Potato Masher Redesign

[Andy M.]

My ricer has only one and the holes are like the smaller-holed disk in the link photo. Either would work.

 

[joesfolk]

Probably depends on how you like your potatoes. Some folks like some lumps. I prefer mine very smooth so I would use the smaller holes.

 

[spork]

I might as well chime in.

I've never owned or operated a ricer. I don't understand why it's called a "ricer." It looks like a bulky, inefficient, one-purpose appliance, to me. If more discussion can change my mind, I'm open to it...

I have a handheld masher. And if our industrial design student OP even cares at this point, I do not like it for the following reasons:

1. It stores in drawers poorly. The mashing end should swivel and lock, allowing it to be stored as a flat utensil.
2. The mashing end should be interchangeable - big, medium and fine mash - just like an expensive ricer with different sized sieves.

Either way, mashing is labor-intensive; any idea to relieve us of the work is welcome.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Either way, mashing is labor-intensive; any idea to relieve us of the work is welcome.

Stop caring about mashed potatoes I don't peel them anymore, cut up about 1.5 inches a piece, boil till tender, drain, melt butter in hot pan, toss potatoes back in and just stir, adding milk, cream or sour cream to desired goosh. Still lumpy, peels add to color and flavor. Yum!

 

[Andy M.]

...I've never owned or operated a ricer. I don't understand why it's called a "ricer." It looks like a bulky, inefficient, one-purpose appliance, to me. If more discussion can change my mind, I'm open to it...

I have heard it's called a ricer because the little bits of potato look like rice grains after they come out of the ricer.

It doesn't have a lot of uses beyond ricing potatoes or root veggies. I use it to squeeze the water out of spinach before using it in a recipe. But, a potato masher is also pretty much a one purpose tool. That's not really important to me.

I use it because I like smooth mashed potatoes.

 

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[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I use a ricer. I don't even own what the manufacturers call a masher. My ricer has three plates with three different size holes. The large holes will make spaetzle, the smaller holes make the potatoes mashed, and the smallest holes will squeeze water out of spinach and grated potatoes (for latkes). The reason I like the ricer is you can boil whole small potatoes, squeeze them in the ricer, the potato comes out, and the skins stay behind.