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Jacket potato toppings - what’s your favourite?

108 replies

ExitChasedByAnImposter · 10/03/2021 16:27

I personally like jacket with sour cream and chives. I also love oven baked jacket potato with lots of cheese, usually accompanied with a chicken salad or tuna salad or a Mexican bean salad loaded on top as a topping. And recently, I tried it with butter chicken which was fab... and now I’m hungry again Grin

What’s your favourite topping?

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ExitChasedByAnImposter · 11/03/2021 13:29

Ooh marmite, that’s an interesting one! I’ve never actually had it before because I was scared I wouldn’t like it Xmas Blush

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sqirrelfriends · 11/03/2021 13:30

Cheese and beans, there is nothing else.

redcandlelight · 11/03/2021 13:35

cheese and beans
or
chilli non carne
or
sour cream and (raw) red onion

Onetraumaatatimeplease · 11/03/2021 13:35

Butter, then cheese, then prawns in Marie rose. Absolutely fantastic, especially if you melt the cheese a bit. Mmmm greasy, loaded with carbs, always a mistake with hindsight, but while I'm eating that the sky could collapse....

BadEyeBri · 11/03/2021 13:36

Cheese and coleslaw

PurpleDaisies · 11/03/2021 13:38

Either cheese and coleslaw or cheese and beans depending on what mood I’m in. Honourable mention for chilli and cheese.

MindGrapes · 11/03/2021 13:42

Roast vegetables (including cherry tomatoes), cheese, and tuna mayo.

I want to try the smoked mackerel creation above, that sounds a goodun!

happymummy12345 · 11/03/2021 14:20

For me it has to be butter cheese and beans. That's all I have

Dinky2004 · 11/03/2021 14:26

Tuna mayo with diced cucumber mixed in plus lashings of butter Grin

ineedaholidayandwine · 11/03/2021 14:28

Chilli, Bolognese, tinned spaghetti (hate beans) or a ton of cheese and butter :-D

Winecheesesleep · 11/03/2021 20:06

@ExitChasedByAnImposter I read this and immediately had to try it

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marmite-fleabag-lizzo-caitlin-morans-highlights-of-2019-cqd8zjgjn

I've never looked back!

ExitChasedByAnImposter · 12/03/2021 05:23

@Winecheesesleep It’s behind a paywall I think. Care to give a quick summary instead?

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Winecheesesleep · 12/03/2021 10:38

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this (I'm not much of a rule breaker Grin) but here's the part about marmite JPs (by Caitlin Moran):

This year’s Glastonbury Festival was, as always, amazing: the biggest arts event in the world, bathed in sunshine, one-use-plastic free, able to donate millions to its chosen charities and topped by Stormzy, in a Banksy stab-vest, delivering one of the most thoughtful, ambitious and exhilarating sets any festival has seen. The talking points were multiple, the excitement constant, the scale mind-blowing.

However, on the first day, as we queued for cider, my friend Sali casually mentioned that she always puts a blob of Marmite into her cheesy baked potatoes – “It just makes it a thousand times more savoury” – and a wholly unexpected arrow of desire punctured my heart. God, I wanted to try that potato. I wanted to try that potato with the same urgency with which, at the age of 15, I wanted to be kissed. More so – for your first kiss can go terribly wrong, for a variety of mortifying technical reasons, while a good cheesy baked potato can almost certainly be conjured up by, say, a reasonably intelligent dog. A dog that could then easily pop a spoonful of Marmite in too. This was, surely, a disappointment-proof infatuation. I knew it would be amazing.

And so – “stuck” in the middle of the most exciting festival in the world – the thought of this god of potatoes tortured me. All through Hot Chip, the Chemical Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Lizzo – it didn’t matter how big the bangers were or how outré the spectacle, there would always come a point where I would be crowd-surfing on the outstretched hands of thousands only suddenly to think, “Imagine if I were doing all this – but also with a mouthful of cheese and Marmite potato?” It was like a combination of unrequited love and the longing of a former junkie. The point where emotional hunger and actual hunger meet. In a way, the Ghost Of Delicious Potato Future ruined the whole weekend.

As soon as I got home – before I even said hello to the kids – I ran into the kitchen to crank up the oven to 220C and oiled up a potato the size of my own head. The Marmite jar sat on the sideboard, waiting.

Well, it’s now six months and roughly 50 Marmite and cheese baked potatoes later, and I can confirm to you that the potency of the idea is matched equally by the potency of the tuber-and-yeast reality. This is a meal you can believe in. At roughly 10p per portion, it’s £4.40 cheaper than avocado on toast and £440 nicer. I commend its deliciousness to you.

ExitChasedByAnImposter · 12/03/2021 12:04

@Winecheesesleep Rebel with a cause Grin I know the previous ideas sounded fab, but now I’m very curious about marmite. I’ll be having chili con carne with jacket potatoes soon and would probably demolish coleslaw on its own. I just need to summon up the courage to buy marmite Xmas Smile

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Morporkia · 12/03/2021 12:16

Chilli con carne, dollop of guacamole and a dollop of sour cream... mmmmm 🤤

SionnachRua · 12/03/2021 12:18

Cheese and beans or chilli for me. But I'm intrigued by the butter chicken suggestion! I bet that tastes amazing.

DragonPoop · 12/03/2021 12:25

Mushrooms cooked down, with cheese and coleslaw. Slice or two of corned beef on the side

MirandaMarple · 12/03/2021 13:32

@ineedaholidayandwine

Chilli, Bolognese, tinned spaghetti (hate beans) or a ton of cheese and butter :-D
Tinned spaghetti, yes!
BikeRunSki · 13/03/2021 07:31

I had hummus on a jacket spud yesterday, which was surprisingly nice.

HeronLanyon · 13/03/2021 08:45

Oh bikerun that’s a strange one to me. Love both but reason that I thought ‘mush on mush (unfair when I love melting butter or red currant jelly) and ‘beige on beige’. I’d definitely need to have a pretty strong garlicky hummus and maybe some smoked paprika in it so there was strong flavour.
May try this ?!

ExitChasedByAnImposter · 13/03/2021 10:35

@HeronLanyon Don’t knock it until you try it 😋 I’d suggest not just hummus, but trying with falafel just for that extra bit of texture. A little bit of diced red onions (cooked or uncooked), finely diced cucumber and tomatoes and some lemon dressing because I just love that citrus flavour.

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notapizzaeater · 13/03/2021 10:43

Son - cheese and beans only and possibly coleslaw on side.

Me - tuna Mayo, egg Mayo or Prawn Mayo (see a theme ?)

BikeRunSki · 13/03/2021 13:03

@HeronLanyon, I wasn’t something I’d thought about until I opened the fridge to get the cheese, and realised that I really needed to use up the hummus. It was a bit mushy, and I also added some chilli sauce. It wasn’t a bad way of using up leftovers, I might have it again next time we have a bit of a tub of hummus left.

MrsTophamHat · 13/03/2021 13:39

Cheese and beans.

ExitChasedByAnImposter · 13/03/2021 13:49

@BikeRunSki I’ve had baked potatoes with hummus, I’d definitely recommend falafel and salad shirazi with some lemon dressing.

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