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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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[โ€“] rem26_art@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's never happened to me, but it happened to someone I knew in college. They spent a while cleaning the oven after that lol.

[โ€“] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are videos of this on YouTube and TikTok.

[โ€“] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been practicing cooking for pretty much thirty years. Many many baked potatoes, never had one explode.

[โ€“] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here! Last night I was stabbing a couple out of habit and felt like the question needed to be asked.

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