On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:33:22 -0600, US Janet >
wrote:
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>I've begun getting Honest Earth Creamy Mashed Potatoes. I started
>using them in 2005 when I was recovering from various surgeries. I
>got them at Costco. They are really good. Costco doesn't carry them
>anymore.
Broke my heart when I could no longer find them at Costco and I
ordered them online direct,. We have used them in family taste tests
and got a kick out of fooling people. It is the only packaged potato
product I have ever found tasty and useful
>This year I decided that making these potatoes was easier
>and quicker. I had to go to the Net to find them and ended up
>ordering direct from the company. A lot of people are complaining at
>Amazon that the price has increased so much or complaining on the 'Net
>that they can't find them anymore.
>
>As Steve said, convenience, storage and shelf stable. We just don't
>eat as much anymore and a sack of potatoes sprouts before I can get to
>it.
Exactly. Last two years I tossed the sprouted potatoes into dirt and
harvested them a few months later. What a conundrum that presented -
back where I started with potatoes.....
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>"Honest Earth Creamy Mashed Club Pack - Idahoan Mashed ...
>https://idahoan.com/products/honest-...shed-club-pack
>Stove Top Boil 2 2/3 cups of water and 4 tablespoons of butter.*
>Remove from heat and add 1 cup cold milk. Stir liquid while adding one
>pouch of potatoes. Wet all potatoes. Let stand 10 seconds. Stir and
>serve."
INGREDIENTS: IDAHOŽ POTATOES, BUTTER AND SEA SALT. Can't beat that.
They have mastered the texture problem with such products, though, and
to me, that was key. I have always detested the gluey ick of packaged
potato products.
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>I often make only half a package at a time.
>Janet US
Haven't tried that. Will do.