In the end it turned out I had made – please forgive me – gloopy mashed potato. It happens to the best of us. Waxy potatoes are a no-no, meaning anything like a Charlotte, Ratte, Desiree or ...

MAKING mashed potatoes always sounds simple. Boil up some peeled potatoes, drain once cooked, chuck in some salt and butter and use a masher to get them soft and fluffy. But according to a leading ...

The chef's instructions say to quarter the potatoes and leave them unpeeled, but I prefer no skins in my mashed potatoes. The potatoes took a long time to boil. The recipe was easy to follow.

But the first thing I noticed is that there's no butter. What are mashed potatoes without butter? I hoped the 6 ounces of Parmesan cheese would make the lack of butter forgivable. These potatoes ...