While we all love the high-tech wizardry of the modern home kitchen, old-school, no-tech gadgets such as a classic potato ...

When it comes time to smash all the ingredients together, however, you don't have to struggle with the back of a fork or ...

bhofack2 / Getty Images The real reason to wear extra-comfy ... Even better, it requires less work for your arm than a potato masher. You need very little extra prep work to use a potato ricer ...

You dutifully strain, rinse, and dry them while you open drawer after drawer looking for your potato masher…that you’ve never owned. No need to panic—and no need to rush out to the shop.

(Hint: it’s not a potato masher.) Once you’ve learned all there is to learn about mash, vote in our poll at the bottom of the page to tell us which style of mash you’re going to make next.