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.

We have jacket potatoes takeaways near me, also there is a guy called Spud Man who has gone viral on social media

Hi OP I was brought up in south England and we always called them baked potatoes but some people started calling them “potatoes in their jackets “ and that got shortened to jacket potatoes. You can sort of see why: pigs in blankets aren’t really pigs in blankets, are they!

I actually prefer jacket potatoes done in the microwave, think they taste better.

I call it a baked potato as I never peel potatoes when I boil them either so they are all cooked in their "jackets".

I don't understand what's wrong with having it as part of an actual meal however, why does the way it's cooked make any difference?

That song is now stuck in my head.

FFS no one tell @Disgustin about spotted dick….

As soon as I started reading this I knew you were Scottish. I had a Scottish boyfriend many moons ago who used to get annoyed about the same thing. He worked at a shop when he was in Scotland called, imaginatively, "the baked potato shop" and was quite precious about the naming convention.

Think it stuck though as I always call them baked potatoes

Oh great, now all I want is a Jacky P!

Well I've always called them jacket potatoes, and regard it as perfectly normal to have them as a side dish with my actual dinner.

Fuck me, are you bored?

Did you really start a thread this pathetic and not really give a shit?

Kin hell 🙄

Thanks to Victoria Wood, I can't see Spud-u-like without hearing "Spud-oo-li-kay" in my head 😂. Love a crispy-skinned baked tattie.

Yes cotton candy feels like an anticlimax 🤣

Love that! You definitely know what you're getting!!

Jeez above all places to post about blood tests - in a baked potato thread! Sorry. I have asked for it to be removed. Thanks.