Nancy2 said...

> On Jul 24, 2:21*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>> Normally whenever I bake potatoes I throw several more potatoes in the
ov
> en
>> just to have some cooked potatoes around.
>>
>> I find them *very useful to have around to make:
>>
>> A whole bunch of Fried potato recipes.
>>
>> A small amount of potato salad.
>>
>> Cold sliced potatoes with EVOO & Balsamic ++++
>>
>> How about you?
>>
>> --
>> Old Scoundrel
>>
>> (AKA Dimitri)
>
> One of my favorite "emergency" standbys - frozen Ore-Ida mashed
> potatoes - are being discontinued shortly, and replaced by Ore-Ida
> frozen "steam and mash" potatoes.
>
> I am p*ssed off. If I wanted to get out my potato masher, I'd make
> them from scratch. It's much easier to just nuke them and fluff them
> up with a fork. I wonder what genius customer market research decided
> to take this track.
>
> Maybe it's a substitution only in my main supermarket....
>
> N.


With my run of luck, blame ME!

Andy
r.f.c scapegoat