Happy Corner

[greenmark]

I have to concur with ff, microwaved jacket potatoes are terrible.

I'm not sure if I've ever had a proper jacket potato but I only make them when I have some leftover curry or Bolognese. They may not be crisp but I wouldn't say they're soggy either. It's pastry that comes out soggy.

It's like the mother's union..... Can I put a vote in for 90% microwave and blitz in a hot oven to make it less microwavy. . You could probably blowtorch it?

Yup. It's obvious really. Zap with the microwave. It cooks from the inside out, then the oven cooks/crisps the outside. It takes practice - but thats cooking!
I would say microwave until the spuds are starting to be squidgy, then in the oven at 200c with a coating of salt and olive oil, perhaps with a couple of skewers per spud.
They're a great base for, well whatever you like.

[Derek27]

Nobody trading this afternoon? I see racing is a bit thin on the ground.

[firlandsfarm]

Jacket Potatoes in an Air Fryer works very, very well.

Crispy skins?

YES, very crispy indeed at 200c for 1 hour and I love them

Well that's disappointing ... they take max 1 hour in my aga and crispy skins. I was expecting an air fryer to be faster

[ShaunWhite]

Well that's disappointing ... they take max 1 hour in my aga and crispy skins.

Aga owners are a lot like vegans, it's never long before they find some way to tell you

I think you've been robbed though mate, they take that long in an £90 Beko, and you don't have to shovel coal into it, or ash out.

[firlandsfarm]

Well that's disappointing ... they take max 1 hour in my aga and crispy skins.

Aga owners are a lot like vegans, it's never long before they find some way to tell you

I think you've been robbed though mate, they take that long in an £90 Beko, and you don't have to shovel coal into it, or ash out.

neither do I, we get electricity supplied right into the house where I live

Yeah but the Beko has to warm up but the aga is always hot and heats the house and came with the house, no direct cost to acquire.

[ShaunWhite]

Agas are OK actually but a bit of a pain in the summer.
We're extending the kitchen and the crappy old oven is going to have a new life in the shed baking powder coating

[firlandsfarm]

Agas are OK actually but a bit of a pain in the summer.
We're extending the kitchen and the crappy old oven is going to have a new life in the shed baking powder coating

we have a microwave/convection/grill combi for summer. (I can do a sunday roast using convection facility but can't handle a yorkshire with all the door opening and closing). But it's just packed up on us after 20 years so am thinking of replacing it with an air fryer oven with rotisserie and a smaller combi so we can have yorkshires in the summer

But I must say I wouldn't buy an Aga if the house didn't come with one, too expensive but it is a meeting point on a cold winter's day, nothing nicer than a coffee while absorbing the heat from the Aga.

[sionascaig]

I've always found that people who rave about aga's have another cooker as well...

Had one for 15 or so years in a relatively small kitchen and as ShaunW says it can get way too hot in the summer. You also have an annual service cost of a couple of hundred pounds a year (if gas). and don't forget the specialist aga pots & pans (not cheap)..

[Derek27]

I didn't even know what an aga was until now!

[firlandsfarm]

I've always found that people who rave about aga's have another cooker as well...

Had one for 15 or so years in a relatively small kitchen and as ShaunW says it can get way too hot in the summer. You also have an annual service cost of a couple of hundred pounds a year (if gas). and don't forget the specialist aga pots & pans (not cheap)..

My experience ...

No need for another cooker when Aga is on.
Turn it off in summer (then I need a second cooker)
Electric (I converted from oil) so no service required
Never had specialist pot or pans ... why?

While I have it I would never want to change it.

[firlandsfarm]

I'm not sure if I've ever had a proper jacket potato but I only make them when I have some leftover curry or Bolognese. They may not be crisp but I wouldn't say they're soggy either. It's pastry that comes out soggy.

It's like the mother's union..... Can I put a vote in for 90% microwave and blitz in a hot oven to make it less microwavy. . You could probably blowtorch it?

Yup. It's obvious really. Zap with the microwave. It cooks from the inside out, then the oven cooks/crisps the outside. It takes practice - but thats cooking!
I would say microwave until the spuds are starting to be squidgy, then in the oven at 200c with a coating of salt and olive oil, perhaps with a couple of skewers per spud.
They're a great base for, well whatever you like.

As it's the time of the year as kids we always had a bonfire (and fireworks) in the garden and put some spuds around the edge of the fire to cook at the same time. Woodfired jacket spuds, like woodfired pizzas are the best.

[sionascaig]

Never had specialist pot or pans ... why?

While I have it I would never want to change it.

Oh, not looked in the aga shop then? Very sexy (if pans are your thing) stackable pots that slot straight into the aga / raeburn!

I defo vote them as some of the best kitchen stuff you can get, it being happy corner and all that...

[Derek27]

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[firlandsfarm]

McDonald's has an offer of some sort, every day this month.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... ember.html

Mouseburgers?

[firlandsfarm]

Never had specialist pot or pans ... why?

While I have it I would never want to change it.

Oh, not looked in the aga shop then? Very sexy (if pans are your thing) stackable pots that slot straight into the aga / raeburn!

I defo vote them as some of the best kitchen stuff you can get, it being happy corner and all that...

Yes, I'm aware of their overpriced offerings ... sorry, I thought you were saying you had to have special pots and pans