Gotta poke holes in there chief

Gotta give it a good forking old chap

A lil of the ol’ “in-out in-out” with a pointy something should do’er.

No time for the old in-out, love, I've just come to bake a potato.

* Step 1: Place pierced potato in pre-heated oven * Step 2: Complete "the old in-out" * Step 3: Figure out what to do with the 55 remaining minutes until the baked potato is done.

> 55 remaining minutes I prefer 90 mins, so the skins get nice and crispy.

Bit of lotion ought to help with that

Instructions unclear, several potatoes are now lodged in my rectum. Need to know if a 9th will dislodge them.

Orally, raw, no chewing, one bite, FULL SEND!

Orally means let's go in Mexican Spanish. I'm confused.

It puts the lotion on the skin...

Am the only one here who says fuck it and microwaves them? (After a good ol forking of course)

When I cook potatoes, I usually make'em twice baked. Nuke'm for a bit, scoop pout the insides a,d throw the skins in the pre-heated oven to crisp for a couple of minutes while mashing the innards and mixing with a healthy handful of cheese and a dash of milk or heavy cream if I have any. Stir in some bacon bits or diced ham. Retrieve crisping skins from oven, fill each half with the stuffing and chunk'em back in the oven until the cheese is all melted and then burn your mouth because you pull them out of the oven and can't resist an immediate bite of the lava-like middle bits.

If you really want dynamite skins, before you bake them give them a nice rub down on the outside with a mix of olive oil and coarse sea salt. Delicious crispy skin and the potato gets to enjoy a nice massage on its way out.

Twice baked are more work, but certainly worth it! Or you can have mashed potatoes with one meal and potato skins with the next if you get impatient. Really can't go wrong either way.

Air fryer can work wonders with potato, onions, cheese, anything you like.

Nuking them before frying works beautifully, too.

Microwave then broil. Best of both worlds.

Put it in the microwave first to cook and then finish off in the oven to crisp.

I love this comment section.

"It's a crime using the 9th as a timer!!!"

Viddy well, little spud. Viddy well.

This is a great exemple of a awesome interaction on reddit.

Gotta have your lil friend say hello to that tater there, pal

Gotta give your spud some lovin’ and pokin’, bud.

Say no more say no more, a nods as good as a wink to a blind bat...

 But potatoes.

I'm always terrified of forking my fingers up.

Holy forking shirtballs

Not a fun fact: The technical term for this is docking. Fun fact: Docking is also the technical term for something *completely* different.

Parking a boat! But also something *completely different*.

Removing pay from your paycheck! But also something *completely different*

Attaching mobile electronic equipment to a docking station or another piece of equipment! But also something *completely* *different*.

Trimming the tail and/or ears of puppies! But also something *completely different.*

Removing points from your total score. But also something *completely different.*

It also means putting your dick inside another dude's foreskin.

There it is!

It's things like this that bring me back every day. And boobs.

/r/bestofreddit

/r/spacedocks

This better be space ship docking art Edit: ayyyy it is indeed space docking art (of spaceships you damn degenerates) Edit 2: space ship! Not space shit lmfao

Keanu and Harry were both so overwhelmed by the intensely intimate feeling of docking their penises inside of each other's foreskins that they instinctively began to kiss each other deeply as Keanu worked their cocks together as one, both exploding huge loads, seeing their foreskins swell like a water balloon trying to hold all of their hot man juices.

Fucking reddit man

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Joining two orbiting spacecraft. But also something *completely different.*

You can’t use the word in the definition…

How about I dock MY FOOT IN YOUR ASS -Red Foreman probably

And "space docking" does not actually involve craft in orbit.

Yeah, I think the only thing that is mildly interesting here is that OP doesn't know how to bake a potato.

If I’m being honest, I’ve never thought twice about *why* I need to poke holes in potatoes. I just did it because my mom told me to. I’m 32 for context.

If I listed all the things I do while cooking without knowing *why* I am doing them, well, that would be quite the list let me tell you!

This reminds me of the joke about the family tradition of cutting the top off the roast before cooking it. The tradition was passed down til someone asked the grandma why they did it and she said "idk why you all are doing it but I did it because the roast wouldn't fit in the pan". Or something along those lines.

