BAKED POTATOES ARE THE BEST POTATOES.

[North_Ranger]

Fair enough. But let's get back to potatoes.

When it comes to fries, I like them big and sturdy and crispy. Soggy fries just make me sad.

 

[figmentPez]

 

[CynicismKills]

All potatoes are good potatoes. Hell, when I was a kid I'd have my grandma skin them and I'd eat them raw.

 

[LordRendar]

All potatoes are good potatoes. Hell, when I was a kid I'd have my grandma skin them and I'd eat them raw.

 

[Tress]

Hell, when I was a kid I'd have my grandma skin them and I'd eat them raw.

 

[phil]

The best kind of potato is the kind that's in my belly.

 

[CynicismKills]

 

[Zappit]

Gotta give the edge to mashed potatoes. Mix the butter in with a little bit of milk to make them smooth, light, and creamy, and then smother them with gravy.

 

[CynicismKills]

I like them all. For mashed, skin-on, of course. Add a little garlic, some chives, some sour cream and butter, and you're pretty much done.

For baked, I like to make it a big deal. Chicken, pico de gallo, cheese, sour cream, and some hot sauce (generally Tapatio or Cholula, as they've got more flavor than just spice). I make the potato the easy way, pretty much like steinman said in the OP. Oil on the skin, salt it up, set it right on the oven rack at about 350F for an hour.

 

[Cajungal]

I love a good baked potato. Little butter, cheese, broccoli florets, and fresh chives. Delicious!

 

[Yoshimickster]

A tie between mashed and baked. I am also partial to lazy Au Gratin, where you take a baked potato and put two slices of cheese on top of it.

 

[PatrThom]

Gotta give the edge to mashed potatoes. Mix the butter in with a little bit of milk to make them smooth, light, and creamy, and then smother them with gravy.

Lately we've been replacing that last part with "add a couple tablespoons of prepared horseradish." Gravy optional.

--Patrick

 

[CynicismKills]

I love a good baked potato. Little butter, cheese, broccoli florets, and fresh chives. Delicious!

Speaking of broccoli, putting some broccoli cheese soup on a baked potato is fantastic. Also good with chili and a buttload of hot sauce.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Boil em, mash em, put them in a stew...

 

[Siska]

Hasselback Rules!

All potatoes are good potatoes.

Almost all potatoes are good. Potatoes they served us back in school tasted like sick dirt. No idea how they did it. Some kind of a miracle.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Not to Canadians. Field hockey is field hockey. Hockey is hockey.

Field Hockey is Hockey, Ice Hockey is played on ice because you guys don't have fields for half the year.

 

[blotsfan]

I did not know there were actually people who referred to field hockey as just "hockey." Like, I'm not even gonna criticize anyone, I honestly did not know that.

 

[PatrThom]

Well, don't forget that there's that big difference between "Football" and "American Football."

--Patrick

 

[checkeredhat]

I did not know there were actually people who referred to field hockey as just "hockey." Like, I'm not even gonna criticize anyone, I honestly did not know that.

I only found out last year.

 

[Cajungal]

This is really making me want to bake potatoes tomorrow.

 

[CynicismKills]

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

 

[Frank]

Field Hockey is Hockey, Ice Hockey is played on ice because you guys don't have fields for half the year.

You don't call regular football field football because arena football exists.

 

[DarkAudit]

I made these home fries exactly once. They were the most awesome potatoes I'd ever made. Never had the chance to make them again because my copy of the cookbook disappeared for decades.

But now I found it again. I should make them again when my sister is in town in a week.

 

[WasabiPoptart]

Potato soup! OMG my mom makes awesome potato soup.

 

[Bowielee]

I absolutely HATE potato skins, so anything that doesn't have skin wins out over classic baked potatoes. Lefse wins out for my absolute favorite thing that contains potatoes. It's a Swedish thing.

 

[CynicismKills]

I absolutely HATE potato skins

 

[Frank]

I'm beginning to fall in love with disapproving Dave Grohl.

 

[fade]

I don't really get the disapproval memes. Most of the time they're just staring. How exactly is that disapproval? I'm disapproving the hell out of this computer monitor right now.

We grew potatoes when I was a kid. I used to like 'em raw with a little salt. Eat it like an apple.

 

[dill616]

I'm going to stick up for the simple delight of the tater tot. It's one of those comfort foods that's salty and delish!

 

[sixpackshaker]

You don't call regular football field football because arena football exists.

It is called American Football because Association Football already existed.

 

[Cajungal]

I love making hash browns.

 

[Covar]

I have a confession to make. I ... Can't bake a potato. I don't know why I do everything I'm supposed to, heat oven, poke holes, coat skins, place directly on rack. Whatever reason the potatoes hate me, and they don't cook. :'(

Any other kind of potato is no problem, but the easiest and best method is apparently beyond me.

 

[Cajungal]

Maybe you were used by a witch as a baby.

 

[WasabiPoptart]

We grew potatoes when I was a kid. I used to like 'em raw with a little salt. Eat it like an apple.

When I was growing up I was always told you shouldn't eat raw potato because it would make you sick. I don't know the reasoning behind it, but it came from all of my relatives.

 

[MindDetective]

So many disagrees! They are as delicious as fresh, salted french fries.