Frozen jacket spuds - WTF?

LCDMAN · 31-08-2014, 19:40

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, 19:41

Not everyone has an hour or so to spare.

LCDMAN · 31-08-2014, 19:51

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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, 20:08

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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, 20:27

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, 20:41

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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, 20:45

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, 21:33

The McCain's one's are brilliant.

LaceyLouelle3 · 31-08-2014, 21:45

Quote:

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, 22:02

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, 22:59

I tried them, but they taste very dry, even with butter on.

jazzyjazzy · 01-09-2014, 11:46

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, 11:54

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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, 12:08

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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, 12:21

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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, 13:16

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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, 13:53

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, 13:59

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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, 14:03

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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, 15:22

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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, 15:23

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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, 15:26

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Originally Posted by gomezz

Any difference in taste is more than swamped by the seasoning and filling.

Disagree.

Hotgossip · 01-09-2014, 16:20

Quote:

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, 16:39

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, 17:01

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.....

31-08-2014, 19:40	#1
LCDMAN Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Yorkshire, God's County Posts: 5,182	Frozen jacket spuds - WTF? 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.....

31-08-2014, 19:41	#2
LaceyLouelle3 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,104	Not everyone has an hour or so to spare.

31-08-2014, 19:51	#3
LCDMAN Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Yorkshire, God's County Posts: 5,182	Quote: 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

31-08-2014, 20:08	#4
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	Quote: 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.

31-08-2014, 20:27	#5
Tassium Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: It's Grim Posts: 24,412	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!

31-08-2014, 20:41	#6
-GONZO- Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 8,954	Quote: 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

31-08-2014, 20:45	#7
LCDMAN Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Yorkshire, God's County Posts: 5,182	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!!

31-08-2014, 21:33	#8
austino6 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 240	The McCain's one's are brilliant.

31-08-2014, 21:45	#9
LaceyLouelle3 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,104	Quote: 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

31-08-2014, 22:02	#10
Orangemaid Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sat at computer with heatin on Posts: 45,573	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

31-08-2014, 22:59	#11
China Girl Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,459	I tried them, but they taste very dry, even with butter on.

01-09-2014, 11:46	#12
jazzyjazzy Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,004	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.

01-09-2014, 11:54	#13
Porcupine Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 21,392	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 12:08	#14
jonner101 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,153	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 12:21	#15
gomezz Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Buckingham Posts: 28,590	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 13:16	#16
walterwhite Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 21,729	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 13:53	#17
Landis Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 7,761	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.

01-09-2014, 13:59	#18
Hotgossip Inactive Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,816	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 14:03	#19
walterwhite Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 21,729	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 15:22	#20
Glawster2002 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Posts: 10,404	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 15:23	#21
Glawster2002 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Posts: 10,404	Quote: Originally Posted by LaceyLouelle3 Not everyone has an hour or so to spare. Perhaps they need to attend a time management course, then

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Frozen jacket spuds - WTF?

01-09-2014, 15:26	#22
Moggio Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4,096	Quote: Originally Posted by gomezz Any difference in taste is more than swamped by the seasoning and filling. Disagree.

01-09-2014, 16:20	#23
Hotgossip Inactive Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,816	Quote: 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.

01-09-2014, 16:39	#24
venusinflares Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,876	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.

01-09-2014, 17:01	#25
grimtales1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: St. Albans, UK, Team Wagner Posts: 42,874	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.....