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Turn your oven on to 375F.
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You don't really have to preheat for this recipe.
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Arrange your potatoes on a baking tray.
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Bake for about 75 -90 minutes, depending on the size of your potatoes.
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You'll want to have your mashed potato kit ready when the potatoes come out of the oven.
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Slice up your stick of butter, get yourself a towel, a good bowl, a strong wooden spoon, a container for the spent tater skins, and a knife.
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Warm the cream gently on the stove.
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You know your potatoes are ready when you can poke a toothpick straight through to the center of the largest potato without feeling much resistance at all.
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Alright, it's go time!
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The rest of this recipe is a race.
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You're fighting time to get those potatoes whipped, seasoned, and on the table before they cool.
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Many cooks recommend performing the rest of this recipe over a double boiler in order to maintain temperature.
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Personally, I don't like to make things too complicated.
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Better just move quick.
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With your knife in your dominant hand, use the towel to pick up a hot potato with the other.
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Slice a strip of skin off, and scoop the insides into your bowl.
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Repeat with remaining potatoes.
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If you have a ricer available, and you like your mashed potatoes silky smooth, pass the potatoes and butter through your ricer.
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No ricer?
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Don't sweat it, just scatter the sliced butter over your potatoes and move to the next step.
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Beat those spuds with a wooden spoon.
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This technique is known to many as the 'dead arm,' technique (very little relation to the 'dead hand' technique) and I guarantee you it is the key to elevating your mashed potato game.
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Swirl the spoon around in the bowl until the potatoes seem to want to form a dough.
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Continue beating until it feels like your arm is gonna fall off.
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Toss in a little salt and pepper, and beat in the cream.
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Now, just tighten up your seasoning and don't forget to perform a final mix.
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Get em on the table and in some bellies.
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Great mashed potatoes are like a great risotto.
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They don't know respect.
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They're not gonna wait for anybody, not you, not Grandma, not anybody.
