Anyone ever have a baked potato explode? (kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by ArtieShaw@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Idle question. I've always heard that you need to prick the skins before baking a potato. The potential consequence for failure to do so is a catastrophic potato explosion.

Has anyone had this happen to them?

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[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago

French speaker here: what makes it funny for me is it kind of sounds like someone trying to say “pomme de terre” with a stuffy nose

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I thought it was Germans who were humourless.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

I literally said “what makes it funny for me”

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

And then proceeded to explain the joke

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

I don’t get it, sorry

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

That's what they we're going for, yea

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