2ft Party Skin
Knock knock, who’s there? It’s the skins, let ’em innnnnn. Delocated! started it’s third season this month on Adult Swim and it’s just as hilarious as ever. This week, Jon became obsessed with potato skins after buying a skins bar. He made all sorts of skins, Italian skins, Chinese skins, Greek skins, Mexican skins, but the one I was most interested in was the 6ft party skin. I’m sure the one on the show was just a prop, but I was instantly intrigued and excited to try and make one for real.
To me the funniest part about this gag is the 6ft long plate that the skin fits perfectly on. Did Jon buy this plate just for the skin? I actually went out to buy the longest plate I could find, then made the skin that long.
It actually wasn’t that hard to make the long mutant potato. I cooked these in the oven at 350 for like an hour. I wanted them undercooked so that they would still be firm and not fall apart as I tried to mold and form them.
My secret ingredient was this potato starch I have had in the pantry for awhile but never really found a use for until now.
I mixed the starch with equal parts water to form a glue that I used to seal the skins together.
I put the “glue” in between each segment and specifically where the skin overlapped. Then I pretty much shellacked the whole thing with a brush.
I first baked it a bit with the skin side facing up, then flipped it, painted on some more glue, and filled some of the crevices with little chunks of potato and more potato glue, and baked it some more.
When the potato is fully cooked, fill with bacon and cheddar and bake it some more.
Finally top with sour cream and chives.
All I need now is a ski mask!
I actually haven’t had potato skins in awhile so I really enjoyed this.
Don’t have cable! Even if I did, you can be sure I wouldn’t DVR this awful show.
On a better note, this 2ft Potato Skin looks amazing.
Such dramatic lighting. Haha
Hahah, this really made my morning. We all need more unnaturally long party foods in our lives.
Rich – that’s a harsh comment from someone who has only seen about 5 minutes of the show.
This is the only show besides Portlandia that consistently makes me crack up out loud, even when I am watching it alone. I have watched this episode 3 times since it aired on Thursday, Even though there is other new things on my DVR that I haven’t watched yet.
That is awesome. Makes for a much more fun and interesting presentation than the usual platter of skins.
O THAT’S GOOD, JUST KICK ANOTHER BOX.
Cool recipe, when I do skins, I usually just make garlicky mashed potatoes then put them in the cooked skins with green onions on top.