jmcquown wrote:
>
> Ninip wrote:
> > Happy Easter All!
> >
> > I have a dilemma, please advice needed. I am going to cook a large
> > ham for dinner and have decided this year to have baked potatoes and
> > not mashed. How can I pull this off? Ham in oven for 3 hours at 350,
> > but the potatoes need 1 hour at 450.
>
> The potatoes will do fine at 350F for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Prick them with
> a fork, rub them with a little butter or oil and sprinkle them with salt and
> they will come out nicely crispy outside, tender inside.

I have never baked a potato longer than 1 hour at 350. I'm
talking very large russets. I can't imagine cooking them
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. I would think they would be burnt
by then or at least dried out.

Kate

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Kate Connally
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Until you bite their heads off.”
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