If I gave you a baked potato, what would you put on it?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
February 24, 2019 2:10pm CST
Yesterday someone here asked everyone what they would do with hamburger meat.
I was wondering the same but with a baked potato. What would you put on your baked potato?
I know some combinations are sour cream and chives, cheese and bacon bits, chili and cheese. Some just use sour cream and butter. Others just use a bit of butter and some pepper.
I've always wanted to try a "Jackie Potato" like you can find in the UK. Baked Beans on a potato sounds alright to me.
What do you put on a baked potato?
Usually I put sour cream, a little butter and some pepper on mine. I also substitute Tzaziki for sour cream sometimes
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Feb 19
No, that doesn't sound weird. That actually sounds pretty good to me. I love spinach so I'm sure I'd love it on a potato.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Feb 19
@akalinus It's unique, I like that. No baked potato for me today, but I'll have to try that the next time I make baked potatoes.
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@akalinus (40440)
• United States
24 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I tried it one time when I was out of butter and really liked it.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
24 Feb 19
i put all sorts 'f veggies'n mine :) sometimes a bit 'f bacon 'n a homemade non-cheese sauce.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Feb 19
I have never thought to put veggies in them. Non-cheese sauce?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
24 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum i'm dairy 'ntolerant, so make non-dairy cheese sauces. i reckon what i ought'a asked 'twas what can ya not put'n a baked tater, lol. if'n i've only a wee bunch 'f veggies left 'fter a meal, they're not goin' to waste, i put 'em'n a tater.
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@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I do the same but with just butter
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@ShyBear88 The restaurant I go to (and get a potato every friday) always gives me two packets of sour cream. I don't always use it, sometimes I just feel like butter and pepper. It all depends on how full I am.I love mashing the tater though, to combine the flavors.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Yes, I think I probably put a little too much butter sometimes.
I will eat half of each part of the potato. Once I've eaten a certain amount, I usually mash the rest up and add lots of butter and sour cream. Oh and Pepper.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
24 Feb 19
Butter, sour cream and some sort of cheese and possibly bacon bits (real ones) and maybe some chives.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Feb 19
All of that sounds yummy. I do like to put cheese on mine from time to time as well. Yes, real bacon bit not the nasty stuff in a bottle.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Oh wow, bbq puled pork? That does sound amazing. I am getting so many good ideas. I think the bbq pulled pork is definitely doable with my family though. I can get the bbq they have at the grocery store, I think it's Lloyds?
One person doesn't like potatoes unless they are instant and so he will just have to eat the bbq.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum it's so much better and cheaper to make your own pulled pork in the crock pot
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, you have to try the bbq potato, yummy! I have only gotten this while eating out.
@MommyOfEli2013 (81983)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Feb 19
Usually I will use butter, sour cream, and season with salt and pepper. I don't eat them on my diet unfortunately though :( lol.
Sometimes cheese and bacon bits are good too.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Do you eat sweet potatoes instead? Sweet potatoes are supposed to be pretty healthy and I believe they are usually allowed on diet plans.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@MommyOfEli2013 Ah okay, I eat them occasionally. I try to eat foods that will help support my hormones. I have too much estrogen which wreaks havoc on my cycle.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81983)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh no, don't like those lol....luckily they are not low carb so I don't have to worry about it. I heard they are healthier too, but they still have too many carbs for my diet.
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@Torunn (8609)
• Norway
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Cheese is good with lots of thing, both warm and cold.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@Torunn I agree, but I am also very picky. If the cheese is cooked, I don't want it to be too stringy. It makes me feel ill when trying to eat it.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Yeah, you may be able to get away with not using butter if there's tons of cheese. Cheese is so good with a baked potato, I don't know why.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
I haven't had chives on a baked potato in a very long time. I have had them on there and liked it. I have substituted tzaziki for sour cream in the past. it's basically sour cream but with lemon and cucumber. I think some use yogurt instead of sour cream.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I like tzaziki I prepare it quite often, with yogurt of course, no sour cream.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
24 Feb 19
smother with cottage cheese for me.The usual salt and pepper this .Love to eat the skin.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Feb 19
I've never put cottage cheese on a potato. I am going to have to try that sometime. I put cottage cheese in my salad sometimes. Oh and yes, the skin is the best part.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@amadeo We hardly have either of those things here. I am the only one who likes sour cream or cottage cheese it seems, so I don't get it often.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
24 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I do both sour cream.but never have sour cream on hand.Cottage cheese I do
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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25 Feb 19
Do you mean a Jacket Potato??
