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Frozen jacket spuds - WTF?
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Just seen a TV ad for these - are people really not able to take a spud and put it in the oven??? What is the world coming to? I despair sometimes.....
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FFS, even a "normal" fresh spud only takes 8-10 minutes in an 800W Microwave! They don't do anything magic to them - it's a bleedin' spud!! #morebloodymoneythansense
The frozen ones have been baked prior to being frozen.
But I must admit I was unaware such a thing existed, thanks to the OP for the heads up!
Yeah but the pre-baked spuds only take 5 mins
http://www.mccain.co.uk/mccain-products/family-classics-made-easy/ready-baked-jackets/?gclid=CO3-z-GgvsACFSKWtAodCF8AoA
How many of you eat the skin? Best bit!!
Exactly!
I don't buy them btw...they taste like crap
I bake an oven full of potatoes then put them in the freezer - micro for about 5 mins when I want one.
I agree. I bought a box of 4 last year sometime, and I wasn't impressed at all. You needed about half a tub of butter to moisten them up. Very odd and slightly off putting.
This is still a microwaved spud which is nowhere near the real thing.
I do them properly in the oven and they take 1.5 hours so I can see why someone might want to buy a frozen one.
Wash them.
Cook them in the oven. Yes - all of them. Fill the freaking oven.
Let them cool.
Put them in the freezer.
Take one out of the freezer the night before you want to use it.
Microwave it for a few minutes: Baked Potato with perfect crispy skin.
The McCain offering is just fine - but too expensive.
Blimey that's a long time. I wash and prick mine. Put in microwave for about 10 mins (that's for 3 or 4). Then I shove them on skewers and put in preheated oven at 200 and leave for about 20 mins. They're perfect and crispy.
I don't microwave them, I get better results doing them in the oven.
We part cook ours in the microwave first then put them in the oven for 30 minutes, never noticed any difference in taste from just cooking them in the oven.
Perhaps they need to attend a time management course, then
Disagree.
That's what I'm saying Walter ... It cuts down on the time and the end result is perfect.;-)
If they're nice big spuds I cook them for two hours (turn them after one hour) on gas 5 and they're perfect.
Fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside.
I'm talking about a big potato that needs a couple of hours. There's two of us so there'll be two spuds in the oven, and other things too depending on what we're having for tea.
It's a gas oven so uses a lot less energy than an electric one.
I've tried cooking a large potato for less time but they're always still a bit underdone in the middle.