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Frozen jacket spuds - WTF?
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LCDMAN
31-08-2014
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.....
LaceyLouelle3
31-08-2014
Not everyone has an hour or so to spare.
LCDMAN
31-08-2014
Originally Posted by LaceyLouelle3:
“Not everyone has an hour or so to spare.”

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
degsyhufc
31-08-2014
Originally Posted by LCDMAN:
“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”

That's not a baked potato. That's a microwaved potato.

The frozen ones have been baked prior to being frozen.
Tassium
31-08-2014
Well, if you do one entirely in the microwave they don't really taste the same.

But I must admit I was unaware such a thing existed, thanks to the OP for the heads up!
-GONZO-
31-08-2014
Originally Posted by LCDMAN:
“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”

Yeah but the pre-baked spuds only take 5 mins
http://www.mccain.co.uk/mccain-produ...FSKWtAodCF8AoA
LCDMAN
31-08-2014
I do 8 mins in microwave then 5 in oven, after a quick salt & oil, to crisp up a bit. Oven heats while spud in microwave. Less than 15 mins total & cost of 1 spud....

How many of you eat the skin? Best bit!!
austino6
31-08-2014
The McCain's one's are brilliant.
LaceyLouelle3
31-08-2014
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“That's not a baked potato. That's a microwaved potato.

The frozen ones have been baked prior to being frozen.”

Exactly!

I don't buy them btw...they taste like crap
Orangemaid
31-08-2014
if your just cooking a potato just to do one jacket potato, well i think its a waste of oven electric , so the microwave does come in handy Lol
China Girl
31-08-2014
I tried them, but they taste very dry, even with butter on.
jazzyjazzy
01-09-2014
My Mother in Law buys these all the time and loves them.

I bake an oven full of potatoes then put them in the freezer - micro for about 5 mins when I want one.
Porcupine
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by China Girl:
“I tried them, but they taste very dry, even with butter on.”

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.
jonner101
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by LCDMAN:
“I do 8 mins in microwave then 5 in oven, after a quick salt & oil, to crisp up a bit. Oven heats while spud in microwave. Less than 15 mins total & cost of 1 spud....

How many of you eat the skin? Best bit!!”

This is still a microwaved spud which is nowhere near the real thing.
gomezz
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by Tassium:
“Well, if you do one entirely in the microwave they don't really taste the same!”

Any difference in taste is more than swamped by the seasoning and filling.
walterwhite
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by LCDMAN:
“I do 8 mins in microwave then 5 in oven, after a quick salt & oil, to crisp up a bit. Oven heats while spud in microwave. Less than 15 mins total & cost of 1 spud....

How many of you eat the skin? Best bit!!”

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.
Landis
01-09-2014
Buy a large sack of potatoes.
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.
Hotgossip
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“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.”

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.
walterwhite
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by Hotgossip:
“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.
Glawster2002
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“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.
Glawster2002
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by LaceyLouelle3:
“Not everyone has an hour or so to spare.”

Perhaps they need to attend a time management course, then
Moggio
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Any difference in taste is more than swamped by the seasoning and filling.”

Disagree.
Hotgossip
01-09-2014
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“I don't microwave them, I get better results doing them in the oven.”

That's what I'm saying Walter ... It cuts down on the time and the end result is perfect.
venusinflares
01-09-2014
I haven't microwaved a jacket potato since the 1980s!

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.
grimtales1
01-09-2014
2 hours seems a long time in the oven for 1 potato though (and could be a waste of energy). I'd NEVER microwave potatoes, they have to be baked but then again.....
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