The potato masher consists of an upright or sideways handle connected to a mashing head. The end product of mashing is called a "mash". This involves mashing the yam and mixing it with coconut milk and sugar. Cooking techniques include roasting, baking, boiling, frying, mashing, and spicing. Roasting, baking, boiling, frying, mashing, and spicing are all cooking techniques. The paste is prepared by boiling the beans, then mashing or grinding them. It is brewed using a three-stage process involving mashing, lautering and wort boiling. Smaller breweries often use a boil kettle or a lauter tun for mashing. Boiling also destroys any remaining enzymes left over from the mashing stage. The steps in brewing African sorghum beer are&colon; malting, mashing, souring and alcoholic fermentation. Its juice is extracted, usually by cutting, crushing, or mashing. Terms for the "pushing" of a button include pressing, depressing, mashing, slapping, hitting, and punching. Other variations include mashing the potatoes to make the soup thicker. Further conversion to fermentable sugars is achieved during the mashing process. Varieties with high levels of starch, like russet potatoes, are well-suited to baking and mashing.