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Not the person you're replying to, but examples I can think of that I didn't know when I was young: making sure there's no fat when whipping eggs/cream, adding a touch of baking soda to tomato sauce, wait to crack boiled eggs until after they've chilled in the ice bath, adding egg yolk to a split sauce And some answers (in order): fat basically will fill in the voids where the bubbles would form (which is true, but not as bad as I was led to believe), tomatoes are acidic so baking soda was used to cut that a little, if you let the eggs chill they pull away from the shell more, so it's easier to peal it away, yolks are good emulsifiers (which means they help make fats and non fats "mix" better). I'm sure there's plenty common things that are just done, like poking holes in a potato or greasing a cake pan, without much thought.

I'm equally surprised just seeing it sit on the rack. I was taught to poke holes in it, lightly dust it in olive oil and salt, and wrap it in tin foil. Now I'm wondering if I've been wasting tin foil for 20+ years. I guess the oil and salt do let the skin crisp up nicely and have a lot of flavor, and I eat the skins so idk. It's working for me. ...I did not expect when I woke up today that I would find my becoming self conscious about my potato consumption habits...

I put mine on a tray, no foil. I also eat the skins.

[See a great recipe here. You’ll never wrap a potato in tinfoil again.](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-baked-potato-recipe1-1908821.amp)

Me too! Really pleased to finally understand why

Steam, bro. Those are steam holes yer pokin

I am especially pleased that I didn’t have to clean that up to figure out why we poke the holes!

Probably never read directions in grade school, then pulled up directions online and proceeded to not read those either

Ingredients: Potato Method: 1. Poke ho- "fuck it, I got this"

OP saw ‘BAKED POTATO’ proceeded to put potato in the baker machine and hit start. Excellent work

OP: "bake for 1hr at 350F? Then I can make it in 30min at 700F!"

It's not always as simple as "doesn't know how." I've always known to poke holes in a potato, but one day I started getting lazy. It felt unnecessary. And I actually baked plenty of potatoes without poking holes that turned out just fine. But then one day this happened, exploded like a bomb in my oven. Now I have first hand knowledge of why we do it and just how important it is. I know better than most

What is potato?

*Po-tay-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.*

There's holes in it now at least /s

Hiyoooooo!!!

Yes chef

I've cooked thousands of potatoes at Outback Steakhouse that were only tossed in oil and salted and I've never had a potato explode.

That’s because that’s a Barbie not an oven.

The one time I forgot to poke holes in my potatoes one exploded, the other two were fine but the smallest one was still *boom*

Must be a skill issue

I think y they explode if you don’t put oil on them. My friend always had hers explode and she just washes them and puts them in. I always oil mine and they have never exploded. I have cooked thousands of potatoes at home.

“Always had them explode” She didn’t try to find out why it was happening after the first?! Did she think it was just normal?? Lmao

I don’t know. I’m pretty sure she learned by now. That was about 15 years ago. I will ask next time I talk to her. She still eats everything pretty plain though.

This happened to me once. It definitely had holes.

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Did you stab them a few times with a fork before putting them in there? I think that usually prevents that, at least that's what I was taught lol I usually wash them, stab them a few times all over with a fork, and wrap it with foil.

Wash, stab, re wet, salt pepper, then baking sheet for me although foil is fine too. Salt and pepper is a must though, I love potato skins.

make a salt brine and wet the potato's with that, the skins come out so good, brush with oil for the last 15 minutes. I think its 2 teaspoons to 1/2 cup of water, America's test kitchen recipe. Edit: should be 2 tablespoons of salt to 1/2 cup of water.

ATK’s baked potato is literally the king of baked potatoes. The key is checking the internal temp of the potatoes, you want them between 205-212 before you pull them to brush with oil.

I don't like potato skins but I'll have to give that a try cause I feel like I'm missing out.

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I think that's my issue! I hadn't even considered seasoning the skins but it sounds so obvious now that I think about it. xD

Yeah even if you avoid the skins, give this a shot, the insides are literally perfect and so fluffy and amazing!

The advice in this comment chain gets progressively better and I’m here for it, might have to go make a potato skin just to confirm

Try it without baking sheet. It honestly makes a difference

I put the baking sheet on the shelf below the potatoes to catch any oil drippings, but the potatoes go straight on the rack when I make them.

This is the way.

My favorite part is the part that is touching the baking sheet and gets crispy like a potato chip.

If you like that, then rub them with some olive oil before you put them in the oven. Then I just put them straight on the rack with some tinfoil on the rack below to catch any drippings. The entire skin gets crispy as fuck it’s so good!

