All praise be Yours, Lord, for Brother Jacket Potato. He teaches us holy patience by always taking at least half an hour longer to cook in the oven than you had first imagined. Brother potato is a root vegetable of virtue; strong, crusty and hard on the outside, like a wall of Christian armour against sin, only to be soft, warm and lovely on the inside. He is humble and modest but delicious, accommodating himself to a wide range of toppings from baked beans to prawns or tuna/mayonnaise. Garnished with a sprig of lettuce by his side he makes for us an ideal Lenten meal, unless we're addicted to him or unhealthily obsessed by him, whereby we must renounce him gently but courageously.
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That 'half an hour' comment is so true!
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