My teenager is 'making' jacket potatoes

[SouthWestmom]

So far he has not believed me that we use a brush to clean them and not a cloth (as per his recipe). Now I have to check how clean they are and whether they have been brushed enough. Next his recipe calls for a 'cloth' to dry them. I am 'ridiculous' for suggesting kitchen towel and not having a dedicated potato drying cloth.

So far the potatoes have not got anywhere near the oven....

Late tea then for you!

Does he have the first clue about how long they take to cook?!

Good luck!!

Good on him for giving it a go thoug

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Microwave first surely then finish them off in the oven

Reminds me of a friends brother who decided to make mash - and tried to mash the potatoes raw. He was her big brother and we were 17 at the time.

I have never heard of anyone brushing a potato???

I have a scrubby brush in the shape of a potato.

I really want a jacket potato now!

We also have a brush to scrub potatoes (and other veg). It takes hours in the oven. Is he starting them off in the microwave?

I thought everyone scrubbed potatoes with a brush!

I understand brushing them to get rid of dirt but drying them?
Why do they need to be dry

Ah, loving the encouragement for the teen. We are now cross because sunflower oil is not the same as olive oil (as per his recipe) and he is not convinced that it will work .

Just seen a bowl of salt he is using to cover them in (recipe says 'rub' apparently). I may need to intervene ...

Better to leave them damp so that the salt will stick.

I do the Jamie Oliver - in a bowl with drop of oil and some sea salt in the microwave. I then finish off int the overs for extra crispness!

Will the oil not help the salt stick?

Good on him I say. Everyone’s a beginner at the start.

Yes I think that's the oil theory. No to the microwave so god knows when we are eating he is making me feel like a slattern with my frozen box of jacket potatoes.

I'd let him get on with it. Only way he'll learn. If you intervene he'll never know if his way would work or not.

I really fancy a jacket potato now too.

at the thought of someone actually sitting down to write a “recipe” for them though!

Your dinner is at 8ish then? You'll be starving by then

Love an oven baked spud with cheese and coleslaw

Bit like the 'how to boil an egg' book? Was that Delia?

He mastered cheesy scrambled eggs last week.

It's jus he is quite a Puritan about recipes...

Mmmmm. Cheese and beans. With pickle. 😋