I was grocery shopping this evening at my local 'mega-mart' and witnessed something that caused me to think about why.
Among the onion/potato bins in the produce section, I saw there were individually shrink-wrapped potatoes. What's with that??!?
Are people so arrogant that only a shrink-wrapped potato is good enough for them? I'm not sure.
I didn't bother to look at the price (since I was looking for onions at the time) but the thought came to mind as to how much people were willing to pay for such a monstrosity. Those potatoes, on quick glance, didn't look any different
than those you would find in a five or ten pound bag of the same variety, outside of each being
wrapped in a jacket of clear plastic with a fancy label on each one.
Why would you want to peel a potato
twice? Is there a recipe for sous vide whole potatoes? I can say, for sure, I've ever
seen one. I'd rather have mine baked than boiled.
I guess those kinds of people are willing to part with $30,000 of second-mortgaged money to install an in-ground swimming pool that's only used twice a year (a giant hole in the ground that you keep throwing money into).
How about you?