It's just a baked potato with a different name.
Lots of pubs and cafes sell jacket potatoes at lunchtimes, usually with a choice of fillings. Chilli, cheese, tuna mayo, beans, etc.
At home I like mine with crispy jackets {the skin} and tend to go for butter and whatever I fancy, which could be plain, or tuna, or beans, or cheese, or cottage cheese, or minced beef ...
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Yes, I've heard it being said as "jacket" and "jackie", unless I've just misheard, which isn't out of the question.
I've never thought of putting tuna on a baked potato, I do love tuna though. I've been getting a lot of good ideas from people here. I love baked potatoes.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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26 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum You've definitely misheard! Some people have lazy accents and don't pronounce the t at the end of words. Still, I might start calling it a Jackie now. See if it catches on ... ;)
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
All of that sounds delicious. I put olive oil on the potato before I bake it. I rinse the skin, pat it dry, poke holes in it and then put olive oil on that, wrap it in tinfoil and pop it in the oven.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
26 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum it sounds very good too.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
24 Feb 19
Oh man. A baked potato can have NO LIMITS. On the basic side, give me some bacon bits, cheese, sour cream, onions or chives. On the extreme end I may make a meal out it with Manwich hamburger meat and all of the above plus some. You CANNOT go wrong with a baked potato is the bottom line here.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Oh my goodness, putting manwich on it? That sounds awesome! I am going to have to try that sometime.
Someone else said they use taco meat on a baked potato. I've never thought of doing that. If I have left over taco meat, I usually get a bag of chips and melt some velveeta, put the taco meat in and bob's your uncle!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@porwest I would try just about anything, but I'd want the taste of the potato to come through whatever I layered on top of it.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Even a mixture of Manwich and hamburger. But taco meat would be delicious as well and I am sure the wife and I have done it before. Like I said, I'll put just about anything on a potato.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Lots of cheese? Or just a little?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
I have never made them. I know you can get the ready-made kind at the grocery store. How do you make the twice baked potato? I know it sounds pretty simple but... I've never made it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@Nana49 Oh okay, thank you! I think I'd seen some recipe that required you to only cut the top off and scoop it like that, that seemed more tedious than I would want to do. Cutting it in half and doing it like that seems much easier.
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum you bake the potato cut it in half scoop out the insides of both pieces combine that in a bowl wirh sour cream butter and bacon or bacon bits you can add green onion if you like .. Salt and pepper after that is mixed up put that back into the empty potato hulls add cheese to the top and back for about 15 ro 20 minutes in the oven .. These are really good .. You can add what ever you like ..
When you scoop it out try not to tear up the hull
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
So you don't eat baked potatoes usually?
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
26 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Doesn't matter at all.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
What kind of cheese? Cheddar? or does it matter?
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
So you aren't a fan of baked potatoes? I used to not be either, but then I discovered how to "dress it up" to my liking.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I was as a kid. not in years.
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I would put butter on it and bake it and enjoy eating it.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
You put butter on it before baking it? 
I rinse mine, pat it dry then put holes in it. I then cover it in a little bit of olive oil and wrap it up.
You've never put anything else on it? Cheese?
I rinse mine, pat it dry then put holes in it. I then cover it in a little bit of olive oil and wrap it up.
You've never put anything else on it? Cheese?1 person likes this
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Feb 19
Usually cheese, butter, and sour cream. But some times I do cheese, and cream and chicken soup.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Chicken soup on the potato or with the potato?
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Feb 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum on the potato. It's so good.
@florelway (23112)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Feb 19
I would put creamy cheese and toasted bacon and ham strips.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Feb 19
Oh ham would be good on it! I've never thought of that.
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