Baked potatoes

[Disgustin]

Ok, I have to ask—what’s with the English calling a baked potato a “jacket potato”? It’s baked, not wearing an actual jacket. We don’t call a roasted chicken a “crispy skin bird,” so why do they need a separate name for a perfectly baked tattie?

And another thing… why are you having it as a side dish with your actual dinner? I’ve seen English pals having a jacket potato alongside a steak or (God forbid) lasagne. LASAGNE! It’s not a portion of chips we’re talking about here—it’s a whole potato.

In Scotland, it’s simple—you bake a tattie, throw on some butter and a mountain of cheese, or go all out with beans or tuna mayo. Done. It’s lunch. It’s hearty, it’s filling, it doesn’t need to “go” with anything else because it is the main event.

Is this an English thing I’ve missed? Or just me? What are your thoughts?

PS: Let’s not even get started on folk who microwave them… criminal.

The skin is the "jacket" surely?

Why do you call a potato a tattie?*

I am sure you can work this one out. No it's not a literal jacket, well done.

*Do not answer this question.

It's a potato in its jacket though.

And whilst I wouldn't eat lasagne with chips or a jacket potato, what's actually the difference really? One is a potato, chopped up and cooked. The other is a cooked potato , the only difference is it hasn't been cut up.

I usually have the potato as the "main event" too. Maybe with salad, or quiche.

Microwaving them should be a crime.

It’s a jacket potato because you cook it in it’s skin. Do you object to pigs in blankets being called that because they are wrapped in bacon instead of little woolly covers? 😂 Is it any weirder than giving potatoes a diminutive of “tatties” 😂

Why is having a jacket potato with butter or sour cream with steak strange? How is a potato and butter or cream any different from chips (potato and oil) or mash (potato and butter)?

100% with you on the lasagne though! 😂

People... microwave them?

Boak.

If you chopped the potato up, surely it’s the same amount of potato as in a portion of fries or a roast potato portion? Jacket potato is a common accompaniment for a steak in the US and the Netherlands (probably a lot of other places too!).

If you think jacket potato is a weird phrase, you don’t want to know what my foreign mother calls candy floss!!

We call it oven potato.

I find any side with lasagne slightly weird. But if chips is considered normal then why not a baked

I’m with you, have a horror of “jacket” potato and “pigs in blankets” too for that matter.

I do have an issue with pigs in blankets. They are kilted sausage

Ha! Let’s discuss the contents of this article first, shall we? 😂

https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/8-of-the-most-bizarrely-named-scottish-foods/

Jacket potato with heinz salad cream though 😋

There's huge regional differences that we should celebrate not be snidey about.

It's not that long since I learned that in some places a sandwich has to be made from sliced bread in order for it to be a sandwich, however in Yorkshire its a sandwich even if it's made with a bread cake.

But elsewhere, people would call that a roll, which must get awfully confusing if you were asking for a sausage roll and expecting the sausage to be encased in bread not pastry.

Mmm crispy skin bird sounds good though

Ah yes, last time I was in Scotland, I was offered a leftover fancy piece for the journey, which if anything, I would know that as a derogatory description of a married man's mistress - classic example would be Lilo Lil in Bread.

Apparently it's a small cake....

My mum always called them 'baked potatoes in their jackets'. Belt and braces.

That is mostly food north of Edinburgh but at least they still call baked potatoes the right thing.

I've got some bad news for you about toad in the hole...

I'm scottish and have a baked potato as a side dish at some meals e.g. bbq ribs with a baked potato and corn on the cob. And I would have it alongside steak too if I didn't want chips

Why do you care?

Ah, not proper Scotland then. Just the wilds to the north.

A roll is a roll not a bread cake or a bam or any other nonsense. I will of course accept bread roll. That should not be celebrated

Dread to think what you think of Toad in the Home.

What's wrong with eating one with steak?

I'm baffled, all the hatred here for a baked potato and a microwave. How the heck do you pre-cook yours outwith a microwave? Stab the buggers, 6 minutes in the tucker fucker and then 40 mins in the air fryer for crispy yet fluffy perfection.

@StMarie4me no idea. Think it's because it's been a really slow day 😭