Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ??

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (jimsock9)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:28:04 GMT

If you don't eat the skin you should be locked up.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (brittneal)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:13:58 GMT

Wow, that part about botulisim is scary. I remember leaving trays of wrapped left over bakers on top of the grill. They were used the next day or so for skins.
Also even if the dirt was sanitized by the baking process, a mouthfull of mud would be a big turn off to the meal(the skin never "going the distance" with the rest of the meal).
britt

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Porcelina)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:05:38 GMT

I would try that if I didn't have a toilet hugging whiskey experience and if even a bottle reminiscent of whiskey makes me ill to look at.

I do love, love jalapenos raw as a garnish. I love hot food.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (MiamiDon)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:40:17 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Porcelina

I am pretty disgusting about eating baked potatoes, I have to admit. I open them up, add in salt, ketchup, and a little bit of butter, and then I mash the inside. I scoop out the mashed potato mixure, eat most of it, and then add more ketchup, pick the skin up, and eat it. It is barbaric. Thankfully for those that know me, I don't eat baked potatoes that often.

Well... as long as it is jalapeño whiskey ketchup. Then it's ok.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Porcelina)

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:44:50 GMT

lol, it's the ketchup that grosses everyone out. OR when I mash in sour cream and barbeque sauce, or A1. People think that's gross too!

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Greyghost)

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:40:51 GMT

Sounds pretty normal to me except for the ketchup, but I won't knock it 'till I try it.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Porcelina)

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:34:12 GMT

I am pretty disgusting about eating baked potatoes, I have to admit. I open them up, add in salt, ketchup, and a little bit of butter, and then I mash the inside. I scoop out the mashed potato mixure, eat most of it, and then add more ketchup, pick the skin up, and eat it. It is barbaric. Thankfully for those that know me, I don't eat baked potatoes that often.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Ort. Carlton.)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:01:33 GMT

Dearfolk,
Yes indeedy, I eat it all. As they once said somewhere in the jazz world, "Skin is IN!"
My mother always told me that the only place the vitamins were in potatoes was in the flesh adjacent to the skin. She would bake potatoes and make me throw away all but the closest part of the innards.
Nowadays, I eat the whole potato -- but not as often, since I'm working on losing weight, and I love my baked spud with both butter AND sour cream.
Here's to the farmers of Idaho, Maine, AND Florida! (After all, there is a non-post-officed town near Hastings, below Palatka, named Spuds. They grow a mess of potatoes in Putnam County, Florida.)
Cravingly (I want a glass of Pauwel Kwak on draught tonight, not a potato!), Ort. Carlton in Ever-Amazing Athens, Georgia.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (bob12312357)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:06:27 GMT

The skin is the best part.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (GeoNit)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:46:28 GMT

When ordering in a restaurant, I always ask if the pototoes are baked "naked" or wrapped in foil.

While most foil-wrapped baked potatoes taste inferior to the "naked" baked, there's also the potential of botulism if mishandled by the restaurant staff.

http://pffc-online.com/mag/paper_foil_potatoes_dangerous/

http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/en/article-details.php?a=2&c=7&sc=49&id=505

That said, I fondly remember the foil-wrapped, slightly charred spuds that were fished out of the coals of campfires, buttered, salted and immediately consumed when I was a child.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Earl of Sandwich)

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:03:41 GMT

Love the skins. My wife seldom eats the skins and I think she leaves the best part uneaten.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (daytrader106)

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:39:49 GMT

Wash the taters. Slice them up about 1/2 inch thick. Salt them with Lowerys.

Deep fry. Use a little cheese or Sour cream to dip in.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (uncledaveyo)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:58:17 GMT

skin. yes.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (leethebard)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:30 GMT

The baked Potato is my favorite Item at Wendy's..now there's a fast food item they can't ruin!

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (stricken_detective)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:15:44 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Big Ugly Mich

One thing that drives me up a wall is when I get a baked potato that's been rolled up in that rock salt stuff. When I take a bite of the skin, all I can taste is the salt, and I'm cutting down since I found that my blood pressure is high.

Since no one else is going off topic, allow me: doesn't it drive you crackers when you buy something low fat and check the label for (or taste, to the detriment of everything else) sodium?

Yes, I hate that, too. I even call ahead to see if they do that. They really should be able to cook a food without ruining it for one part of the population. Yes, I can scrape off the rock salt, but only me & my blood pressure monitor will know for sure if the salt got absorbed into the potato or its skin.