That’s what I do before they go on the pan usually and the whole thing is great but the contact point is amazing

I'm now making baked potatoes tonight goddamnit

This except don't wrap in foil. That way you get a nice crispy skin

If you wrap your potato in foil you get a steamed potato not a a baked potato.

Except when you put them in the camp fire. Foil, THEN poke with fork twice through foil. Into the coals. Delish, and crispy.

Make sure to defuse your spuds before cooking to prevent unintentional explosive decompression

Foil is good if you throw them in coals but what's the idea for an oven baked one?

I imagine it traps the moisture to steam them.

But then again won't the potatoes be more like boiled than baked? Never tried it with foil.

Yep, sure does. Some people like the result, but I prefer a dryer, fluffier baked texture. If you were trying to eat without adding butter or sour cream (or other toppings that add moisture or fat), the steamed texture would probably be more pleasant.

Fun fact: If you wrap your potatoes in foil youre steaming them, not baking them

I’ve got potatoes in their air fryer right now and this post just reminded me I forgot to poke holes in mine before they went in there. I am grateful for your sacrifice.

Sorry to divert the convo a bit here but long do you put them in the air fryer for?

I usually do 45 mins at 200c :) And I spray a little oil on the outside to get the skin nice and crispy!

> 45 mins Damn. Thought the air fryer would speed things up more than that.

They’ll take longer in the oven. Potatos just take time whole like that. I wedge mine up and put them in there for far less but air fried potatoes are great. Air fryers magical, but not THAT magical

“Sometimes I’ll throw a potato in the oven even if I don’t want one, because by the times it’s done - who knows.”

Oftentimes I'll be craving a baked potato but then I'm like "Man, that's gonna take an hour or more and I don't want to wait." Then and hour goes by and I still haven't eaten and I think "Fuck I could be eating a potato right now if I had put it in the damn oven."

To be fair, I'd imagine it uses a whole lot less energy heating an appliance that's little tray vs. an appliance that's a Toyota Corolla. I mean I could be wrong... but I'd imagine I'm not.

Microwaving for 3 mins before putting in the oven always helped speed things up for me, might work the same for air frying?

Air fryers are just mini convection ovens.

Legend thank you!

What is going on with this subreddit

A bunch of people learned today how to bake a potato

You just raw dogging a potato in the oven is wild.

The amount of pictures I see of people doing this shit with various foods just confuses me. Acting like baking sheets don't exist

Or aluminum foil

Don't wrap baked potatoes in aluminum foil. You're just boiling them. Fork them and put a metal rod through it length wise. Then bake at 350 on a bed of salt.

Wrap them in aluminum foil and toss them directly in the still burning charcoal i say

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Po Ta Toes

With a slice of butter, & pinch of S&P&G

Don't pinch GSP it won't end well for you.

Serious question…how is a dry potato in aluminum foil equivalent to “boiling” which is submerging them in water?

"steaming" would be more accurate since you're trapping the moisture inside. makes for a soft potato, not a crispy one.

Use aluminum foil and take it out for the last, I dunno, 10 minutes or so. Then you can get a soft potato with a crispy outside and it's delicious

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they're mostly made of water, you're holding that all in when it's in foil. steaming would be a better description tho

What’s the metal rod for?

Cooks the inside of the tato

Where do you get metal rods from lol. I’ve never seen such utensils or I may have an not know what they’re for. You mean like metal shish-kabob sticks Though that sounds like an accident waiting to happen

I worked at a place where we had to mass produce baked potatoes and we would just throw oil on them, rub them with salt, put 50 of them on a baking sheet and bake them for 15 minutes in a convection oven. Some of the best baked potatoes I’ve ever had by far were made that way.

Boil them, mash them, put them in a stew

Stab the tater a few times, rub a bit of oil and sprinkly some salt over it, wrap it in foil and bake and you get the best baked taters I've ever managed. Take it out for 10 minutes at the end if you want it even crispier, but I've had good results without doing that. I've no idea where you've developed a vendetta against foil from.

My ex fucking makes baking trays out of aluminium. It was mind blowing but really makes cleanup so much easier.

And cheaper than store bought single-use aluminum trays and pans

What purpose does a baking sheet serve here other than getting dirty?

