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to think frozen mashed potatoes are perfectly reasonable?

251 replies

MrsKeithRichards · 13/02/2013 18:33

Busy day, casserole slow cooking all day so we could just come home and eat. I bought some frozen mash the other week for the first time so thought that would compliment the casserole for a quick and easy dinner.

Dh came home and you'd have thought I'd suggested eating mashed worms, the face he pulled. He declined, on the grounds it would be rank and made himself some chips to go with his casserole instead.

Ds's and I ate the mash, it was lovely and creamy, and not the food of the devil as he'd implied. He wouldn't even try it!

My frozen veg has only included peas and corn on the cob until now. But for 80p a bag (of which we only needed half of) and 5 minutes in the microwave I declare frozen mash is the future.

Aibu?

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gordyslovesheep · 14/02/2013 16:06

meat processing plants - no not so much - wasn't aware that mashed spuds or cheese was being substituted for dog food or horse legs though

I buy all my meat locally from a farm shop - except for my dog chicken nuggets - they come from Iceland

Virgil · 14/02/2013 16:06

Someone on another thread worked in a cheese factory and said the ready grated cheese is all the scraps and nasty bits. Gets mushed up and reprocessed. That really put me off buying grated cheese.

No issue with time saving food products though. I do think its cheaper if you freeze yourself though eg Big Bag of value onions, peel them, bung them in the food mixer, whizz up and freeze in portions. It literally takes minutes but saves so much time when you're cooking.

countrykitten · 14/02/2013 16:06

Anyway, enjoy your tv suppers tonight all. I'm off to do something a bit more interesting than debate this with you. Like watch grass grow.

Sugarice · 14/02/2013 16:09

countrykitten enjoy watching that grass grow, you grew it from scratch I hope !Wink

BeerTricksPotter · 14/02/2013 16:11

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gordyslovesheep · 14/02/2013 16:14

I only use frozen grass - no need to spend hours watching it grow @lazybastard - as Blackadder once said 'the long winter evenings must simply fly by' Grin

gordyslovesheep · 14/02/2013 16:15

oh and scraps of cheese squished together and grated ...so still JUST CHEESE then @epicfail Wink

IAmLouisWalsh · 14/02/2013 16:16

Sales of frozen mash mysteriously rocket this weekend, I reckon!

I worked in a food factory. Swept up corn flour from the floor and chucked it straight back on the conveyor belt...

Sugarice · 14/02/2013 16:16

Is it also wrong to eat tea on tray in front of the telly?

I am clearly a failure on all fronts! Grin

usualsuspect · 14/02/2013 16:17

I'm intrigued as to what countrykitten though we were all like. Grin

Wishihadabs · 14/02/2013 16:17

There are no ingredients on the cheese and yoghurt in my fridge...just saying

usualsuspect · 14/02/2013 16:19

I have astro tuft, I too fucking lazy to cut grass.

usualsuspect · 14/02/2013 16:21

I'm*

I'm too fucking lazy to type Ms

BeerTricksPotter · 14/02/2013 16:29

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3dolls · 14/02/2013 16:33

I make my own mash (yay me!) and then freeze it Shock - so am I only half lazy?!

Mash freezes and defrosts perfectly well.

Oblomov · 14/02/2013 16:37

i can't beleive that people have spare mash in their freezer. SPARE? How do you manage that?
I peel a small/medium bag of spuds. I make mash using a ricer. Takes bloomin ages. Shepherds pie has to be one of the most time consuming meals EVER. This makes enough to make two huge trays of shepherds pie. One gets eaten. One gets frozen. Not an thimble full of mash left spare. God how i wish I had spare mash in my freezer. I do love mash.
I also buy frozen mash. ..... ........

ifancyashandy · 14/02/2013 16:38

Love it - 'frozen onions' which, as everyone pointed out are just that - onions extrapolated to TV dinners! Grin.

She's good that CountryKitten!

Virgil · 14/02/2013 17:09

The cheese thing was rather more than scraps squished together and grated it was the bits off the floor, mouldy bits, dirty bits washed, squished and grated.

I adore cheese, there is very rare,y a situation when I wouldn't eat cheese. But that thread did put me off buying ready grated.

gordyslovesheep · 14/02/2013 17:11

i like mouldy cheese!

atthewelles · 14/02/2013 17:12

I'm off home to open a bottle of wine while my frozen ready chopped onions do their thing.
It's shop bought wine, not homemade I'm afraid,( lazy arsed corner cutter that I am.)

IAmLouisWalsh · 14/02/2013 17:13

Fucks sake, it takes NO time to ferment your own grapes....

atthewelles · 14/02/2013 17:15

I know Louis but I think the shop bought stuff tastes just as nice - the kids can't tell the difference and neither can I. Grin

gordyslovesheep · 14/02/2013 17:29

bet that wine was bottled in a FACTORY tough - it's probably half grapes half rotting sheep head juice or something

sandyballs · 14/02/2013 17:41

Love all the Irish people coming forward on a potato thread Grin. I'm Irish and haven't tried frozen mash but will do now!

5madthings · 14/02/2013 17:51

I am assuming those that don't like food made in a factory grow all their own vet and have their own animals that they slaughter and never buy yog, or cheese,or bread, pastry, pizza bases, or ice cream, hummus, coleslaw or any tinned products etc!

Figs frozen stuff can be just as good as fresh and sometimes is better if frozen very quickly after being picked etc.

Not all frozen food is crap.

I use frozen pastry as well sometimes...

We have frozen berries etc as they are cheaper and nice to defrost and add to a pudding.

Sometimes people are in a hurry or they can't be added. Frozen potato is convenient and not full of crap.