Mashed potato is a side dish that very little can go wrong with, and is usually a guaranteed table pleaser.

However, one woman’s unique recipe for making the squashed spuds has left people “traumatised”.

Social media user Elaine regularly shares her unusual meal ideas on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook but this particular set of cooking directions attracted a massive 40.2 million views and thousands of comments.

Sharing a video of the speeded-up method and ingredients, she wrote:…