Like most people who cook in a small kitchen, I’m very wary of adding anything to my drawers and cabinets unless I’m sure it’s going to be essential to my cooking arsenal or that it can be used in multiple ways.
Enter the potato ricer. Yes, it looks like a giant garlic press. Yes, it seems like it only does one thing (create mashed potatoes) that you can easily do with other tools, including your basic fork. Yes, it takes up a fair amount of drawer space.
But you need one in your life. Why? Because it creates the most heavenly, fluffy, silky mashed potatoes without over-processing them.
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