It said microwavable but they felt as rock hard as normal raw potatoes. Normal potatoes can be baked in a microwave anyway so I really dont see the point.
by shmalliver
36 Comments
Grymare
I’m pretty sure this is done so you can microwave them keeping in the moisture so they taste better then microwaving them without it.
Never tried it but I think that’s the reason.
ratowel
The plastic helps hold steam in the potato.
kvnstantinos
It’s a kink. Erotic asphyxiation
skellyboysteve
It is kinda stupid but it’s pre washed and because it steams in the bag you don’t have to coat it in some oil and poke it with a fork. When I was in college I bought these all the time especially because when I was shopping for just myself a bag of taters was pretty likely to go bad. I eventually figured out the skin gets a lil crispier if you nuke it with a little oil and it’s so much tastier when you can salt it as well. So for that reason along with paying for some plastic wrap it is indeed a stupid food.
Motiv8-2-Gr8
First time out in public?
EnvironmentalAide335
So someone can sell more packaging obviously
My2cents_0
I was today years old when I leaned people microwave their potatoes in plastic wrap!!!🤯
You shouldn’t even microwave your food in those take away plastic containers.
I thought it was just a way to keep moisture out so they’ll last longer. People are eating by heating it with the plastic on 😲 Is it really that hard to poke holes in a potato with a fork before sticking it in the microwave? The convenience of not poking holes over the plastic pollution? Damn! They also sell potatoes individually without the plastic, just buy a many as you need and you don’t have to worry about them going bad and needing a cover.
This is so confounding.
I don’t know for sure, but I’m willing to bet this individual potatoes are more expensive than unwrapped ones
Rinbox
Just making sure you get your daily dose of microplastics with every baked potato
HebiHana
Easier to use as a suppository
Muted_Masterpiece535
This OP is the reason why we have paper straws. It is people who lack basic brain function to understand why its package that way or why it needs to be made out of plastic. That and it literally states microwaveble on the label.
ReleventReference
It’s so they don’t get dirt on them.
Chairman-Mia0
This seems like a good time to quote Rhod Gilbert:
I like my potatoes like my women, single and stark bollock naked
Froz3nP1nky
But you should never microwave plastic, let alone plastic wrap!
ieatair
This is what they do in Switzerland too lol… gawd everything is so expensive here..
zippazappadoo
This actually helps the potato retain moisture and dry out less between harvest, storage, and food preparation.
drsquig
I use these all the time. It holds the steam in and helps cook it. Plastic doesn’t melt on it. The ones I buy specifically say to not pierce the plastic.
Drie_Kleuren
So you can eat them after using them
DerpsAndRags
So the potatoes don’t start eyeing each other and making unwanted spuds.
ChrisUAP
Figured those were organic therefore didn’t have any pesticides on it, hence why the plastic is on. Could be totally wrong.
Yuna_Nightsong
Opening this would be a pain.
Henksjaakbiklyfrits
You can microwave potatoes?!!
00Raeby00
Produce manager here:
The plastic on the “microwaveable” potato is used to help cook it in the microwave, essentially trapping in the heat and steam and making sure it’s cooked more thoroughly. Since you can’t put tin foil in the microwave and as a regular consumer you not have accesss to the kind of plastic wrap that can/should be used for this purpose, selling it prewrapped is the only real option.
HOWEVER: In reality it’s an excuse to charge you a LOT more money for a single potato. Just pop a regular russet in an air fryer instead. It’s going to be just as convenient but also much better tasting and healthier. The plastic wrap is also going to be very likely leeching microplastics into your food or other generally unhealthy but not immediately consequential negative side effects.
Edit: As a produce manager all those potatoes are garbage and it’s triggering me looking at this picture. The yellow potatoes and the microwaveable potatoes are green already and the red potatoes look old and likely spongey. Also edited my post for clarity.
wizardrous
Normal potatoes can absolutely be baked in the microwave. I don’t know where you got the idea that they can’t. Just gotta wrap them in a wet paper towel so they don’t dry out.
That being said, yeah, this plastic is stupid.
Main_Mix_7604
This reminds me of gardening, in summer I wrap the flowers with cling film so the bees can’t steal my pollen.
AwkwardAsHell
It’s Wasteful: This packaging creates immediate plastic waste that often ends up in landfills or as litter, contributing to the plastic pollution crisis in our oceans and environment.
It’s Unnecessary: You can achieve the exact same result by buying a loose potato (like the unwrapped ones in the bins above and below), washing it, piercing the skin with a fork, and microwaving it. If you want a similar steamed effect, you can simply wrap the potato in a damp paper towel.
TantalumMachinist
I saw some russet potatoes recently at the grocery store that were wrapped in foil and labeled as “grilling potatoes”. $3.99 each.
They were right next to standard russets at $0.79 a pound.
crippledchef23
Those are microwaveable! Baked potato in 5 or 6 minutes, but they need the wrapper on to steam it properly.
Jojo1212VK
im sorry but op is either 12 or never cooked before.
FastenedCarrot
You need to meet your daily microplastics quota
4friedchickens8888
They’re probably washed
Fleah-13
“convenience” product for the freaks that put potatoes in the microwave
QuitScoldinUrNoodles
They cook faster and better, and you domt have to scrub wash the potato before you cook it. I had these once when I needed to have dinner within the hour, and they are better than microwave baked potatoes, but absolutely not justifiable at what they cost for that convenience. Better to just plan ahead and do the extra effort.
tomacco_man
Wow this sure is a stupid stupid food post
RepostFrom4chan
Because your goverment doesn’t have laws stopping this. Most Western countries do.
