Could be. I don't find them revolting or anything like it, and I'm usually very curious and accepting of different foods. Which puzzles me about them, as I know it's a choice dish for a huge number of people. From what I gathered it mostly boils down to having had bad luck with the ones I tried plus the dish itself likely not really being my thing.

Answered here: https://programming.dev/comment/26717164

TLDR: I am. Still sucks. Probably the restaurant's fault.

I should have mentioned I never made them so have had no control over ingredients. But you don't salt your potatoes before baking?

That's hilarious, thank you for the mental image!

Nothing. But it helps way less than expected. Even if I can get a good ratio of topping to spud on the fork, I still get a lump of unsalted starch next to an oversalted topping in my mouth. By the time the two are mixed, its already turned to mush and the sensory input experience is ruined.

And apparently people are reasonable and season their tubers before baking. But both restaurants I've been to, on different continents, didn't. One of them ostensibly all about baked potatoes, it being basically the only entré on the menu. So I guess I shouldn't completely rule out the dish, just... I guess ask how they prepared it? Sounds weird.

Also, I'm not too keen on preparing the dish on my plate. Feels like those salads where they just pile lumps of ingredients and you have to mix it yourself, with inadequate tools in too small a bowl.

I don't follow that community.

That is seasoned rice, I hope? Unseasoned rice without sauce does not sound appetizing.

They were mine only in the sense I purchased them. Never attempted to make one myself. I'm just as baffled as you are.

You keep doing you. I don't need to understand to respect your choices.

I've had twice baked potato salad, and it was the only potato salad that topped my mom's.

They were definitely not homegrown.

I've only ever had restaurant made baked potatoes. I'm positive no seasoning or salt of any kind was applied to the spud before it was done baking. Yours sound a lot more appealing. And sorry if I triggered your favorite food, that was not the intent.