To think that 1 jacket potato is the normal amount to have??

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I've been seeing lots of jacket potato photos for some reason in my FB feed. And LOADS of people are having 2 potatoes??? There are normal size jacket potatoes.

Have I been missing a trick?

Why all the Brian Harvey references?

And how big are the potatoes where people are eating 2 or 3? They must be very small.

@RampantIvy

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@Shitandhills yep. 4 minutes.

DH and I normally share a small one, plus there are leftovers for the rest of the week

@junglejane66

DH and I normally share a small one, plus there are leftovers for the rest of the week

And so there should be, no wonder there’s an obesity crisis in this country.

I’d have two if they were really small but otherwise one.

I eat several at a time-not all devised specifically as jacket though.

2 small for lunch + cheese or egg or cold meat etc
1 big for dinner. Not on the same day.

They’d have to be really tiny for me to have two and I don’t recall that situation ever occurring.

Depends on how hungry you are 😂

One baked potato with filling and side salad for all of us except dh who has a physical job and has two.

One each is plenty with salad on side and decent toppings(s).

I personally would only have one decent size potato with filling and perhaps a big side salad.
Two seems a lot of carbs.

I can't imagine ever eating more than one jacket potato - they are very filling imo

Suppose it’s all down to how much weight you want to put on

We need to know the weights!

I’d call about 200g a good sized one, since I’ve just weighed one to see what our usual JPs would be. Last night we had them with just cauliflower cheese.
Anything much smaller, then unless the rest of the meal was very filling, I’d do 3 - one and a half each for me and dh.

I always buy them loose, easier to get the size you want.

I make 3 between me and my partner and one gets split in half between us - so one and a half. Perfect amount

@RampantIvy

Why all the Brian Harvey references?

And how big are the potatoes where people are eating 2 or 3? They must be very small.

Brian Harvey ate too many baked potatoes and ran himself over while vomiting out of his moving vehicle.

I'd only have one but my teenage son always has two!

I often buy mine from M&S. Can't remember the price but 2 large ones in pack, precooked and with herby butter and cheese topping. Heat n eat. Just make or buy the salad. I like drained tuna as an alternative filling.

1 of course but I usually have quiche and salad with it

I eat 2. With mountains of cheese and beans... but then I'm a fat cow (I'm actually a size 6, I just have an extroaordinarily big appetite)

All depends on the size of the potato. I would only have one but I would only buy a massive one if i was having it as a jacket potato. No point messing about with anything smaller 😉

I only have 1 but have it with other stuff like chicken and salad if its a dinner

One jacket potato! That's being short changed. Always 2.