Ahhhhh! First cut then nuke makes so much sense.

Diving down the Serious Eats rabbit hole, Kenji Lopez-Alt highly recommends acidifying stage 1 (actually boiling with water + teaspoon of vinegar). ...but then I'm totally drooling over mashed potatoes made into waffles 😆https://www.seriouseats.com/waffled-mashed-potatoes-bacon-cheddar-recipe