A MUM has left people stunned after showing how she uses her air fryer to make the perfect mashed potato.
While the energy-saving devices have long been used for other potato dishes - such as chips or jackets - Fiona had never seen mash cooked in one.
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So she decided to give it a go - and was left "mindblown" by the results.
"This is mashed potato cooked in the air fryer - like actual mashed potato," she began her TikTok video.
"Crazy!"
She began by taking five large potatoes, and pricked them with a fork before coating them with oil.
She then added some salt and put them in the air fryer for 30 minutes, turning them halfway, "until they came out like this".
"I cut the skins because I wasn't sure how they were going to mash and added in some butter, salt, pepper, milk and cream cheese," Fiona continued.
"And it is... oh my goodness!"
"Air fryer Mashed Potato," she captioned her video.
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"Told you air fryers are amazing," one person commented on the clip.
As another added: "I love mash with the skin left in!"
But not everyone was on board with the skins being left in the potato.
"Love the idea of this but no to potato skin in it ...sorry," one wrote.
"We like it!" Fiona - aka That Perth Mum - replied.
"I do this but I remove the skins first," another added.
"Because the potato is cooked the skin is way easier to peel. Also put garlic and onion powder in it!"
"Gah! Can’t believe I forgot to add those!!!!!" Fiona raged.
And while there were tonnes of people praising Fiona for coming up with the idea, others weren't convinced that it was quite as groundbreaking as she thought.
"Mashed baked potato," one sighed.
"Yes pretty much!" Fiona replied.
"You mean you cooked baked potatoes and then mashed them up," another said.
"Why don't you just peel the potatoes and boil them?" a third questioned.
"It's quicker. God how stupid!"
"This is not mash," someone else insisted.
As another wrote: "Or just boil the potatoes like normal and sane thing?
"Actually it's faster to use a hob!"
"Not everything has to be done in an air fryer," someone else insisted.
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Another person asked Fiona how she'd managed to make the mash without it going through the holes in the air fryer basket.
To which she shared another video of herself removing the cooking tray inside the air fryer, before putting the potatoes back into the empty pan and mashing them.
