Baked: TGIF's Potato Skins ?
Subject: TGIF's Potato Skins ?
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Ken (Kennyb at provide.net)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:10:10 -0500
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How do they make them does anybody know ? Those things are great. I would like to have this recipe or one similar to it. Please help. Thanks in advance.
From: nancree at aol.com (Nancree)
Date: 05 Feb 2000 02:59:37 GMT
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They carry TGIF Potato Skins at Costco, frozen in a bag. Very good.
They are just potatoes,baked, and most of the potato pulp scooped out, with enough left to form a "holder" for a spoonful of the removed potato, mashed, plus the cheese and bacon bits .
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 07:07:05 -0600
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I don't go to a lot of restaurants, so I've never had TGIF's potato skins. But potato skins aren't a mystery. Get some baking potatoes, bake them until they are crispy on the outside. Let them cool. Slice them so you have 'skins' (that is, the top and the bottom lengthwise half of the potato). Save the rest to make mashed potatoes or potato pancakes... yum! Top the skins with whatever you like; cheese, crumbled bacon, minced green onion. Then place them under the broiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese. Serve with a dollop of sour cream, if desired.
I remember nearly 20 years ago having potato skins for lunch (it was *not* an appetizer) which were topped with a wonderful beef burgundy. I liked it so much I went home and duplicated the recipe. Can't seem to find the recipe now, but I'll bet I could do it again (grin).
From: Nancy Young (qwerty at mail.monmouth.com)
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 09:49:15 -0500
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Years ago, I was amazed to see them on the menu at some restaurant ... I was out on a lunch date with a guy I wanted to impress. I finally said, would you think I was crazy if I ordered potato skins for lunch? Sure, whatever you want ... but ... potato skins?? They were very good, after that, he ordered them. They weren't very common then. Then I went to a fancy schmancy wedding and a waiter in a tuxedo offered me one, so I lost my potato skin-embarrassment after that. Couple times a year, I have potato skins for lunch.
From: Anna (anna at gfree.net)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 18:34:26 -0500
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>They carry TGIF Potato Skins at Costco, frozen in a bag. Very good.
You can also find them at Sam's club. They are $7.99. I just bought them last week.
From: josyqwen at aol.com (Josyqwen)
Date: 05 Feb 2000 06:41:57 GMT
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tell me abut them
From: vinro at webtv.net (wheel man)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 08:34:50 -0500 (EST)
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As Tip O'Neil, former Speaker Of The House, once said: "When I was a kid we used to throw them out with the rubbish."
When I was a kid, I often used to eat the potato, skin and all. Not everyone liked to eat the skin.
But paying money for them at a restaurant? That I have never done. Nor do I intend to do it. They are better fed to pigs and other food animals.
But, to each his/her own.
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 14:04:42 -0600
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wheel man wrote:
>As Tip O'Neil, former Speaker Of The House, once said: "When I was a kid
>we used to throw them out with the rubbish."
What did Tip know about cooking? The skins are great! Waste not, want not
:-)
From: skatty05 at aol.com (Skatty05)
Date: 11 Feb 2000 11:49:23 GMT
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Bake the potato
Let it cool
cut in half, scoop out a lot of the pulp
Deep fry the skins until they are golden on the inside
Mix together fried, chopped bacon (we like Decker), grated cheddar and green onions.
Fill skins with mixture
Bake at 350 or so until cheese melts.
Salt to taste and dip in sour cream