What's so fancy about a baked potato?
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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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.
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You would be quite welcome in !potatoism@lemmy.world.
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Who the fuck only eats mashed taters on christmas
Breakfast? Apple. Fast food? Apple. Fancy dinner? Apple. Holidays? Apple. Relaxing at home? Apple. There's Apple
Something to play Doom on? Potato.
The ultimate goal of course is to install linux on an actual potato.
potatoes are one of the few foods you can eat exclusively and survive for long periods of time
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Does a sweet potato count?
An honorable mention for sure.
Alcohol? Vodka! Starch to make bread? Potato starch! 2 potatoes? 1 potato in the ground!
Quick photo to ask for help with a technical issue? Potato cam!
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Is there a country where potatoes are not eaten?
It's essentially an untapped vessel for world peace, if you think about it.
I don't think that's hyperbole either. It's a nutritionally complete food that's fairly easy to grow, to ship, and it holds up for a very long time without refrigeration.
The only place I've been lucky to visit where I didn't see potatoes was Costa Rica. Rice and black beans all day every day. Indians seem to like them very well. I don't know about other southeast Asian countries, China, or Japan but it seems unlikely they eat so much.
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