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attitudechicka
November 30, 2006 7:16 PM

I love baked potatoes, but everyone makes them differently. Some people wrapped in aluminum foil, some without. Some like to baste them in oil. Some cook at 350, some at 400. I'd like to try everyone's favorite baked potato method. So please share.

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arbi
November 30, 2006 7:41 PM

Well, I'll probably just throw them in the microwave for awhile. The hard part is hunting them. I remember I planted potatoes this year, but now it's november, and the leafy part is gone, so i'm just going to try to remember whereabouts i planted them, get the shovel, start digging, and see if i find anything potatoey.

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biped
November 30, 2006 8:57 PM

I always cut up my baked potato anyway, so now I just dice a couple of raw potatos (skins still on, of course) in a plastic container, add lemon-pepper salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, grated cheese, and diced onions--close container and shake to mix everything thoroughly--microwave for about eight minutes--then add a couple of diced wieners that I've cooked in the oven for about twenty minutes (or a couple slices of diced lunchmeat or whatever), then microwave a couple more minutes.  Then I pour some ranch dressing and Louisiana hot sauce over it or just dip it in ketchup, with a can of spinach or turnip greens on the side.  Mmm-mmm!  A meal fit for a king.

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crabby
November 30, 2006 9:06 PM

Put the potato in a saucer with a small amount of water and isnert insert into the microwave, use the 'baked potato' button. If you do not have a 'baked potato' button then heat for 1 minute. Cut in half add butter, sour cream and enjoy!

-- choad said he corrected a typo,* but I found another one, marked it and corrected it.

*we're just testing the new editing feature, BTW. I don't plan on correcting all the typos around here.

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umfumdisi
November 30, 2006 11:32 PM

Perfect Baked Potato

1) Brush skin (the potato's, not yours) with olive oil.

2) Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Ground white or red cayenne pepper may be substituted for or added to the black pepper for extra spice. Garlic may be added as well for those who are not vampires nor named ivytheplant.

3) Place potato onto aluminum foil and add cedar shavings before wrapping the spud in the foil.

4) Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.

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FinnNYC
December 1, 2006 5:55 AM

quote:

umfumdisi wrote:
3) Place potato onto aluminum foil and add cedar shavings before wrapping the spud in the foil.

Remember to remove any hamster poop before wrapping.

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AngryAmerican
December 1, 2006 6:23 AM

quote:

arbi wrote:

Well, I'll probably just throw them in the microwave for awhile. The hard part is hunting them. I remember I planted potatoes this year, but now it's november, and the leafy part is gone, so i'm just going to try to remember whereabouts i planted them, get the shovel, start digging, and see if i find anything potatoey.


 i find potatoes to be clever prey as well. to this end i have developed my "spud suit" which mimics the natural earth the tuber in question would recognize as its home. then, when the tater has been lulled into a false sense of security by the apparent harmlessness of myself disguised as a normal non-threatening patch of ground, i strike quickly and mercilessly.

potatoes taste best when seasoned with fear i've always thought, so sometimes after i've captured them i torment them for a bit, letting the full enormity of their hopeless plight dawn on them. this gives their flesh a subtle yet piquant flavor.

wait a sec....potatoes are those two-legged brown skinned things that hunt monkeys, right? just makin sure....

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lima
December 1, 2006 8:28 AM

Stick them in the oven for an hour at 200, remove from oven, split into an 'X' shape, put in the microwave for a minute or two, remove from microwave, add butter, add cheese, sprinkle with bits of freshly-cooked bacon, garnish with salad and tomato, serve, ignore above posters.

I used to be a cook :)

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biped
December 1, 2006 8:35 AM

quote:

lima wrote:
  ignore above posters

Right.  This, from someone who expects us to split into an "X" shape while we're baking potatoes.

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AngryAmerican
December 1, 2006 9:07 AM

quote:

lima wrote:

 

I used to be a cook :)


 

who didn't?

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Rabid_Weasle
December 1, 2006 11:47 AM

Yeah, I could tell you how to make Moxie's stuffed potatoes if I could remember how. Fuck I hated those things.

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ftc
December 1, 2006 1:56 PM

I just say to Mother "Baked potato -- go make" and Wallah! It appears.

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JaeltheReturn
December 1, 2006 2:42 PM

1. Grab keys and debit card

2. Hit local bbq joint

3. Get a loaded potato with all the trimmings

4. Sleep for 2 hours to recoup from carb overload

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lima
December 1, 2006 4:20 PM

quote:

biped wrote:

quote:

lima wrote:
ignore above posters

Right. This, from someone who expects us to split into an "X" shape while we're baking potatoes.


 

As opposed to the upside-down 'Y' shape your mother so often makes for me.

Honestly, though, whats wrong with a bit of reverse contortionism when you're baking? Keeps you supple it does.

