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Anyone ever have a baked potato explode? (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Idle question. I've always heard that you need to prick the skins before baking a potato. The potential consequence for failure to do so is a catastrophic potato explosion.

Has anyone had this happen to them?

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[โ€“] 24 points 2 years ago

I was under the impression that you prick the skin to make it easier for the moisture to exit the potato so it gets drier and therefore fluffier.

But my wife just said she had a potato explode when she didn't poke it enough.

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