Subject: baked potato
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: jgalatis (jgalatis at cytanet.com.cy)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:33:57 +0300
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Does anybody know how long the potato needs to be cooked in a microwave oven?
From: bharkingv (bharkingv at optusnet.com.au)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:10:02 +1100
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About 8 minutes on high for a medium sized potato - adjust time for size. Cook for half the time, turn potato and cook for remaining time. Don't forget to prick potato skin all over otherwise it will explode and that takes ages to clear up!
From: toto339 at webtv.net (Tim Callison)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:22:18 -0500 (CDT)
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Let's avoid the usual nuking-versus-baking discussion here in order to emphasize safety. Nine years ago, a co-worker's son opened the microwave JUST as an unpricked potato exploded. It was nearly a week before the physicians could say for sure whether he would live or die; he was that badly scalded. So please, whatever else you do, be sure to puncture that potato in several places with a fork to let the steam escape non-explosively.
Respectfully,
Tim Callison
From: Jack (jackn2mpu at monmouth.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:24:52 -0400
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bharkingv wrote:
> About 8 minutes on high for a medium sized potato - adjust time for size.
> Cook for half the time, turn potato and cook for remaining time. Don't
> forget to prick potato skin all over otherwise it will explode and that
> takes ages to clear up!
Don't forget to wrap the potato in foil after done cooking for another 6 to 8 minutes. This holds the heat in and finalizes the cooking. Important: do NOT have the potato in the microwave with the foil on!
From: Jim Kajpust (jkajpust at concentricRATS.net)
Date: 24 Sep 2000 06:03:35 GMT
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I usually do about 6 minutes, then flip it and do 6 more minutes. It depends a lot on your microwave. My is old and wimpy and new ones probably take less time.
To test the potato, stick a toothpick into it. If it's hard to stick it in, it isn't done yet, give it a couple more minutes or just let it set for a couple of minutes, it will continue to cook a bit more on its own.
I don't prick the skins on mine and have yet to have one blow up.
From: Stan Horwitz (stan at tempest.ocis.temple.edu)
Date: 24 Sep 2000 06:35:39 GMT
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jgalatis wrote:
> Does anybody know how long the potato needs to be cooked in a microwave
> oven?
Zero minutes. A potato cooked in a microwave oven is not baked, it is microwaved. A baked potato is one that is baked in an oven for around one around at 450 degrees.
From: Leon Manfredi (manfred at user1.channel1.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:24:11 -0400
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>Does anybody know how long the potato needs to be cooked in a microwave
>oven?
First off....it depends on the size of the potato.
Next, be sure to poke holes several times all around (ends too), otherwise, trapped in steam will explode potato (what a mess).
(hole poking items; paring knife, fork, ice pick, etc.)
Then place on a section of paper toweling, then, an "at least" trial 3 minutes on high each side. You may need to adjust for extra time after having given the potato a "Feel Cooked Squeeze".
For more than one potato, apply the same procedure, though more time will be necessary.
From: Edwin Pawlowski (esp at snet.net)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:17:05 -0400
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Leon Manfredi wrote:
> Next, be sure to poke holes several times all around (ends too),
> otherwise, trapped in steam will explode potato (what a mess).
> (hole poking items; paring knife, fork, ice pick, etc.)
> From Leon,
Gosh I lead a dull culinary life. I've been baking potatoes off and on for 35+ years and never poked one (intentionally, anyway), never had one explode.
Use the oven, the microwave, toaster oven, wood stove, grill, campfire, and no explosions. What am I doing wrong?
This is not to be confused with a potato gun though. BAM! 300 to 400 yards.
From: ndooley at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Nancy Dooley)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:01:15 GMT
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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>Gosh I lead a dull culinary life. I've been baking potatoes off and on for
>35+ years and never poked one (intentionally, anyway), never had one
>explode.
>
>Use the oven, the microwave, toaster oven, wood stove, grill, campfire, and
>no explosions. What am I doing wrong?
Whatever it is, so am I doing it wrong ... I've never had one explode, no matter how it's cooked.
From: kris at vilnya.demon.co.uk (Kris Dow)
Date: 7 Oct 2000 10:36:10 -0100
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>Whatever it is, so am I doing it wrong ... I've never had one explode,
>no matter how it's cooked.
