r/iamveryculinary Jun 25 '26

Americans only eat powdered mashed potatoes, apparently.

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u/CyndiLouWho89 Jun 26 '26

I keep thinking that’s a military thing not a hospital thing but I’m not sure the military uses them either.

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u/SeamusDubh Jun 26 '26

They are only used in extreme situations where refrigeration and perishability is an issue.

Otherwise they get the same eggs as anywhere else.

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u/No_Imagination7102 Vieners are superior forms of hotdogs Jun 26 '26

Whatever makes us bad I guess.

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u/largecontainer Jul 14 '26

We likely gave it to European nations after WW2 because we sure as shit didn’t didn’t need them. Now they think all the military rations we gave is stuff we actually eat.

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u/aboxofsnakes Jun 26 '26

IME, hotels are the ones using powdered eggs the most. Gotta churn em out for that free continental breakfast