# Prick potatoes before microwaving

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983 "2023-11-11T13:59:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/101 "2023-11-16T00:08:03Z")

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> [@Common\_Tater](#):
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> Some recipes suggest a small amount of freeze-dried coffee.

That would be “Red-eye” gravy.

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/102 "2023-12-02T18:21:35Z")

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**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/103 "2023-11-16T17:36:14Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> What are your thoughts about pasta sauce being called “gravy” in certain quarters? 😉

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X-eHk4RiIso/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sopranos - Paulie's Trip to Italy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eHk4RiIso&t=13)

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/104 "2023-11-17T03:34:35Z")

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Next up for you to try is chocolate gravy over biscuits.

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You mean chocolate sauce? Like you’d put on an ice cream sundae? Or is there some gravy-like thing that’s called “chocolate”?

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/106 "2023-11-17T03:37:02Z")

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It’s a flour based chocolate sauce.

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983/107 "2023-11-17T04:39:37Z")

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I prick potatoes before baking or microwave.

I often make twice baked potatoes. It’s simple and delicious 😋. Scoop out the center, mash with onion, crumbled bacon, milk, sour cream, butter and cheese. Put back in the tater shell and bake 10 to 15 minutes.

I’ll usually fix 6 twice baked taters. Make one batch of the filling and then fill the shells.

They reheat really well for the next couple days stored in the fridge.

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