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jmcquown said...

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>> anything?

>>
>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>> for the remainder.
>>
>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>
>> -sw

>
>
> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
> they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
> flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
> in a very large oven.
>
> Jill



Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.

It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!

It just ain't right, I do declare!

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Andy wrote:
> jmcquown said...
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>> anything?
>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>> for the remainder.
>>>
>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>
>>> -sw

>>
>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
>> they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
>> flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
>> in a very large oven.
>>
>> Jill

>
>
> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>
> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>
> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>
> Andy


Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!

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"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>> jmcquown said...
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>> anything?
>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>>> for the remainder.
>>>>
>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
>>> they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
>>> flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
>>> in a very large oven.
>>>
>>> Jill

>>
>>
>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>
>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>
>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>
>> Andy

>
> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!
>
> --
> Jean B.




Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I don't
understand people who microwave potatoes and call them "baked"... they
aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a potato in the jacket in a
microwave, but it's certainly nothing like a properly baked potato with a
yummy crispy salted skin!

Jill

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> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Andy wrote:
>>> jmcquown said...
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>>> anything?
>>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>>>> for the remainder.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked
>>>> there they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with
>>>> coursely flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes
>>>> at a time in a very large oven.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>>
>>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>>
>>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>>
>>> Andy

>>
>> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.

>
>
>
> Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I don't
> understand people who microwave potatoes and call them "baked"... they
> aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a potato in the jacket
> in a microwave, but it's certainly nothing like a properly baked potato
> with a yummy crispy salted skin!
>
> Jill



I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a potato!

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> jmcquown said...
>
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>> jmcquown said...
>>>>
>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>>>> anything?
>>>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>>>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>>>>> for the remainder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>>>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked
>>>>> there they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with
>>>>> coursely flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes
>>>>> at a time in a very large oven.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>>>
>>>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>>>
>>>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jean B.

>>
>>
>>
>> Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I don't
>> understand people who microwave potatoes and call them "baked"... they
>> aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a potato in the jacket
>> in a microwave, but it's certainly nothing like a properly baked potato
>> with a yummy crispy salted skin!
>>
>> Jill

>
>
> I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a potato!
>
> Andy



Lots of people here have claimed to "bake" potatoes in the microwave.
Sorry, that's not baked. I have done a close approximation while
travelling, only having a microwave in a hotel room rather than an oven.
You can rub a couple of potatoes with oil and (yes) sprinkle it with salt,
then wrap them in damp paper towels and zap/nuke them for about 10 minutes.
It's not baked potatoes but they taste close to baked.

I still don't know what you have against crispy salted potato skins.
They're very tasty!

Jill



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jmcquown wrote on Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:20:19 -0400:

> "Andy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown said...
>>
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>> jmcquown said...
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>>>>> anything?
>>>>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure.
>>>>>>> I bake mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook,
>>>>>>> then unwrap for the remainder.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them
>>>>>>> entirely in rock salt (this may even be how Red Loobster
>>>>>>> does them)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked
>>>>>> there they lightly brushed the tops with oil and
>>>>>> sprinkled them with coursely flaked salt. They baked
>>>>>> multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time in a very
>>>>>> large oven.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>>>>
>>>>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jean B.
>>>
>>> Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I
>>> don't understand people who microwave potatoes and call them
>>> "baked"... they aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a
>>> potato in the jacket in a microwave, but it's
>>> certainly nothing like a properly baked potato with a yummy crispy
>>> salted skin!
>>>
>>> Jill

>>
>> I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a
>> potato!
>>
>> Andy


> Lots of people here have claimed to "bake" potatoes in the
> microwave. Sorry, that's not baked. I have done a close
> approximation while travelling, only having a microwave in a
> hotel room rather than an oven. You can rub a couple of
> potatoes with oil and (yes) sprinkle it with salt, then wrap
> them in damp paper towels and zap/nuke them for about 10
> minutes. It's not baked potatoes but they taste close to
> baked.


> I still don't know what you have against crispy salted potato skins.
> They're very tasty!


Nuked potatoes are not bad if you want one or two in a hurry but, IMHO,
the flavor does not match oven-baked, nor are the skins particularly
appetizing.

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"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Nuked potatoes are not bad if you want one or two in a hurry but, IMHO,
> the flavor does not match oven-baked, nor are the skins particularly
> appetizing.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton


It I nuke them, I just mash them or cut them up skin and all and eat
them. The skin is not the separate "treat" like it is with the crispy
oven (or fire) baked potato.
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:24:35 GMT, James Silverton wrote:

> Nuked potatoes are not bad if you want one or two in a hurry but, IMHO,
> the flavor does not match oven-baked, nor are the skins particularly
> appetizing.


Start the potato in the microwave to bring it up to heat, and finish
in the oven. It's much quicker and more energy efficient.

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jmcquown said...


> I still don't know what you have against crispy salted potato skins.
> They're very tasty!
>
> Jill



Jill,

I've spoken about being forced to eat dirt encrusted potato skins before.

