jmcquown wrote on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:35:17 -0400:

> "metspitzer" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I am a big fan of eating a baked potato skin and all.
>>
>> One of my favorite restaurants is Red Lobster, but I don't
>> eat their potato skins. They are loaded with salt.
>>
>> The salt doesn't seem to change the flavor of the potato
>> inside for me.
>>
>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt
>> changes anything?
>>
> I always lightly oil or butter then salt the outside of baking
> potatoes. But then, I eat the nice crispy skin, too, not just the
> inside of the potato.

I like the skin of a baked potato too but, while IMHO a little salt is
needed, I don't want enough that it can see the crystals.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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