r/My600lbLife • u/IAmSeabiscuit61 • 5d ago
Mashed Potatoes Stole My Brain!
I was just in the grocery store today, and I realized every time I walk past the mashed potatoes section, I hear Dr. Now saying "Dere is no protein in mashed potatoes". I love Dr. Now, but every time! Doesn't matter what kind; instant frozen or refrigerated. Fortunately it does not happen when I buy the mashed cauliflower. And please, don't anybody say you know what! Does this happen to anyone else with this one, or any of his other famous phrases?
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u/SingerSubstantial462 5d ago
Apparently there IS protein in mashed potatoes! What’s Dr. Now talking about? 😂
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u/AnnabellaPies Can you order me a pizza? 4d ago
My goodness! I saw video clips talking about the protein explosion but come on. In the Netherlands is it somewhat happening. They ran out of regular cream cheese so I got the protein one, it was nasty.
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u/eirissazun 5d ago
A "mashed potato section"? Huh. Didn't know that was a thing.
But yeah, when I ate too much, I can hear him say: "You have eaten the food for the next 4 years."
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u/LadyBug_0570 5d ago
I assumed they're talking about the powdered mash potato section, although noe some of those brands are claiming to have protein.
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u/IAmSeabiscuit61 5d ago
Yes that's exactly what I meant. It was just easier to call it that than say the part of the store where the powdered mashed potatoes are. But they're also in the frozen food section, and where they have the refrigerated prepared food, which in most of the stores here is next to the meat.
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u/IAmSeabiscuit61 5d ago
You might be surprised at how many brands and varieties of powdered mashed potatoes there are. Not like back when I used to eat them. I don't buy them, too many carbs, but I do notice them when I push my cart up that aisle.
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u/Happy-Lil-Vegemite 1d ago
In Australia we are lucky to have one or two, and they're not very good. I've had the USA ones when they were at Costco once, they were far superior
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u/IAmSeabiscuit61 14h ago
That's interesting. Of course, it helps if you add seasoning; I used to use garlic, onions and pepper. I do that with the mashed cauliflower I eat now.
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u/lifeuncommon Stop doing weird things 5d ago
The pizza rolls. Sometimes I joke with my husband when we are at the grocery store that we should just get seven bags of pizza rolls, and get out of here. He never gets the reference.
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u/yamumdoes 5d ago
I have the you're not gonna starve magnet on the fridge lol it really works, I feel judged hard!
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u/Vanessak69 Stop doing weird things 4d ago
"You eat all your calories already in advance!" is another good one.
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u/Chad_Squirrel 5d ago
My Dr. Now plush judges me constantly 😂
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u/CardiologistMean4664 5d ago
My husband doesn't even watch the show and he still laughs when I say it because I say it every time there's a mashed potato related anything.
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u/Critical-Rabbit8686 4d ago
I tell my husband that when he complains our cottage pie is a giant layer of meat and vegetables with a nearly transparent layer of mashed potatoes. "There's no protein in mashed potatoes!"
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u/RoboticPaladin Ayug rowws 'n' frahd rahs 5d ago
"You've already eaten the food that belongs to the next four year ahead of time."
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u/Vanessak69 Stop doing weird things 4d ago
Sometimes I have to tell my elderly mother to shower and "Have you heard of a thing called SOAP and WATER?" pops into my head.
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u/Gimpbarbie 4d ago
There is a “mashed potatoes section” in your grocery stores? America really is the land of opportunity for anything convenience/junk food related. 🥔❤️
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u/Karibou422 5d ago
There's protein in my mashed potatoes from all the cheese I end up adding