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[–] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 103 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I feel like we could have done better than 'baked potato' for a fancy dinner. Come on.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] flandish@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Or Hasselhoff. Yes, I know it’s “hasselback” but I refuse to change.

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[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The two preparations are quite similar aren't they?

[–] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Firstly, how dare you! Uncultured swine.

Secondly, yes. They're very similar indeed.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I love a good "how dare you be so accurate!", well done! 😁

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Yeah baked potato is just a solid lunch choice usually

Potatoes dauphinoise would have fit better

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 week ago

It's just that many supposedly "fine dining" establishments phone it in with baked because they're easy and customers accept it.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Like a TWICE baked potato.

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

au gratin, dauphinoise, tartiflette all sound like good alternatives

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 week ago

Wanting to get drunk?

Vodka, distilled fermented potato juice

[–] elvith@feddit.org 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Need something to run Linux on? Potato

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 67 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Heh. This one's great.

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[–] astutemural@midwest.social 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God bless the people of the Andean Plateau, who looked at a moderately poisonous tuber that can freaking kill you, and said, "Eh, it's fine, just don't eat too many of 'em."

A few thousand years of selective breeding and hard work later, we have one of the most important crops in the world.

Yep hunger does some wild things to people

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool science class demo about the power of compressed air? Potato gun.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 28 points 1 week ago

Need a battery?

Potato battery.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is stupid. It gets plenty of recognition. Everyone loves potatoes. Makes alcohol too.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.

[–] some_guy 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Average evening at home? Vodka.

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[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago

Want to get more control over the Irish? Potato Famine.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think oil is doing a lot of unsung work here

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 20 points 1 week ago

Boil, mash, stick em a stew!

I heard some grow in permafrost

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago
[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

baked potato is fancy? wow

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Baked potatoes fancy? I love a baked potato with beans and cheese, but it's hardly fancy.

Fondant potatoes are what you want for fancy (and delicious).

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Saved that astronaut guy stranded on Mars.

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[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Recreational even.

Wanna get wasted? Vodka Wanna just launch something as far as you can? Potato gun

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[–] gazter@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago (10 children)

My man, wait until you hear about this thing called rice.

#allCarbsMatter

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[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

The fact that we eat them on every occasion is recognition.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The classic Irishman's dilemma: do I eat this potatoe today, or ferment it so I can drink it tomorrow?

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's so fancy about a baked potato?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's the low-labor, hard-to-fuck up way to make potatoes that so many "fine dining" places default to.

Note the quotes.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Baked potatoes are what you get from a food truck.

Are people meaning roast potatoes?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Breakfast? Apple. Fast food? Apple. Fancy dinner? Apple. Holidays? Apple. Relaxing at home? Apple. There's Apple

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago

Always an Apple shill in the comments

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Potatoes are apples of the ground.

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TIL in America, Baked Potato with a Steak is “fancy”, rather than “a Wednesday”.

I’d say the same about eg. Chicken “Kiev” with Potato Dauphinoise, standard ready meal gastropub fare.

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[–] renzhexiangjiao@szmer.info 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

potatoes are one of the few foods you can eat exclusively and survive for long periods of time

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Alcohol? Vodka! Starch to make bread? Potato starch! 2 potatoes? 1 potato in the ground!

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