After washing and piercing the potato, wrap it in plastic wrap. I've seen
them in the store already washed and wrapped.
Nancy
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From: "olb--- via Cookinginthedark" <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>; "Jan" <zarf2...@verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 1:11 AM
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
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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.
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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
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