potato mashers

Kitchen smashing tools

Potato mashers are handheld kitchen tools for mashing cooked potatoes and other soft vegetables.

The typical design has a flat perforated plate or zigzag wire grid attached to a vertical handle.

You press down repeatedly to break up and smooth the food: She worked the potato masher until the lumps were gone.

tool

ricer

Perforated food extruder

manual · stainless · perforated · ergonomic · grip · handle · plunger · silicone · nonstick · wire

technique

boiling

Liquid vaporization temperature

softening · creaming · buttering · whipping · seasoning · fluffing · ricing · pureeing · lumps · consistency

comfort

homemade

Prepared at one's residence

cozy · wholesome · traditional · family · grandmother's recipe · from scratch · rustic · homestyle · Sunday dinner · holiday

dishes

shepherd's pie

Meat baked under potatoes

pierogi · lefse · rosti · croquettes · fufu · aloo paratha

Opposites
kitchen tool function

potato mashersslicers

Tools that cut thinly

mandolines · dicers · cubers · peelers · knives

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G