Since Char passed on I am having to start doing more cooking with things I never have done. Anyway getting a taste for a baked potato, I know she wraped them; both white and sweet; in plastic wrap and baked in microwave but what I do not know is how long to bake them, any ideas? Size of potato make a difference on time? For both of us she used a larger potato but for just me now will be a smaller one.
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Mark - IN.
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Leroy, first and foremost, my condolences. I'm sorry for your loss. Clearly Char was your partner. I'm truly sorry.
As far as the nuked potato, size matters. Something doesn't sound right about that, but yes, size matters. I never wrap them in wrap, but it must make a difference that your wife knew about. With a big potato, I go high for about 8 minutes, and then let it set because it keeps cooking for a couple of minutes, even after the microwave stops...so don't nuke it until its soft, because its not done cooking. Actually, after about six minutes, I might put a can of chili with beans over it, and then cook for a couple or few more minutes. Don't forget to stab it a few times with a fork before you nuke it.
Good luck Leroy. I feel for you, and have never been in your shoes. I've never met Char, but after reading your post, I miss her too.
Mark
As far as the nuked potato, size matters. Something doesn't sound right about that, but yes, size matters. I never wrap them in wrap, but it must make a difference that your wife knew about. With a big potato, I go high for about 8 minutes, and then let it set because it keeps cooking for a couple of minutes, even after the microwave stops...so don't nuke it until its soft, because its not done cooking. Actually, after about six minutes, I might put a can of chili with beans over it, and then cook for a couple or few more minutes. Don't forget to stab it a few times with a fork before you nuke it.
Good luck Leroy. I feel for you, and have never been in your shoes. I've never met Char, but after reading your post, I miss her too.
Mark
Leroy- First, use a fork to punch holes in the skin of the 'tater. Otherwise, you may have exploded 'taters all over yer microwave.
Next, I put the tater in a microwave safe bowl with about a 1/2 inch of water. Set for 10 minutes on high and press start.
I don't know how big of a tater you are using so, it's hard to tell you the times.
After about five minutes start checking the tenderness of the tater by sticking a toothpick or fork in it to see how tender it is. If the fork/toothpick slides easily in...the tater is done.
You will figure it out.
Forgot to add, drain water, then go to my next suggestion.
BTW, after cooking the tater, I like to cut it in half and add broccoli then sprinkle some chive and cover with cheddar cheese then top with bacon crumbles.
Microwave again until the cheese is melted.
DON'T add broccoli if you are on Warfarin or other blood thinners! Broccoli is rich in vitamin K which will thicken your blood.
Next, I put the tater in a microwave safe bowl with about a 1/2 inch of water. Set for 10 minutes on high and press start.
I don't know how big of a tater you are using so, it's hard to tell you the times.
After about five minutes start checking the tenderness of the tater by sticking a toothpick or fork in it to see how tender it is. If the fork/toothpick slides easily in...the tater is done.
You will figure it out.
Forgot to add, drain water, then go to my next suggestion.
BTW, after cooking the tater, I like to cut it in half and add broccoli then sprinkle some chive and cover with cheddar cheese then top with bacon crumbles.
Microwave again until the cheese is melted.
DON'T add broccoli if you are on Warfarin or other blood thinners! Broccoli is rich in vitamin K which will thicken your blood.
Sorry for your loss.I would not wrap it in plastic. Poke the potato with a fork and heat for 3-4 minutes. Stab it with a knife, if the knife goes in and the tater isent hard then it's done, if its still hard than heat it some more until its soft like butter. All said and done i don't recommend cooking anything in a microwave.
I take and brush it under water (get dirt off) then poke it with fork and put on paper plate and Micro Wave on high for 6 minutes (1,200 watt) and poke it to see if done. If not done put it back in a little longer. Time will vary depending on wattage of micro wave oven. I bush mine because I the whole thing including the skin.
Owen Aaland
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I scrub them with a brush and rinse them off. I like to get the dirt off of them. Then I put them on a plate and cover them with a bowl. I don't dry them but sometimes add a tablespoon or so of water. Hit the potato setting on the microwave and if not done by the time it stops i add another minute or so.
chuck machinist
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No Styrofoam and no plastic bags. Those things are not friendly to microwaves and your body.
MarkB_MI
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If you have time, baked in an oven is best. Wash and scrub your potato with a brush or pot scrubber and dry it with a towel. Coat the spud with olive oil and roll it around in salt. (Kosher salt works best because it's coarse.) Then bake for about 45 to 60 minutes at 350-450 degrees. (Depending on how impatient you are.) It's done when you can easily poke a fork into it. Be sure to eat the skin!
For microwave spuds, I do like everybody else: Poke it with a fork and cook it until it's tender. But I like to coat the potato with butter or oil to keep the skin tender.
For microwave spuds, I do like everybody else: Poke it with a fork and cook it until it's tender. But I like to coat the potato with butter or oil to keep the skin tender.
