Canned corn. And instant mash potatoes.

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Pen-Personal@reddit

I’ve spent some time on this sub and never did a post like yours just being back a core memory of my older brother eating Pringles with some regurgitated looking stuff like that.

I tried it. Not bad but not my brand of poverty.

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Nervous___af@reddit

Damn, i really miss this. I like to make a sammich with it, too

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not_bored_@reddit

Add some cut up chicken nuggets or chicken strips in there and you’re golden

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koolaidismything@reddit

Got that makes me wanna pound water.. that’s so dense and dry lol.

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the-exiled-muse@reddit

Or ground beef. My mother had a soul food dish that was ground beef cooked with tomato sauce and corn, ringed with mash potatoes with topped with cheddar.

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BackyardByTheP00L@reddit

Shepherd's pie! Layers of delicious comfort food from childhood. Add creamed corn instead of regular corn to those mashed potatoes & it's even tastier.

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quiplaam@reddit

Make some instant gravy and you got a budget KFC bowl.

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Hughmungalous@reddit

“DONT FORGET THE FUCKIN’ CHEESE!!!” Me at my local KFC.

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Am I the only one that gets the KFC bowl without corn? I like corn in some stuff but it seems weird in the bowl to me...

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Sakosaga@reddit

All of you guys are forgetting the chicken nuggets

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tsundear96@reddit

KFC employee: takes a hit of crack sure bro I gotchu

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abbychestnut666@reddit

“EXTRA CHEESE I WANT MY INSIDES TO TURN TO GLUE” - me at the KFC

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Large_Tune3029@reddit

Not really "budget" lol they use cheap frozen corn and instant mashed potatoes also

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boglegoggy@reddit

Came here for this level of genius. Dollar store food hack

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newcitynewme724@reddit

I was gonna say this is halfway to a KFC Famous Bowl

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Short_Purple_6003@reddit

Add gravy and a sliced up chicken tender and you just made a KFC bowl

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SokkaHaikuBot@reddit

^Sokka-Haiku ^by ^Short_Purple_6003:

Add gravy and a

Sliced up chicken tender and

You just made a KFC bowl

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xndoTV@reddit

Gravy and chicken tenders for that KFC nostalgia

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DanFlashes420-69@reddit

Chicken + cheese or gravy and that’s a KFC famous bowl, good eating.

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VinnyMaxta@reddit

Add some ground beef for a delicious Paté Chinois!! Cream corn is a must tho.

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LostinQuiddity@reddit

Throw in some chickie nuggies and you'll have you're on KFC bowl

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osrs_addy@reddit

Shitty? Missing some brown gravy and dinner rolls.

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Beradicus69@reddit (OP)

I kinda love that this post is my top rated post. No politics. Just a pot of corn and potatoes. 1.5k upvotes. Lol.

Apparently if I added gravy and Dino nuggets. This could have made front page lol

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Last_Replacement6156@reddit

Something nice and simple!

I think you should add those, post it and see what happens! Let us know how it is as well

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Beradicus69@reddit (OP)

I love that everyone has been so positive and helpful about making this dish an amazing cuisine!

Gravy. Obviously! Dino nuggets has been a solid second.

Adding anything to potatoes. Even instant potatoes. Is just a beautiful thing.

I'm happy this sub loved my dinner.

Even everyone saying the potatoes were dry.

That's what's the corn is for. Bursting corn buttery juices!

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You won’t believe this until you try it but here goes. As it is with the taters and corn pour some Dorothy Lynch salad dressing on it and some pepper. It’s great. I’d be interested to know if you or anyone tried it and what your thoughts are. I’ve been known to use ketchup if I’m out of the dressing.

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Beradicus69@reddit (OP)

We all have our own opinions and tastes.

With corn and potatoes I'd use bbq sauce instead of ketchup if I had the option.

Apple butter bbq sauce. Now you've me thinking!

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OOHRAHJarhead@reddit

You are correct. Great idea. I have tried that too and it’s good as well.

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Zhaneranger@reddit

Oh I do like this combo! But that might be because it reminds me of the times when getting a TV dinner once in a while was a treat

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Redillenium@reddit

This is the shit

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MissMelines@reddit

there is nothing shitty about the salty, buttery, yet total wrongness of instant potatoes. Have you tried a can of CREAMED corn with them? 🫠 instant potatoes weren’t allowed in my house growing up but my favorite kid meal was fried chicken cutlet, creamed corn and mashed spuds from scratch.

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i_n_b_e@reddit

My autistic ass would eat this with joy

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Sophisticated-Sloth-@reddit

Oh man I used to eat that all the time as a kid. Delicious!

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malibouj187@reddit

You need instant gravy and maybe some dino nugs.

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P1tzO1@reddit

Most of the time the thing that separates normal meals from poverty meals is a little sauce

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Big-Zoo@reddit

Nuggets and gravy and this is fine comfort food

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SpeedBlitzX@reddit

I first misread that as "Candied corn" and thought oh no..

