This isn't a recipe, Thor, sir.
Anyway, some weeks ago out of curiosity I bought one of those $1 packets of Betty Crocker "Loaded Mashed" instant potatoes. Instant potatoes of course have been around for eons, but I always ignored them, supposing they were nothng near as good as the real thing.
I dunno why I tried it, but I got immediately hooked. These are good. There's other sorts in the Betty Crocker line, but I've just bought the "Loaded Mashed" type, potatoes with a touch of cheese, chives, bacon bits, and sour cream; the packet that ostensibly serves four (4 x 2/3rd of a cup), but I eat the whole thing all up in one sitting, by myself. Also, despite that it doesn't call for it, I add a chunk of real butter, and of course salt and pepper.
Before I go any further, I should mention that I dine lightly. I'm just as much of a glutton as the next guy, but the family history is a long dirge of melancholy, when it comes to what happened to those of us who made fine dining a "pleasureable experience." So even though I have the motivations of a glutton, I dine lightly. One of these packets is one whole meal for me, one time a day (I dine upon other cuisine for breakfast and lunch).
To me, food is just a fuel, nothing else.
Anyway.
The other day, I came across packets of Farmland "Premium Real Hickory Bacon Bits," and wondered how those would taste, when mixed in with the potatoes. Not the whole packet, just a couple of tablespoons of it, for each packet of instant mashed potatoes.
Man, this is the greatest stuff since the invention of sliced bread.
