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minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoWhat’s so fancy about a baked potato?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoIt’s the low-labor, hard-to-fuck up way to make potatoes that so many “fine dining” places default to. Note the quotes.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-212 days agoBaked potatoes are what you get from a food truck. Are people meaning roast potatoes?
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoBoth of those look delicious. Person in OP is probably from the US. Many restaurants when you order a steak, you also get a potato that’s been in the oven and cut into half way, with a bit of butter or sour cream placed inside of its open potato slit.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoOk. That is what we’d call a Baked or Jacket Potato. However, over here, jacket potatoes are more of a “stack it high with toppings” food on-the-go thing. We love them, but don’t see them as fancy.
What’s so fancy about a baked potato?
It’s the low-labor, hard-to-fuck up way to make potatoes that so many “fine dining” places default to.
Note the quotes.
Baked potatoes are what you get from a food truck.
Are people meaning roast potatoes?
Both of those look delicious.
Person in OP is probably from the US. Many restaurants when you order a steak, you also get a potato that’s been in the oven and cut into half way, with a bit of butter or sour cream placed inside of its open potato slit.
Ok. That is what we’d call a Baked or Jacket Potato.
However, over here, jacket potatoes are more of a “stack it high with toppings” food on-the-go thing. We love them, but don’t see them as fancy.
This is a Wendy’s.