Baked potato with butter and sour cream.

[LuckyCharms]

DAMN THIS THING IS TASTY!

Haven't had one in a few years.

Figured I'd post a picture in case there's someone who doesn't know what a potato looks like. I haven't been on Facebook for about 7 years, so I miss posting stupid pictures of my stupid food.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Ohhhh yesssss

The ONLY way to ear a baked potato.

[LuckyCharms]

7. Shit. I dropped a huge glob of sour cream on my desktop

number key pad on the keyboard.

It hit the 2, 3, and 6.

I'm cleaning it with baby wipes and Q-Tips.

I need a high chair.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Well you should only eat AT THE TABLE.

Hard and fast rule in our house.

[LuckyCharms]

11. What about the recliner?

I eat there a lot too.

I actually recently re-finished our entire dining room set. We've eaten there about 10 times only since the pandemic. My wife works from home, and it's her desk, so it's always cluttered with work stuff.

So I Have to eat in unusual places. LIKE A DAMN ANIMAL!!!!

[Diamond_Dog]

29. Heh heh

I’ll bet that refinished table looks great….I can always tell when Mr. Diamond was on the computer late at night because of the blops of ice cream on the keyboard.

[LuckyCharms]

34. Here's a pic of it finished (leaf is not installed).

I then made 2 semi-circles out of thin lauan plywood and glued felt to the bottom. They are removable, and protect the table from writing, spills, etc. So it's being used as a desk now,

[Diamond_Dog]

36. Fabulous job, Lucky!

And your dog is a real cutie.

[LuckyCharms]

37. Thank you!

[MOMFUDSKI]

38. I always say I should eat

naked in the 🛀 bathtub. That’s how messy I am!

[LuckyCharms]

39. I'm the same way when I eat...

I think my problem is that I'm always trying to do 6 things at once when I'm eating, and food ends up all over the place.

I have excellent table manners when I eat at a restaurant, but I haven't been inside a damn restaurant since Covid!

The bathtub is a good idea haha!

[wendyb-NC]

2. Yum, looks so good.

[WVlaserguy]

3. Absolutely !

I would suggest ground black pepper…

[LuckyCharms]

14. My wife just put pepper on hers. Here's a pic.

I don't think she used enough sour cream.

[Aussie105]

4. One of my favourites!

But you forgot the shredded cheese!

Bake potato, quarter it but not all the way, open up, add cheese, microwave for 20 seconds to melt cheese.
Then add the sour cream.

[House of Roberts]

15. After the shredded cheese, add bacon bits,

or about a quarter pound of pork barbecue.

[PJMcK]

20. Now you're talking!

Make the potato an entire meal!

[Emile]

5. Looking good, now sprinkle some black pepper on it

and it will be perfect.

[Ptah]

6. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!

[LuckyCharms]

8. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Simple yet elegant

From the ‘80s, I remember a short-lived chain of restaurants named The Fresher Cooker, which had a health-conscious theme. They served baked potatoes topped with all sorts of things, which were very good. I once got a baked potato with nothing but sour cream and butter just for something simple and delicious.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. I went to a Christmas party once

that had a baked potato bar.

[EYESORE 9001]

18. Beef stroganoff was a favorite of mine

🤤

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Remember when Wendy's used to sell

Baked-potato-as-a-meal? You could get chili topped or broccoli-cheddar.

[EYESORE 9001]

33. Yep

I got those a few times when they were available.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I love the butter-sour cream combo.

But I'm ready for variation.

I recommend a Nitty Gritty cookbook called "The Well Dressed Potato".

I've enjoyed leftover rib roast with gravy and more over a nice large steaming baked potato.

And there's more.

[Grasswire2]

16. "twice-baked" was in fashion for quite a lot of years

scoop the hot baked potato out of the jacket, mash it with sour cream, pepper, chives (or minced green onion), spoon it back into the potato skin, top with some cheese, and put it back into the oven to melt the cheese.

Mmmmmmm.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. I make a twice baked potato casserole that's pretty tasty.

I bake a couple of good old Idaho baking potatoes and cube them, skins and all, and add sour cream, butter, sliced green onions and bacon bits. Put it in a baking dish, bake at 350°F till it's heated through and top with shredded cheddar for the last few minutes in the oven. It disappears fast.

[airplaneman]

19. You remind me

I was in Scotland Edinburg in 1975. They had a fast food place that served baked potatoes 100 different ways. Loved that place and got some good ideas to try.
-Airplane

[cyclonefence]

21. A terrible thing to ask

but did you actually bake this potato in the oven, or did you microwave it? Or half-and-half?

