Talk:Smash (instant mashed potato)

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== Comment ==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 — 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.". [1] On the other hand, Idahoan Foods claims to have been founded in 1960 with the express purpose of producing instant mashed potatoes [2]. 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" [3].

— Pekinensis 14:52, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I have created a generic article at instant mashed potato. — 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)

[edit] "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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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)