Baked Potatoes versus Jacket Potatoes?

Oooh! I must be so common!

Gwenisgreat

As far as I am concerned, they are Jacket potatoes, whatever I am because that's what I call them!

Well said!

As far as I am concerned, they are Jacket potatoes, whatever I am because that's what I call them!

I do mine for 6 mins in a microwave then 20 mins in an airfryer, soft inside with crispy skin.

How long do they take in an airfryer? How long if you start them in the microwave and then finish in the airfryer?

Thank you. I am still considering an air fryer.

Air fryers and ovens still make the best ever crusty, tasty baked potatoes.

Mollygo you’re exactly right! Peel on potatoes are now made in various ways. I’ve perfected a microwave method that is actually palatable 😉 But it’s still the same baked version no matter what appliance you cook them in. No need for scarves for jacket potatoes.
I’m a potato 🥔 lover ❤️!!

toscalily

*Mollygo*. we obviously had a similar train of thought and posted at the same time.

🤣🤣🤣 Great minds obviously!

Mollygo. we obviously had a similar train of thought and posted at the same time.

Sennelier1 talks about potatoes being "baked" on the hob, really, if something is baked it should be in an oven. I'm questioning that but not seriously because now we have baked goods in an "air fryer", baked/jacket potatoes cooked or semi cooked in a microwave so not completely baked anyway. I remember back in the 70's talking to an American friend about jumpers, she looked a bit confused than turned to another friend and said what jumpers, we explained we meant what she called a sweater.

Gundy they’re now cooked in a microwave or an air-fryer, so it gets even more complicated.
So skin-on covers all, though the truthful version of unpeeled potatoes -however and in whatever they are cooked sounds really unappealing.

It’s so comical - jacket potatoes. What is that?? Are they cloaked in life preservers, puffer coats, shawls?

They are Baked Potatoes, people. Hahaa! It happens to be the newer terminology… time to shed the cutesy title.

And they’re made EXACTLY the same way.

Interestingly, when I was in American and I ordered a jacket potato, the waiter zoomed in on this fact and said oh you must be English, he thought it was very quaint!

It's a sad person who has to be snobbish about potatoes. Baked here.
Makes me hark back to the 60s/70s when it was common to say 'going to the seaside': one went 'to the beach'.

@Esmay

because baked has replaced jacket in every day use where I live

So, do you put your 'baked' on before leaving the house, or do you still wear a 'jacket'?
I ask this because your post implies that the word 'jacket is no longer used AT ALL and has been completely replaced by the word 'baked'.

In my (chef) son's world, a baked potato has been 100% baked in its skin, in the oven, whereas a jacket potato has been cooked (at least partially) in the microwave. This is generally why cafes, pubs and restaurants state 'Jacket Potatoes' on their menus and not 'Baked Potatoes'.

I generally do 'jackets' because I start them off in the microwave for a few minutes to soften the centres and finish them in the oven or airfryer (with is basically a mini oven) for the crispy skin, but occasionally (if I've got time to spare) I'll put them straight into the oven raw, and bake them throughout.

I've always called them jacket potatoes,and I am no where near posh

Common as in more frequently used?

We don’t even bother with calling them potatoes… they’re just jackets. Tho I did have to explain this to an American friend recently.

Win it's SO lovely that we can chat, disagree, exchange thoughts about potatoes 🥔 ... and still have no aggravation.

Happy day!
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We call it ovenpotatoes but have no problem with what other people call them. I learned the term jacket potatoes when travelling to America. Where I live baked potatoes are cooked potatoes cut in slices then baked on a pan on the hob 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who cares! Is there a social rang in potato-dishes? Because I like mash and fries too!

Unbelievable 5 pages about Jacket or baked potatoes, Hilarious!! Here in the South it is definitely JP for every day use, but when we discuss menus I do know some people say Baked Potatoes. I am just waiting for my JP to be ready I am looking forward to it with lashings of cheddar.

When on holiday in Turkey we saw a menu with "jacked potato "......so that's what they are called now!

Aren't they Jacket Baked Potatoes? We shorten it to just "Jackets" in our house!

Bella23

I'm common as well we had baked potatoes yesterday They are called baking potatoes on the bag not jacketing potatoes.

Very funny!

MBM would that be potatoes which had gone mouldy and growing a furry covering? 😂
We're not posh in our house - if I'm asked by my son "what's fer tea" (family phrase), my answer is "spuds"! Which means potatoes cooked in their skins and then some sort of topping on them, each according to their own preferences.
There is a preset on the microwave for 'jacket potato' but if I had to choose the term I'd more likely call them baked!
Nowadays I do them partly in the microwave to start them off, finish in the air fryer to crisp up the skins, so not sure if either of those cooking methods counts as baked?