to buy frozen jacket potatoes every week

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It is one of those foods i would never have dreamed of buying, after all you can stick a normal potato in the microwave to cook for the same amount of time a microwave one takes to cook. Then i read somewhere (i think it may have been an AIBU thread) saying they were quite good and then saw them on offer and bought. Have bought them every week since. They are so much nicer than a microwave potato you do yourself from scratch, and ok i could crisp the skin on a potato but unless i have something else in oven i am having to light oven specifically.

These microwave jackets i'm finding great for when i get home form work and am starving. But somehow just can't get past the fact its a frozen jacket potato which seems wrong somehow

I have to buy potatoes myself so I can examine them. Any sign of one of those gross black 'tumours' and I lose my appetite. Frozen/pre-prepared spuds often have them. That's my only contribution..

Hmm, I've always been a bit about buying these. Seems lazy and thought they couldn't taste as nice as fresh. Am slightly tempted to give them a go after reading this thread though!

Seems lazy

So does using a washing machine rather than a mangle. And a job rather than a fire. Dam you labour saving devices!

To be fair, when I first saw them advertised I though 'pah, totally not needed' but I've had a couple and find them very convenient for a quick and easy dinner when there's no fresh food in the house.

tempted to cook jacket potatoes and freeze, as i often make lots, I never know who is going to be home to eat - dam teens,

how do i defrost? and cook?

There is a limit though.

I wouldn't pay the extra for the potatoes but people say they are nice, but things like prechopped onion or carrots, or pregrated cheese, taste vile. I think they treat them with something. I seem to remember reading it had formaldehyde in it (but willing to accept I am wrong)

It's not lazy, because it's no less work than fresh potatoes (barring a quick scrub). You're saving time rather than effort.

I like them, I don't eat them loads but they're useful if I'm eating by myself and want a quick tea, also DH doesn't like j

Oh ffs, stupid fat fingers! DH doesn't really like jackets so it's a good way for me to eat them without too much effort/oven logistics/whining from DH!

Ok I'll apologise then
I was assuming they must be coated in something to make them yummy

How do you freeze and defrost home cooked ones?

In the microwave ?

Rhonda - really? Grated cheese has potato starch in it to stop it sticking together, but I think frozen veg is just frozen

I have noticed that pre grated cheese has a slightly different texture. I personally don't like it, so I don't buy it.
Frozen veg are often better than fresh veg, seeing as they're frozen within hours after being picked.
For time saving , the packs of pre cut stir fry veg. are great. With some diced chicken breast and some noodles you can have a healthy meal within 15 minutes.

I wondered about grated cheese-it does seem sort of dry....

I love the idea of pre chopped onions, but I find that once you open the bag, you can smell them even if they are frozen.

Ooh I'll give them a try. I made a (wrong) assumption they'd be no good. But I do occasionally buy pre prepped veggies.

Fled I don't mean the frozen stuff, I mean the prepacked fresh chopped veg. There's something done to preserve it. The prechopped carrots are particularly vile - and the potato starch explains the horrible consistency of the grated cheese.

Just popped back to report that the farmfoods frozen potatoes are great.

As I thought they are smaller than the ones I get when eating out but that's okay as I cant manage a huge one (oo err missus )

They are also more waxy than fluffy which is also fine with me but I see a PP would have a problem with that. I ate every bit as I didnt crisp the skin up so it was just slightly thicker than a boiled spud..There were no marks on the random potato I used .

Not bad for 32.5p .

I do potatoes in the slow cooker wrapped in foil they taste like oven ones.

I just bought a bag of about 15 really nice large spuds for 1.49, so 10p each.

Surely baking them in one go and freezing would be better?

Ps they add salt and oil to the frozen ones which probably adds to the crispness.

I think this thread has unwittingly got me into a competition to prove that fresh is best

Salt and oil taste nice though.

You can add salt and oil to home baked ones at a cost of 0.005p (estimated).

I quite often have one for my lunch. They taste much better than microwaved ones. I'm not going to arse around baking a load in one go and then freezing them just to save 30p a day.