The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[JenniferS]

Wouldn't that be a lot of potatoes with holes stabbed in them?

Ya gotta stab 'em before you bake them; else-wise they explode in the oven!

(Just make sure you remove all the plastic face pieces first. )

 

[Goofyernmost]

Ya gotta stab 'em before you bake them; else-wise they explode in the oven!

(Just make sure you remove all the plastic face pieces first. )

Never knew them to do that in a regular oven. Microwave, absolutely. I never had one explode otherwise.

P.S. It has been years since I baked a potato, so maybe it did poke holes in it and just don't remember. I do remember doing it for the microwave though.

 

[donaldtoo]

Adopted Son, who is admittedly not a baseball fan, just watched an inning or so with me, and asks, "Can't the other team just call Uncle and end the game?"

No Dude, there is no Mercy Rule at this level.

 

[donaldtoo]

Just waiting for confirmation as to the September opening date, and Hubby says, "S-crew it. We're booking Coronado Springs ... WITH DDP for all five of us".

Not sure when he won the lottery and didn't tell me.

WOOOHHHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! and YEEEHHHAAAAAWWWWWWW...!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JenniferS]

Never knew them to do that in a regular oven. Microwave, absolutely. I never had one explode otherwise.

P.S. It has been years since I baked a potato, so maybe it did poke holes in it and just don't remember. I do remember doing it for the microwave though.

I've always poked them, probably because my Mama always did.

From the interwebz:

Do you need to poke a potato with a fork before baking?
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December 27, 2007
You have to spend only one afternoon cleaning bits of potato from your oven to know that exploding tubers aren't an old wives' tale. Because of their tough skin and moisture content, these root vegetables build pressure inside as they're baked. Small holes in the skin are necessary to release that steam - just a few on both sides of the potato will do the trick.


For best results, place potatoes directly on an oven rack so that air can circulate around them. Wrapping spuds in aluminum foil traps the steam, resulting in less-crisp skins. When baking sweet potatoes, put a cookie sheet on the rack below them to catch their juices - it's no fun cleaning up that, either.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Your Latino so you got junk in the trunk. I hope you don't mind me referring to you as Latino.

Ain't nothin' wrong with that.

 

[Cesar R M]

Yep, that was our yesterday. And that was just one of many and they were cloning themselves, multiplying in numbers. Nasty.

Upside I have far less fall leaves wedged in my evergreens. Don't know where they went to live but off my property.
I wound up with a coat, soccer ball and a garbage can. Wonder what I'm missing.

Its a sign!
nature wants you to become a Soccer Private investigator, to put soccer scammers to the trash.

 

[Cesar R M]

Just waiting for confirmation as to the September opening date, and Hubby says, "S-crew it. We're booking Coronado Springs ... WITH DDP for all five of us".

Not sure when he won the lottery and didn't tell me.

or perhaps he's ready to sell one of his kidneys?

 

[JenniferS]

or perhaps he's ready to sell one of his kidneys?

As long as it's not his liver - don't nobody want that!

FYI - I'm not allowed to donate any of my organs. Hubby, my kids, and two of my brothers have all called dibs!

 

[donaldtoo]

Ya gotta stab 'em before you bake them; else-wise they explode in the oven!

(Just make sure you remove all the plastic face pieces first. )

Hahaaa...!
Yea, we always stab 'em and wrap 'em.

 

[donaldtoo]

I've always poked them, probably because my Mama always did.

From the interwebz:

Do you need to poke a potato with a fork before baking?
Print| Text size – +

December 27, 2007
You have to spend only one afternoon cleaning bits of potato from your oven to know that exploding tubers aren't an old wives' tale. Because of their tough skin and moisture content, these root vegetables build pressure inside as they're baked. Small holes in the skin are necessary to release that steam - just a few on both sides of the potato will do the trick.


For best results, place potatoes directly on an oven rack so that air can circulate around them. Wrapping spuds in aluminum foil traps the steam, resulting in less-crisp skins. When baking sweet potatoes, put a cookie sheet on the rack below them to catch their juices - it's no fun cleaning up that, either.

Yes!!!

 

[seahawk7]

So glad to hear y'all are safe. Prayers that y'all stay that way.
And, many prayers to the family and friends of the woman who lost her life, and all those injured or affected.

ETA: Two lives lost. So sad.

Very sad.

 

[seahawk7]

Wouldn't that be a lot of potatoes with holes stabbed in them?

I wouldn't know because my science projects were either about dreams or the color spectrum.

 

[Eric1955]

Of course not. Titanic was the single greatest cinematic achievement.
Honestly, after it was released, Hollywood should have just closed up shop and sent everybody home. It's all downhill from here.

I thought that was Gone with the Wind.

 

[seahawk7]

I thought that was Gone with the Wind.

Never saw Gone with the Wind but this was good.

 

[donaldtoo]

Felt it was time for a new avatar.

 

[donaldtoo]

Never saw Gone with the Wind but this was good.

Hahaaa...!!!!!!!
Sooooo classic...!!!!!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I was talking to my DD about @MOXOMUMD today as that ship was about scheduled to load. It is the same cruise my son took, ports and length of time. I've seen all the photos of the ship, food and adventures he had on that boat and I'm so excited for her.

My daughter is planning our next cruise already. Haven't even been home a week!

 

[JenniferS]

I thought that was Gone with the Wind.

Nah, I read the book first, sadly.
The movie was a pale imitation of the book.

 

[JenniferS]

Felt it was time for a new avatar.

I noticed.