Always. They’re tasty, and though I dress the insides, the skins are part of the potato, and edible. So I eat them.
Heck, sometimes a baked potato becomes a whole meal for me, including the skins.
Ditto!
We ate at a brewery last night that usually has very good food made well. My gf had meatloaf and mashed potatoes. I wanted the same but she got the last order.
I got a “loaded baked potato” which was a huge baked potato topped with lots of stuff. But it was a bad potato. My gf called it waxy. Not fluffy like a perfect baked potato.
I was sad, but I ate it skin and all.
Waxy potatoes are always disappointing.
I’ve experimented with various toppings. Lately I just add a little pepper, salted butter and sour cream. That’s enough calories along with my main protein on the plate.
I’ll eat them if the restaurant adds cheese or bacon bits. But they’re really not needed.
I’ll make a meal out of a loaded Wendys potato with their chili.
We’ve mentioned washing potatoes. Do restaurants have a machine? Or are they still dropping a dozen into a sink half full of warm water. Scrub with a vegetable brush.
I don’t mind washing six at home.
If I had to wash a 200 potatoes a day, on my shift. I’d look for a different job.
Yes! I’ll also second eating it with steak sauce.
I was told that myth by my father. I’m sure he believed it since there was no internet to fact check it. It stuck.
Some potato varieties are naturally “waxy” like reds and goldens. Russets are best for baking and mashing.
I was veery surprised at the poll because it has not been my experience. I love the skins but most people I know do not eat the skins and if I am cooking breakfast prefer that i peel the potato before making hashbrowns. I worked as a bus boy as a kid and nearly every plate I cleaned up had potato skins on it.
But did you eat them? I cooked in a restaurant in my youth. The busboys had carts for clearing tables. Often people woul leave their sides untouched (French fries) and as soon as the cart was out of view of the dining room, they’d eat handfuls of food.
Keep in mind that, first of all, Dopers might not be a typical cross-section of the population, and second, a poll like this will be inherently self-selecting: People who would answer “yes” are much more likely to respond than those who would answer “no”.
When I was younger, I was a scooper and left the skin behind. Sometime in my late 20s to early 30s I started eating the skins though, and these days I don’t scoop. I eat the whole thing.
Don’t ask me why I changed because I really don’t know.
Nope. Don’t eat banana peels either.
What about apple peels? When I make applesauce I peel the apples. I later share the peels with my gf, dogs, and bird. We all like apple peels and they’re a good source of fiber.
Exactly this.
But they must be red potatos, baked at a high temp so the skin is nice and crunchy. Yum!
Of course you should scrub them before baking!
I never did but my boss told us to pick the meat out and set it aside for customers that had requested we save meat scraps for the dogs. I am 100% sure that he was crumbing up the hamburger meat and putting it in the chili. The owner made his own chili himself and not once did I ever see him cooking up ground meat.
I answered “I eat the tater skin” because usually, I do. Over the long term, “Eat it” overwhelming beats “don’t eat it.” But sometimes, I’ll have that baked tater in front of me, and for some reason I’ll think, “No, I’m not doing the skin today.” I don’t even know why. Just a non-skin mood, I guess.
My kids and my wife never ate the skin so I would save them and cook them as hash browns the next morning. They all loved it.
While I guess Outback isn’t upscale they do make a fantastic baked potato. We asked the waitress about them. They are rubbed in butter and olive oil and sprinkled with coarse salt. The salt actually goes into the potato so you don’t need to add any. The skins are perfect.
It is better to eat the potato skins, than to mount the potato on the wall, like a hunting trophy. Cause that is gross.
I just replied to the KFC poll where I said that I don’t like chicken skin. But potato skin? Love it!