I don�t think I have ever eaten these. Well maybe grade school lunches and later in life maybe a few visits to a concrete hotel room were I had to pay to leave. But anyway, I made some tonight and I found them to be actually pretty good! Cheap as dirt, just add water, spices and warm! It took me like 3 minutes to make a good sized bowl of mashed potatoes! Whoever invented this should have received some kind of humanitarian award.

Not a fan.

Rate 'em right up there with Ramen noodles .

Idahoan?

Market Street has awesome mashed taters

You�re not optimizing the whole imitation food experience. Next time try mixing up a batch of fake milk made from powdered milk to use instead of just water.

I bought frozen, breaded fish fillets and a can of corn to go with the potatoes...that�s pretty close.

You�re dead to me.

Damit!

In a pinch they work

Roasted garlic is on point.

Is that a brand? If so no, if I�m going cheap I�m going cheap! Generic HEB brand. Maybe I�ll try those next time. Seems to have two thumbs up so far.

I like them from time to time. Some meals just have to have fake potatoes.

The way I fix them for people who don't like instant mashed potatoes is to add cooked (microwaved) roughly mashed potato (frozen french fries work also). No one has caught me yet for using fake potatoes.

Value size!! I like it! On my list! Thank you!

They have single packs for a buck

And don�t these things last like 40 years? What a wonder food! I�m going to invent instant mashed potatoe sandwiches and leave my name forever in history! It will be called an Urbanwich. Or maybe instant mash potatoe tortillas!...Ok I need to keep my ideas secret now.

That just brought a tear to my eye. Especially looking at that face. That�s a face of approval if I�ve ever seen one!

Two dollars and ninety eight cents

Hmmm...24 oz. for $3. I got 8 servings for about $1.00. Not sure what it weighs prepared, but I bet it�s over 24 ounces.

I prefer the Idahoan's over the Evan's, everyone else up in hur likes the Bob's

Man there is a much stronger gay presence on this forum than I thought. It�s 2018, I guess you just do you.

I'll pass.

Don�t you think I�m dead at this point? If so fine, I�ll eat my instant potatoes and like it! I dont like being internet bullied. I have plenty of people that do that daily to me in real life.

Super dead, and super gay.

they are great
get 50 bags & you will never go hungry

Do you people have no standards?

No

Makes sense. pre cast garages, pre cast potatoes.

What do you mean �you people�?

Mix Idahoan mashed potatoes with Louisiana fish fry mix half and half,dredge fish then fry. Thank me later

Add some bacon bits (real bacon bits, not imitation like the potatoes) and some shredded cheese-
Please report back with the �yum� factor-

I Give this an A-

Contradict yourself much

Just a follow-up on this one. I brought the left overs for lunch at work today. And actually I think the potatoes are even better as leftovers! I also learned that the ones I bought only had two big serving bags in the box. Each one was way too much for me. I'm going to look for either the kind you can measure out the serving size yourself or one that comes with individual little single serving packets.

And I just had to throw in this very poor and tasteless joke...What did pimp say when he was asked for the whereabouts of one of his workers named Ida..."Idahoan"!

Good on homemade Onion rings as well

if you make them right its hard to beat. Half/half instead of water and add a stick of Irish butter.

I like the instant potatoes. Add a little Kosmo's Garlic Parmesan to kick them up!!!!

I�ve always wondered if the mashed potatoes they serve at Kentucky Fried Chicken were instant because they have a strange consistency

Yes.

When my wife worked for a food service company, Ben E Kieth or Sysco, I don't remember, anyways, she came home with a huge box of instant mashed potatoes of all brands and flavors. Some were okay, some were terrible. She makes legit mashed potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, milk, garlic.

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Real mashed potatoes are easy and worth it. I guess if you want to keep some in the pantry for an emergency, but they taste so bad compared to the real deal.

If you want mashed taters but don't have an hour to peel, boil and whip fresh ones, these are a good substitute. We eat them just cause they're so quick to make. I don't like spending an hour cooking a side during the week.

I use chicken stock instead of water. We buy those Idahoan instant mashed potatoes by the case at Costco. Cover them with grated Parmesan cheese and serve.

Westside has it right. Not a fan of the powdered taters in a box. But we live on those Bob Evans ones and Country Crock makes some that are terrific.

Are these in the frozen section?

. 22 years in the Army was enough instant taters for me.

Most restaurants do. Trying to make 50 lbs of mashed potatoes would take someone half a day to peel, cook and mash. Something restaurants don't want to spend that much time and money on.

Not completely frozen but in those cold cases. Tom Thumb carries them and so does Walmart.

Not true

There are all manner of potato peeling machines that will make short work of the peeling process

I�ve used them

great for camping when you gotta go light

yeah for sure that
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Key word is "Most".

After 40 years cooking in restaurants (20+ restaurants), only place they had a potato peeling machines was in the Navy.

My dad always said that Sh.t would never be on his table....he peeled potatoes almost every supper. Sure miss that old man.

5lb bag of red potatoes is $3.50. Wash, chop, boil, drain, mash. Takes about 15 minutes.

I'd pay money if I could see you do this in 15 minutes

I'll time it for you. Couple of minutes to wash and chop 4 or 5 of potatoes. 10 minutes to boil. Couple of minutes to mash and add stuff. Not sure how it's hard to believe one could mash potatoes in about 15 minutes. Maybe 20.

Right up there with powdered milk.

Novice. Work it.

Wonder if these were real or instant?

They were during the three high school summers I worked at KFC. And the barbecued chicken was the previous day's leftover fried chicken, deboned and tossed with barbecue sauce.

Yes, agree. The consistency is weird. I just pour on more gravy and pretend they are real.

KFC mashed potatoes are delicious, instant or not.

I hate to admit it, but they were the last time I ate there....always my favorite, and I'm sure they are instant....I'm guessing the sodium is off the charts, too.

Why would you peel a potato that you are going to mash up? Hell, I don�t even wash them before I boil them. Can�t afford to go losing all the trace minerals. Plus the skin is delicious in mashed potatoes.

I was a southern fried chicken virgin until I ate KFC chicken in Dayton, Ohio

Have I had other GOOD fried chicken since in other places? Yes�m

But to this day, give some me KFC Original, mashed potatoes, and I�m channeling Oldfrog here, and two sides of cole slaw and I�ll dose the slaw with powdered ginger when I get home

I eat them a lot when I go camping because they are quick and they don't weigh anything. It's way cheaper than those Mountain House dinners.