Mashing potatoes is hard work but now you can serve smooth creamy mash in seconds and never a lump in sight whereas hand blenders smash the potatoes breaking down the starch and producing gloopy mash this new electric tool uses a patented technology called rotor cone to drive a low speed gearbox which forces the food through the outer mesh and keeps the potato starch intact the masha not only mashes all root vegetables including swede carrots and turnips but can also be used for makin