I feel like we could have done better than ‘baked potato’ for a fancy dinner. Come on.
Potatoes au gratin
Or dauphinois
Or Hasselhoff. Yes, I know it’s “hasselback” but I refuse to change.
Served on a naked Hasselhoff, right?
Right?
The two preparations are quite similar aren’t they?
Firstly, how dare you! Uncultured swine.
Secondly, yes. They’re very similar indeed.
Basically the same thing, except au gratin has cheese or some sort of bechamel
Yeah baked potato is just a solid lunch choice usually
Potatoes dauphinoise would have fit better
It’s just that many supposedly “fine dining” establishments phone it in with baked because they’re easy and customers accept it.
Like a TWICE baked potato.
Loaded baked twice.
Okay, let’s not go too far.
au gratin, dauphinoise, tartiflette all sound like good alternatives
Well, hon hon hon.
You guys ever tried the Cheese Bomb Tater Kegs they sell warm near the Walmart checkout?
Funeral potatoes?
I just assumed they meant “roast potatoes”.
I assumed they meant ‘baked potato’ because ‘baked potato’ is what they said.
Don’t go making wild assumptions like that without citing your sources
Source: read the post
Losers online hate this one weird trick
That’s fair, it’s just that the context suggested otherwise.
I guess if he’s from northern England, and by “dinner” means the midday meal, then it makes sense. Otherwise there is no universe where baked potatoes are served for a fancy dinner. Roast potatoes are a part of a fancy dinner, though. The two cooking techniques are similar enough that I think it’s not unreasonable to assume, again given the context, that it’s just the wrong word.
Nah, I used to work at a country club that did black tie events and weddings, and baked potatoes did show up on the menu. If they wanted them even fancier, they could get the twice baked potatoes even.
Pommes fondantes!
Wanting to get drunk?
Vodka, distilled fermented potato juice
God bless the people of the Andean Plateau, who looked at a moderately poisonous tuber that can freaking kill you, and said, “Eh, it’s fine, just don’t eat too many of 'em.”
A few thousand years of selective breeding and hard work later, we have one of the most important crops in the world.
Yep hunger does some wild things to people
Cool science class demo about the power of compressed air? Potato gun.
Need a battery?
Potato battery.
This is stupid. It gets plenty of recognition. Everyone loves potatoes. Makes alcohol too.
Found the Irishman.
More likely a Russian. Sounds like he’s making vodka.
Sorry, I’m actually Japanese-Canadian. We make some potato shochu in the northern part of Japan. They’re not bad, but I prefer the sweet potato kind.
So, more like Polish. Russia loves to try to steal the claim to vodka.
Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.
Average evening at home? Vodka.
Average evening at home?
That’s what I said.
I think oil is doing a lot of unsung work here
Salt, too. Try having potatoes without salt. Blech!
Want to get more control over the Irish? Potato Famine.
baked potato is fancy? wow
I think if there are chives garnished on it then it looks fancy.
I mean baked potato is as fancy as the toppings you put on it yeah but after a while it stops being baked potato
yeah they should’ve gone with pommes fondant
nice TIL about these, will definitely try
Well hey we’re not all Thurston Howell III, only eating julienned potatoes cooked in virgin avocado oil.
Fancy breakfast?
Is that kimchi?
Looks like salsa. That’s a more common potato topping. Although I suppose that kimchee would be good, too. I’ve never tried it.
Recreational even.
Wanna get wasted? Vodka Wanna just launch something as far as you can? Potato gun
easy to smoke out of too
dunno if that’s healthy since raw potatoes are poisonous to eat. can’t imagine them being good for you to smoke out of. but hey, when in a pickle a potato would probably do
only if you eat, like, a dozen or more large potatos raw.
having the occasional raw potato wont hurt you, unless you are dumb and eat one thats solid green.
Saved that astronaut guy stranded on Mars.
Mark Watney probably never ate another potato after that though. I know I wouldn’t.
My man, wait until you hear about this thing called rice.
#allCarbsMatter
Rice cooked in oil, for the love of god, rice cooked in oil.
Yes I know Japan does it different. Yes I know they have dedicated cookers to make it fluff. No Japan does not have a monopoly on how to cook rice.
Potato is just extra large rice
Or soy.
Want protein? Soy.
Want milk? Soy.
Okay, but how about a flavorful sauce to put on your food? Believe it or not, soy.
The classic Irishman’s dilemma: do I eat this potatoe today, or ferment it so I can drink it tomorrow?
Can’t you just ferment the peels or something? I’m hungry AND thirsty!
