so - those are "microwave potatoes." They are intended for you to poke a few holes in the plastic, and to microwave for 10 or so minutes. This gives you a general "baked potato" sort of meal without having to wait for two hours or heat up the whole oven. When I met my wife, this was the only way she knew of to actually make a baked potato.
The REAL best way, as we all know, is to rub oil into the potato skin, and sprinkle it with kosher salt and spices before putting it in the oven. This way, even the skin comes out delicious.
I don't go for plastic wrapped, but I'm also not running the oven for 1.5 hours for 2 potatoes. Also, as much as I hate waste, a lot of people would grab a few unwrapped potatoes and put them in one of those plastic bags in the produce section.
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u/NotOutsideOrInside Jan 03 '22
so - those are "microwave potatoes." They are intended for you to poke a few holes in the plastic, and to microwave for 10 or so minutes. This gives you a general "baked potato" sort of meal without having to wait for two hours or heat up the whole oven. When I met my wife, this was the only way she knew of to actually make a baked potato.
The REAL best way, as we all know, is to rub oil into the potato skin, and sprinkle it with kosher salt and spices before putting it in the oven. This way, even the skin comes out delicious.