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I now use a wire potato masher for any mashing jobs instead of the ones that have a flat plate with holes in them. The wire one does a better job with less effort I think.

My one looks like this one.
http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Po ... pd_sbs_k_5

How funny! I had to get rid of that one for my bean and potato mashing, because the space between the wires is too big and the beans pass right through them! I finally found a decent one at Target: http://www.target.com/p/stainless-steel ... A-11898183, although mine cost about $12!! I like it because the right angle keeps those beans from escaping my mashing wrath!

And yep, do NOT use a food processor or Vita-Mix, as I tried! I ended up having to bake the burgers, and they were still, as Mark said, like baking soup!

I may try doing it with my hands next--I think that appeals to me. After all, you have to get your hands into it a minute later to make the patties!

I hung on to mine for those times I make mashed potatoes or tofu ricotta. It's great on those items, not those little beans.




I like that one! Next time we're near Target I'll go take a look at it. As I mentioned up-thread (or in Jeff's post), I have a whole collection of mashers, trying to find the right one for every job. My nonstick pan-safe spatula collection is almost as big as my masher one. They either still scratch, even though they claim to be safe, or they're too thick to flip things like pancakes or burgers.

I like that one too. A tool for every bean

Thanks for this discussion.

Having giving the presentation many times around the country, I often have to use whatever masher is around and some do seem to work much better than others. The one we had in the DVD was probably one of the hardest to use, as you can see by the difficulty the girls had using it.

Sometimes, I just use a larger fork, like a serving fork, which works very well and I have just used my hands on occasion too.

This is the one I use at home.

http://www.amazon.com/Calphalon-FN19-Ny ... B000IV5902

The reason I love it is that is has a slight curve to it which allows me to use a slight rocking motion on the beans when mashing them and to also follow the slight curve of the mixing bowl. I show this technique on the DVD but it did not work as well with the masher we have.


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Jeff