"Goomba38" > wrote

> John Kane wrote:
>
>> What? In my family the skins, loaded with butter, are the best part
>> of a baked potato. The insides are okay but come a sad second to
>> crispy potato skins.
>
> I'm so with ya there!A nice dry crispy potato skin, with lots of butter,
> salt and pepper, make the best start to a meal. As children we were
> allowed to gather at the table and enjoy the potato skins immediately,
> even while my mother was serving out the rest of the meal so we could
> enjoy them at their best.

Usually a baked potato (half of one of those enormous ones, anyway) is
a side dish, and I eat some of the potato guts and the skin is wrapped up
and saved for breakfast. I zap it until it's warm and butter it.

nancy