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Default Baked potato by temperature

On 10/4/2018 10:19 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2018-10-04 12:24 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message

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>>>> Did they use some sort of instant read thermometer? I cannot
>>>> imagine worrying about the internal temp of a baked potato. Why
>>>> must everything be so complicated?
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> I wouldn't mess with it as a rule, but I saw it on one of the cooking
>>> shows and tried it, it was very good.

>>
>>
>> My guess would be that it was Alton Brown. He is so anal he takes the
>> fun out out cooking. I give them a squeeze. If they are too hard they
>> aren't cooked.

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>
> No, when I think about it, it was America's Test Kitchen and Elle Simone
> who was showing it.
>
> Cheri


I guess some people just like to brine things. I've never brined
chicken, either, but some people swear by it.

Jill