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I ate 24 potatoes with dinner.
l not -l wrote:
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> On 13-Jul-2018, Terry Coombs > wrote:
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> > On 7/13/2018 1:41 PM, graham wrote:
> > > On 2018-07-13 12:00 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > >> On 7/13/2018 1:28 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >>> Yes, you read that right.Â* Along with a tomato and 2 country
> > ribs I >>> had 24 individual potatoes.
> > > > >
> > >>> I've seen them at the store and finally bought a bag of them,
> > tiny >>> potatoes, a mix of red and yellow.Â* The largest one are
> > about the >>> size of a marble, most are smaller.
> > > > >
> > >>> They make an interesting presentation, but taste the same as
> > their >>> full size counterparts.Â* I just boiled them and added
> > some butter >>> and salt.
> > > >
> > >> Tiny potatoes!Â* I've seen bags of them and have been curious.
> > But I >> was never curious enough to try them.Â* Maybe now I will.
> > Â* Do you >> think they'd roast well?Â* Being tiny potatoes, I
> > know they wouldn't >> take long, maybe lightly oiled and at a low
> > temp?
> > > >
> > >> Jill
> > > You can nuke them in about 5 minutes.
> >
> > Â* To paraphrase Bill Clinton , "Nookin' ain't Cookin' " . The
> > microwave is fantastic for warming up already-cooked dishes and
> > thawing stuff out . And not much else , IMO .
> It's also good for cooking some kinds of fish. Mostly, it takes a
> bit of learnin' to cook well in a microwave and few people take the
> time. Many people just throw food in, hit the cook button and think
> it shoudl turn out great. A few minutes to a few hours with any of
> Donovan Jon Fandre's microwave cooking books, and a little practice,
> is all that is needed to do more than popcorn and reheating coffee.
Correct. I am mot a microwave cook but there are some fish dishes that
excell in a microwave. Lemon Pepper Snapper fillets is one.
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