And yes I hate that too when you go to buy a healthier version of something (salad dressing, I am looking at you!!!) and they jacked up the salt. Jerks.

A potato-related rant. I hate when you go to a restaurant (Perkins, I am looking at you!) and the menu says they have BAKED potatoes & they bring it to you & not only is it MICROWAVED, it's not even cooked all the way through. I made the kid take it back & told him I wanted it baked. My friends were embarrassed, but if you're going to advertise BAKED potatoes, then for Pete's sake, BAKE them. 400 degrees, 1 hour, it's not rocket science.

I love the skins,. I used to work at Wendy's & still go there for a potato every now & then. I like to put sour cream & butter (unsalted!) in the potato, then mix together with my fork & eat the insides, then i take the rest of the sour cream & a little more butter & then eat the skin by picking it up. Love potatoes. LOVE 'EM!

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (fdaniels)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:20:35 GMT

I Like Skin. Plenty o skin.

Oh wait, we were talking about potatoes...

Yeah, I like skin.
When it comes to chicken, I like breasts and thighs.
As for lobster, I like the tail.
Leg of lamb, another fav.
Nothin' wrong with a little smoked butt once in awhile.

I need to stop now, I am making myself hor---Hungry, yeah that's it Hungry.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (RubyRose)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:18:56 GMT

I like to eat the skins on baked potatoes but don't eat them in restaurants. When I bake them at home, I always throw in a couple extra potatoes to make twice-baked ones for another meal.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (djmsalem)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:47:40 GMT

I'm definitely a skin guy.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (mbrookes)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:20:46 GMT

My husband and I love twice baked potatoes. Rub potato with solid Crisco and bake until done. Split open and spoon out the meat. Mix (similar to mashed potatoes, but not as fine) with milk,cheddar cheese, green onions S&P. Stuff back in the shells and grate cheese over the top. Return to the oven until cheese melts. Eat the whole thing.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (BR)

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:38:15 GMT

I always eat the skin and leave the skin in with mashed potatoes for taste and texture.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (EdSails)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:23:08 GMT

Sunday dinner was meatloaf and oven-baked potatoes. Tonight is tenderloin steaks and big baked potatoes done on the grill. I just wash the potatoes and nuke them for about 6 minutes. This cooks the insides so I can easily finish them on the grill, crisping the skins as I cook the steaks. Scallions, sour cream and pepper along with a little butter make it nice!

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (cd348)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:15:17 GMT

Rub the potato clean under cool running water. Dry it. Rub it with kosher salt, wrap in foil and put it on the grill. The skin comes out perfectly. I am the only one in the house who eats the potato skin. Doesn't bother me a bit.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (leethebard)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:07:40 GMT

Wet the potato first...the salt will stick> We do it all the time.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (divefl)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:32:32 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by mikez629

I love the skin-the best potatoe is from (Outback Steak house)-there skin is covered in salt-I have tried several times to duplicate-but can not get salt to stay attached to the spud.

Rub some oil on it first. Little goes a long way.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (MellowRoast)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:29:03 GMT

Yes, most of the nutrition is in the skin, and I eat the whole thing. Hoping, of course, that the skin has been carefully scrubbed!

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (mikez629)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:57:38 GMT

I love the skin-the best potatoe is from (Outback Steak house)-there skin is covered in salt-I have tried several times to duplicate-but can not get salt to stay attached to the spud.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Buckshot)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:40:47 GMT

Gotta' eat the skin! That's the best part!

Buckshot

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (BelleReve)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:14:36 GMT

I think the skin's one of the best parts - my dad enjoys it too, and jokingly refers to it as having "a nut-like flavor"..

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (Davydd)

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:38:07 GMT

People are known to eat dirt and clay without harmful effects. I figure after baking for an hour there is nothing that will harm you.

RE: Baked Potato - Eat the Skin ?? (flyseye)

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:33:02 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by brittneal

For those of us who enjoy the earthy flavor in the skin, Beware. In a restayrant dont eat it if it is foil wrapped! Working in different pllaces I learned one important fact. If they are wrapped in foil they may not be washed. I have found mud in thae skin before.
Baked with oil and S&P you see what you eat.
britt

This is very true. I took a girl out on a date once about 150 years ago, and she absolutely freaked out when I ate my baked potato with skin.She claimed her cousin worked at the restaurant, and they didnt wash their potatoes. It really was quite humiliating at the time, now I wouldnt give a rats behind.

So, to answer the question, at home I eat the skin,the best part IMO, at restaurants, well sometimes.