2022 Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle

[Odin]

No way would I let the microwave near a jacket spud Odin. That's for potato heathen's. Definitely oven only, and definitely no foil. I want them baked not boiled, and definitely not dried out.

A very light layer of olive oil, and then the salt and pepper is retained, which not only adds flavour, but importantly absorbs moisture and ensures a nice crispy skin.

Slow cooked is very important. I have my oven down at 170 for anywhere between two and two and a half hours depending on size. I then give it a late high blast for a couple of minutes to really crisp up and add a bit of extra flavour.

A great jacket is a work of art.

I'm a late entrant to the jacket potato game, having only started eating them this summer at the missus' request and she is most definitely a potato heathen with the deadly trio of microwave, foil and butter included! I will take your comments on board, make sure she knows her methods are not up to scratch, assume control of the jacket potato cooking and report back - hopefully when I do I'll still have a girlfriend...

[Spectre]

hopefully when I do I'll still have a girlfriend...

Oh you definitely will. When she eats one of your baked potatoes now you can expect fireworks afterwards!

[jono]

Anyone who likes mash.
Needs to jump on Aligot.
You’ll never have normal mash again

[Joleg]

Don't diss the Hash browns. With poached eggs, black pudding and a bit of HP they're a mouth disco.

Absolute travesty that these ovals of tasteless crap have finished above mash

Or any other in the list with the possible exception of potato salad

[Saxon Warrior]

To me Mashed Potatoes have the texture of smoothed vomit, I can’t stand them.

Maybe it was the way my mother made them, when I was a youngster, but haven’t had the stomach for them since then.

[Saxon Warrior]

I was going to say that surely this is worthy of it's own thread, and then I realised it's on the Albert Bartlett thread and in fact it's in the right place after all.

I can't believe you guys aren't doing top 10's. Top 5's hardly do the 'King of Food' full justice. And if we're going to celebrate the sponsor of the longest Festival Novice Hurdle, we should at least be making a proper effort:

1. Roasties - They win hard held by a distance. Got to be top quality potatoes cooked in goose fat though. Give me great roasties and I'm in heaven. Each one is an individual jewel.
2. Crisps - Good shout suggesting crisps Kev. Crisps are my version of crack cocaine. Only good quality ones though. And why do people bother with ready salted? Bold flavours only.
3. Home cooked chips - They beat triple cooked, regular, fries, oven, or chip shop chips hands down. Good quality potatoes are a must, and they beat the other versions hands down.
4. Hash Browns - Must be the ones that are a bit onioney. The potato only ones are a bit meh. McDonald's should be ashamed of themselves.
5. Jacket - They've got to be properly oven baked to perfection#. Salt and pepper rubbed into the skin. Must be good quality potatoes that have that hint of sweetness and moisture that you can eat without butter or a filling. Although I'm also partial to a good filling.
6. Mash - I love it's versatility. Particularly with different kinds of cheeses added. Boursin, Stilton, or a Blue Cheese amongst my favourites. A nice sauce can be interesting too.
7. Dauphioise - I love daupinoise, but it lacks versatility, and it takes forever to make which is why it only makes the bottom half. With the right meal though I can't get enough.
8. Boiled - I could easily have put them higher. They're a bit forgotten these days, and I don't even mind them out of a tin! They remind me of meals my Mum used to make when I was little.
9. New Potatoes - Again I like them, but they get marked down because I prefer their bigger and fatter uncles and aunties. They're good hot or cold though, and make a nice change occasionally.
10. Potato Salad - Potatoes with lots of creamy mayo, and pretty much anything else you want to chuck in there. What's not to like? Marked down significantly because you have to eat salad with them.

No-one thinking Potato Wedges?

Thats a very High Flying Spud derivative in my world.

[somer1]

Mustard Mash to win the spuds race 2022

[DeeBee]

Curly fries is a shocking omission

[Carnage at Taunton]

Anyone who has had breakfast in an American diner would surely have home fries high on their list. Only bettered for me by boiled new potatoes.
Roast next followed by Mash.
Jacket potatoes rock bottom
note……new potatoes must not have skin on!!

[Rooster Booster]

Then you have wedges of course....not to be confused with the ones your best mate tried to give you in the play ground

[That Horse]

This thread is a bit like that guy in Forrest Gump who really liked shrimp.

Getting back to potatoes,
-Bombay potatoes -I liked alphabites as a kid, potatoes shaped as letters for the uneducated, potato waffles would be a good substitute

[jono]

Curly fries is a shocking omission

Add potato smiles too

[Istabraq]

Does ‘Smash’ count ?

[Stormez]

I’d like to nominate vodka

[Milbear0]

To me Mashed Potatoes have the texture of smoothed vomit, I can’t stand them.

Maybe it was the way my mother made them, when I was a youngster, but haven’t had the stomach for them since then.

No milk is the key Saxon. Just add butter, salt and plenty of fresh black pepper. Milk reacts with the starch and produces a kind of tapioca texture.
Little known fact but it’s the secret to restaurant mash!

That said, it’s the simple chip for me. Best cut nice and fat; soaking up the Stilton and cream sauce served with a good steak.

Also ran - Lyonnaise.