Baked potatoes are the unsung heroes of chilly days. When the climate is depressing, nothing beats the nice and cozy and hearty meal.
It doesn't matter what you prefer to fill them with, whether or not it is cheese, beans or tuna, the important thing for getting the very best bake is all within the preparation.
And apparently one of the crucial fashionable methods to do that is "nonsense", based on one potato aficionado on social media.
Former Spud-u-Like worker @imsalellis took to TikTok to clarify that chopping a cross on the prime of a baked potato does not at all times provide the finest outcomes, regardless of many people in all probability doing this each time.
Within the video, she defined: "I've determined that it is time to put an finish to the nonsense that's folks chopping their potato by placing a cross in it. I used to work in Spud-u-Like within the 90s, so I feel this makes me an skilled on chopping potatoes, proper?"
She stated there can be "none of that chopping it throughout and squeezing it cr**, not on this home."
As a substitute, she recommends taking a cooked baked potato, turning it on its aspect, and lower it absolutely alongside lengthwise.
She added: "Use a fork too as a result of it's going to be scorching.
"As soon as we have performed that, we'll open it out. Then I simply change to a standard butter knife, and smush up the center."
After you've got fully fluffed up the center of the recent potato with a knife and fork, it is time to get began on the filling by including a beneficiant dollop of butter.
The lady continued: "I do not wish to hear any negativity in regards to the quantity of butter that I've added on there, as a result of life's too quick. You do not want that in your life - put as a lot butter on as you need."
After fluffing it up some extra and ensuring the butter has melted, she additionally stated to place some further butter beneath the potato in order that the pores and skin - or the "finest bit" - tastes higher.
To spherical off the fillings, she recommends placing cheese on first after which beans, with an additional serving to of cheese on prime.
This, based on the girl, makes the "excellent" baked potato.
Individuals within the feedback praised this method, with many saying that they have been now craving the hearty meal.
One stated: "It is 11pm and now I need a jacket potato."
One other agreed, saying: "Thanks for uplifting me to have a jacket potato tonight!"
Some stated that they'd additionally beginning getting ready their potatoes this manner after visiting eateries prior to now.
One individual stated: "That is how ive at all times performed potatoes after watching a spud store do it like this - sod the criss cross technique!" together with a laughing emoji.
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