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On Aug 25, 12:38 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
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Nothing shill about telling you guys about a good potato.

All the shills say that.

At $38 plus shipping for 10 pounds, they are for people with more money
than
brains. 29¢ a pound versus $4.70 a pound with shipping.

You are wrong about it being more convenient to use a fresh potato.
Cheaper maybe but not more convenient. Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?

I can have them washed and in the oven or MW by the time you dig the
frozen
crap out of the freezer. And I'll be a few bucks ahead. 29¢ a pound
versus
$4.70 a pound with shipping. If you wash a 10 pound bag of potatoes in 5
minutes, you are saving $44 in minutes or equal to $220 an hour. I have
to
work over a half a day to earn that so I'm not going to give it up for
pre-washed spuds.
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Sorry to all of you who were offended by this post. Though it is good
to know that there was a place that I could get some honest feedback
from. Thank you all for your honest opinions. I will leave you alone
now. Sorry.

So, you don't have to be sorry for your opinion , IMO. Sleep quit

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Steve Y wrote:
The key point for me here is what do people expect of a baked potato ?

If doesn't have a crunchy skin then it isn't a baked potato for me. My
other half used to "bake " her spuds in the microwave but has since
learnt her lesson.

Same here. If it doesn't have a crispy skin and a little nutty flavor it
simply isn't a baked potato.

You can certainly cook a potato in the microwave and get the same result
as famous industrial chain food restaurants but it isn't a baked potato.



How much more expensive are these than fresh spuds ? I think I
calculated $50 US for 10lbs , ie $5 /lb or £2.50/lb, seems way OTT

Steve

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:46:17 +0200, Steve Y
wrote:

The key point for me here is what do people expect of a baked potato ?

If doesn't have a crunchy skin then it isn't a baked potato for me. My
other half used to "bake " her spuds in the microwave but has since
learnt her lesson.

How much more expensive are these than fresh spuds ? I think I
calculated $50 US for 10lbs , ie $5 /lb or £2.50/lb, seems way OTT

Steve


Where did you get those prices for potatoes? At my local grocery
loose baking potatoes are $.89 per pound. Bagged ones are even
cheaper.
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48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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"Thank you all for your honest opinions"

You just came to the wrong place I think. Most people on here, IMHO,
think Quality first, then Price. There is a market for what you have to
offer but it's not here. pre-Baked frozen spuds belong in same category
as "Aunt Bessie's Frozen Yorkshire Puds" that I am ashamed I have a
sister that actually uses.

Steve

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On Aug 25, 12:38 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
wrote in message
Nothing shill about telling you guys about a good potato.
All the shills say that.

At $38 plus shipping for 10 pounds, they are for people with more money than
brains. 29¢ a pound versus $4.70 a pound with shipping.

You are wrong about it being more convenient to use a fresh potato.
Cheaper maybe but not more convenient. Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?
I can have them washed and in the oven or MW by the time you dig the frozen
crap out of the freezer. And I'll be a few bucks ahead. 29¢ a pound versus
$4.70 a pound with shipping. If you wash a 10 pound bag of potatoes in 5
minutes, you are saving $44 in minutes or equal to $220 an hour. I have to
work over a half a day to earn that so I'm not going to give it up for
pre-washed spuds.
--
Edhttp://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

Sorry to all of you who were offended by this post. Though it is good
to know that there was a place that I could get some honest feedback
from. Thank you all for your honest opinions. I will leave you alone
now. Sorry.

Peter A wrote:

In article ,
lid says...
Steve Y wrote:
The key point for me here is what do people expect of a baked potato ?

If doesn't have a crunchy skin then it isn't a baked potato for me. My
other half used to "bake " her spuds in the microwave but has since
learnt her lesson.

Same here. If it doesn't have a crispy skin and a little nutty flavor it
simply isn't a baked potato.

You can certainly cook a potato in the microwave and get the same result
as famous industrial chain food restaurants but it isn't a baked potato.


This is the main point - too many people consider any large, whole,
cooked potato to be "baked" when a microwaved potato is in fact steamed.

A microwaved potato is no more steamed than a baked one. In both cases
the heat introduced produces some internal steam.


Even so, when I have been in a hurry for a real baked potato, I have
found that a few minutes in the microwave followed by finishing in the
oven will cut your cooking time in half and give a result that is hard
to tell from the real thing.

