Talk:Smash (instant mashed potato)

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Why doesn't the article mention anything about what it's made of, how it's made or anything even close to scientific or interesting about the product? I get that you liked the advert but that's not why i came here... The issue of what it exactly is is then confused further by the badly written section of 'instant mash potato' page -it seems to suggest it's granulated potato flour of some sort but then again it might be saying it isn't too...

what i want to know is where can you buy yeoman mash...the best mash potato in the world please help me....andyandali1969@tiscali.co.uk   where can i find some yeoman mash to go with my bangers

This is a nice article, but it fails to mention that the product is but one among many similar products. We appear not to have articles about the others, or a generic article, but we likely will someday, and in the interim some context would be nice. Was it the first, or is it the one with the greatest sales volume? I don't know anything myself. Thanks &mdash; Pekinensis 14:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Unable to control myself, I have done some searching.

Other brands include Mr Mash, Hungry Jack, and Idahoan mashed potatoes (mentioned briefly in Idahoan).

It is claimed that "Canadian Edward A. Asselbergs invented instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) in 1962.". On the other hand, Idahoan Foods claims to have been founded in 1960 with the express purpose of producing instant mashed potatoes. I have not found any source that devotes more than one throw-away sentence to the question, and astoundingly, Google does not know of a single document containing both of the words "Asselbergs" and "Idahoan".

&mdash; Pekinensis 14:52, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I have created a generic article at instant mashed potato. &mdash; Pekinensis 02:01, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Is it also worth mentioning that the potato in KFCs potato and gravy is made from instant mash too? You don't believe me, do you? It's true, I worked there and made it myself ^ ^ JayKeaton 19:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

"Citation needed" not necessary
I think the [citation needed] after "the approximation is clearly close enough for those who consume it." is unnecessary, as, in my view, the statement is verified by the simple fact that people eat smash; if it wasn't close enough, they wouldn't eat it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.107.128.152 (talk • contribs).


 * You're right; and it's somewhat tautological and therefore pointless. I'll rewrite/remove it altogether. Fourohfour 18:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * IIRC, it may have been the bit that said "many people agree that" which I took exception to; it has a weaselly feel to it. Fourohfour 18:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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Dried mashed potato
Amazing. There seems to no reference at all on the net, let alone Wipedia, to Pom, the ration-free dried powdered potato we used to get during the war217.43.217.180 (talk) 16:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Rectified with this edit.

This article here (flash) talks about J & J Colman's of Newry, which produced potato powder. It mentions that this was intended for soldiers' rations - "in the early days it was known as Pom and was produced under contract for the War Office". This quiz (pdf) on the BBC's website states that it was first made in 1946, and was Britain's first brand of instant potato. There's a mention of in it Hansard, 27 July 1960 - Roger Gresham Cooke was teed off that the RAF were still being fed the stuff, years after the war had ended, couched in terms that suggest it might have become a generic word by 1960. (It also appears in Hansard in 1954). Pops up here ("glutinous") and here ("vile"). Seems to have lingered as armed forces slang for years afterwards. Sadly there isn't really enough to build a whole article. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

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