Cooking & Baking

Warpy

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15. Eight penny nail, as I recall

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 03:48 PM

Jun 2023

The only way I ever got fluffy baked potatoes was if I cut a very deep X into the top, within a millimeter or so of the bottom, and baked them for at least 90 minutes, usually when I was baking a whole chicken. Super long baking is what did the job for me, that with a very large cut into the potato to release all the steam.

I'm in an apartment and have noplace to grill, so this is what I have to do. It's just an alternate method to yours.

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Hardware Store cooking? Am I the only one? [View all] kozar Jun 2023 OP

I've done this for years PJMcK Jun 2023 #1

Oh yeah , gotta you stainless, and, kozar Jun 2023 #3

Do almost everything you do... MiHale Jun 2023 #2

This sounds like kozar Jun 2023 #4

That's why cooking is so much fun... MiHale Jun 2023 #5

Exactly, kozar Jun 2023 #7

Except for the lead, nickle, zink, lubricants -sounds delish. marble falls Jun 2023 #6

Hmm I never tried kozar Jun 2023 #8

It's worse than the zinc in suppliments read MSDS on the box of nails ... marble falls Jun 2023 #9

Kinda off topic , kozar Jun 2023 #11

We didn't do the foil and butter, but my mother used the nails to bake potatoes rsdsharp Jun 2023 #10

Holy Crap, kozar Jun 2023 #12

I have one made of pottery yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #13

I use apple juice kozar Jun 2023 #16

I use metal skewers, same principle Kali Jun 2023 #14

Eight penny nail, as I recall Warpy Jun 2023 #15