Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some...
what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each: http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg

SHELDON

On Mar 7, 1:42*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some...
> what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
> these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each: *http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg
>
> SHELDON

I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...

merryb wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some...
> > what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
> > these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each: �http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg
>
> > SHELDON
>
> I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
> shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
> like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...

I will report back tonight, they're in the oven baking now... sorry to
hear about your spudiophelia. hehe

Right now my dilemma is what will I do with six pounds of baked
potato, and my cats won't eat any, and I'll be lucky to eat half of
one with dinner tonight. I'm thinking baked potato salad.

Sheldon wrote:
>
> merryb wrote:
> > Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > > Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some...
> > > what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
> > > these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each: �http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg
> >
> > > SHELDON
> >
> > I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
> > shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
> > like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...
>
> I will report back tonight, they're in the oven baking now... sorry to
> hear about your spudiophelia. hehe
>
> Right now my dilemma is what will I do with six pounds of baked
> potato, and my cats won't eat any, and I'll be lucky to eat half of
> one with dinner tonight. I'm thinking baked potato salad.

Here's a suggestion for all those baked potatoes. I haven't tried this
recipe yet, and it looks so good! It's a recipe for 'baked potato &
leek soup with cheddar & bacon'. Here's the link:

http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/r...llection=96086

or

http://tinyurl.com/2mlmb9

Sky

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On Mar 7, 5:02Â*pm, Sky > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > merryb wrote:
> > > Sheldon wrote:
>
> > > > Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some....
> > > > what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
> > > > these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each: �http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg
>
> > > > SHELDON
>
> > > I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
> > > shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
> > > like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...
>
> > I will report back tonight, they're in the oven baking now... sorry to
> > hear about your spudiophelia. Â*hehe
>
> > Right now my dilemma is what will I do with six pounds of baked
> > potato, and my cats won't eat any, and I'll be lucky to eat half of
> > one with dinner tonight. Â*I'm thinking baked potato salad.
>
> Here's a suggestion for all those baked potatoes. Â*I haven't tried this
> recipe yet, and it looks so good! Â*It's a recipe for 'baked potato &
> leek soup with cheddar & bacon'. Â*Here's the link:
>
> http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/r..._soup.aspx?col...
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2mlmb9

Probably tastey but with all that dairy (and bacon) I think a bit high
on the fat richter scale. Thank you.

Sheldon wrote:
>
> On Mar 7, 5:02Â pm, Sky > wrote:
> > Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > > Right now my dilemma is what will I do with six pounds of baked
> > > potato, and my cats won't eat any, and I'll be lucky to eat half of
> > > one with dinner tonight. Â I'm thinking baked potato salad.
> >
> > Here's a suggestion for all those baked potatoes. Â I haven't tried this
> > recipe yet, and it looks so good! Â It's a recipe for 'baked potato &
> > leek soup with cheddar & bacon'. Â Here's the link:
> >
> > http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/r..._soup.aspx?col...
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/2mlmb9
>
> Probably tastey but with all that dairy (and bacon) I think a bit high
> on the fat richter scale. Thank you.

That's 1) why it looks so good and 2) why I haven't made it yet ;>
Perhaps someday. Although, when I priced leeks the other day (mind,
leeks is something I very rarely buy), I was rather shocked to see they
were $4.99/lb for the leeks!

Sky

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On Mar 7, 5:35�pm, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:
> Sheldon > dropped :
> in rec.food.cooking
>
> > Bought a 10 bag of baking russets and today I decided to bake some...
> > what a surprise to look in the bag and find such perfect monsters,
> > these are the smallest and weigh over a pound each:
> >http://i31.tinypic.com/28ionpz.jpg
>
> Since when did you become such a size queen?
>
> Michael <- ducking

Just imagine how many D cells they take. LOL

On Mar 7, 5:27�pm, Sky > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > On Mar 7, 5:02� pm, Sky > wrote:
> > > Sheldon wrote:
>
> > > > Right now my dilemma is what will I do with six pounds of baked
> > > > potato, and my cats won't eat any, and I'll be lucky to eat half of
> > > > one with dinner tonight. � I'm thinking baked potato salad.
>
> > > Here's a suggestion for all those baked potatoes. � I haven't tried this
> > > recipe yet, and it looks so good! � It's a recipe for 'baked potato &
> > > leek soup with cheddar & bacon'. � Here's the link:
>
> > >http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/r..._soup.aspx?col....
>
> > > or
>
> > >http://tinyurl.com/2mlmb9
>
> > Probably tastey but with all that dairy (and bacon) I think a bit high
> > on the fat richter scale. � Thank you.
>
> That's 1) why it looks so good and 2) why I haven't made it yet ;>
> Perhaps someday. �Although, when I priced leeks the other day (mind,
> leeks is something I very rarely buy), I was rather shocked to see they
> were $4.99/lb for the leeks! �

You can get by substituting a bunch of green oniions.

Btw, my giant spuds turned out perfect, I could only eat half of
one. I actually like cold baked potatoes, nice diced and tossed with
plain yogurt and fresh herbs, dillweed is nice.

"merryb" > wrote in message

I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...
*********************************

That happens occasionally no matter where you buy produce. Too many
variables in growing to guarantee a consistent product.

On Mar 7, 7:39*pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "merryb" > wrote in message
>
> I bought a bag at Costco, and altho they were beautiful, they were
> shit!! They were not fluffy like you would hope- these almost seemed
> like they were waterlogged?? Hope you have better luck...
> *********************************
>
> That happens occasionally no matter where you buy produce. Too many
> variables in growing to guarantee a consistent product.

Definitely- especially when you're buying in huge amounts like these
guys do...