CHIPS vs FRIES

I've never liked the 'jacket potato' - which is what a topped potato entree is called here. There are lots of microwaved and weirdly steamed potatoes out there waiting to annoy and I never fail to be grossed out by the VERY IDEA of tuna salad and sweetcorn on top of one of these horrible things. I am fond of telling British friends that the jacket potato is not a meal, it's an accompaniment for steak.

Oh it's totally weird at first and I was pretty much aghast at the idea of tuna/sweetcorn* thing as a topping until I tried it. They are definitely meals if you don't eat steak.

*Also the idea of this was so weird to me in general. I mean tuna salad with corn in it - waht?! I got over it eventually.

Tuna from a can is the only food 100 percent liable to make me vom, so to add corn and have it actually look like stunt puke...

But I digress.

suzy, even Italian tuna in olive oil?

http://static.flickr.com/63/165791249_f09d91ee88_o.jpg

The idea of a cold salad like coleslaw piled into a hot baked potato grosses me out.

We put it on hot dogs, and its a pretty delicious combo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Montreal_steamie_hotdog.jpg/220px-Montreal_steamie_hotdog.jpg

Of course our coleslaw is not the creamy variety, that would be gross.

Yeah the coleslaw that went into Aus baked potatoes back home was like thinly shredded cabbage of diff colors, onions, celery and sort of lightly dressed but not at all gloppy or sweet really, more vinegary

That's less gross (and I love vinaigrette-y noncreamy slaws), but I still can't get down with a cold salad in a hot potato.

y do u hate fun

:D

I am still coming for your baked potatoes anyway WmC

:: consults urbandictionary ::

whatever you think it means, that's what I'm coming for

(grin)

wait that got creepy

Nah, creepyness is abolished on Friday afternoons. If you ever visit this part of the country I will take you to McAlisters and the spuds will blow your mind!

that is a euphemism I care for greatly

I guess the coast is clear for me to post something I was gonna post earlier and then didn't:

Anybody else find that potatoes are an aphrodisiac? Bros? What's up.

No.

Well, you should!

o_O

It gets google results. I can't be totally off-base here.

...

I kept that shit to myself til you started talking euphemisms, just sayin.

Never heard of such a thing.

tater boners?

Damn, I'm sorry y'all.

I've heard of such a thing but I can't say they do a lot for me.

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n12/n61758.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Sex_Lives_of_the_Potato_Men_DVD_cover.jpg/220px-Sex_Lives_of_the_Potato_Men_DVD_cover.jpg

Apparently some people think the alkaloid toxin solanine found in potatoes is an aphrodisiac.

Interestingly, one good way to remove solanine from potatoes is to fry them.

Baked Potatoes are every where in the south. My favorite are ones topped with Chopped BBQ and lots of cheese. In Oklahoma there were bake potato drive throughs.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ypzhang/potato-car.jpg

holy...what else did they serve at the baked potato drive through? besidees bakers? did the[ have side dishes to your baker main course or were the bakers acknowledged as like, a destination sidedish and they also served burgers or barbeque or something?

potato handjobs

/jokes

sorry kkvgz

:)

I was gonna say something about "you couldn't give drive-through handies" but then I realized yeah, you probably could.

It was just baked potatoes!! I thought is was weird, but I tried one once and spilled brisket all over my new white v neck T. It's not the most practical idea, driving and trying to eat a huge baked potato packed with bbq sauce and brisket.

hang on, you're not meant to eat any drive-thru food while actually driving...

No?

I would bet fifty dollars that the majority of people who buy drive thru eat it while driving.

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1029326_eating-or-drinking-while-driving-is-as-dangerous-as-using-a-cellphone

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-07-19/local/17928504_1_drink-and-drive-drivers-study

most drive thru food taste like soggy crap if you wait to eat it until you are home. Usually I would park and eat in my truck, but the smell of the brisket was too tempting.

Baked potatoes definitely a knife and fork kinda food, no way you could eat it while driving...I applaud you for trying though

idk i wouldn't be so keen to applaud what sounds like reckless driving :/

Please do not applaud while driving.

Ha! I was driving very slow on a side street, but I have up since most of the brisket was on my shirt. I'm a very cautious driving though. Promise

let's be careful out there

From just a personal anecdotal perspective, eating and driving is less dangerous than using a cellphone & driving, which itself is leagues less dangerous than drinking and driving.

But that's neither chips nor fries.