Bryan inIowa
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amen , no plastic in Microwaves EVER .
Billy Shafer
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My wife was the same way. She could cook a potato in the micro wave. I do better in the oven or pot.
dr sportster
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You can cube them into about 1-2 inch cubes and add butter and some spices and do a bowl in the microwave. That only takes a short time. I prefer boiling water until soft then mashed myself; add a little milk and mash up well. I am in search of the flavor of the old potatos that seems to be missing in all but the loose baking potatos.
Blackhole49
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My wife does them for 5 min in the nuke un-wrapped. Depends on size of spud and power of nuke.
SweetFeet
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I second the "poking a few holes in the skin".
It is also good to flip the potato over halfway through the cooking time (for more even cooking).
Also, better to under-cook - then add more time if needed, rather than to nuke it too long (or at too high of power) all at once and over-cook it.
We prefer oven baked... but I often microwave spuds for a quick meal.
Peace and comfort to you in your loss. It was hard for my dad losing my mom... but the day did come when he could smile again.
It is also good to flip the potato over halfway through the cooking time (for more even cooking).
Also, better to under-cook - then add more time if needed, rather than to nuke it too long (or at too high of power) all at once and over-cook it.
We prefer oven baked... but I often microwave spuds for a quick meal.
Peace and comfort to you in your loss. It was hard for my dad losing my mom... but the day did come when he could smile again.
Nebraska Cowman
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Well first Leroy. NEVER put plastic of any kind in the microwave. It melts and does bad toxic things to your food. As far as baking potatoes I wash them and throw them in n aked. Any other questions just ask. I have been cooking for one all my life.
In an upscale restaurant in Chicago at lunchtime, I watched a kitchen helper wrap potatoes in foil and toss them onto the flat top of the range hood; figured that those would be served in the evening meals, but they would need some way to get them down off the range hood. Must have been hot enough to bake potatoes on for several hours. First way to bake potatoes is to apply heat in any way that you can; duration depends on the amount of heat.
Another option is to get a large nail or stainless steel rod and drive it through the potato (after carefully cleaning the nail or rod) and the potato will cook from the inside out and outside in. Can be done in a small toaster oven if that's all you are doing. For some reason, potatos cooked in an oven seem to taste better than being cooked in the microwave.
nebraska cowman is correct: you do not use plastic wrap of any kind in the microwave or oven. Wash the potato then put a few pricked holes into the potato so it has a way to get rid of the moisture or you may have a mess to clean out of the oven or micro. You can put it in the micro or oven with nothing on it or you can wrap it in tin foil if going in the oven. NO tin foil in micro. I would say an average potato will take 45-60 min. in the oven at 400 degrees. Smaller potato will take less time. To check if done stick a fork into potato and it should go in halfway easy. You have to try the times with a micro as we only BAKE our potatoes.
the tractor vet
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Well since i am somewhat RETIRED and now have become the primary CHEF in the house , the way i NUKE a TATER is (1) i poke some holes in with with a two pronge fork in three places on lets say four sides . (2) place in Mico wave on high and on mine i nuke then for around six - 7 min. on a for me a normal sized spud . The best way it to do some expermenting on time as micowaves differ. So what mine takes to do yours may do it faster or slower Start out with the high heat and not as much time for starter and check buy sticking a fork in it . If it is not done the fork will go in hard when it is done the fork will go in easy . When the War Dept will not be home for supper the microwave is my friend . I have faith in ya grass hopper you will prevale .
Char used to wrap in foil and put in regular oven. I could not eat them. One day in grocery we found them alread wraped for the microwave but they were 79 cents each. We bought a couple and tried them, I thought they tasted good, way better than the foil route. The direction lable was on the inside of a little pull off stick on lable. After a while she decided she could wrap them in the plastic wrap as easily as the store. And a whole lot cheaper. You do not want to put holes in that wrap, that and the steem is what cooks them good. Later found sweet potatos the same way and they are good that same way. They do not explode. The skin comes off real easy and I just use some sour cream and butter on them. I just did not feel like paying 89 cents for one small 5 oz potato just to get that cooking direction lable just for the time in minutes when I could buy 5 pounds of those potatos for 99 cents. When she fixed them for both of us it was one 10 oz tater cut in half. And no that plastic wrap does not melt and in hundreds of taters none has ever exploded.
Mark - IN.
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I was just thinking of something. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Ever heard of her? The "Little House" series of books, sort of her life journal? As I recall, it might have been in the book, "The Long Winter" when they lived in Minnesota, they took a sleigh ride either to town or from town to somewhere in the bitter cold. Ma Ingalls heated some potatoes, two each for Pa Ingalls, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Ma herself, and they put them in their coat pockets to keep their mittened hands warm for the cold trip.
Mark
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We spear them a couple of times with a knife then put them in a cloth bag. Then in the microwave. Time depends on the size of the potato and how many. Start with 3 minutes and check them with a fork. If they still feel like they ain't done do another minute or two and check again. Do this til they are done.
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