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Baked Tatties - Eat the Skin?


View Poll Results: Do you eat the skin?
Yes, I eat it all or some of the time. 166 97.08%
No, never eat the skin. 5 2.92%
I don't eat baked tatties/I don't know why I came to this thread/what's a tattie? 0 0%
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:02
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Just wondering if you eat the skin or not.
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:06
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Always with butter and salt.
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:08
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It's the best bit, as long as the spuds haven't been nuked. The crunchier the better.
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:08
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skins the best bit!!!
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:10
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The skin IS the potato. I adore the skin (plus its full of nutrients)
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:12
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Do them the Delia way with salt and oil and they are crisy and yummy
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:18
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Yes, as long as they are crispy. Can't stand limp ones.
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:33
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It's the best bit, the crispier the better!
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:46
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So how do you get the skin really nice?
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:51
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So how do you get the skin really nice?
Roll the potato around in some oil, sprinkle some salt on and cook for about an hour and a half - turning them over half way through. This usually guarantees they're crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.
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Old 17-03-2011, 12:59
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Roll the potato around in some oil, sprinkle some salt on and cook for about an hour and a half - turning them over half way through. This usually guarantees they're crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:16
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100% in favour of eating the skin at the mo'.
Must admit there's one time I don't - if the tattie has been baked in the ashes of a fire.
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:30
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Best part of the tottie (better than the inside) nothing better than a real crispy baked tot.


Hate microwaved ones, also what is the point of wrapping a tottie in foil Unless you have a crispy skin and just like the inside. might as well just do a mash spud.
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:34
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Yes I love the skin. My dad won't though which I find weird.

I microwave mine then bang it in the oven with NO foil for half an hour and it's perfect. Really baked crispy skin
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:35
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Yes , never got the tin foil thing(though I do stab mine with a skewera few times). Or the rolling in oil. I'm sure it works but I've just never found it necessary, rather save the fats and salt for the filling.
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:44
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Just been thinking back to my yoof ('70s) - I recall that few people ate the skin back then - maybe my family was just odd but perhaps the benefits of potato skin weren't widely known then - and, after all, we peeled our spuds for boiling & roasting.
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:46
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Yes, the skin really is the best part!
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Old 17-03-2011, 13:50
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Rubbed with olive oil and rolled in sweet paprika then baked with a few slices of chorizo sausage, nice a crisp with loads of flavour.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:01
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I don't often eat Baked Potatoes but when I do I eat everything. I guess it is just the way I have been brought up not to leave waste.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:21
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Yes as it's good roughage for my bowels.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:23
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Yes, but the skin has to be crispy and the spud cooked proper in the oven, not microwaved.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:25
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Yes, but the skin has to be crispy and the spud cooked proper in the oven, not microwaved.
Oh either way I eat the skin.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:28
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The skin's the most nutritious part.

You do like your food-vagiary-based polls don't you nessy!
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:28
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Yes as it's good roughage for my bowels.
As is your prune juice I hope you're keeping that up.
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Old 17-03-2011, 14:29
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The skin's the most nutritious part.

You do like your food-vagiary-based polls don't you nessy!
lol... one made me think of the other

Loving the result of this poll. I can't believe I used to leave the skin.
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