That technique certainly works, indeed very often my use of the
microwave it to trim cooking time of an ingredient or two, like nuking
diced green peppers for a couple minutes to sync them with the rest of
the dish they are going in.

writes:
wrote:
Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?



Because you are so busy doing what?

she's got five kids under age six

who has time to put on a condom (or wash and properly cook
potatoes) when you're busy having all that sex?

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For those of you who are interested, there is a place out there where
you can buy frozen, fully baked potatoes that microwave in 3-4 minutes
and taste like fresh, oven baked potatoes. Check it out at
www.worldwidefoodsinc.com. Also find free recipes for baked
potatoes. These are very convenient. I have 5 kids, age 6 and under
and I use them at home often as they save me a lot of time in the
kitchen.


Let's see: Wash the potato, poke it with a fork a few times, stick it in the
oven. That takes about 60 seconds. Baking takes 45 minutes at 400 degrees,
during which time you can be doing whatever you want.

Are you the poster girl for laziness?

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On Aug 25, 11:26 am, "James Silverton"
wrote:
wrote on Sat, 25 Aug 2007
10:02:20 -0700:

a On Aug 25, 10:43 am, "Pete C." wrote: ??
wrote:

??
?? For those of you who are interested, there is a place out
?? there where you can buy frozen, fully baked potatoes that
?? microwave in 3-4 minutes and taste like fresh, oven baked
?? potatoes. Check it out atwww.worldwidefoodsinc.com.
?? Also find free recipes for baked potatoes. These are
?? very convenient. I have 5 kids, age 6 and under and I
?? use them at home often as they save me a lot of time in
?? the kitchen.
??
?? What a pathetic shill / spam post. Nuking a fresh, raw
?? potato take a couple minutes longer and is more convenient
?? and of course a lot cheaper.

I've never tried a reheated baked potato but was the original
cooking conventional or nuking? If conventional, it might be
interesting to try.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

The original is baked in an oven, cooled with a special, patented
process, and Individually quick frozen, all in a very clean FDA
approved processing plant. This is what makes it taste better than a
fresh microwave baked potato.

A microwaved potato is not a baked potato, so your "patented process" has
nothing to do with the taste difference.

"George" wrote in message
. ..
wrote:


Nothing shill about telling you guys about a good potato. This company
supplies national restaurant chains and now their potato is online.
You are wrong about it being more convenient to use a fresh potato.
Cheaper maybe but not more convenient. Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?


You are right. It is an incredibly intense and physical operation and it
does take a large amount of time to wash a potato. Sometimes I start in
the afternoon and it is sunset before I am finished washing potatoes.


Hopefully, you OK'd this exercise with your doctor and had a stress test
before beginning.

In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:

wrote:
Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?



Because you are so busy doing what?


Are you kidding? Five kids under the age of six?

"Dan Abel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:

wrote:
Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?



Because you are so busy doing what?


Are you kidding? Five kids under the age of six?

If they are her biological kids (not adopted), then she's lying about having
that many kids.

In article , "Pandora"
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I AM considering building a solar stove/oven tho'.
Heaven knows summer days in Texas are good for that sort of thing!

Oh yes! I think that potatoes in Texas can be roasted under the sun DDDDD

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I probably would not even need the solar collector. G

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In article ,
Peter A wrote:

This is the main point - too many people consider any large, whole,
cooked potato to be "baked" when a microwaved potato is in fact steamed.

Even so, when I have been in a hurry for a real baked potato, I have
found that a few minutes in the microwave followed by finishing in the
oven will cut your cooking time in half and give a result that is hard
to tell from the real thing.

I'm wondering what kind of results I'm going to get from a solar oven
when I finally get around to building one.
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tert in seattle wrote:

writes:
wrote:
Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?



Because you are so busy doing what?

she's got five kids under age six

who has time to put on a condom (or wash and properly cook
potatoes) when you're busy having all that sex?

You would go there. ;-)
You are so mean!

OTOH, she could truly benefit from exploring solar cooking.
5 kids have gotta be expensive!
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"Dan Abel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:

wrote:
Who has time or wants to wash/
scrub a bag of green potatoes you get from the grocery store?



Because you are so busy doing what?


Are you kidding? Five kids under the age of six?

If they are her biological kids (not adopted), then she's lying about having
that many kids.

With all the IVF (and other technique) induced multiple births these
days, I don't think you have any grounds for that comment.