Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
rec.food.cooking/Leslie (2000)
Every Thanksgiving my MIL made the mashed potatoes and brought them over in her crockpot. It works great. But she's too elderly now, so last year I had to do them along with the rest of the dinner. So I used her method because there's just too much to do when the turkey is done without having to mash potatoes too. She boiled up 5 lbs. of potatoes, mashed them in batches, then piled them into the crockpot. 5 lbs. filled her crockpot completely. But I have a larger one, so last year I boiled up 10 lbs., mashed them in batches with milk, butter, and salt, and kept adding the batches to the crockpot until it was full. Put the remainder of the potatoes in the frig. for later. When the crockpot is full, put a big dollop of butter on top, and put the crockpot on low. Stir them every half hour or so. It works great.
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