But honestly this just looks like something one would see in a Swanson or Hungry man dinner.

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Beradicus69@reddit (OP)

It's almost like candy for adults.

Those bits of corn are all bursts of butter and salt.!

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N8dork2020@reddit

When I was a kid I would snack on frozen corn. Loved it!!!

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Arxid87@reddit

The potatoes look like overcooked rice

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Adventurous_Ad7442@reddit

You can form this into a patty - pan fry in ghee or evoo for delicious fritter of instant potatoes & corn. Maybe put something interesting on the top?

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Adventurous_Ad7442@reddit

Sooooooo I think this would still be shitty no matter how much "window dressing". You can't put lipstick on a pig. 😜

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throwaway12222018@reddit

Ah yes, a KFC bowl at a 90% discount. All you're missing is about a gram of chicken.

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zubizubizuu@reddit

I would fuck that up right about now

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Lord_Abyessal@reddit

Hood classic.

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TheSpaceBoundPiston@reddit

Gotta add tater tots and the cheese

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adamzugunruhe@reddit

damn. Someone got cheese money.

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UnitedSteakOfAmerica@reddit

Tater tots expensive nowadays who you kidding lmfao

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El_Zarco@reddit

cheddar cheddar

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DanJDare@reddit

Man that just needs a bit of gravy.

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Stephluzza217@reddit

Yum

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SmokeMoreWorryLess@reddit

I used to eat this all the time before I really got into cooking. Damn, now I want to revisit this comfort meal.

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Scungilli-Man69@reddit

failure pile in a sadness bowl

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4llu532n4m3srt4k3n@reddit

Too far down for this one

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tuscaloser@reddit

You eat it in the KFC bowl for extra sadness?

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Creative_Cucumber495@reddit

Would

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Josh-Wash-58@reddit

One of my favorite meals from growing up and now. Times are tough.

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Even-Active6798@reddit

I would give that same snack to my ex hooker girlfriend. Pre sex snack!!

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Mushroomh3ad@reddit

Just needs sum ketchup

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TheArtOfSurvival@reddit

Throw 2 or 3 tiny pieces of chicken in it & you basically recreated a KFC bowl.

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Creepymint@reddit

I’d eat that, especially the corn. For some reason, the best tasting corn (to me) is the walmart brand canned corn. I could eat it straight out of the can with no butter and still be happy with it.

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amaniizn@reddit

struggle don’t ever get this bad

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NeighborhoodNew3904@reddit

Dont forget the chicken gravy

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kimness1982@reddit

10/10 would smash

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Sargash@reddit

Stock up on canned sweet peas. They're probably about as cheap or even cheaper than rice. You could have mixed that in with this and had two meals.

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Rocket_of_Takos@reddit

Used to love this, then jollibee stopped selling corn

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trucksandink@reddit

Missing gravy

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krusty_yooper@reddit

Hell yes.

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blueberryfirefly@reddit

yessss this is a good meal

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rokelle2012@reddit

Only way I can eat corn is if it's cream of corn, in corn bread, or in mashed potatoes like this. By itself? Nah.

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doggysmomma420@reddit

I eat it this way whenever I have corn and mashed taters with dinner. Also, it is good as leftovers with saltines.

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Hungry-Ad-7120@reddit

Ugh, my brother loves that. We just had some the other night (minus the corn) and I was regretting it even as we were eating the instant mashed potatoes.

Easily one of my favorite go to meals with a side of whatever crap I have laying around in the fridge. Sometimes I’ll make a packet of brown gravy and drizzle that over it too.

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MontyBoo-urns@reddit

That’s good shit right there

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Ok_Wasabi_9512@reddit

Looks dry. But doable.

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Hughmungalous@reddit

Me to my wife.

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alltheloam1@reddit

This comment is criminally underrated.

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swonstar@reddit

Things you can say about food, but not your partner--

Whose Line is it Anyway?

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Dohi014@reddit

I didn’t know the “side dish” I make three times a week would get so many upvotes.

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Adventurous_Fail_825@reddit

Which is DELICIOUS!

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couldbeworse2@reddit

Well you won’t die

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_SuIIy@reddit

I would devour this right now.

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metalheadshane@reddit

Give me some brown gravy and it’s a smash.

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roughdraft29@reddit

Where's the Salisbury steak??

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long-civility@reddit

💯

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Aezetyr@reddit

Little bit of ground beef and peas and you got a budget shepherds pie

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blueboy714@reddit

Spread it on a nice kaiser roll with a slice of ham or chicken

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CapitalBathroom3576@reddit

The. Best.

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fool_on_227@reddit

"Oh waiter! The usual sir? Please; a bowl of your finest starch. Would you like a sprinkle of carbs mixed in? Simply divine - you know me too well! Very good sir."

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