On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 4:42:43 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 12:01:39 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-11-13 2:45 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 8:45:57 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > >> John Kuthe wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> I get a break, and new batch of Garlic Potatoes for Dinner! :-)
> > >> On a serious note... don't you ever get tired of garlic potatoes,
> > >> John?
> > >>
> > >> I made them once. Very tasty but I tired of the taste even before I
> > >> finished the one batch. Never since. I like plain mashed potatoes.
> > > I wouldn't get tired of potatoes. I love that stuff! Unfortunately,
> > > they don't serve much potato dishes on this rock. I sure won't make
> > > potato dishes. I love to eat potatoes but the thought of having to
> > > prepare them makes me feel ill!
> > We made them a few times. We really enjoyed them, and then we tired of
> > them. We don't eat a heck of a lot of potatoes to begin with. If it
> > weren't for different potato dishes we would probably have them a lot
> > less often.
> Mostly, I meant that I like potato dishes because we don't get served around here. We can get French fries all over the place but that's about it. The good news is that we can get mashed potatoes at KFC. The bad news is that it's KFC mashed potatoes.

Which are reconstituted powdered potatoes. Those are easy and cheap,
and don't taste appreciably different from the boxes they're packaged in.

I wasn't always a food snob. When I was in my 20s, I smoked cigarettes,
which meant that I could consume awful food w/o finding it objectionable.
Imagine working 3rd shift, and lunch being a whole package of this:
https://www.innit.com/nutrition/banq...00031000113025
instant mashed potatoes and instant coffee. Then I'd go home and chug
super cheap swill beer.

--Bryan