actually mash is a show that i want to get into one rainy weekend or when I am iced in. it is deep, but when i was a child it made me cry and the show is theme song made me cringe. war and death. the world was already distressing and depressing enough. now,k as far as mashed potatoes go, i mash the natural ones but give me a box of idaho instant and i make magic. please. believe me.