Marks and Spencer Ultimate Mash

To me mashed potato is one of the ultimate comfort foods. It is great in winter - great with sausages and onion gravy but also adds a warm comforting feel to any meal. The only problem is.... I can never seem to get all of the lumps out when i make it myself. My grandad makes pretty good mashed potato and he mashes it first and then whips it up with a fork - but it takes ages and even then if I find a lump I hate it! So although it is indulgent to buy ready made mashed potato - especially from Marks and Spencer when you want some really good comfort food and fancy nice creamy mashed pototo you can not go wrong with Marks and Spencer Ultimate ...

The humble spud. A staple in many a diet. There are so many ways to cook it and one of my favourites is mashed potato. But I'm very fussy, especially in how I like my mash. I don't like it lumpy. Or unseasoned. Or dry. Just nice and smooth and creamy. You'd think it'd be easy to make it the way I like it. So far I haven't succeeded. I've tried a masher, a potato ricer, adding lots of butter, mixing in warm milk, even cream. But I've never been able to get it quite the way I like it. Whizzing it round in a food processor was a disaster, it just went all gluey. I tried different makes of ready made mash. They were ok, but still not quite ...