Ordinary Taters

When I started this blog I wanted to write about food and being a mother. But I seemed to shy away from posting things because I felt they weren't literarily evocative...whatever that means. And after finding that I most enjoy reading people's blogs when they are the ordinary every day life moments, I realized my blog doesn't need to be award winning literature to be worth reading. I mean c'mon, people read tabloid magazines...not that I'll be posting pictures of people's beach bums while you try and figure out whoes cellulite that is.
So on with the ordinariness.

I've been working with a community theatre as their stage manager and have been away from home 4 nights a week. Which means dinner is either a frozen dinner at 9pm or snacks at the theatre. And I really am missing cooking for my family and the weather has changed suddenly so I am craving hot comfort foods. Warm soups and filling meals of meatloaf and mashed potatoes. I love potatoes. Pretty much anyway you can cook a spud, I will eat it.

So today I wonder...how do you make your mashed potatoes? What do you add to make them creamy? Do you like lumps in them? Or do they need to be whipped into a silky smooth consistancy? I'm curious. I have my recipe and will share that next post. I just want to hear how YOU make them.