It wasn't that we were cheap, just that those were the only potatoes we had and she had her heart set on potatoes for lunch. That meant she'd have had to run out to the store to buy potatoes, then come back home and cook lunch. But you'll be happy to know that she did end up going out later, and bought new potatoes, so we got potatoes for dinner. I'm thinking of keeping the monster for a while though, see what he looks like in a few more months. There might have even been worse ones deeper in the bag.
