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On Wed 02 Jul 2008 10:45:33p, sf told us...

> On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:56:38 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
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>>Did you use coarse salt or regular table salt? Coarse kosher or sea salt
>>makes a "dramatic" difference. As to your oversalting them, table salt
>>would definitely tend to give an oversalted result.

>
> The salt was "kosher".... so I guess you could call it coarse.
>>
>>I typically rub the potatoes generously with Crisco, then coat with a
>>mixture of coarse salt, cracked black peppercorns, and granulated garlic.

>
> Basically, that's what I did but used EVOO instead of Crisco. I
> wasn't impressed. I won't do it again.


Maybe I just like salty potatoes. :-) I almost always make them this way.

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