# What do you eat on your baked potato?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 20, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267 "2005-04-20T17:35:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/1 "2005-04-20T17:35:32Z")
I spent yesterday at a cookout with my family so naturally I woke up with a hangover. In order to cure said hangover, I needed something very fattening like chili-cheese fries with sour cream or a bacon cheeseburger. However, lack of these deliciously heart-clogging delicacies led me to eat a baked potato.
Yum…a baked potato with sour cream, butter and scallions did the trick nicely. As I savored every tasty morsel, I began to think of all the toppings I like on a baked potato. Hmmm, A-1 and sour cream, salmon and creamed spinach, my grandma’s dried beef gravy, sauteed mushrooms and onions, bacon, broccoli, cheese, ets., etc…
So, what do you like on a baked potato? Carrots, chicken salad, jello or maybe even spam…anything goes.
(Looking at my above list, it is no wonder that none of my shorts fit.)
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### Author:  [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/2 "2005-04-20T17:43:39Z")
I like to scoop out the insides, to eat as mashed potatoes, with butter and salt. Then, I drizzle the skins with olive oil, salt and paprika, and put back in the oven to crisp up. Oh man, baked potato skins. I think I need some right now…
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### Author:  [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/3 "2005-04-20T17:47:42Z")
Oh man, I totally forgot about baked potato SKINS. I am just going to have to accept being fat and buy some new pants. MMMM, potato skins.
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### Author:  [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/4 "2005-04-20T17:50:51Z")
The missus just made some twice-baked the other night for the first time ( as I went out my way to make certain we got bacon ) and yowza, were they good.
Generally, salt and pepper with gobs of butter and sour cream do it for me - other things you mentioned would be fine but we have it around.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/5 "2005-04-20T17:51:52Z")
Baked potatoes are basically delivery-systems for toppings. I like, in no particular order or combination: salt, pepper, butter, sour cream, cheese sauce, bacon bits, salsa, broccoli, BBQ sauce, chili, onions, scallions, and mushrooms.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/6 "2005-04-20T17:55:12Z")
Potaoes are very healthy things to eat, and not that fattening. It’s all the junk we put on them that is bad for us!
\*\*Sattua \*\* has the right idea for potato skins. Those sound delicious and healthy to boot! 😃
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/7 "2005-04-20T23:29:48Z")
Lawry’s seasoned salt, butter, sour cream, and grated cheese (prefer a mix of mozarella and cheddar).
mmmm…potatoes…
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/8 "2005-04-20T23:56:03Z")
A touch of Green Goddess salad dressing…and I adore potato skins. I also like fries, chips and baked sweet potatoes.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/9 "2005-04-21T00:13:46Z")
When it comes to food I’m a simple man. So on my BP I like cheese and butter. Nothing else.
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/10 "2005-04-21T00:22:57Z")
More butter than potato for me, thanks.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/11 "2005-04-21T00:26:27Z")
Butter, sour cream, chives, bacon, cheese, salsa, mushrooms…mmmm… so much stuff is good on baked potatoes. OOOOH! Gravy! ::Drool::
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/12 "2005-04-21T01:07:25Z")
This might sound weird but I had it at a restaurant and it was fantastic…
Italian sausage, green pepper, onion, and tomato sauce piled on top of a well buttered baked potato - it was heaven!
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/13 "2005-04-21T01:07:56Z")
You can’t beat butter. Scoop out the potato, then put butter inside the skins and eat. Heaven!\*
Sour cream isn’t bad, and I’ve had them with cheddar cheese and broccoli on occasion, but you can’t beat the classic.
\*Provided, of course, it’s a _baked_ potato. Those things in aluminum foil are _steamed_ potatoes and are a dismal substitute for the real thing – cooked naked on an over rack for about an hour at 375 so the skins are nice and crunchy.
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### Author:  [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/14 "2005-04-21T01:10:19Z")
Sometimes lots of butter, sometimes bar b que sauce.
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### Author:  [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/15 "2005-04-21T01:11:50Z")
I’m a purist: butter and salt - and sour cream for special occasions.
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/16 "2005-04-21T01:28:27Z")
Butter, then tinned baked beans with sausages, then lots of grated cheddar cheese, then a little Branston pickle. Works for me.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/17 "2005-04-21T01:31:20Z")
Butter, sour cream, and lemon pepper seasoning.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/18 "2005-04-21T01:33:33Z")
Butter, pepper, and, if necessary, salt. 🙂
I seem to remember also having “cheesy baked potatoes” when I was a kid, where the potato centre was extracted, mixed with some kind of chees-like substace (possibly Cheez Whiz), and replaced. Haven’t thought of it for years.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/19 "2005-04-21T01:35:43Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Potaoes are very healthy things to eat, and not that fattening. It’s all the junk we put on them that is bad for us!
Except for those of us on low-carb diets. I can eat gobs of all the stuff you guys put on your potato . . . **except the potato.**
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### Author:  [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-on-your-baked-potato/300267/20 "2005-04-21T01:57:14Z")
Lots of sour cream. Margarine is ok, but I can live without it.
Chives are a nice bonus.
Salt, only if necessary.
No pepper.
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