"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> I can't remember ever cooking a baked potato in the microwave, but I do
> remember when they first came out that someone was doing a show and tell
> about how they work and was offering bites of the potato. I thought the
> texture was really bad. Then when I heard about the foil thing, I seem to
> recall it was a couple of minutes, but I'll take your word for it. Sounds
> more reasonable.
>
> Cheri

We don't eat a lot of baked potatoes. Sometimes I make them in the
microwave or the crock-pot if I am doing stuffed potatoes. The texture
seems fine then because you are finishing them in the oven.