Posted: 4/11/2003 3:39:18 PM EDT
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The wife has been out of town for a week, and is coming back tonight. So I'm wanting to cook her a nice steak dinner with baked potatos. Easy enough right? Well I'm wanting to do the whole olive oil and sea salt baked potatos. My only question is to at what point do I put on the olive oil and salt? Before I put them in the oven? When they're about halfway done? Just before they're done? This may sound like a stupid question. But I can't cook worth a shit. So if one of you guys could help me out here quick (wife will be home in about an hour and a half), it would be appreciated. |
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Silence Member Registered: Feb 2001 Posts: 641 of 641 TN, USA User Info Reply Quote Send IM Message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coat with oil poke with fork a few times DO NOT USE FOIL!!!! ________________________________________ Sorry Bro! 2 to 1 use the foil and the skin will stay moist enough to eat! |
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Quoted: put the oil on the potatos before you bake them, use your hands and thickly smear it on, then lighty salt the outside of the aforementioned potatos and wrap them in aluminum foil bake at 300-325 for 45-60 minutes. Yup. And a secret. Nuke the spuds in a microwave (no foil) for 5 minutes prior to baking and you cut your cook time way down. |
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Quoted: Silence Member Registered: Feb 2001 Posts: 641 of 641 TN, USA User Info Reply Quote Send IM Message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coat with oil poke with fork a few times DO NOT USE FOIL!!!! ________________________________________ Sorry Bro! 2 to 1 use the foil and the skin will stay moist enough to eat! Use foil you get soggy potatos Dont use foil your potatos wont be soggy If you Do it right (cough:dont use foil:cough) you can still eat the skin, but it wont taste like eating wet cardboard |
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Hey guys! I really like baked spuds...and the recipes given here are great...but...here's an alternative I found in a cook book that you might like (At the risk of sounding gay...I do cook. I had to learn or starve during the nine years of bachelorhood after I left home at 18.): Use the small red spuds. Wash them up and cut them into bite size pieces. Set aside. Dice about 1/2 medium yellow or white onion. Set aside. Using a large fry pan with the tall sides, heat some olive oil...just enough to cover the pan bottom a bit...maybe a 1/4 cup. Heat a teaspoon of crushed garlic and the chopped onions for a bit...then add your spuds. Here is the trick...now add about a teaspoon or two of crushed, dried rosemary. I just take it in my palm and crush it up with my opposite thumb and forefinger. Add a bit of salt to taste. Cook on a medium heat until they are lightly browned and relatively soft to munch. You must cover them for awhile to allow the steam to soften them. You must uncover them to brown them and not make them too soft. Takes a bit of skill and judgement but not too hard. Keep turning them over and test with a fork for doneness. I just alterate to ensure they come out just right. Sounds crazy...but works great. We have tried them with steaks, standing rib roast and loin lamb chops...and even BBQ chicken once. Works great! Good luck! |
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Give your wife my best, [b]ShamusMcOI[/b]. Guys, I'll let you in on a little secret--I know why he can't cook. His wife is a magician in the kitchen. My wife and I have had the pleasure of eating her cooking. Yummy!! [:)] I bet you'll be very glad to have her home--frozen pizzas are only good for about the first two. [;)] |
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Quoted: Who the hell eats the skin? Thats garbage in my house. All the nutritional stuff and vitamins are in the skin of the potato. The rest of the potato is starch (sugar). You would be better off eating the skins and throwing the rest of the potato out from a nutritional standpoint. [:D] |
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Quoted: Give your wife my best, [b]ShamusMcOI[/b]. Guys, I'll let you in on a little secret--I know why he can't cook. His wife is a magician in the kitchen. My wife and I have had the pleasure of eating her cooking. Yummy!! [:)] I bet you'll be very glad to have her home--frozen pizzas are only good for about the first two. [;)] You are right on the money Beekeeper, I can't freaken cook mainly because I haven't had too for the past nine years! Apart from some meat on the grill, I'm pretty much lost. And I for one am not complaining [:)]. And BTW, the potatos turned out great. Oh, it is great to have her back (that didn't sound to gay did it?). Beekeeper, we're looking forward to seeing both you and your better half next saturday. |