I'm sorry. I'll be quiet now.

[LuckyCharms]

22. They were microwaved.

I used to buy the plastic wrapped ones and microwave them, but these were just unwrapped potatoes that my wife microwaved.

She told me her technique, but I was distracted and only half listening. I'll go ask her how she did it and respond again in a minute.

[cyclonefence]

24. I suspected as much

Microwaved potatoes have that sort of shine to their insides, while *true* baked potatoes are dry and flaky--and much more delicious.

I do enjoy your photos of food, LC, but I have to tell you I am sorely disappointed in this. In fact, I think you should change the title of your OP; "baked" is misleading and frankly untrue in this case.

I feel very sad right now.

[LuckyCharms]

25. Hey...

We're not gourmet chefs here.

I can barely read for fuck's sake!

[cyclonefence]

27. Wash a potato

Put it in the oven until it's soft all the way through? That's much simpler than the fancy microwave shenanigans you had to ask your wife about! A child could make a true baked potato.

And for god's sake don't wrap aluminum foil around it!

Shame on all of you potato microwavers! You don't know what you're missing!

[LuckyCharms]

30. Thanks for this. I'll try your suggestion...

Let's see...wrap potato in aluminum foil and put in microwave.

Gonna try this.

I'll be right back.

[cyclonefence]

46. Oh you...

[Laffy Kat]

43. So, I rub the potato with olive oil & Kosher or sea salt...

Pierce the skin with a fork several times so the potato sort of steams in its own skin, then bake at 450 degrees until it feels squishy. The salt gives it something of a brine and seeps into the potato a little.

Yummers! I'm eating a small salad while I type and a baked potato would go so well. Alas, I got no spuds. Sigh.

[LuckyCharms]

23. Poke several times with a fork...

then wrap in a wet paper towel. Microwave for 4 minutes. Flip it over and microwave for another 4 minutes. Check for doneness with by poking a sharp knife into it.

[cyclonefence]

26. Nope. Not baked.

Scrub russet and poke a few holes. Put in the oven at whatever temp you like and bake until it smells done. Check it by poking it with that fork--make sure you poke all the way into the center. At 350, depending on the size of your spud, it'll take 45 min to an hour. I like big potatoes, so mine take an hour. Or I bake them at 400 for maybe 1/2 an hour; your nose is your indication of doneness.

The skin will be dry and crisp but not burnt--delicious on its own with butter & sc.

[LuckyCharms]

28. That sounds a little like a porn story...

Last edited Mon Sep 4, 2023, 09:05 PM - Edit history (1)

"make sure you poke all the way to the center, depending on the size of your spud."

All kidding aside though...our central air crapped out and it's way too hot to turn the oven on.

[LeftInTX]

32. It's white people food!!!

[Diamond_Dog]

35. All right.....

*sigh*

For the optimal baked potato experience,Here’s how you do it.

Scrub a potato under running water, pat dry, then poke it with a fork a few times, then rub olive oil all over the skin. Bake in an oven till done. The skin will be crispy and delicious and the inside will be soft and fluffy.



On edit: sorry about your a/c. Just ignore what I wrote.

[LuckyCharms]

40. Let me make sure I have this right..

Scrub a potato with tin foil, ensuring that small pieces of tinfoil get embedded in the potato.

Then, wrap the potato in several layers of tin foil, run it under scalding hot water, and then stab it with a fork several times. Leave the fork embedded in the potato, sticking straight up.

Coat the fork generously with some olive oil.

Put the whole thing in the microwave for 90 minutes.

Did I get that right?

[Diamond_Dog]

41. Better stick to furniture refinishing Lucky .....

[LuckyCharms]

42. Rub stick of butter on refinished furniture before eating the

fork.

Let fork cool first.

Gotcha.

Thanks!

[wnylib]

44. I use plain yogurt instead of sour cream.

Trying to keep the saturated fats and cholesterol down so my NP doesn't put me on statins.

Tastes really good with the plain yogurt and I can load it on without guilt. Except for the time when I accidentally grabbed the vanilla yogurt. Yuk, that was awful.

[pansypoo53219]

45. i am hooked on toasted potato skins w/ butter.

[Hotler]

47. Try with a sprinkle of smoked salt. ny

[XanaDUer2]

48. Love it

Sour cream makes my gallbladder act up. I'll start eating it again once I'm on Medicare