Once when I was really poor all I had, til next payday, for me and my son was a catering bag of instant mash I'd been given.
Kind of put me off it......☺
I had a craving for it when I was pregnant. Smash and beans. But because I had all day sickness and it never stayed down long meant I couldn't look at the stuff for years after.
We ate it when we were kids - disgusting, do they still sell it? how simple and quick is it to peel a spud and mash it. I don't eat it anymore - having said that, I've often eaten out and felt the spuds were a bit too much like instant mash or smash