On Apr 19, 2:39*pm, "Ms P" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
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> > On Apr 18, 4:17 pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> >> "heyjoe" > wrote in message
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> ...> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010
> >> 11:35:53 -0700, Dimitri wrote:
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> >> >> 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...>
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> >> > Color me skeptical - quilted bag made of cotton. *Why does this work
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> >> > than other methods?
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> >> *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
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> >> Dimitri
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > But if I have the time, it's oven-baked for me.
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> It's just as easy to find cotton batting as it is poly batting. *You're not
> looking in the right place.
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I worked in a large franchised fabric shop for 6 years. Sometimes
they had cotton batting; sometimes they didn't. I was speaking from
my experience. Thanks, anyway, for your helpful comment.

The warning remains - pre-quilted fabric rarely is quilted with cotton
batting, so my warning was for people who might tend to look at fabric
that is already quilted. Duh. I wouldn't want anyone to microwave a
potato in a polyester-quilted bag.

N.