Best,

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> I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a potato!
>
> Andy


It works, but it steams them!
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On 2009-07-01 04:21:03 -0700, "Jean B." > said:

> Andy wrote:
>> jmcquown said...
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>>> anything?
>>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>>> for the remainder.
>>>>
>>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
>>> they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
>>> flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
>>> in a very large oven.
>>>
>>> Jill

>>
>>
>> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>>
>> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>>
>> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>>
>> Andy

>
> Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!


Ah, yes. And if you want any nutrition from a potato other than
carbohydrates you must absolutely eat the skin!
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thepixelfreak said...

> Ah, yes. And if you want any nutrition from a potato other than
> carbohydrates you must absolutely eat the skin!



Grandma Rose told us "you have to eat a pound of dirt before you die."

Problem is, there's no "Dirt" on nutrition labels, let alone potatoes!
Dammit!!!

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On 2009-07-01 11:28:54 -0700, Andy > said:

> thepixelfreak said...
>
>> Ah, yes. And if you want any nutrition from a potato other than
>> carbohydrates you must absolutely eat the skin!

>
>
> Grandma Rose told us "you have to eat a pound of dirt before you die."
>
> Problem is, there's no "Dirt" on nutrition labels, let alone potatoes!
> Dammit!!!
>
> Andy


Grandma was wrong. This peaked my interest and in fact the skin does
not contain the majority of the nutrients! One more old wives tale down
the drain!
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"thepixelfreak" wrote:
> Andy said:
>> thepixelfreak writes:
>>>
>>> Ah, yes. And if you want any nutrition from a potato other than
>>> carbohydrates you must absolutely eat the skin!

>>
>>
>> Grandma Rose told us "you have to eat a pound of dirt before you die."
>>
>> Problem is, there's no "Dirt" on nutrition labels, let alone potatoes!
>> Dammit!!!
>>
>> Andy

>
> Grandma was wrong. This peaked my interest and in fact the skin does not
> contain the majority of the nutrients! One more old wives tale down the
> drain!
>
>

Potato skin contains most of its minerals and fiber and the portion directly
below the skin contains about half its vitamins. Potato flesh is primarilly
starch. However one major negative regarding potatoes is that as tubers
they store a very high proportion of agri chemicals... potatoes are prone
to many diseases and insect damage so a lot of various chmicals are used in
their production, it would be very difficult if not impossible to grow
potatoes without chemicals. I don't suggest eating potatoes often and/or in
large quantities... since they're water soluable boiling removes much of the
chemicals, baked in jackets retains the most agri chemicals. Even growing
ones own potatoes doesn't really help as seed potatoes one buys to plant in
home gardens are also heavily treated as are many seeds... which is why many
seed packets warn not to feed them to wildlife and livestock. A diet
consisting heavily of potatoes is really a lose/lose situation.



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On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:12:51 GMT, brooklyn1 wrote:

> Potato skin contains most of its minerals and fiber and the portion directly
> below the skin contains about half its vitamins.


Bullshit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato#Nutrition
http://www.potatoes.com/Nutrition.cfm

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In article <2009070111083175249-not@dotcom>,
thepixelfreak > wrote:

> On 2009-07-01 04:21:03 -0700, "Jean B." > said:


> > Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!

>
> Ah, yes. And if you want any nutrition from a potato other than
> carbohydrates you must absolutely eat the skin!


An old wive's tale imnsho:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/


Potatoes, baked, flesh, with salt
New Search
Refuse: 23% (Skin and adhering flesh)
NDB No: 11829 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams Number
of Data
Points Std.
Error
Energy
kcal

93
Protein
g

1.96

6

0.018
Total lipid (fat)
g

0.10
Carbohydrate, by difference
g

21.55

0

0
Fiber, total dietary
g

1.5
Sugars, total
g

1.70
Minerals
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
12.8
Potatoes, baked, flesh and skin, with salt
New Search
Refuse: 0%
NDB No: 11828 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams Number
of Data
Points Std.
Error
Proximates
Water
g

74.89

21

0
Energy
kcal

93
Protein
g

2.50
Total lipid (fat)
g

0.13

21

0
Ash
g

1.33

21

0
Carbohydrate, by difference
g

21.15

0

0
Fiber, total dietary
g

2.2

15

0
Sugars, total
g

1.18

0

0
Sucrose
g

0.40

21

0
Glucose (dextrose)
g

0.44

21

0
Fructose
g

0.34

21

0
Lactose
g

0.00

21

0
Maltose
g

0.00

21

0
Galactose
g

0.00

11

0
Starch
g

17.27

Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg

9.6

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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:13:05 -0500, Andy wrote:

> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.


Considering the shit you eat every day, and have the lack of sense
to actually *brag* about, it's no wonder you can't imagine decent
food.

