Smash Instant Mashed Potatoes

Advantages: cheap, long shelf life, easy to make, filling,
Disadvantages: need to add things to enhance the flavour, quite bland .

...these treasures being Smash. Smash is dehydrated potato powder in a tin, is the best way I can describe it. Its real potato, not potato imitation, and to make it, you simply need to measure it according to the instructions on the tin, mix in the required amount of boiling water, and stir it about til its at the right consistency. Its really that simple . Does it taste as good as the real thing ? Of course it doesn't, its been dried out and then ...
...filling, sort of dish, and Smash lives up to that very well. Of course, just like mashed potato, you can add all sorts of gubbins to it to make it tastier, and I often do. Butter, cream, and chives if I'm feeling indulgent, sometimes a little grated smoked cheese, a tin of sweetcorn, or some tuna. Its pretty flexible, and can also be used in cooking. I've often used it to top a fish pie when my "real" potato's have boiled dry, or to make fishcakes, ... Read review

Advantages: Takes a whole minute, tastes good, easy to make, light in weight....
Disadvantages: Can get lumpy if you don't make it properly....

SMASH is exactly what it says on the tin "Mash in a Minute". In it's bright red packaging, The word SMASH is splashed across the front in a kinda smooth bubble writing, in a mash potato colour I suppose. As if someone just piped the word smash onto a stripe of blue stuck onto the red packaging. There's also a picture of your SMASH as part of a meal, with a sausage and some peas... hmmm.... For the purposes of accuracy, I should probably mention that ...
...100g sachets. I love SMASH so much! I re-discovered it when I had to escort my dear brother to the supermarket to stock up on easy-to-carry-but-nutricious food for his Duke of Edinburgh trip. For those of you who don't know, Duke of Edinburgh is like a series of award's that young people from ages 16 to 25 can take part in, and it involves camping out in the countryside and stuff. It's very exciting, and they have to take all their own stuff. So ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, quick & easy, saves money, gas & time.
Disadvantages: None

...in a rush. Smash is incredibly easy to make you just measure out the portion as per the instructions on the packet or to make as much mash as you require (everyone is different aren't they - I like a lot, my other half doesn't!) and then you boil the kettle and add hot water, mix it together & hey presto you've got mashed potato. This does come in a few different varieties but I like to buy the original version and then just add a little bit of butter ...
...of fat each. This makes smash quite a healthy product providing you don't slather it with butter or gravy and eat it with something healthy. The 280g tub is £1.44 in Tesco or there is a 200g bag which is £1.00 so you could buy the tub the first time and then just add a packet to it when you run low (keep an eye on the sell by date though of course). I am a huge fan of Smash, it saves me a fortune in gas & time and means I can make tasty, healthy ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to make, cheap, tastes nice
Disadvantages: Bit bland for some

...title of this review of Smash Potato came from my dad, not me, so he takes the credit! I know this my sound odd to some people, but I really do like the strange taste of Smash Potato. It doesn't taste like real potatoes and obvioulsy the only way you can eat it is in its 'mashed' form, by this, I mean you can't have it in the tradtional whole potato form! It's rehydrated potato, which you make by adding boiled water to it. I'm told that some people ...
...It probably does take a little bit of getting used to, but I actually love it. I like it with instant gravy poured on top and just eat it out of a bowl when I get back from college and I cant be bothered to make anything else. I like it as a comfort food when I'm feeling a bit down and it reminds me of school dinners - which I also loved. Yes, I was a strange child and I don't have a very spohisticated appreciation of fine foods - I just like the ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, easy, tasty mash
Disadvantages: Nothing beats a real mashed spud

Smash isn't what it used to be - it's some kind of flake now instead of the little tasty cubes which means that you don't have to add milk to it. The lid of the tin is no longer a measuring device either. This does mean that it's near impossible to guesstimate how much water is needed when making it so nearly always end up with mash that is too stodgey or runny. Sure, I could use scales and a measuring jug, but seems a bit of a kerfuffle just ... Read review

Advantages: quick convieniant tasty food
Disadvantages: non

...Smash with Cheddar & Onion Smash instant Mash Potatoes have always been, a good replacement for traditional mash potato for when you just didn't have time to prepare the real thing. Smash in my opinion is probably the best of the instant mash potatoes that are on the shelves in our shops, and as part of there on going trials to constantly improve their recipes, Premier foods have now brought out instant Smash with Cheddar and Onion, As with the potato and cheese the onion is dehydrated to a powdery substance which reacts to the introduction of boiled water. The amounts of water needed, is more of personal taste and preference to texture, than preset guidelines. I used to find that the original Smash, still needed a few personal touches, for instance I would add a touch of milk, salt and butter, to add taste, but this new version... Read review

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