I feel like we could have done better than 'baked potato' for a fancy dinner. Come on.
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Potatoes au gratin
Or dauphinois
The two preparations are quite similar aren't they?
Firstly, how dare you! Uncultured swine.
Secondly, yes. They're very similar indeed.
I love a good "how dare you be so accurate!", well done! 😁
The initial outrage followed by tenuous agreement was very potato.
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Yeah baked potato is just a solid lunch choice usually
Potatoes dauphinoise would have fit better
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It's just that many supposedly "fine dining" establishments phone it in with baked because they're easy and customers accept it.
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Wanting to get drunk?
Vodka, distilled fermented potato juice
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
Cool science class demo about the power of compressed air? Potato gun.
Need a battery?
Potato battery.
This is stupid. It gets plenty of recognition. Everyone loves potatoes. Makes alcohol too.
Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.
Want to get more control over the Irish? Potato Famine.
Boil, mash, stick em a stew!
I heard some grow in permafrost
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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The classic Irishman's dilemma: do I eat this potatoe today, or ferment it so I can drink it tomorrow?
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What's so fancy about a baked potato?
It's the low-labor, hard-to-fuck up way to make potatoes that so many "fine dining" places default to.
Note the quotes.
Baked potatoes are what you get from a food truck.
Are people meaning roast potatoes?
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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My man, wait until you hear about this thing called rice.
#allCarbsMatter
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Breakfast? Apple. Fast food? Apple. Fancy dinner? Apple. Holidays? Apple. Relaxing at home? Apple. There's Apple
Alcohol? Vodka! Starch to make bread? Potato starch! 2 potatoes? 1 potato in the ground!
potatoes are one of the few foods you can eat exclusively and survive for long periods of time
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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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