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Andy wrote:
> jmcquown said...
>
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
>>>> anything?
>>>>
>>> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
>>> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
>>> for the remainder.
>>>
>>> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
>>> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>

>> I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
>> they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
>> flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
>> in a very large oven.
>>
>> Jill
>>

>
>
> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>
> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>
> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>
> Andy
>


Beignets are more like donuts. When you cook sopapillas, they puff up,
so they are hollow in the middle. I sprinkle them with powdered sugar
and serve them with honey. Like Gloria mentioned, you tear them open,
put honey in the middle then eat them. You could drizzle honey on the
outside, but where is the fun in that? lol


My mother made these when I was a child, then I made them for my
children. My younger son stopped eating honey when he was 7, because he
heard honey was bee vomit. He started eating his with powdered sugar, only.


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> jmcquown said...
>
> > "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer wrote:
> >>
> >>> Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
> >>> anything?
> >>
> >> It changes the texture and flavor of the skin, for sure. I bake
> >> mine in butter and salted foil for 2/3rds of the cook, then unwrap
> >> for the remainder.
> >>
> >> There are several recipes/methods for cooking them entirely in rock
> >> salt (this may even be how Red Loobster does them)
> >>
> >> -sw

> >
> >
> > I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there
> > they lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely
> > flaked salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time
> > in a very large oven.
> >
> > Jill

>
>
> Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.
>
> It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!
>
> It just ain't right, I do declare!
>
> Andy


Mm, disagree. ;-) The crispy baked skin is my favorite part.
After I mash the centers with butter and scoop most of that out with a
spoon (then eat it), I quarter the remaining skin and potato, then wrap
it around a small strip of cold butter and eat it like a taco shell. ;-d

When I hit my goal weight (probably in another year), that's the one
thing I am going to have is a damned baked potato!

At "Outback" with a steak...

I've not had a baked spud for a couple of years now. <sigh>
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> Mm, disagree. ;-) The crispy baked skin is my favorite part.



Yeah, yeah, yeah! On the potato skins front, I realize I'm fighting an uphill
battle.

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>> Mm, disagree. ;-) The crispy baked skin is my favorite part.

>
>
> Yeah, yeah, yeah! On the potato skins front, I realize I'm fighting an
> uphill
> battle.
>
> Andy
>


Obviously

Used to be (back in the 1980's) "stuffed potato skins" were a big thing on
many menus as an appetizer. I have no idea what they did with the middle of
the potatoes but the skins were served topped with cheese, sour cream,
chives. Or bacon bits and cheese. One restaurant I went to had them topped
with cubed round steak that was sauteed in a red wine sauce and I went home
and re-created it. Potato skins can be wonderful and of course the salt on
the outside helps a lot. Plain old potato skins are pretty boring.

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"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Andy" > wrote in message ...
> > Omelet said...
> >
> >> Mm, disagree. ;-) The crispy baked skin is my favorite part.

> >
> >
> > Yeah, yeah, yeah! On the potato skins front, I realize I'm fighting an
> > uphill
> > battle.
> >
> > Andy
> >

>
> Obviously
>
> Used to be (back in the 1980's) "stuffed potato skins" were a big thing on
> many menus as an appetizer. I have no idea what they did with the middle of
> the potatoes


Probably served them as mashed?

> but the skins were served topped with cheese, sour cream,
> chives. Or bacon bits and cheese. One restaurant I went to had them topped
> with cubed round steak that was sauteed in a red wine sauce and I went home
> and re-created it. Potato skins can be wonderful and of course the salt on
> the outside helps a lot. Plain old potato skins are pretty boring.
>
> Jill


Then there are small spuds served as "twice baked".
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jmcquown said...

> "Andy" > wrote in message
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>> Omelet said...
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>>> Mm, disagree. ;-) The crispy baked skin is my favorite part.

>>
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>> Yeah, yeah, yeah! On the potato skins front, I realize I'm fighting an
>> uphill
>> battle.
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>> Andy
>>

>
> Obviously
>
> Used to be (back in the 1980's) "stuffed potato skins" were a big thing
> on many menus as an appetizer. I have no idea what they did with the
> middle of the potatoes but the skins were served topped with cheese,
> sour cream, chives. Or bacon bits and cheese. One restaurant I went to
> had them topped with cubed round steak that was sauteed in a red wine
> sauce and I went home and re-created it. Potato skins can be wonderful
> and of course the salt on the outside helps a lot. Plain old potato
> skins are pretty boring.
>
> Jill



Jill,

I see the stuffed kind like you mention on restaurant TV ads all the time
and they look delicious! It's just the skin throws up a mental flag from my
youth. Even baked potatoes I cut in half and flat side down, squeeze out
the pulp and throw away the skins.

Except for foods I REALLY can't stand, that's about as anal as I get when
it comes to food nowadays.

I'm OK if foods touch on the plate.

I'll never put ketchup on hot dogs.

Will eat Wonderbread upon request.

Likes cats.

Andy

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> Likes cats.


For dinner?

You sick puppy!

;-)
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Omelet said...

> In article >, Andy > wrote:
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>> Likes cats.

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> For dinner?
>
> You sick puppy!
>
> ;-)



Likes dogs?

Andy
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