"h.e. sea" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Resin baked potatoes are a South Carolina Low Country specialty, and I
> remember them from my childhood visits to Murrells Inlet, but no matter
> how hard I search on the internet, I can't find a way to make them. I
> have found a couple of old news articles which mention something about a
> worker accidentally dropping a potato in pine resin which was being
> boiled to make turpentine, but this doesn't sound very safe.
> Has anyone else had resin baked potatoes or know how I can make them at
> home?
>
> Thank you so much for any help you can offer me,
> Heather

Huh ! For once google has let me down. The Cracker Barrel resturant chain
used to have them but apparently they are now off the menu. I seem to
remember they advised against eating the skin...

John<==never had one myself