How long do you cook jacket potatoes or? On another thread people put all different timings.

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I know it's a thread about a thread, but it is only about jacket potatoes, surely that won't cause a bunfight

There are some funny timings (imo) on the jackets potatoes thread - saying they can cook a jacket spud in 10 mins in the microwave. Surely that's not long enough? It would be rock hard wouldn't it?

I start mine off in the microwave sometimes, and then finish off in the oven, but always think jacket spuds cooked in the microwave alone never cook enough, and are all grainy.

I shove them in the oven wrapped in foil for about an hour, than take the foil off to crisp up for another half an hour.

There's this persistent myth that it only takes an hour to oven a JP, I'm glad to see this thread of good sense.

6-8 minutes in the microwave to soften them,then 25-30 in the microwave. I refuse to wait 90 minutes for a bloody potato.

Arghh! Jacket pots been in the oven for 90 mins and still hard. They need to be on the table in 7 minutes...will microwaving them now totally ruin them?