6 medium potatoes

[joker55]

have a funny question, have a recipe that says use 6 medium potatoes, any idea how big a medium sized potato is, or roughly what weight they mean ?

[vodkancoke]

I would class a medium potato as the size of the palm of my hand...although I realise we all have differing hand sizes!

[starone]

About this big!!

[Zhukov]

does it really matter..use 6 taters,and a bit of Common..

[Buenchico]

Potatoes which are sold as 'jacket potatoes' are often packed in packs of four spuds, weighing a total of 750g. (I buy a lot of them!). So that means that each jacket potato weighs a bit under 200g. Based upon that, I'd reckon that a 'medium' potato might be somewhere around 120g.

Chris

[lcg]

chris!!!! again with the maths. my brain has melted x

[Buenchico]

Once a maths teacher, always a maths teacher . . .
;-)

[lcg]

ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! you poor thing......x

sorry - that was a surprise. you are very knowledgable but now i have a mental image of you in sandals and socks, cords, a ratty shirt and a sleeveless jumper. and wild hair. or perhaps i am being influenced by your avatar? ;o)

[lcg]

i mean - i have a level maths, but can never be bothered to apply it properly in my everyday life. that smacks of effort, man! x

[snags]

Just use three large ones instead. Or one really mahoosive one ;-p

[Buenchico]

Well I usually claim to be sitting here stark naked but the reality is jeans, a sweatshirt and a cardigan (with some unusually trendy shoes by my standards!).

I'm actually living life backwards. At college I always wore a collar and tie, with a sports jacket. (I wouldn't have been seen dead in jeans, which is what all the other students wore). These days it's jeans and whatever's warm & comfy!

[Old_Geezer]

When I used to go to WW, they defined 'medium' potatoes as being the size of your fist.

Did the recipe book not have a photo of the final dish that might give a clue ?