"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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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:
>>
>>>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.


A potato without salt is like a fish without a bicycle.

I'd rather eat a beet than a potato without salt.


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