how do you cook a baked potato in the microwave?

CajunMama · #21 Postby **CajunMama** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:15 pm

I read a tip where you just wet a couple of paper towels and nuke them for a few seconds and then wipe...and toss the towels!

HurricaneGirl · #22 Postby **HurricaneGirl** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:33 pm

Use this receipe for making (4) 8 oz. potatoes

Poke holes in each potato in 2 or 3 places with a fork. Place a double thickness of paper towels on the floor or turntable of the microwave. Arrange the potatoes like the spokes of a wheel on the paper towels.

A microwave that has the thing that spins around inside works best.

Microwave on high power for 10 minutes. Turn the potatoes over; microwave for 5 minutes more. Check for doneness with the tip of a sharp knife. If the potatoes are not completely cooked, microwave them a 2 minute intervals, checking for doneness.

And Heaven forbid... do not use ALUMINUM FOIL!!! :eek:

rainstorm · #23 Postby **rainstorm** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:01 pm

i tried the tin foil method this time. worked pretty good. next time the wet napkin method

#24 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:43 pm

i stab mine with a fork several times, wrap it in a damp paper towel and cook it on high for 6 minutes.

rainstorm · #25 Postby **rainstorm** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:11 pm

i will try that tomorrow!!

#26 Postby **alicia-w** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:38 pm

dont put foil in a microwave!!!!

rainstorm · #27 Postby **rainstorm** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:53 pm

the wet paper towel method worked great too

rainstorm · #28 Postby **rainstorm** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:54 pm

i didnt put foil in the microwave. i cooked the potato in the microwave, then wrapped it in tin foil

#29 Postby **coriolis** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:02 pm

Who would have thought that this thread would go on so long. Helen you'll be all potatoed out by the time this is over.

rainstorm · #30 Postby **rainstorm** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:44 pm

lots of good advice. i never could get a potato to bake right in the microwave

GalvestonDuck · #31 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:32 am

coriolis wrote:Who would have thought that this thread would go on so long. Helen you'll be all potatoed out by the time this is over.

Nah, she'll be eating them all the time now because they aren't mushy.

beachbum_al · #32 Postby **beachbum_al** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:17 am

Well I wash it off first. Then I poke some holes with a knife in it to let it expand and not explode in the microwave. Next I take a white paper towel and wrap it around the potato. Gently wet the paper towel and potato and place it in the microwave for about 5 minutes. If it is not done I cook it an additional 2 minutes until done. Make sure you check it because they can get overdone quick.

Miss Mary · #33 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:40 am

I wouldn't have thought this thread would go so long either.

Let's try this one - How do you boil water? Or hard boil an egg? LOL

Each time I read this topic, I am reminded of a special lunch my daughters had in Elem school. Each child was to bring in an uncooked Idaho potato, washed, pricked and wrapped in foil and a drink. They were to be baked in the cafeteria's ovens. Then each child was assigned to bring in one item - most were food related, but a few were paper products. Foods were shredded cheese, sour cream, butter (the obvious ones), but others I never would have thought of - salsa, sliced black olives/mushrooms, chopped raw brocolli, shredded raw carrots, other toppings such as these. I was skeptical that this lunch would be filling. Turns out it was more than and my kids talked about it for months. They'd ask me if we could have a baked potato dinner. So I would start the menu with the potatoes and from there we added a salad, fresh bread and we had a meal. We never even missed meat!

It's been a long time we had a baked potato meal but maybe I'll plan one soon!

Mary

rainstorm · #34 Postby **rainstorm** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:08 am

lets all eat baked potatos!!!!!

arkess7 · #35 Postby **arkess7** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:48 am

When I used to work in the restaruant bussiness......we would eat baked potatos with A1 steak sauce on them! Like eating a veggie steak........I still do it to this day sometimes too! :lol:

Miss Mary · #36 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:10 pm

Hey Helen - maybe you've started a whole new diet craze!!!! LOL

#37 Postby **coriolis** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:42 pm

Mary, what they did at the school: That's like stone soup.

Dang! We're all out of potatos. :cry:

Miss Mary · #38 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:13 pm

Ed - I think you're right. The teacher problaby used that story as the basis for the lunch. It was also at the end of the school year and kids were either tired of the hot or packed lunches, or the cafeteria was winding down. I do know the last week of school, it's "Cook's choice" - anything goes, whatever is left over. Guess I'll find out how they pull this off, since I'm working in the middle school cafeteria now.

Mary

rainstorm · #39 Postby **rainstorm** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:54 pm

lets celebrate the potato!! all potato diet

potato cakes
baked potato
boiled potato
fried potatos
potato salad
potato pie
potato cake
potato bread

#40 Postby **coriolis** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:35 pm

You say po TA to
I say po TAH to

how do you cook a baked potato in the microwave?

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