I have had exactly one explode (I was doing my patented dual microwave+grill cheat in our combo thingy) and I have no idea why. Perhaps it was just a bit exciteable? I regularly lob them in without poking holes, no probs.
From: pattee at spot.Colorado.EDU (Donna Pattee)
Date: 28 Sep 2000 14:19:37 GMT
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>Gosh I lead a dull culinary life. I've been baking potatoes off and on for
>35+ years and never poked one (intentionally, anyway), never had one
>explode.
>
>Use the oven, the microwave, toaster oven, wood stove, grill, campfire, and
>no explosions. What am I doing wrong?
You're just plain lucky. I forgot ONCE to poke a potato I stuck in the microwave. I knew it was done because it blew the door of the microwave open.
From: "hahabogus \(Alan\)" (hahabogus at hotmail.com.invalid)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:38:30 -0500
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For years I never poked my potatoes. But the night I had one explode in my oven 15 minutes before company was to start coming over convinced me to start. Burning potato will really stink up the house and is hard to clean out of the oven. Also it kinda delays dinner if you have to re-cook the spuds.
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Re: baked potato in microwave
From: C. (sevans at johnabbott.qc.ca)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:59:55 -0400
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> Does anybody know how long the potato needs to be cooked in a microwave
> oven?
Potatoes cooked in the microwave should first have their skins pierced several times. For each potato, cook 4 minutes on high power in the microwave, but then you must allow fifteen minutes standing time as well. The potatoes should be wrapped in foil for the fifteen minutes standing time to hold in the heat and finish cooking.
S.
From: miche at technologist.com (Miche)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:49:51 +1200
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> Potatoes cooked in the microwave should first have their skins pierced
> several times. For each potato, cook 4 minutes on high power in the
> microwave, but then you must allow fifteen minutes standing time as well.
We never allow that much and the end result is just fine.
> The potatoes should be wrapped in foil for the fifteen minutes standing time
> to hold in the heat and finish cooking.
Nor do we wrap them in foil. We find they hold their heat and finish cooking without it.
From: Edwin Pawlowski (esp at snet.net)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 07:47:40 -0400
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Most peoplel forgt about standing time for microwaved foods. It does make a difference. I usually pop them n the toaster oven to stand so the skins will crisp. Of course if we have the time, that is the preferred cooking place starting out.
No need to wrap in foil, just put them under a dish towel and they will stay worm for a long time.
From: moosmeat at mindspring.com (moosemeat)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:13:31 GMT
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>No need to wrap in foil, just put them under a dish towel and they will stay
>worm for a long time.
>Ed.
The idea of wrapping in foil is not so much for keeping them warm as for continuing to bake them with residual heat according to the woman who conducted cooking school given with our new microwave several years ago.
From: Edwin Pawlowski (esp at snet.net)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:37:41 -0400
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moosemeat wrote:
> The idea of wrapping in foil is not so much for keeping them warm as for
> continuing to bake them with residual heat according to the woman who
> conducted cooking school given with our new microwave several years
> ago.
Correct. But you can use a towel to do the same thing. Invert a bowl over top of them also. Saves on foil and insulates better. The molecular action from the mw stimulation will continue for about half the cooking time as a rule of thumb.
From: Richard Caley (spt at cstr.ed.ac.uk)
Date: 25 Sep 2000 00:58:31 +0100
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C (c) writes:
> For each potato, cook 4 minutes on high power in the
> microwave, but then you must allow fifteen minutes standing time as well.
I just used to throw three or four in and zap them for 10 mins. Perfect.
The moral is, don't give definitive statments without qualifying them with important issues such as the size of the potato.
Small Maris Pipers, zapped for 10 mins, mashed dowd with a fork, bit of camambert or pate (or both). The one thing I really miss not haveing a MW anymore.
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Re: ::baked:: potato
From: Tintin Herge (D_Pfaster at hotmail.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:25:55 +0200
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> Does anybody know how long the potato needs to be cooked in a microwave
> oven?
I don't know about microwaving it but my microwave also has an oven [I don't have a real oven :( ] and bake it about 30-40 mins at 220C depending on the size of the potatoes.
First I poke holes with a fork, oil the potatoe -with a brush- and season with dry herbs, then wrap it with aluminum foil. Pop in the -warmed up- oven. I usually cut it half way through and fill it up with cottage cheese. Sprinkle generously with fresh parsley and serve immediately.
Däne
Enschede, Holland.