[net.cooks] Microwave Potatoes

bdot@hogpd.UUCP (11/08/83)

I've just started fooling around with microwave cooking and I tried some
baking potatoes last night. According to the microwave book directions, the
potatoes were cooked correctly but came out very hard. Is there a trick
to baking potatoes in a microwave that I don't know about?

Thx, John

walsh@ihuxi.UUCP (11/09/83)

I don't know what you did, but I place two washed potatoes on a sheet of
paper towels and cook them on high for 6-8 minutes. Then take them out and
wrap them in aluminum foil for another 5 minutes. They come out perfect
every time! (With more potatoes, double cooking time with double amount)

B. Walsh

johnw@ihldt.UUCP (Mr. John P. Wrycza) (11/09/83)

	I have found the best way to cook potatoes is to wrap the
	potatoes in wax paper, it keeps them from drying out. Also
	after washing the skins, lightly grease them with butter
	and poke holes in the skins. If your 'micro is not of the
	later variety having either the rotowave or the rotating
	platter make sure to turn them every few minutes.


				John Wrycza

donn@hp-dcd.UUCP (11/11/83)

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hp-dcd!donn    Nov  9 17:09:00 1983

My brother, an excellent cook, summarized the situation very well:

	"There's a difference between hot and cooked."

Baking potatoes in a microwave reminds you of this; the other ingredient
in "cooked" is time.  Let them sit a while and they get better.
(And you may have to adjust the microwave time with a few experiments.)

Donn Terry
...hplabs!hp-dcd!donn