The Battle of Good and Evil = Potato

I’m not a dirty effing snob, but I can be. When it comes to my creamed onions, I only use fresh pearl onions (and yes I sit bawling over them for a half hour trying to peel the feckers, but they’re worth it), but when it comes to Green Bean Casserole, I’m all about the canned.

So, tell me – is it wrong to find Potato Buds to be an acceptable short order manner to get your proper daily Irish intake of starches? Seriously, they’re just dehydrated potatoes. You add some water, some butter, some milk – isn’t that the same thing you do with the live, straight out of the dirt version, except with those you have to boil them for a half an hour to get them to a ‘mashable’ state. I don’t know, I can’t help but feel a little odd mixing up dehydrated foods in order to top my Shepherd’s pie this evening. (Still tasted fantastic! Add some Worcestershire Sauce, then drain the meat and make a gravy with the juice, pour it over the meat before adding the peas – fucking win!)

I suppose I shouldn’t be too hard on myself. I mean, if they were good enough for Bono when he was a lad, who am I to balk at their nourishment?