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biped
December 1, 2006 8:04 PM

Withering laugh--I hardly think suppleness is a characteristic common to the world's great chefs.

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Zaster
December 2, 2006 4:42 AM

Ugn. Real man eat potato raw. Pound on rock 'til chewy. Serve with hors d'oeuvre and garnish of choice.

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KajunFirefly
December 2, 2006 5:16 AM

I concur with Jael's method.

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JaeltheReturn
December 2, 2006 6:05 AM

quote:

KajunFirefly wrote:
I concur with Jael's method.

And that's why I always loved you bestest, Kajun! ;))

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Spankling
December 18, 2006 9:39 PM

quote:

JaeltheReturn wrote:

quote:

KajunFirefly wrote:
I concur with Jael's method.

And that's why I always loved you bestest, Kajun! ;))


Maybe! But she loved me worst!

 

So... baked spuds...

 

  1. Wrap the little bastard in foil, shiny side out.
  2. Make it tight and crinkly. Get it in his eyes.
  3. Stuff a long mettle spike up one end of him until it comes out the other.
  4. Twist the spike until it admits to being your personal bitch.
  5. Using a tall, thick, black heel, stuff it into the oven.
  6. Slam the door and crank that bad girl up to 350.
  7. Ignore all pleas for mercy. 35 minutes or whatever pleases you.
  8. Yank it out and split it open.
  9. Pop a big load of creamy goo all up and down it.
  10. Enjoy!

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descolada99
December 19, 2006 9:20 AM

1. dig a small bowl shape on a long side of the potato deep enough to go about 1/3-1/2 of the way down, but not too wide.

2. make a 1/4-1/3" 'tunnel' long wise though the potato until it is just below the bowl shape.

3. poke small holes from the bowl shape to the tunnell

oh wait.... you mean baked as in cooked to eat... not... oh. never mind.

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JaeltheReturn
December 20, 2006 9:27 AM

quote:

Spankling wrote:

Maybe! But she loved me worst!


But, but, you told me you liked it that way!!

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User #52448
December 21, 2006 6:51 PM

wash skins,

stab with knife

pre heat oven,

put in microwave

take out of microwave

then put in oven, to make skins nice and crispy

take out of oven

put on plate

stick my dick in it

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little_kitty
December 21, 2006 10:31 PM

1) Scrub skins to make sure to get all the dirt and other people's finger germs off.

2) Light barbeque, let it warm up.

3) Cut each potato in half, then make little slice marks on the potato part, not the skin part.

4) put margarine, seasoning salt, and a onion round on top, smoosh the two halves together, wrap in tin foil.

5) cook on the barbey until you can feel it kind of be squishy (put an oven mitt on first, silly).

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AngryAmerican
December 23, 2006 4:10 AM

 

 *PREHEAT TO 450 DEGREES*

1) grab a child quickly off the streets

2) ditch getaway vehicle and swap for pre-stolen substitute

3) threaten president of inconsequential country

4) set fire to the entire fucking thing

5) bribe the local priest

6) make sacrifice to dark pagan gods (remember to wear goat-leggings))

7) repeat step 2, but do it drunk.

8) bathe one earth city in holy, cleansing fire (ulutate repeatedly)

9) buy a needy child a starving puppy

10) unleash the fire ants while playing mad tunes on your outlaw bagpipes

11) intimidate the smaller vegetables while ingratiating yourself with the gourds.

12) cultivate large areas of recreational marijuana to share with the plebian masses

13) turn potatoe over and poke at its soft, white underbelly.

14) gas dem jews, repeat if necessary. (if you're jewish, pretend you didn't read this. seriously.)

15) avenge your grandad's accidental mauling, but only using a maggot gun.

16) grease the ceremonial totem and lie in wait for a careless forest god to show up and regret it.

17) lovingly baste the carrot with subtlety flavored broths. tell it you care for it frequently.

18) sharpen its claws and double check its harness for the upcoming battle. make sure its hooves are free of stones and splits.

19) tell the potatoe it's a bad potatoe and deserves to be punished, then give it a taste of the lash. it will end up begging for more...

20) replenish your ammo supply at the nearest gun-cult and thank their sun-king.

21) negotiate better wages with a local corporate rep, then maim him with home made orange juice concentrate napalm.

22) believe in jesus because he has a 4% better prayer answering ratio than your average rock

23) take potatoes out of oven and completely submerge them in melted butter for 4 minutes

24) chastise them for not being sweet potatoes. no dessert.

25) remove from melted butter, slather with sour crem, assassinate religious figure, enjoy.

that's how its done comrade.

 

 

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Spankling
December 23, 2006 8:39 AM

quote:

AngryAmerican wrote:

...potatoe...


 

Dan Quayle?

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AngryAmerican
December 23, 2006 3:01 PM

the "e" on the end adds flavor.

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AngryAmerican
December 24, 2006 9:21 PM

the "e" on the end adds flavor. duh.

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