Baked Potato Lazy / myLot

United States

January 21, 2025 7:22pm CST

I have to tell you, I love me a baked potato. Cook it up and slather it with butter and cheese and bacon bits, even some sour cream. Back in the day I did them proper. Dredge them in butter and garlic powder, maybe even a little Parmesan. Wrap them in foil and bake them and then pull them out of the oven and put on all the goodies. But it's been forever since I have done them that way. Anymore, all I do is put them in the microwave for about 5 minutes on each side and voila! It's a baked potato. But they still turn out delicious. How do you make your baked potatoes?

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (141868)

• Roseburg, Oregon

22 Jan

Most of the time I put mine in the microwave.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

Anymore, it's so quick and easy to do it that way, and saves a ton of energy too.

@DaddyEvil (141814)

• United States

22 Jan

I rarely eat a baked potato unless I'm baking it sliced with onions, carrots, and chicken and then pour Campbell's Cheddar Cheese soup over everything before I stick it in the oven.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

23 Jan

That sounds very good too.

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@DaddyEvil (141814)

• United States

25 Jan

@porwest It's one of our favorite meals.

Four Walls

@FourWalls (71505)

• United States

22 Jan

Definitely microwaved, because I don’t have a stove.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

I suppose that would present an issue. lol

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (16827)

• United States

22 Jan

Like you in the microwave. I can't remember the last time I actually baked one in the oven.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

It has been a while for me too. Technically, I COULD have done them in the oven this last round considering I was baking chicken thighs. Would have been easy peasy lemon squeezy.

NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (121404)

• United States

22 Jan

Usually microwave but oven tonight

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

Technically I could have done them in the oven last night considering I was already baking chicken thighs.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (14923)

• Hong Kong

22 Jan

I love baked potatoes. Like you, I put on butter, cheese and bacon bits, sometimes with broccoli.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

The nice thing about a potato is that you can pretty much put whatever you want on them. It's just good eats.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48573)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

22 Jan

I nuke my potatoes, too. But when I was a child, we used to throw a few into the trash fire (trash fires were allowed way back then). Had to brush off the ashes, but they tasted great.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (82566)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

23 Jan

Lately, I have only been eating frozen fries and tater tots. When I did make baked potatoes I liked them with sour cream other times with butter, When baking I don't put anything on them,

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

23 Jan

We eat all of those things. Fries, tater tots, baked potatoes, fried potatoes, mashed potatoes. We love our potatoes around here. lol

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Fleur

@Fleura (31012)

• United Kingdom

22 Jan

Generally, in the microwave like you. But if we have the oven on for some other reason we pop them in there after microwaving because then you get the nice crispy skin as well.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

23 Jan

I actually do have to say I PREFER a baked potato done in the oven. I technically could do this more often when I am baking something anyway. Like last night when I was baking the chicken thighs, it would have taken nothing to put the potatoes in when I did that.

Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (45509)

• Staten Island, New York

22 Jan

I’ve never baked a potato in the microwave. If I buy Idaho potatoes I usually either mash them or cut them and fry them. Sometimes I buy a bag of small potatoes (usually mix of red, white, and purple) cut them in half, season with olive oil, salt, and other spices, and bake for 30 min at 400 F in my Breville toaster oven. Turn out really good.

Angie

@andriaperry (118280)

• Anniston, Alabama

22 Jan

I microwave and bake...oh and grill them.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

22 Jan

I have not done them on the grill in ages, but yes. That is ALWAYS good. Maybe this summer once I get te grilled fired back up. Thanks for the reminder.

Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (88984)

• Bangalore, India

22 Jan

I bake them in microwave and then add other ingredients to add the flavour.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (96237)

• United States

23 Jan

Most of the time that is how I do a baked potato anymore as well. In the microwave.

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Christina Kathy Terrylynn Armstrong

@VoiceofTruth7 (1202)

• United States

22 Jan

I do my potatoes on the stove top I wrap them infoil boil them and once they are soft I open them up and add salt pepper and cheese some times I use Philadelphia cream cheese with onionandchives or bacon ranch dressing on them.