Mashed Potato and Swede

It seems incredible that there was a time when I despised swedes, now a household favourite, especially cooked like this. I know the snobbery persists in France, however. I produced this dish for a Frenchman once; he pronounced it intriguing and good, and asked what went into it. On hearing it was swedes, he looked scandalized. But that is cattle food! Choose smallish swedes, which are likely to be younger, and tender once cooked. Every now and then one encounters a swede that retains a woo