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Off Topic => The Pub => Food & Drink => Topic started by: clifftaylor on 29 March, 2008, 04:34:13 pm

Title: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: clifftaylor on 29 March, 2008, 04:34:13 pm
Food of the Gods isn't it, hmmmm??
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: hairyhippy on 29 March, 2008, 06:20:25 pm
microwave, oven or the embers of a fire?

cheese, beans or coleslaw?
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: clifftaylor on 29 March, 2008, 07:02:34 pm
Whichever is to hand,
 
and

Yes please - pile it up!! *Burp*
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: Mike J on 29 March, 2008, 10:44:07 pm
I must be one of the few people on this planet that think they are revolting things  :(
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: clifftaylor on 29 March, 2008, 10:54:18 pm
*falls back in amazement*
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: TimO on 29 March, 2008, 11:03:50 pm
cheese, beans or coleslaw?

Chili and cheese, or that's what I normally have when I get one from the Common Room at work.

...but for a change I'll eat all of those, and most combinations!
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: clarion on 29 March, 2008, 11:16:33 pm
I hate those sweaty spuds you get in cafes & such.

The real thing, cooked at home, is briliant.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: Arthur on 30 March, 2008, 05:20:37 am
Microwaved jacket spuds are the slime-covered armpits of Satan.  :sick: (thanks, Roger ;))


They have to be oven cooked, long and slow, so the skin goes like a crispy bit of old leather and the insides are lava-hot and really fluffy. Add a knob of butter, grated mature cheddar and a good sprinkling of black pepper. Super grub.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: nuttycyclist on 30 March, 2008, 12:12:26 pm
+1
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: pcolbeck on 30 March, 2008, 12:56:07 pm
The microwave can be used to accelerate the cooking process. Microwave a spud for a bit then put it in the oven to finish off. Not too bad if your in a hurry.
My favourite ones are yesterdays, ie when you do a few too many and leave them in the oven then reheat them for 20 minutes the next day, yum.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: clifftaylor on 30 March, 2008, 04:13:16 pm
In fact my current enthusiasm in this area involves cooking the potato, scooping out the insides, mix with:
Cheese
Crispy bacon
Herbs
Butter
etc.
Pile it all back into the "shell", Gas5 or so for 20 minutes, eat with salad. And Mayo.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: Mike J on 30 March, 2008, 05:55:45 pm
I must be one of the few people on this planet that think they are revolting things  :(

*falls back in amazement*

Having never liked them I had 2 today  :o
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: Lonewolff on 30 March, 2008, 05:57:40 pm
Lovely things - don't think there has been an Audax with cafe stop where I've not eaten one. However I do refuse to call them 'Jacket Potatoes' they are 'Baked Potatoes' and always will be :P
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: Greenbank on 01 April, 2008, 10:59:11 pm
The microwave can be used to accelerate the cooking process. Microwave a spud for a bit then put it in the oven to finish off. Not too bad if your in a hurry.

Indeed:-

Open can of BEER.
Turn on oven.
Nuke spud whilst oven warms up.
Shove in oven to crisp/dry up whilst preparing filling.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: mike on 02 April, 2008, 08:49:54 am
In fact my current enthusiasm in this area involves cooking the potato, scooping out the insides, mix with:
Cheese
Crispy bacon
Herbs
Butter
etc.
Pile it all back into the "shell", Gas5 or so for 20 minutes, eat with salad. And Mayo.

+1 for that, we had them for tea last night with a lovely bit of ham.  The initial cooking can be done in the microwave too.
Title: Re: Jacket Potatoes
Post by: tiermat on 02 April, 2008, 08:53:02 am
My favourite way with baked potatoes has always been what I call "Birds Nests":

Bake pots
Cut in half and scrape out some of the potato (enough to make a well big enough to take an egg)
Place spud halves on a baking sheet, well side up
Crack an egg into each well
Top with grated cheese
Place back in the oven until egg is cooked, about 10 mins or so

EAT