# Best toppings for baked potatoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871 "2008-11-21T17:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/41 "2008-11-23T07:21:56Z")
This might do better in CS. ---
**Author:** ![khere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@khere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/khere)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/42 "2008-11-23T07:36:21Z")
The baked potatoes I like best (which are actually often labelled the ‘Aussie’ potatoes, so perhaps thats why nobody’s mentioned it yet) involve copious amounts of cheese, coleslaw, pineapple and beetroot. Mm. Bacon or ham is much welcomed too. The potato itself is an afterthought buried way below the pile. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/43 "2008-11-23T14:05:27Z")
I know this is a little late, but the following is, according to a chef friend of mine, “the only reason to buy potatoes”. bacon cream cheese sour cream/smetana one red onion parsley salt and black pepper Fry and dice the bacon, mix it in with the diced onion and chopped parsley. Add (hmm, this is a bit difficult because the original recipe calls for “a packet” of each and your packet sizes are probably different, but) about 200 g of cream cheese and 100 g of smetana/sour cream. Season with salt and pepper; you can also add a little white wine vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/44 "2008-11-23T19:27:27Z")
broccoli cheese soup - poured into the potato… yum! potato soup - same as above seasoning salt butter cheese ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/45 "2008-11-23T20:37:00Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > …slice some onions, sautee them in lots of butter until they are nearly carmelized, add lots of white american cheese, and make sort of a cheesy onion sauce. > > Fluff the potatoes with salt and _more butter_, and add the cheesy onion sauce. I was going to suggest the french-fried onions that come in a can, but this sounds wonderful. I’ll have to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/46 "2008-11-24T22:22:52Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871/47 "2008-11-24T22:50:51Z")
Another vote for ketchup (catsup?), but just by itself – I looked at my grandmother strangely when I first saw her do it 25 years ago, and she asked me what I generally put on french fries. Green chile’s awfully tasty on baked potatoes, but green chile’s awfully tasty on everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-toppings-for-baked-potatoes/473871.md?page=2)