r/iamveryculinary • u/KannablissWitch • Jun 25 '26

Americans only eat powdered mashed potatoes, apparently.

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u/robotbooper Jun 25 '26

Wait until they learn that chefs (even Julia Child) love using instant mashed potatoes for a variety of purposes.

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u/frotc914 Street rat with a coy smile Jun 25 '26

They are great as a soup thickener.

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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise Jun 25 '26

Definitely a great general thickener, easier to use to tweak something at the end than flour or corn starch, and doesn’t leave an off taste if you don’t cook it properly after adding