ESD150
To help with microwaving, and so they can sell them individually at probably 5x the profit margin
elonmusktheturd22
Its a gommic to sell a single potato at a much higher price per weight than a bag of potatoes.
The plastic does held hold steam in to prevent it becoming dried out in a microwave, but like come on man its a potato, its not hard to cook, selling like this just gets the store a slightly higher profit margin.
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I’m pretty sure this is done so you can microwave them keeping in the moisture so they taste better then microwaving them without it.
Never tried it but I think that’s the reason.
The plastic helps hold steam in the potato.
It’s a kink. Erotic asphyxiation
It is kinda stupid but it’s pre washed and because it steams in the bag you don’t have to coat it in some oil and poke it with a fork. When I was in college I bought these all the time especially because when I was shopping for just myself a bag of taters was pretty likely to go bad. I eventually figured out the skin gets a lil crispier if you nuke it with a little oil and it’s so much tastier when you can salt it as well. So for that reason along with paying for some plastic wrap it is indeed a stupid food.
First time out in public?
So someone can sell more packaging obviously
I was today years old when I leaned people microwave their potatoes in plastic wrap!!!🤯
You shouldn’t even microwave your food in those take away plastic containers.
I thought it was just a way to keep moisture out so they’ll last longer. People are eating by heating it with the plastic on 😲 Is it really that hard to poke holes in a potato with a fork before sticking it in the microwave? The convenience of not poking holes over the plastic pollution? Damn! They also sell potatoes individually without the plastic, just buy a many as you need and you don’t have to worry about them going bad and needing a cover.
This is so confounding.
I don’t know for sure, but I’m willing to bet this individual potatoes are more expensive than unwrapped ones
Just making sure you get your daily dose of microplastics with every baked potato
Easier to use as a suppository
This OP is the reason why we have paper straws. It is people who lack basic brain function to understand why its package that way or why it needs to be made out of plastic. That and it literally states microwaveble on the label.
It’s so they don’t get dirt on them.
This seems like a good time to quote Rhod Gilbert:
I like my potatoes like my women, single and stark bollock naked
But you should never microwave plastic, let alone plastic wrap!
This is what they do in Switzerland too lol… gawd everything is so expensive here..
This actually helps the potato retain moisture and dry out less between harvest, storage, and food preparation.
I use these all the time. It holds the steam in and helps cook it. Plastic doesn’t melt on it. The ones I buy specifically say to not pierce the plastic.
So you can eat them after using them
So the potatoes don’t start eyeing each other and making unwanted spuds.
Figured those were organic therefore didn’t have any pesticides on it, hence why the plastic is on. Could be totally wrong.
Opening this would be a pain.
You can microwave potatoes?!!
Produce manager here:
The plastic on the “microwaveable” potato is used to help cook it in the microwave, essentially trapping in the heat and steam and making sure it’s cooked more thoroughly. Since you can’t put tin foil in the microwave and as a regular consumer you not have accesss to the kind of plastic wrap that can/should be used for this purpose, selling it prewrapped is the only real option.
HOWEVER: In reality it’s an excuse to charge you a LOT more money for a single potato. Just pop a regular russet in an air fryer instead. It’s going to be just as convenient but also much better tasting and healthier. The plastic wrap is also going to be very likely leeching microplastics into your food or other generally unhealthy but not immediately consequential negative side effects.
Edit: As a produce manager all those potatoes are garbage and it’s triggering me looking at this picture. The yellow potatoes and the microwaveable potatoes are green already and the red potatoes look old and likely spongey. Also edited my post for clarity.
Normal potatoes can absolutely be baked in the microwave. I don’t know where you got the idea that they can’t. Just gotta wrap them in a wet paper towel so they don’t dry out.
That being said, yeah, this plastic is stupid.
This reminds me of gardening, in summer I wrap the flowers with cling film so the bees can’t steal my pollen.
It’s Wasteful: This packaging creates immediate plastic waste that often ends up in landfills or as litter, contributing to the plastic pollution crisis in our oceans and environment.
It’s Unnecessary: You can achieve the exact same result by buying a loose potato (like the unwrapped ones in the bins above and below), washing it, piercing the skin with a fork, and microwaving it. If you want a similar steamed effect, you can simply wrap the potato in a damp paper towel.
I saw some russet potatoes recently at the grocery store that were wrapped in foil and labeled as “grilling potatoes”. $3.99 each.
They were right next to standard russets at $0.79 a pound.
Those are microwaveable! Baked potato in 5 or 6 minutes, but they need the wrapper on to steam it properly.
im sorry but op is either 12 or never cooked before.
You need to meet your daily microplastics quota
They’re probably washed
“convenience” product for the freaks that put potatoes in the microwave
They cook faster and better, and you domt have to scrub wash the potato before you cook it. I had these once when I needed to have dinner within the hour, and they are better than microwave baked potatoes, but absolutely not justifiable at what they cost for that convenience. Better to just plan ahead and do the extra effort.
Wow this sure is a stupid stupid food post
Because your goverment doesn’t have laws stopping this. Most Western countries do.
To help with microwaving, and so they can sell them individually at probably 5x the profit margin
Its a gommic to sell a single potato at a much higher price per weight than a bag of potatoes.
The plastic does held hold steam in to prevent it becoming dried out in a microwave, but like come on man its a potato, its not hard to cook, selling like this just gets the store a slightly higher profit margin.