Mashed potatoes are the sort of food you dream of when you’re backpacking. You’ve been walking all day, you have a gnawing hunger in the pit of your stomach and for the last few miles all you can think about is spooning heaps of creamy, buttery mash into your mouth.
So at your next refuel stop, it makes sense that you pick up a few packets of instant mashed potatoes. When you get to camp that night and fire up your camping stove, however, you realize you’re missing the key ingredients that make mashed potatoes so excellent: butter and milk. They’re palatable and they’ll fill you up, but the reality definitely doesn’t match the fantasy.
