Baked potato - do you eat the skin?

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xSauronx
are you saying you use bottled sauce on a steak as well?

you blasphemous bastard.

Of course not. It's to put on the tater skin.

I use A1, one of the best semi-piquant "savory" sauces, or any one of the many, many others of this type, on many things. . . but never steak, which, of all things, should never need it.

I do like it, though, on cold sliiced steak sandwiches on good, crusty bread with thin slices of raw onions and a side of a few crisp quarter slices of dill/garlic pickle and/or some green or black kalamata olives. There, it shines! Mmmmmmm.

sandwiches are a different story altogether as far as a sauce is concerned, but im still not a fan of bottled sauces.

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xSauronx
are you saying you use bottled sauce on a steak as well?

you blasphemous bastard.

Of course not. It's to put on the tater skin.

good....i was getting worried.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Damn these food threads. Steak & baked potato sound so good right now. And damn skippy I'd eat the tater skin.

 

[oddyager]

Absolutely. Cheese dipped with bacon.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Absolutely

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Damn these food threads. Steak & baked potato sound so good right now. And damn skippy I'd eat the tater skin.

it does sound good, but i made a brisket the other day and have enough for one...more...sammich...

 

[Capt Caveman]

Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

 

[KeithTalent]

Skin FTW!

KT

 

[darkswordsman17]

Doesn't matter how the potato is cooked, it is a fact that the skin will make the end result better (well as long as it was cooked properly). I'm a little baffled by the responses from people who eat it basically just because they were told to as a kid.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Doesn't matter how the potato is cooked, it is a fact that the skin will make the end result better (well as long as it was cooked properly). I'm a little baffled by the responses from people who eat it basically just because they were told to as a kid.

I eat broccoli because I was told to as a kid, and now I love it.

Much like potato skins.

 

[jjones]

Yes, and I also eat the skin with mashed potatoes.

 

[Trey22]

Nope. And I hate potato skins, no matter what they're stuffed with.

 

[meltdown75]

i eat the skin, because it has baked potato appeal

 

[d4mo]

Originally posted by: destined

Originally posted by: IGBT
..it's the best part. yes.

.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

yep, i usually eat garnishes too
if you put it on my plate and it is edible, im going to eventually poop it out

 

[Feldenak]

Only at home. I generally don't eat the baked potato skin at restaurants.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
yep, i usually eat garnishes too
if you put it on my plate and it is edible, im going to eventually poop it out

hehe im the same way

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

they build character


also

theres no such thing as non organic food

ALL FOOD IS ORGANIC

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

Pesticides are water soluble. Wash your food properly, and you'll get rid of any harmful added pesticides. However, the food you eat itself is chock full of natural pesticides. Plants naturally create pesticides to fight off prey, disease, etc. These natural are poisonous to humans, carcinogens, etc. They occur in organic foods and non-organic foods. And, you get 10000 times of that as you would ever get in pesticides from non-organic foods. You can't wash this natural pesticides out since they are ingrained throughout the food.

You have a point (pesticides are bad), but it is so misguided (unnatural pesticides are such a miniscule percentage of the total pesticides that you consume) that it isn't even worth considering.

Not that I can see much pesticide residue attaching to the potato that resides BELOW ground though...

Originally posted by: spidey07
So the question remains - does the skin really have goodies in it or just an old wive's tale?

Yes, the skin holds the goodies. Especially the fiber portion. Eating potatoes with the skin has been shown to make people the most satisfied (ie most hunger removed) with the least number of calories of any common food.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

they build character


also

theres no such thing as non organic food

ALL FOOD IS ORGANIC

I think he means certified organic.

KT

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

they build character


also

theres no such thing as non organic food

ALL FOOD IS ORGANIC

I think he means certified organic.

KT

i know what he means im just being an ass because i hate that term

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

they build character


also

theres no such thing as non organic food

ALL FOOD IS ORGANIC

I think he means certified organic.

KT

i know what he means im just being an ass because i hate that term

<-- organic, wheat and gluten free, carob-chip cookie for you

KT

 

[OdiN]

There is no option for "sometimes" so I'm not voting.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Unless you're eating organic potatoes aren't all the pesticides also hiding in the skin?

they build character


also

theres no such thing as non organic food

ALL FOOD IS ORGANIC

I think he means certified organic.

KT

i know what he means im just being an ass because i hate that term

<-- organic, wheat and gluten free, carob-chip cookie for you

KT

sorry i dont eat cardboard

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..it's the best part. yes.

 

[walrus]

It's the best part