I feel like we could have done better than 'baked potato' for a fancy dinner. Come on.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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Yeah baked potato is just a solid lunch choice usually
Potatoes dauphinoise would have fit better
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It's just that many supposedly "fine dining" establishments phone it in with baked because they're easy and customers accept it.
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Need something to run Linux on? Potato
I run starch, btw.
Fucki-, just, fucking fuck off.
Upvoted, obvs. But still.
Heh. This one's great.
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God bless the people of the Andean Plateau, who looked at a moderately poisonous tuber that can freaking kill you, and said, "Eh, it's fine, just don't eat too many of 'em."
A few thousand years of selective breeding and hard work later, we have one of the most important crops in the world.
Yep hunger does some wild things to people
Wanting to get drunk?
Vodka, distilled fermented potato juice
This is stupid. It gets plenty of recognition. Everyone loves potatoes. Makes alcohol too.
Cool science class demo about the power of compressed air? Potato gun.
Need a battery?
Potato battery.
Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.
Want to get more control over the Irish? Potato Famine.
Boil, mash, stick em a stew!
I heard some grow in permafrost
Irish famine. Edit: there is not a potato for every occasion.
The classic Irishman's dilemma: do I eat this potatoe today, or ferment it so I can drink it tomorrow?
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Corn: hold my beer
Rice: hold my sake
Hemp: hold your breath
Potatoes get plenty of recognition and always have.
Baked potatoes fancy? I love a baked potato with beans and cheese, but it's hardly fancy.
Fondant potatoes are what you want for fancy (and delicious).
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TIL in America, Baked Potato with a Steak is “fancy”, rather than “a Wednesday”.
I’d say the same about eg. Chicken “Kiev” with Potato Dauphinoise, standard ready meal gastropub fare.
American, here - definitely not fancy, but it's a common side for a steak, so I assume that's where the association comes from.
I'd expect "fancy" potatoes to be something like fondant, hasselback, or a well-done scalloped (dauphinoise, boulangere, anna).
Source: huge food snob
Breakfast? Apple. Fast food? Apple. Fancy dinner? Apple. Holidays? Apple. Relaxing at home? Apple. There's Apple
Always an Apple shill in the comments
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