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isw

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> wrote:
>
> > I'm having a boneless pork roast tomorrow night and I'd like to have
> > roasted
> > potatoes with it. I've done it before but with less than satisfactory
> > results.
> > I'd like potatoes that are nice and crispy on the outside. I Googled and
> > saw
> > recipes where the oven was, up to in one case, 500 degrees. I obviously
> > can't
> > cook them the same time as the roast in those temps. I only have one oven
> > (wish
> > I had a double). Short of letting the roast sit getting cool while cooking
> > the
> > potatoes, do I have any options? Also, a nice recipe for roasted potatoes
> > maybe?
> > Thanks.
>
> Pre-cook them in the microwave wrapped in waxed paper, then crisp them
> at that temp in the oven.

That will produce cooked potatoes, but I've never been able to get that
"explodingly fluffy" texture that long baking (with NO foil) will
produce.

Isaac