikea which has lasted for a good 5 or 6 years.
    They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.

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    am I the ONLY one?

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

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    As Fabula said, try a good grips masher. Not really expensive and nice and comfy.

    http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!10038

    Had one for about 3 years now, and it's still...errr mashing just well as it did new

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    This is mine - masher - bought cheaper in a local shop. Big heavy and solid, never had a problem with potato, swede, carrots, parsnips etc.

    Like the look of the one from Lakeland though. decent tackle.

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    http://www.dnc-uk.co.uk/dnc-brands/simply-cook.aspx <<< i like look of that one looks better than normal ones

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    that GoodGrips one could be the king for me then.

    But you see the issue? It's &#163;12. I've been buying 99p ones expecting them to be ok.

    Mad...I've lost the plot.

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

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    I got a cheapie , you sure its potatoes your mashing ? Maybe you should go for instant ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kickstart 1 View Post
    I got a cheapie , you sure its potatoes your mashing ? Maybe you should go for instant ?

    down girl......I'm sure

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    I got bought one from a cookshop in Bath.
    It has about 8 thin "diamond" blades - they are actually toblerone shaped.
    Excellent for squashing hard potatoes, but not for the finishing whisk - gets too clogged up, so I use a wooded fork to finish.
    I'd get the goodgrips one myself, but don't want to offend my gf who bought me the "diamond" masher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    am I the ONLY one?
    No I understand, used to havee one at my parents that they had had for years and it used to make your hand really sore, then I got an ikea one and its been ok since, My GF insists on using a blender to get the mash ultra smooth.

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    The Brabantia one looks good and works pretty well too.

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    The missus and I will be getting our own place in the next couple of months, so we've been buying kitchenwares and whatnot every other weekend.

    We found a lovely Anolon masher with a rubber handle in Debenhams. I didn't want to spend &#163;10.50 on a potato masher though, so my sister is buying it for my birthday... I'm getting a KitchenAid Blender from my mother!

    This one:

    http://www.cookinstyle.co.uk/default...d=Froogle&pd=Y

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    You wimps

    Mash with a standard fork only!

    Pfft next you'll be telling me you eat Auntie Bessies
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