dye wrote:

> In article .com>,
> aem > wrote:
> >On Aug 21, 1:21 pm, peteinchicago > wrote:
> >>
> >> i'll tell you what i like at KFC - those mash potato bowls....$4.99
> >> and that includes a medium soft drink
> >>
> >> they have the mash potatoes...and they have the gravy...and they have
> >> corn...and they have three cheeses - and of course they have the
> >> chicken nuggets [snip]
> >
> >No one can argue with your taste and likes and dislikes, but just in
> >case there is some reader out there who might be thinking of trying
> >this on your recommendation, I'd like to point out that:
> >
> > * the mashed potatoes are reconstituted from dehydrated flakes,
> >not mashed from real potatoes.
>
> Actually, there are some brands of instant mashed potatoes (hazy
> here..betty crocker potato buds?) from which you can crank out
> a accptable batch of mashed. The "just add water" ones taste as
> bad as KFC, but the ones where you add your non-dried dairy (butter,
> milk) are fine by me, especially if you add your own finely chopped
> green onion and roasted garlic...


You ask for mashed at many even higher -end places (like steak places),
you'll get a re - hydrated product...can be surprisingly good, in fact I
like them a lot. I don't know if the food service rehy'd taters are exactly
like the stupormarket stuff or not...


> Boston Market's mashed are OK to, gravy good there too...they have
> corn...buy your own cheese/bowl and make your own?


That kinda sounds like a "crafts" project...but it could be do - able...

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