Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Baking Potatoes Researched ============================ From: checkedmate@my-deja.com Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:47:25 GMT -------- The San Francisco Chronicle of September 9 had an article where they tested and tested different techniques for baking potatoes. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/09/15/FD12830.DTL It included this microwave technique that seems sensible: "In a time crunch, you can microwave a potato for 5 minutes, then finish it in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. The oven helps crisp the skin and dry out the flesh so it's not dense and gluey like the potato fully baked in a microwave." ============================ From: cfb Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:33:09 GMT -------- This may sound good in theory, but a potato will not crisp up in 10 minutes, it takes a good hour at a high temperature to do this. :-)) ============================ From: "Steve C." Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 01:51:07 GMT -------- > "In a time crunch, you can microwave a potato for 5 > minutes, then finish it in a 350-degree oven for 10 > minutes. The oven helps crisp the skin and dry out Sorry... don't believe it for a second... or 10 minutes... ;-) ============================ From: penmart10@aol.com (Sheldon) Date: 30 Sep 1999 16:56:02 GMT -------- Steve C. writes: >Sorry... don't believe it for a second... or 10 minutes... ;-) There is nothing to believe or to disbelieve... 'crispness' and 'dryness' are both qualitative and subjective attributes, on a highly personal level... tantamount to being able to accurately determine whose/which orgasms are more intense and by what method. Obviously MMV (Mileage May Vary). Potato Head, 10 minutes is more than adequate, SteverinO! :::hehehe::: ============================ From: "Naldo" Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:57:50 +0100 -------- >It included this microwave technique that seems sensible: >"In a time crunch, you can microwave a potato for 5 I totally agree. I often cook very large potatoes in the microwave before putting them on the BBQ maybe for 30mins turning regularly. You dont get better than this for a crispy skin and fluffy inside - and the flavour... ============================