Hard agree. I’d eat a lot of potatoes as an actual potato and the only one I’d generally not be arsed with is baked. Roast absolutely crushes them. Nice mash too. Chips? Easy win. Bit of gratin with a nice meal? Yes please. Potato salad for lunch? Better than baked son and you’d better believe it.
Come to think of it, I honestly cannot think of a variety I’d place below baked on the yummy spud scale.
I unironically rate a baked potato mid-to-high tier for potato. You’ve gotta make sure you cook it so the inside is fluffy and the skin starts to get crispy, then I always add a bit of butter, salt & pepper before the toppings
That’s fair, it’s just that the context suggested otherwise.
I guess if he’s from northern England, and by “dinner” means the midday meal, then it makes sense. Otherwise there is no universe where baked potatoes are served for a fancy dinner. Roast potatoes are a part of a fancy dinner, though. The two cooking techniques are similar enough that I think it’s not unreasonable to assume, again given the context, that it’s just the wrong word.
Nah, I used to work at a country club that did black tie events and weddings, and baked potatoes did show up on the menu. If they wanted them even fancier, they could get the twice baked potatoes even.
I feel like we could have done better than ‘baked potato’ for a fancy dinner. Come on.
Potatoes au gratin
Or dauphinois
Or Hasselhoff. Yes, I know it’s “hasselback” but I refuse to change.
Served on a naked Hasselhoff, right?
Right?
Not so much these days.
The two preparations are quite similar aren’t they?
Firstly, how dare you! Uncultured swine.
Secondly, yes. They’re very similar indeed.
“If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike”
I love a good “how dare you be so accurate!”, well done! 😁
The initial outrage followed by tenuous agreement was very potato.
Basically the same thing, except au gratin has cheese or some sort of bechamel
Yeah baked potato is just a solid lunch choice usually
Potatoes dauphinoise would have fit better
Unpopular opinion: not even that, really. The baked potato is by far the most overrated potato.
It’s not very good by the standards of food in general. Which of course makes it quite bad by the lofty standards of potatoes.
Hard agree. I’d eat a lot of potatoes as an actual potato and the only one I’d generally not be arsed with is baked. Roast absolutely crushes them. Nice mash too. Chips? Easy win. Bit of gratin with a nice meal? Yes please. Potato salad for lunch? Better than baked son and you’d better believe it.
Come to think of it, I honestly cannot think of a variety I’d place below baked on the yummy spud scale.
Baked potato salad is pretty good though.
I have never heard of that but I’m open to the experience.
I’m curious, what toppings are you using?
I unironically rate a baked potato mid-to-high tier for potato. You’ve gotta make sure you cook it so the inside is fluffy and the skin starts to get crispy, then I always add a bit of butter, salt & pepper before the toppings
It’s just that many supposedly “fine dining” establishments phone it in with baked because they’re easy and customers accept it.
Like a TWICE baked potato.
Okay, let’s not go too far.
Loaded baked twice.
au gratin, dauphinoise, tartiflette all sound like good alternatives
Well, hon hon hon.
You guys ever tried the Cheese Bomb Tater Kegs they sell warm near the Walmart checkout?
I just assumed they meant “roast potatoes”.
I assumed they meant ‘baked potato’ because ‘baked potato’ is what they said.
That’s fair, it’s just that the context suggested otherwise.
I guess if he’s from northern England, and by “dinner” means the midday meal, then it makes sense. Otherwise there is no universe where baked potatoes are served for a fancy dinner. Roast potatoes are a part of a fancy dinner, though. The two cooking techniques are similar enough that I think it’s not unreasonable to assume, again given the context, that it’s just the wrong word.
Nah, I used to work at a country club that did black tie events and weddings, and baked potatoes did show up on the menu. If they wanted them even fancier, they could get the twice baked potatoes even.
Yeah some people just always want a baked potato with a steak.
Fair point, I retract my statement! The idea of using a baked potato as a side sounds bizarre to me, but if it’s a thing I guess it’s a thing.
Funeral potatoes?
Pommes fondantes!