WTF of the day

[northernladuk]

Try the Aunt Bessie's ones. Much better...

[CheeseSlice]

WTF indeed!

If they're not careful they'll come up with a mash product that is more difficult to prepare than actually boiling and mashing potato.

[Paddy]

I'm old enough to remember the horrible powdery bits where it wasn't mixed properly.

And even worse (on Guide camp) when they over-diluted it, making a sort of potato squash drink.

As a kid I used to replace the powdered skimmed milk with instant mash as a practical joke.

[SueEllen]

As a kid I used to replace the powdered skimmed milk with instant mash as a practical joke.

You must have been popular.

Mind you the mash would have been better tasting

[Sysman]

WTF indeed!

If they're not careful they'll come up with a mash product that is more difficult to prepare than actually boiling and mashing potato.

Remember trying to cook a full meal with your first microwave?

3 or 4 pans going at the same time on a traditional cooker could beat it easily.

[Old Greg]

Guide camps were grim. All work, no play. And we weren't allowed to talk to the Scouts.

Well there was a war on, you know.

[mudskipper]

Well there was a war on, you know.

I'm sure there was somewhere.

[Old Greg]

I'm sure there was somewhere.

Fond memories of the relief of Mafeking?

[d000hg]

When you can buy ready-made roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings and pre-peeled carrots, what makes this special?

[Old Greg]

When you can buy ready-made roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings and pre-peeled carrots, what makes this special?

I do have to wonder what market this is tapping into.