To not realise that McCains baked potatoes are nothing special.

This is the ingredient info for them….

Ingredients
British Potato (99%), Olive Oil (1%)

Yes, that was my confusion, sorry! I have never had one but assumed they were pre baked, then read the OP and thought she was saying that they were just a raw potato covered in oil! I now know that they are indeed pre baked 😊

This thread has inspired me to have one. Took 5 mins 30 seconds.

Maybe there's some confusion people think they are frozen raw ? Not sure but they are super for a nice lunch at work with a bit of salad and some cheese melted on when your lunch break is only 30 minutes

How are you baking them for so long? 45 mins in an oven at 200 and done, or 10 mins microwave and 20 mins in an air fryer/oven. Very crispy.

They are prebaked? They are prebaked and then frozen so you get a microwaved potato that's more like an oven baked one

They are better than the equivalent uncooked potato microwaved. They are good for lunches to have in the freezer for a quick, healthy meal. Or if you get home late from work. Cooking an actual decent baked potato takes ages

Well that’s the issue, unless I buy a single potato of the right size which would be tricky as we tend to do online shopping, I am stuck with either another 3 or the remainder of the bag.
DH doesn’t really eat potatoes as he’s on a low carb diet so they won’t be used for other potato meals. I also don’t have them often as they are so carbarific but do occasionally fancy one. Maybe I could try cooking a batch and freezing them, but it sounds a bit of a hassle.

Perfect lunch if you have an oven and a microwave and more than 30 mins to make and eat lunch.

For those who don’t the ‘processed potato covered in chemicals’ (it’s a potato with olive oil on) is a good quick alternative.

Best just do your own. 👍

Honestly. Do people think ingredient lists lie?

They’re not processed

You’re missing the point. If I wanted to spend 40 minutes cooking I certainly wouldn’t choose to cook a jacket spud. You can get a decent meal almost cooked in that time.

McCains jacket is purely for the ‘I can’t be bothered to cook tonight meal’. Shove it in the microwave 4.5 mins and mix up a tuna crunch topping whilst the spuds doing its thing. Dinner on plate for kids in 5 mins tops.

What’s a ‘processed potato’? 😁
Im pretty sure they’re just potatoes.

Those will be processed potatoes and covered in chemicals o expect so just get some big spuds, microwave 10 mins, spray oils, salt, bake for 20-30 mins .. perfect

They do a bacon and cheese I think as well but I'm vegetarian so get the cheese ones and they are nice and 🧀y i get mine from home bargains freezer I'm sure you will like them

That's ok thanks, I'd probably do them in the air fryer anyway. Just wanted to know if they were worth trying.

Why would you have to buy 4 bags of potatoes? Most supermarkets sell loose potatoes or bags of 4 baking size ones. You can always use the ones you don't bake for any other potato meal.

They are delicious but I'm not sure microwaved I always bake them I will check the box if you like

I can't get the Bannisters ones where I am but I could get their potato skins. Are they any good?

I was coming to say this. Bannisters are delicious. I keep a bag in freezer as I’m only one who eats baked potatoes and they are a convenient quick lunch in microwave sometimes.

Never bought them until about a month ago, the M&S ones as that’s where I was. Until then I was in the how ludicrous camp, but actually now I am a convert and I suspect in the long run for me they are cheaper than buying four bags of potatoes just to find one of correct baking size and then the rest go mouldy as I only want a baked potato every now and again. I microwave it and then finish off in air fryer for a few minutes to crisp it.

We all save time in different ways. I might microwave a potato but paint my own kitchen. You might hire a decorator but walk to work. I might drive to work and not have a cleaner. You might have a cleaner and grow your own tomatoes. I might open a tin but make my own crumble topping.

I don't think it's that hard to see that people will make different choices as to how they allocate their time and money. There are payoffs and we balance them. There's no need to be describing this as laziness.

Yeah I like the juicyness of the way I do them. But yeah, any jacket potato is acceptable when the craving hits. Except one that's just a raw potato cooked and eaten straight from the mic. That is a shrivelled monstrosity with pale soggy skin!

Oh anything to have a pop!
I bet they are mainlining cheap processed crap and meal deals day in day out

*Waits for the knit my own yoghurt brigade Thats me

I'm not sure anyone here on the West Coast of Ireland would admit to buying frozen potatoes. But they are for sale so someone is buying them. Not us, obviously😁