"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown said...
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>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>> jmcquown said...
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>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>>>> anything?
>>>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>>>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>>>>> for the remainder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>>>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked
>>>>> there they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with
>>>>> coursely flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes
>>>>> at a time in a very large oven.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>>>
>>>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>>>
>>>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jean B.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I don't
>> understand people who microwave potatoes and call them "baked"... they
>> aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a potato in the jacket
>> in a microwave, but it's certainly nothing like a properly baked potato
>> with a yummy crispy salted skin!
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a potato!
>
> Andy


Lots of people here have claimed to "bake" potatoes in the microwave.
Sorry, that's not baked. I have done a close approximation while
travelling, only having a microwave in a hotel room rather than an oven.
You can rub a couple of potatoes with oil and (yes) sprinkle it with salt,
then wrap them in damp paper towels and zap/nuke them for about 10 minutes.
It's not baked potatoes but they taste close to baked.

I still don't know what you have against crispy salted potato skins.
They're very tasty!

Jill