Christopher Kimball (Cook's Illustrated-founder, bow tie–wearer, and Kitchen Detective) gets to the matter very quickly: "There is nothing worse than a bowl of mashed potatoes that have lost their culinary roots in pursuit of star power."
Amen. Making mashed potatoes isn't rocket science, and while there are wrong ways and right ways about going about the process, one shouldn't try to mess with what's not broken. But...
For the sake of mixing it up, and not having the same mashed potatoes week after week, he comes up with some interesting alternatives to this classic dish. What he proposes is simple and takes no more time to complete. Just add another root vegetable to the pot. It doesn't sound like a drastic change, but it completely changes the final flavor. I added some carrots and they lent the perfect sweet counterpoint to this starchy side.
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