Some people say that lumpy mashed potatoes is a sign of a lazy cook who just didn’t take out the lumps.
Others say that smooth mashed potatoes are over processed and gummy.
Which camp are you in?
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The only way my household eats mashed pots is smooth as a topping for cottage pie and that is made with the addition of a good strong cheese👍
Smooth mashed potatoes is a must on a pie or with a roast beef/lamb dinner.
Lumpy actually makes me heave.
Well I don’t really like Mash potatoes, but if I do have it, I like it cooked well with n o lumps and lashings of butter, but no milk.
No lumps, butter and milk for me, though these days I rarely bother cooking potatoes, I prefer rice which is quicker and easier.
Got to be smooth
Have you ever eaten butter and salt on rice like you might do potatoes but without the mashing part? I like it.
I’m a little surprised at the number of smooth voters. I thought that homemade mashed potatoes were supposed to be lumpy even if I’m a bigger fan of smooth myself.
If I leave lumps in our mash and my goody lady mentions it I tell her it is Rustic Mash…
If I’m eating out somewhere and it’s very, very smooth, I suspect Auntoe Bessie’s or Smash!
But other than that, I think mashed potatoes should be smooth and buttery, no lumps. I add salt, white pepper and a sprinkle of nutmeg
“Smashed” new potatoes are lumpy and nice 
If you mean like this:
then I agree with you - I’m (almost) addicted to them … 
I like my mashed potatoes smooth - if speed is of the essence the my favourite “instant” mash is Idahoan:
Smooth every time and not from a packet. I mash them so I always imagine the face of the current Bane of my life then I can thrash…mash for hours. Adding loads of butter, Black Pepper and a little milk followed by another load of mashing.
Smooth, with butter and milk.
An American classic from the State of Idaho, known for its potatoes. 
Exactly … and a reputation well-justified …
Smooth with butter do not add milk as rare I have milk in the house.
It depends… can’t beat homemade mash according to your own tastes.
Sometimes I mash up the skins too.
Gotta be gravy… lashings!
No, but I always cook rice with a few cardamom seeds (not pods) thrown in. I used to chuck in a few cloves as well but you have to be careful to pick them out when the rice is cooked.
