For the lady asking about the baked potato in the microwave. I bake mine also and minutes of how long you leave it in the microwave will vary from one microwave to another so you may have to experiment a little on the timing and size of the potato! But what I do I turn my potato several times why cooking it! I also dry mine afterwards before I put it in amicrowave! If you have the plastic to wrap it in instead of papper towel that helps keep it from getting over done also and drying out as much! but if have papper towel try turning it from one side to another and that will help. I had the same problem but turned it from one side to another so try that and see if it helps but on time that will vary so you will have to experiment on time! Hope that helps! -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/8/14, cookinginthedark-requ...@acbradio.org <cookinginthedark-requ...@acbradio.org> wrote:
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Re: A question about microwaved baked potatoes (Sandy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 06:10:30 -0500 From: "Sandy" <sugar1...@earthlink.net> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>, <o...@rogers.com> Subject: Re: [CnD] A question about microwaved baked potatoes Message-ID: <170109FCAEEC497682B9F2239BCCF631@SandyPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This does sound good. I usually put the cheese on and let it melt, without adding it to the microwave anymore. making me hungry! Courage is fear that has said its prayers! -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of olb--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 1:11 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org; Jan Subject: Re: [CnD] A question about microwaved baked potatoes Brittany, here is the method for a recipe for baked potato in the microwave. This is from allrecipes.com and this is for 1 potato. If you want to make more than one, put the desired amount on a microwave safe plate; check for doneness with a fork as you might have to add a minute or so for each potato. Okay, here is the Google method. Hope this helps. Scrub the potato, and prick several time with the tines of a fork. Place on a plate. Cook on full power in the microwave for 5 minutes. Turn over, and continue to cook for 5 more minutes. When the potato is soft, remove from the microwave, and cut in half lengthwise. Season with salt and pepper, and mash up the inside a little using a fork. Top the open sides with butter and 2 tablespoons of cheese. Return to the microwave, and cook for about 1 minute to melt the cheese. Top with remaining cheese and sour cream, and serve. CB: The Old Leather Bat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan via Cookinginthedark" <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>; "'Brittany Simpson'" <autumnrain...@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] A question about microwaved baked potatoes > You should cook it a bit less. I think it's a bit overcooked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On > Behalf Of Brittany Simpson via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:12 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Subject: [CnD] A question about microwaved baked potatoes > > Hello all, > I really need some help from some of you more experienced cooks out there. > I feel like this is a really dumb and very basic question, but I'm going > to > ask it anyway because apparently I'm doing something wrong and I need to > find out what it is. I am not an experienced cook but I'm not a beginner > either, and there are a lot of things that I can do in the kitchen and do > very well. But something I would like to do very well and can't seem to > is > make baked potatoes in the microwave. What I've been doing is picking out > a > potato, and it's usually a kind of small or medium sized potato. I poke > holes in it all over with a fork after washing the potato off under > running > water. Then I wrap the potato in a paper towel and microwave it from > between 4 and 5 minutes. What keeps happening for some reason is that the > inside of my potato mostly gets done but a very small portion of the > potato > becomes very tough and very difficult to eat. Like...very hard to chew. > Most of the rest of the pota to is okay, but what I want is to be able to > eat the whole potato, not just most of it but all of it, I don't like > wasting food in any way. So could someone please tell me what I might be > doing wrong and what I could do differently to perfectly bake a whole > potato > in the microwave? > Thanks in advance, > Brittany > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ------------------------------ End of Cookinginthedark Digest, Vol 61, Issue 14 ************************************************ _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
