Microwave a Potato?

Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an oven
baked potato?

Tom

Tom wrote:
Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an oven
baked potato?

Tom





Tom,

Have you tried wrapping it loosely in a dampened paper towel? I stab a
potato about 6-8 times with a fork, then wrap, stick it on a paper plate
and microwave for about 6 or 7 minutes. When it comes out, I split it
open, then pop it (unwrapped) into the toaster oven for a few minutes.
This is as close as I've come to oven-baked, w/o the oven.
Butter/sour cream/etc as usual...

Tom wrote:
Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an oven
baked potato?

Tom

An oven baked potato has had its skin dried and the interior dessicated. It
should smell like roast chestnuts and have stiff skin.
There is no way a microwave can duplicate the process, and will only yield a
steamed potato at best.

JJ

Oh pshaw, on Wed 21 Nov 2007 05:30:29p, Tom meant to say...

Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an
oven baked potato?

Tom






I have nuked them almost to the point of being done, then put in a very hot
oven of 4225-450 degrees to finish. It doesn't take very long.

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Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an
oven baked potato?

Wipe it with EVOO and Kosher salt. Put it on a plate. Don't wrap it.

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Tom wrote:
Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an oven
baked potato?

Tom


As everyone else has suggested, let it breathe.
My wife bought a gadget that supports up to four potatoes on individual
plastic spikes. You stand them on end, and jam them on the spikes, so
virtually every part is open to the air. Works pretty well.

Dave

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Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an
oven baked potato?



If you cant wait long enough to bake a potato, eat something else.

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Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an
oven baked potato?

Tom



was at camp this summer, the cook started wrapping taters in foil for the
oven. i asked that mine not be wrapped, then a couple others said not to
wrap theirs. cookie got all bent "i've always baked potatoes this way".
sorry toots, i want mine baked, not steamed.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, crunchy dried skins.

joe
petersburg (it's baked or it's something else, you decide what you want)
alaska

"Karen Burns" wrote in message
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Tom,

Have you tried wrapping it loosely in a dampened paper towel? I stab a
potato about 6-8 times with a fork, then wrap, stick it on a paper plate
and microwave for about 6 or 7 minutes. When it comes out, I split it
open, then pop it (unwrapped) into the toaster oven for a few minutes.
This is as close as I've come to oven-baked, w/o the oven.
Butter/sour cream/etc as usual...


Hi Karen, thanks for the helpful reply I'll try your suggestions.

Tom

"jeremy" wrote in message
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Tom wrote:
Hi, some evenings I come home rinse off a potato wrap up in a clear wrap
then microwave it.
Is there any way to microwave a potato and make it taste similar to an
oven baked potato?

Tom

An oven baked potato has had its skin dried and the interior dessicated.
It should smell like roast chestnuts and have stiff skin.
There is no way a microwave can duplicate the process, and will only yield
a steamed potato at best.

JJ

Yep, that's it I've been getting a steamed potato