kiddo is giving me crap because the box of instant potatoes i had in the freezer expired in 2009...
OTOH, he said they tasted just fine when he ate them for dinner
@Lulz4l1f3 dinner was leftover lamb shanks gravy
Kinda hard to find decent lamb in the states lately.
@Lulz4l1f3 i think this was mismarked. Australian rosemary/garlic marinated shanks for $4.99/pound.
American "lamb" is iffy because there's no regulation on age. your "lamb" could be an 8 or 9 year old cull. mutton tastes very different than lamb. it's too bad there's no incentive to raise lamb in the US & it's pretty difficult to find small USDA butchers, so small farmers can't compete with imports
@Lulz4l1f3 yeah, but Tom ate all the leftover real mashed potatoes so kiddo & i needed something for our dinner that was fast. i use instant potatoes in bread (obviously not often since they expired in 2009...)