"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:34:49 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-07-20 18:22:46 +0000, sf said:
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>> > On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:13:23 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-07-20 12:40:19 +0000, Gary said:
>> >>
>> >>> I wonder how much a small container of mashed potatoes from Amazon
>> >>> costs vs. making your own from buying them for 5lb for 2.50 or so
>> >>> from
>> >>> a grocery store.
>> >>
>> >> What's the hourly rate of the labor for billing?
>> >
>> > Consider it free labor and her only cost is the energy to heat water.
>>
>> Technically my labor would be free with one of my endeavors these days,
>> but still, I'm not making five pounds of potato chips without some kind
>> of recompense.
>>
>
> The subject was mashed potatoes to feed her husband one meal. I
> bought premade mashed potatoes *once* just to see what it was like.
> :P

Some are pretty nasty. Depends on the brand and the ingredients. I never
bought these before and as it turned out, he didn't eat them. I was busy
when he came in so he got his own dinner. No clue what he ate.