Hi, Why don't you try rubbing some butter on the potato and putting the potato in a microwave proof casserole dish that has a lid on it. Also stab the potato all over with a knife before microwaving. That's what I do.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2014, at 5:11 AM, Brittany Simpson via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > I really need some help from some of you more experienced cooks out there. I > feel like this is a really dumb and very basic question, but I'm going to ask > it anyway because apparently I'm doing something wrong and I need to find out > what it is. I am not an experienced cook but I'm not a beginner either, and > there are a lot of things that I can do in the kitchen and do very well. But > something I would like to do very well and can't seem to is make baked > potatoes in the microwave. What I've been doing is picking out a potato, and > it's usually a kind of small or medium sized potato. I poke holes in it all > over with a fork after washing the potato off under running water. Then I > wrap the potato in a paper towel and microwave it from between 4 and 5 > minutes. What keeps happening for some reason is that the inside of my > potato mostly gets done but a very small portion of the potato becomes very > tough and very difficult to eat. Like...very hard to chew. Most of the rest > of the po ta > to is okay, but what I want is to be able to eat the whole potato, not just > most of it but all of it, I don't like wasting food in any way. So could > someone please tell me what I might be doing wrong and what I could do > differently to perfectly bake a whole potato in the microwave? > Thanks in advance, > Brittany > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
