Brit-Speak: Food [From: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 1713]

[Richard Smedley]

> Message: 7
>    Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:49:30 -0500
>    From: "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)" <n2fgc at arrl.net>
> Subject: RE: Re: Brit-Speak: Food
>
> {alshainofthenorth wrote]:
> > Hope all Brits had a lovely Bonfire Night, by the way, without
> > fireworks-related injuries. Am quietly celebrating by making jacket
> > potatoes for dinner, will go and put them in the oven now...

Surely you should be wrapping them in silver foil and
sticking them in the fire ;-)

> [Lee]:
> I've heard of "Jacket potatoes," and haven't the slightest idea of what
> they
> are.  If it means with the skins still on them, I can't think of any other
> way to bake them or roast them.  So, I await enlightenment. :-)

Jacket potatoes just refers to baked potatoes - in
traditional British cookery, baking is the only time that
a potato is not peeled. They're certainly peeled by
most people for roasting, which in the UK means parboiling,
then cooking in a shallow iron dish in the oven in oil
(or in the fat of a roasting animal if you are a carnivore).

Whether you refer to them as `baked' or `jacket' seems fairly
random nowadays, certainly not a reliable indicator of
geographical or class origin.

Personally I never peel potatoes, even for chips, but simple
baked potatoes, with salad, remains a favourite meal :-)

 - Richard

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