pegman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Villa Market had nice Baker Potatoes awhile back. None now and I do not recall seeing them elsewhere. Any suggestions for making a good baked potato? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black fox Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 im not trying to be funny but i just stick mine in the microwave and they taste fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeya Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Microwave cooks them great, bung em in the oven to crisp them up after if that floats your boat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I believe the OP was referring to the type of potato. Not all potato types make good baking potatoes. Villa was selling imported russet potatoes which are known for their baking qualities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Marko has nice ones ,put in microwave for 5 mins each then put olive oil on then rock salt and wrap in foil bake in oven until almost ready then take out of foil and bake for 15 20 mins more ,heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I believe the OP was referring to the type of potato. Not all potato types make good baking potatoes. Villa was selling imported russet potatoes which are known for their baking qualities. Yes ThaiBob, I think they were Russet. These bake in the oven very well. I cannot recall seeing them at any other grocer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugocnx Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Depends from what country you are with related preferences. Western Europe style is not that much work and gives you very delicious baked potatoes. Be sure to buy the ones with the little black dots on the skin. Non sweet potatoes though they don't have as much starch as European potatoes. Cook them for about 20 minutes, starting with cold water. Add salt to taste when water boils. Drain them and dry them in the same pot on a low fire. Leave in cooling overnight. Next day chop them up and fry in oil or butter or best both. That is crispy and delicious. Why that factory stuff . Edited December 10, 2014 by hugocnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The Russets that Villa had were very nice baked (and quite cheap for that shop). It's a shame they dont seem to have them any more. But I find that the regular Chinese ones sold at Makro do well enough in my combo oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I cook them in an oven for an hour at 375-400 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKSnowBird Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I just cook them in a rice cooker! Foodland has good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 So I take it no one has seen any Russets being sold in the area, thanks anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardog Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 So I take it no one has seen any Russets being sold in the area, thanks anyhow. Last week villa had some russets. I picked up 6 Taters. They reorder after a while when they run out. Since they mainly only sell to Americans up here they run out from time to time & wait to make a reorder from the supplier that gets them from the states. At least it is not like Big C where you wait up to 3 months before they figure out the slot in the store that is empty for several months means it is time to re-order. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 So I take it no one has seen any Russets being sold in the area, thanks anyhow. Last week villa had some russets. I picked up 6 Taters. They reorder after a while when they run out. Since they mainly only sell to Americans up here they run out from time to time & wait to make a reorder from the supplier that gets them from the states. At least it is not like Big C where you wait up to 3 months before they figure out the slot in the store that is empty for several months means it is time to re-order. Same in Tesco ,do not know who does the ordering ,but they wait untill things are sold out before reordering then another couple of months before it arrives , Tesco ,utterly useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Well my BBQ is on Sunday so I gave Villa one more try. What do you know a whole bin of Russerts (packaged as Kusserts). Happy Days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Well my BBQ is on Sunday so I gave Villa one more try. What do you know a whole bin of Russerts (packaged as Kusserts). Happy Days!!!Indeed, Happy Days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkey Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So I take it no one has seen any Russets being sold in the area, thanks anyhow. Last week villa had some russets. I picked up 6 Taters. They reorder after a while when they run out. Since they mainly only sell to Americans up here they run out from time to time & wait to make a reorder from the supplier that gets them from the states. At least it is not like Big C where you wait up to 3 months before they figure out the slot in the store that is empty for several months means it is time to re-order. Love the big C comment Lotus same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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