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stuart in mn
stuart in mn UberDork
7/19/12 9:54 p.m.

Kudos to 7-11 for attempting to provide healthier food options at its convenience stores. The latest down home treat: mashed potatoes extruded from what looks like a modified Slurpee machine.

For just $2, you can get yourself a bowl of mashed potatoes and a giant tub of soda. And to make everything slide down easier, you even have the option to add an extra layer of chicken gravy on top—that's button 3 on the machine shown—at no added price.

But who needs the mashed potato part? If 7-11 wanted a real hit on their hands, they'd just let customers add chicken gravy to any foodstuffs in the store.

http://gizmodo.com/5926274/7+11-now-serves-mashed-potatoes-like-a-slurpee

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid SuperDork
7/19/12 10:05 p.m.

What.....The.....Hell.......

carguy123
carguy123 PowerDork
7/19/12 10:16 p.m.

Well it looks so yummy!

What next? A gravy dispenser?

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy SuperDork
7/19/12 10:16 p.m.

Saw that on Craig Fergusson last night. I dunno...

carguy123
carguy123 PowerDork
7/19/12 10:20 p.m.

My wife says she saw this on GMA Monday. Supposedly it comes out a liquid and solidifies right in front of your eyes and yes, gravy does come with it.

Supposedly the Japanese think it's the greatest thing.

aircooled
aircooled PowerDork
7/19/12 10:25 p.m.
stuart in mn wrote: Kudos to 7-11 for attempting to provide healthier food options...

Uhmmmm.....

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 SuperDork
7/19/12 10:33 p.m.

mix that with some of the cheese and chili they have an you've got most 80% of the food groups in artificial form!

Lesley
Lesley PowerDork
7/19/12 10:48 p.m.
carguy123 wrote: My wife says she saw this on GMA Monday. Supposedly it comes out a liquid and solidifies right in front of your eyes and yes, gravy does come with it. Supposedly the Japanese think it's the greatest thing.

How long before the Japanese are as fat as North Americans?

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/19/12 11:15 p.m.

How long until someone ladles a quart of Cheez(tm) from the nachos bar onto the "mashed" "potatoes"?

Grtechguy
Grtechguy PowerDork
7/20/12 7:49 a.m.

Mixed feelings on it... I do love some mashed taters though.

poopshovel
poopshovel PowerDork
7/20/12 8:06 a.m.

I had no idea 7-11's still existed anywhere other than my mind.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/20/12 8:14 a.m.
Knurled wrote: How long until someone ladles a quart of Cheez(tm) from the nachos bar onto the "mashed" "potatoes"?

Employees probably did that when they were "testing" the machine before it first opened for business.

Far from healthy, especially with a gravy dispenser, but I think I'd try it. I just hope it has some flavor to it.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker UltimaDork
7/20/12 8:16 a.m.
poopshovel wrote: I had no idea 7-11's still existed anywhere other than my mind.

Do you visit this mental 7-11 often?

Luke
Luke UberDork
7/20/12 8:23 a.m.

This is surely aimed at late-night stoners wandering about for a snack, (likely the only demographic indifferent towards the contents of their slurpee cup.) Otherwise, ewwwwww!

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/20/12 8:51 a.m.

Hey nobody said you have to drink it like a slurpee.

fasted58
fasted58 UltraDork
7/20/12 8:51 a.m.

dammit, I woulda been certain they woulda used my trailer trash podunk county as a consumer test area... but no

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 UltraDork
7/20/12 9:03 a.m.

My brain cannot comprehend this. I'm just going to blindly assume it's some sort of sick joke until I actually see one with my own eyes.

akamcfly
akamcfly HalfDork
7/20/12 9:20 a.m.
poopshovel wrote: I had no idea 7-11's still existed anywhere other than my mind.

There are a few here in N Falls Canada. One just opened in the last year or so.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker UltimaDork
7/20/12 9:24 a.m.
1988RedT2 wrote: My brain cannot comprehend this. I'm just going to blindly assume it's some sort of sick joke until I actually see one with my own eyes.

Soft serve potato mash swirl (cheese/gravy) with a big gulp cup full of fried chicken would rule.

poopshovel
poopshovel PowerDork
7/20/12 9:28 a.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
poopshovel wrote: I had no idea 7-11's still existed anywhere other than my mind.
Do you visit this mental 7-11 often?

Only when my inner child needs a metaphysical Big Gulp...and a jelly doughnut...TO GO!

carguy123
carguy123 PowerDork
7/20/12 9:32 a.m.

7-11 is the #1 Quickie Food Mart in America.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance Dork
7/20/12 9:45 a.m.
Lesley wrote:
carguy123 wrote: My wife says she saw this on GMA Monday. Supposedly it comes out a liquid and solidifies right in front of your eyes and yes, gravy does come with it. Supposedly the Japanese think it's the greatest thing.
How long before the Japanese are as fat as North Americans?

Not long with E36 M3 like this:

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/20/12 10:26 a.m.

Went to a wedding where they had Tater-tinis. Mashed spuds in a martini glass, you add the toppings of your choice.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt SuperDork
7/20/12 10:52 a.m.

For some reason I was surprised that the writing on the machine wasn't in hirigana. Maybe it's all the stories about how the Japanese have vending machines for everything.

Doesn't seem any odder than some other convenience store processed food I've seen elsewhere, though.

914Driver wrote: Went to a wedding where they had Tater-tinis. Mashed spuds in a martini glass, you add the toppings of your choice.

Now that picture is making me hungry.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance Dork
7/20/12 11:21 a.m.
MadScientistMatt wrote: For some reason I was surprised that the writing on the machine wasn't in hirigana. Maybe it's all the stories about how the Japanese have vending machines for everything and everywhere.

Its weird to walk the streets there and see multiple vending machines on every corner.

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