People sickened after man runs out of milk when making mash – and uses 'foul' swap – The Mirror
People were left feeling ‘sick’ after realising how one man made his mashed potato, but he promised it wasn’t his usual method, he just fell upon desperate times
There's nothing worse than realising you've run out of a vital ingredient for the food you're making mid-way through.
Whether you like your mash as it is, with added milk or cream, or even a cheeky bit of grated cheese and garlic mixed in, there are so many flavour combinations you could experiment with. However, one man arguably took it too far when he realised he'd run out of milk and had to add an alternative.
After seeing what he substituted milk with, however, many have argued that he should've just eaten his food without the mashed potato, as they were seriously grossed out. With no milk to add to his potatoes, the foodie opted to use chocolate milk instead. He then showed off the results of his attempt online.
Posting to Reddit, the foodie confessed: "I was out of milk for my mashed potatoes so I used chocolate milk", and it's safe to say that the mashed brown gloop looks less than appetising.
The revelation was first shared in 2022, and has since been recirculated online, and it is fair to say people are still horrified by the sight. Reacting to a photo of the chef's brown-coloured creation, one person said: "Looks like punishment for a serious crime." Another thought: "That looks foul." A third agreed: "No no no that's gross," before sharing several emojis depicting someone being sick.
Someone else simply wrote: "Crying," while another speculated: "Think your dogs got a bad stomach." A few commenters hoped the photo actually showed refried beans, but the post's creator stuck by his claims.
Explaining his logic in response to a puzzled viewer, he wrote: "Well, I was making the sausages, but thought I'd be a bit scarce, needed something else. Wanted mashed potatoes, but didn't have milk.
"Considered using just water, but my roommate said I needed the binding properties of milk, then he offered his chocolate milk as a substitute. I've got a stuffy nose, so I can't really taste anything so I thought eh why not, it'll just be a bit brown but otherwise the same. But I could still taste the sweetness. I will admit this was a mistake. Wasn't that bad though."
A version of this story was originally published on 8 April 2023.
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