A plain russet potato is very hard to eat

Does anyone eat plain potatoes ever? You've gotta put some seasoning on it, it's not an apple

You cooked it, right?

A little butter and salt would long way in the taste dept.

I eat a lot of baked potatoes, they aren't amazing but they're good value for the price (I swear they're cheaper than the dirt they're grown in, lol). Gotta have toppings though. I think my favorite combo I've tried so far is cream cheese and barbecue sauce. Although chili/cheese is a classic that's hard to beat.

this is so funny because a plain baked russet potato is unironically one of my favorite meals lol

Which was more baked? The potato or you? 

Butter, cheese, sour cream. Any and all. Pretty much any kind of fat helps. Baking them unwrapped gets a crispy skin instead of wrapped which I find to be tougher and chewier.

A cooked russet sans butter and salt is not ideal, but I think it’s totally edible. I think it probably tastes better if you let it cool down, counterintuitively.

You will find me on a hike eating a lightly salted baked potato out of a foil pocket. I'm allergic to bananas so I always come prepared with potatoes.

bro, a plain baked russet is definitely an acquired taste, it's like you gotta load it up with toppings to make it decent. but yeah, pretty wild how something so basic can feel like a chore to eat.

Baked potato is probably my least favorite way to eat a potato tbh. It is truly the f*** it lowest effort Im just hungry way to eat it and it usually requires covering it in other shit to make it taste ok.

Plain anything tastes bad. So many flavors won't show up on our tongues without salts or fats present.

I agree, I feel like half is a good size but a whole one feels a bit too much. Although it’s no match for how hard Greek yogurt feels to eat. The first half? Amazing, after that it’s a struggle and feels like a chore

I’ve had plain baked russets. It kinda reminded me of eating plain white rice - not great, but not bad. I never got an “earthy” taste though. Maybe you didn’t rinse the skin first?

Potatoes are one of the most blank canvases of the culinary world. You are totally right, a plain potato is not tasty at all. But the minute you add even just salt, BOOM. Delicious !! What a funny thought you had. I’ve never thought about it before. You made me chuckle!!

Rinse. Put in air fryer. Salt. Cook at 400 for 50-55 minutes depending on the size of the potato. Remove. Split open however you prefer. Add butter/margarine. Enjoy.

I eat plain cooked potatoes sometime. But usually it’s a side dish.

Scrub it to get part of the jacket off, rub some salt on it, put it in the air fryer or microwave for five minutes, and then serve it with sour cream and butter. Problem solved.

Or are you talking about biting that thing like an apple

Needs toppings.

No. I love them boiled. I'll eat that sucker like an apple. Best with a bit of salt n pepper, but good without. I leave on the skin.

I’m high as well, and the post immediately got me thinking about that Russet I have. However I am also thinking about butter and shredded cheese. Some pepper of course. That would be an experience worth seeking.

I hear 🎶 potatoes and molasses 🎶 is a good combo

Some folks use a bit of butter. On the inside of the potato, mind you. The real fancy folks add sour cream and finely chopped chives. Freshly ground pepper and a dash of salt if you happen to have those specialty items in the pantry. Go really wild by scooping the lovely things out of their skins, making them with some combination of full cream, grated cheese, fried onion and garlic, rosemary; return the mash to the skins and broil them until the edges are browned. Cooking is more than just heating things up, hm?

This is why I peel and slice mine with a serrated knife into thin pieces and cook in vinegar water for 10 mins then shallow fry in ghee. Tastes exactly like McDonalds but not poisonous.

It’s even worse when it’s two dry

Yeah, you gotta drench those babies in tons of fat to make it good. I was trying to save calories and topped a plain russet with sauerkraut and it was a strange awful experience of being dried out like a cartoon character

Is it cooked?😂✌️

e out here eating the canvas

If it tastes like earth, you didnt clean it enough. I love plain baked potatoes with no salt or seasoning. But you have to wash it dude.

I feel like potatoes are just a blank canvas on their own they’re kinda meh, but add literally anything and they’re amazing.

honestly a plain potato is like the driest food on earth lol. you gotta at least add some butter or salt or it's basically just eating dirt.

They're way more earthier, not for everyone.

Yea, not dissimilar to eating a tub of vanilla ice cream. Add something else to it otherwise it's just a saliva building task.