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Default Microwave baked potato?

Omelet wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:39:56 -0500:

??>> Omelet wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:55:46 -0500:
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??>>>> Returning to potatoes! I like to make mashed potatoes
??>>>> with baking potatoes usually nuked. There is one bonus
??>>>> in that, after removing the potato, the skins can be
??>>>> crisped quickly in the conventional oven as a bonus!
??>>>>
??>>>> James Silverton
??>>>> Potomac, Maryland
??>>
O>>> I pressure cooked potatoes for mashed.
O>>> Easy to peel.
??>>
O>>> And faster.
??>>
??>> I don't have a pressure cooker but is it really quicker
??>> than a microwave? In any case, as I said, I use
??>> baking-type potatoes and I've never boiled them. Nuked or
??>> conventionally baked they make very good mashed potatoes.
??>>
??>> James Silverton

O> I can put 8 to 10 potatoes in the pressure cooker and put
O> about 1" of water in it. It will come to pressure in 10
O> minutes with that, and I can set a timer for 15 minutes.

O> Done to perfection in a total of 25 to 30 minutes.

Microwave: 8 potatoes: 24 minutes.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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