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this article made me do two things...laugh, and feel like i wanted to vomit, lol

http://lifestyle.sympatico.ca/foodan...pular/c4b7d102

MASHED POTATO VENDING MACHINE EXTREMELY POPULAR
by Jelena Djurkic
Would you eat mashed potato dispensed from a vending machine?


Forget peeling, boiling and smashing. You can now get your mashed potatoes from a 7-Eleven vending machine.
Created by Maggi, a company that makes instant soups, seasonings and noodles, these automated machines are popping up in 7-Eleven stores overseas. Especially popular in Singapore, this piece of genius mixes powdered spuds with hot water and spews the concoction out Slurpee-style. Simply press a button and you can have Thanksgiving every day.
A video of the vending machine in action has been making the rounds just days after 7-Eleven's 85th birthday celebration on July 11.


But don't worry, the makers didn't forget mom's famous gravy sauce. After the liquid potatoes goop out, a nice and heavy squirt of chicken gravy follows. (Sorry all you vegetarians out there, you'll have to sit this one out.)
There's something oddly comforting about the fact that if you want mashed potatoes at 3 a.m. in the morning, you can now get them. There's also a whole lot of wrong about the fact that if you want mashed potatoes at 3 a.m. in the morning, you can now get them. And it'll all only set you back $1.00. If this makes it over to our side of the ocean, I predict a potato shortage will likely ensue. Can you imagine the supersized American version? Yikes.
Do these mashed potatoes look scrumptious or are you horrified by the concept? Would you eat mashed potatoes from a vending machine?