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Default Salt on potato skin

On Jul 1, 12:12*am, Wayne Boatwright >
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> On Tue 30 Jun 2009 08:35:17p, jmcquown told us...
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> >>I am a big fan of eating a baked potato skin and all.

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> >> One of my favorite restaurants is Red Lobster, but I don't eat their
> >> potato skins. *They are loaded with salt.

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> >> The salt doesn't seem to change the flavor of the potato inside for
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> >> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
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> > 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.

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> > Jill

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> I like salt on the oiled skin, too. I usually use a moderately coarse
> Kosher salt.
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Ditto. Plus the oil makes the skin nice & crispy. Delicious (and I
always eat the skin anyway no matter how it's made).

Kris