She did this in the same way one would pepper a
baked potato, and the powder sifted down from Jack's head and scattered over the red shirt and pink waistcoat and purple trousers Tip had dressed him in, and a portion even fell upon the patched and worn shoes.
He imparted to her the mystery of going the odd man or plain Newmarket for fruit, ginger-beer,
baked potatoes, or even a modest quencher, of which Miss Brass did not scruple to partake.
A woman was standing at the oven, taking out baked potatoes one by one.
Athelny and Philip installed themselves in the great monkish chairs, and Sally brought them in two plates of beef, Yorkshire pudding, baked potatoes, and cabbage.
The advisors of the Princess did not like this test; but she commanded them to step into the flame and one by one they did so, and were scorched so badly that the air was soon filled with an odor like that of
baked potatoes. Some of the Mangaboos fell down and had to be dragged from the fire, and all were so withered that it would be necessary to plant them at once.
Each boy had a quarter of a loaf of bread and pat of butter, and as much tea as he pleased; and there was scarcely one who didn't add to this some further luxury, such as
baked potatoes, a herring, sprats, or something of the sort.
But glimpses were to be caught of a roast leg of pork bursting into tears of sage and onion in a metal reservoir full of gravy, of an unctuous piece of roast beef and blisterous Yorkshire pudding, bubbling hot in a similar receptacle, of a stuffed fillet of veal in rapid cut, of a ham in a perspiration with the pace it was going at, of a shallow tank of
baked potatoes glued together by their own richness, of a truss or two of boiled greens, and other substantial delicacies.
At one, a bell rings, and the stewardess comes down with a steaming dish of
baked potatoes, and another of roasted apples; and plates of pig's face, cold ham, salt beef; or perhaps a smoking mess of rare hot collops.
It was the brown-and-yellow platter containing the
baked potatoes with the gravy in them and bits of meat which she had cut and mixed among them.
There were oysters at the top, sausages at the bottom, a pair of snuffers in the centre, and
baked potatoes wherever it was most convenient to put them.
LASAGNE LAYERED
BAKED POTATO INGREDIENTS (serves 6) 4 large baking potatoes FOR THE MEAT FILLING: 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1-2 tbsps olive oil; 400g lean minced beef; 1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated; 400g can chopped tomatoes; 70g tomato puree; 250ml red wine; 500ml beef stock FOR THE CHEESE SAUCE 2 tbsps butter; 2 tbsps flour; 200ml milk; 120g grated cheddar, plus extra for sprinkling; Pinch of grated nutmeg; Salt and freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1.
LASAGNE LAYERED
BAKED POTATO INGREDIENTS (serves 6) 4 large baking potatoes FOR THE MEAT FILLING: 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1-2tbsps olive oil; 400g lean minced beef; 1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated; 400g can chopped tomatoes; 70g tomato puree; 250ml red wine; 500ml beef stock FOR THE CHEESE SAUCE 2tbsps butter; 2tbsps flour; 200ml milk; 120g grated cheddar, plus extra for sprinkling; Pinch of grated nutmeg; Salt and freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1.
baked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven