dojj

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ok, how do you make them?

regardless of how we wrap them or cook them or slice them, they always turn out shit when we've tried to do some at home, so any pointers as to what the best spuds are do start with?

thanks

B16CVH

Never done em in an oven but 1h 30mins on a BBQ (in the coals) wrapped in foil makes for a fuckin mean tayta!

Fil

i slice them part way through, makes them easier to split when cooked

then bung them in the over for 1hr 30min to 2 hrs on about 180.

thats it, use tescos baking spuds, nothing special, then fil with butter and cheese

mick

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nuke em, two mins and turn, repeat till done...........

dojj

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seems like an aweful lot of trouble to go to in order to eat a potato though, i may just stick to buying them ready made

jjr2k8

nuke for 10 mins then pop in the oven untill crispy, not made a bad one yet

Paul Eggleton

I have one everyday I work from home for lunch. The nuke option suits me fine but you don't get the crispy outer.

jjr2k8

you do if you put it in the oven for a few mins

RANJ

buy mine ready made locally, superb spuds, all healthy made, for a fiver

Turbosystems

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I get a 25kg sack of spuds off the market for 6 quid

Matt Evans

Five quid for a jacket potato?

Farmer Giles

cut into the top, microwave for 8 to 10 mins depending on size and then into a hot (220 deg C) oven for 35 to 40 mins.

crispy on the outside fluffy on the inside.

They need to be old, baking potatoes.


I know, I can't believe the price some shops charge for a Jacket and some slop on top when the potatoes cost pence and the fillings probably come out of tin.. I know it's got to be cooked for a while but still can't cost much more then Ł1 to prepare then they charge you Ł5 for it..

RichieST

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Yup, 10 mins in the microwave, or 12 if its a biggy. Then 30 mins in the oven if you want it crispy, but it isn't necessary! Just dont forget to prick the skins all over first, or it'll be like a scene from baghdad inside your microwave

BM08

Love jacket pots when there done right, with plenty of butter, cheese and beans.

Turbosystems

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stick a fork in the tato preferably all metal and chuck it in the oven done in 30 mins

dunketh

Hour and a half in the oven at 200 degs, more if they're big feckers.
I have a spiked holder for em. The idea is the heat travels up the metal spike and cooks them from the inside at the same time.

I dont have a microwave, if I wanted all my hot food to taste like shit I'd get the ex back.

RichieST

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You don't have a microwave?

How about a video recorder? Telly with ceefax?

Turbosystems

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Just ask her for your microwave back

lead_foot

iTrader: (1)

He's lucky thats all she took?

Turbosystems

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mine took everything that she could lift

dunketh

Stedy on now, one step at a time future boy!


Well, that and several years of my life I'll never get back...

Turbosystems

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Look at it from this point of view you are now free ,just don't do it again
It was only a micro wave get over it .roflol

It's Czech Mate

Hour and a half in an oven at 180degrees with a skewer through them

Crispy skin, fluffy middle


Microwaved taters are shite.


Speaking of microwaves, I have one, but I only ever use it for heating up Covent Garden soup or leftovers......microwaved food is always shite

IckleMissBish

If you put it in the microwave for ten minutes then bung it in the oven for half an hour with olive oil and a bit of salt it doesn't matter what potato you buy, it will always come out lovely

RichieST

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You've never sampled a rustlers microwave burger then? Thats my staple food at work

skeg

I have them fairly often as quick snack, just whack it in a shallow bowl with a dribble of water at the bottom, pierce all over with a fork then place in microwave for 5 mins, turn over and do the other side for 5 mins. (touch longer if big so its not hard bits inside).

Then add whatever filling, cheese/coleslaw, tuna/mayo or cheese/beans etc. Lovely.

timb551

Coat in olive oil and then coat in rock salt.

Baking tray gas mark 6 for 1.5 hrs .

Perfect!!!

Twellsie

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stab with a fork a few times nuke it for 4 mins, turn it over and nuke it for another 4 mins, bang it in the oven on about 190 deg's for 30-40 mins

JohnnyB

nuke for about 10 mins(make sure you prick them)

Place in a baking tray, chuck some oil and salt, chuck in oven till crispy

adding salt and oil will make them realy crispy, with tasty skins

Ellie

ditto

C10SSE

That man has it spot on, perfect potatoes that way!!