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Rhonda Anderson
 
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Michael Siemon > wrote in news:mlsiemon-
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> Simple test question: do you make a distinction between "baked
> potato" and "roasted potato" -- and if so, what is the distinction?
> So that you may see where _I'm_ coming from, to me the difference
> here is that "roasted potato" tends to imply cooking along with a
> meat/poultry "roast", while "baked potato" is essentially the same
> thing, but cooked by itself.


To me, if I bake a potato, I place a whole potato (not peeled) into the
oven to cook - no oil or other ingredients used. To roast potatoes, I peel
them and cut them into pieces, and cook them in fat - either along with the
meat or with some olive oil if I'm not doing a "roast".

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia