"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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> On Apr 18, 4:17 pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>> "heyjoe" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010
>> 11:35:53 -0700, Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> >> Free pattern/tutorial to make your own potato bags found on the web
>> >> archive
>> >> he Potato Baker Bags
>> > <http://www.atimetostitch.com/Text%20files/ATTS%20-%20Potato_Baker_Bag...>
>>
>> > Color me skeptical - quilted bag made of cotton. Why does this work
>> > better
>> > than other methods?
>>
>> I have no idea why it works. It does. Maybe because it traps more heat
>> than not having a bag. It's not just a layer of cotton it's quilted with
>> ??
>> inside.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
>
> It's really easy to find a synthetic batting - not to easy to find a
> cotton one. I would warn anyone wanting to make this, to be sure the
> batting is cotton, in addition to the fabric.
>
> Me, I really like the crispy skin on an oven-baked potato - I
> microwave them now and then, but don't need any bag to do it properly
> - they turn out perfectly with soft skin - I wash them and then wrap
> in one square of paper towel.
>
> But if I have the time, it's oven-baked for me.
>
> N.

It's just as easy to find cotton batting as it is poly batting. You're not
looking in the right place.

Ms P