‘If I Take A Bite Of Mashed Potatoes And Taste Patron, I’m Rioting’: Woman Makes ‘Lit Mashed Potatoes.’ First ‘Hennessy Ham,’ And Now This?

The holidays are creeping up, and that means everyone is cracking their knuckles, dusting off the family cookbook, and getting ready to flex their kitchen skills. Well… everyone, that is, except for the family member who wants to try “something new” this year. Sometimes it means a squash casserole gone wrong (why does it taste like eggs?), a cornbread recipe gone right or something with a little more muscle.

The.swaggyb (@ur internet unc swaggy) reposted a clip from Simplyshia (@shia monet’), who dropped her recipe for Patron mashed potatoes topped with a D’Usse cognac gravy. If you’re thinking, “Wait… that’s alcohol in potatoes with more alcohol,” then you’ve just discovered what she calls “lit mashed potatoes.”

Mashed Potatoes With A Lime Chaser?

Every year, some holiday recipe makes the rounds. Good, bad, or ugly, it gains traction, racking up comments and side-eyes. This year, tequila mashed potatoes are the talk of TikTok.

Though the.swaggyb’s TikTok has been watched 6.2 million times, it is just a short clip of the original recipe with his reaction to it. He writes in the caption, “these mashed potatoes got that kick.”  His viral video pokes fun at the recipe. He’s wandering through a house with a bowl of (presumably) mashed potatoes in hand. “These mashed potatoes are gooo,” he manages to say before crashing into the counter, mimicking a drunken stumble.

The original video from Simplyshia shows someone pouring Patron into a pot full of mashed potatoes, complete with empty packets of instant mashed on the counter. Someone in the clip says, “And if there’s no lit mashed potatoes on the table at your Thanksgiving dinner, please don’t invite me.”

First ‘Hennessy Ham,’ And Now This?

It probably goes without saying that reactions online are pretty lit.

“If i take a bite of mashed potatoes and taste patron im … rioting,” the top comment on The.swaggyb’s TikTok reads.

“Everyone going to jail,” promised another.

“Matter of fact, if there ARE lit potatoes on your Thanksgiving table, PLEASE DON’T INVITE ME,” a third said.

“We don’t have free healthcare y’all,” a fourth joked.

Others referenced last year’s viral food trend. “So it was Hennessy ham last year, now it’s lit mashed potatoes yall be safe,” one said.

Hennessy Ham, which was created by Bando Dee’s (@bandodee74), relies on a spiked glaze that combines flavors like honey, brown sugar, garlic, and cognac. It seems much more reasonable than tequila-infused mashed potatoes.

Why Use Alcohol In Food Anyway?

Using alcohol to enhance the flavor of food can be traced to the Ancient Greeks, who used spirits to tenderize meat. These days, it’s often used as a way to enhance deeply flavorful dishes. But how does it work? According to the gourmet food site, Marky’s, alcohol bonds to the volatile flavor compounds in food and releases them into the air.

As far as actual alcoholic content in the dish, the old wives’ tale is mostly true. Some of the alcohol does burn off during the cooking process. But a study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that after cooking, the amount of alcohol remaining in a dish ranged from 4% to 95%, depending on the cooking technique used.

So yeah, the folks in the comments worried about sobriety are kind of right: Too much alcohol in the dish can make things boozy instead of savory.

For Bando Dee, who says he came up with the viral Hennessy ham, it’s all about the entire experience. He tells BroBible, “I came up with the recipe [because] I like taking my food to the next level.

This year, Dee is planning a Hennessy-smoked turkey and a Don Julio-stuffed turkey.

“I’m going extra on extra,” he says. That’s real holiday hero behavior.

BroBible reached out to The.swaggyb and Simplyshia via their respective TikTok direct message. We will update this if either of them gets back to us.