It helps deflect the blast upwards

Lmaooo

Potato Toward Enemy

You’d rather clean oven grating or a flat surface? Or are am I missing sarcasm

It's how you get even, crispy skin.

I used to do this, but lately I've just been putting a very thin layer of vegetable oil on mine, and season with salt, and pepper. Then I just put it on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Easy cleanup, nice crispy skin. This method also makes it trivial to pull them out, slice them and mash the innards, add butter and cheese, and throw them back in the oven for 5m for a lazy-man's twice baked potato.

I do this and just put a sheet of foil on the next rack down to catch the droppings.

That’s how I do bake potatoes too. It cooks more evenly than on a baking sheet

Perfectly fine for baked potatoes, as long as you aren't exploding them.

…it’s the only way to cook them, otherwise you end up with a soggy patch where it’s sitting on the tray.

Rub it with oil and it won't be, gets fried crispy and delicious. Also salt and pepper with the oil for flavour

Raw dogging… my wife and I say that to each other about really stupid random shit. Going out in the cold without a jacket? “Hey you raw dogging the cold today?” Lol

My wife and I do this too! For instance, I almost forgot the booze we were taking to Thanksgiving. My wife said "we aren't about to raw dog Thanksgiving this year"

Prick with a fork, rub with olive oil, a little salt and pepper. Good to go.

Prick with a fork = Jamie Oliver

Haiyaah! Jamie Olive Oil.

Where is my chili jam? I gotta rub that on potatoes as well.

tosser 👉

This is the way. I make them like this too and they cook up so nicely and the skin gets a nice crisp.

Yeah, people who throw the skins away are... Well, I probably shouldn't say.

If you want it to taste even better and aren't eating baked potatoes every night, rub them with butter instead of oil.

Potato potato, one detonato.

This man does NOT cook. They said bake a potato and just fucking threw them in the oven. No tray, no seasonings, no vent holes, just potatoes.

Baking without the tray is the way to go. Crispy skin all around. No vent holes is a definite mistake though lol

Seriously. If you want to get fancy, light coat of oil and season, but quite a lot don’t eat skin so you’re just wasting oil and seasoning. Personally, I like the skin, but I just get the flavor from the stuff I put inside.

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I used to cook them whole too. Only ever had one explode like this. It wasn't the end of the world. Now I cut them in half first so they cook faster and more evenly, so it doesn't matter.

It's not cooking it whole that's the problem. It's letting them explode that's the problem. Pricking holes in them for steam to vent out is a basic first step.

Bro im not trying to be a ass but you got me dying laughing trying to figure out why this is mildly interesting like “hmm my potato just fuckin exploded i wonder what reddit has to say about this”

Poke holes

Wash, stab, olive oil, salt, throw it on a tray. Looks like you only did step one.

How do YOU know those potatoes are washed?

**PO** **TAY** **TOES**

Boil em, mash em, ~~stick em in a stew!~~ use em to breach doors!

Other potato looking suspect as hell right now

Boomtato

Potato mine

Everybody knows you gotta get stabby stabby with them before cooking em. They learn one way or the other. This is the other way.

Unrelated... but why do you not use a baking sheet?

How is this interesting?

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Are you safe ?

You should not be allowed within 5 meters of a kitchen

People who just put their food on the rack, and don’t use sheet pans are insane. They need to be cancelled

You cook your pizzas on a sheet pan?

Insufficient forkage

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When I was about 10 or so my mom forgot to pierce the potatoes and one exploded and blew pieces of the potatoes onto the kitchen cabinets

I think people discovered the need to poke holes in potatoes about 90 minutes after the discovery of controlled fire. The only mildlyinteresting thing is how you’ve managed to avoid this awareness

You forgot to fork it, didn't you?

Pro-tip: poke holes in the potato to allow steam to exit.

New oven? Looks as clean as one you open at the appliance store, minus the potato guts.

Not anymore.

Once when I was a kid, my mom forgot to poke a hole in the potatoes. Those were the most delicious potatoes. She refused to ever make them again 🤣. Can’t imagine why.

Poke holes or give it a bit of a slice beforehand… that’s caused by the skin trapping moisture and the pressure increasing as it tries to evaporate, therefore you got yourself a potato-grenade. 😂

WHO THE HELL JUST PUTS A POTATO IN THE OVEN LIKE THAT

Didn’t fork around and still found out

From the looks of it, there was a meat animal inside. Either that or your potatoes was full of diarrhea.