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Baked Potato

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  • on April 08, 2011

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    Here is how to properly bake a potato:
    (choose a baking potato like a russet

    1. turn your oven on to 425 (1 or 2 degrees off will not hurt your potato
    2. Wash your potato then pat dry
    3. PICK UP A FORK and POKE YOUR POTATO with a few hole (only go in about 1/4 of an inch
    4. Wrap the potato in foil
    5. Place the potato on the middle rack in your oven
    6. Bake for 45-60 minutes until tender

    Its easy...no need for all these weird needles, nails, fingers, or whatever it is you people tried.

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  • on February 28, 2011

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    I didn't know what to use to poke the holes with, so I just used sewing needles. I didn't want to heat up the oven so I microwaved the potato, but forgot to take the needles out. Bad idea. Sparks were flying everywhere, and my thumbs hurt because I didn't use a thimble.

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  • on February 24, 2011

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    My oven is broken. Will the baking part still work if I wrap the potatoes in foil and put them out in the sun?

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  • on February 14, 2011

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    My temperature knob on my oven wont stick to 425. Is it ok if I set it to 426 or will that burn the potato? Thanks!

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  • on February 11, 2011

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    is the baking stage necessary?

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  • on February 09, 2011

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    I am still having difficulty poking my baked potato. I tried creating a facebook page for it and poking it but it still did not help but after reading the comments I found several helpful ideas.

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  • on February 08, 2011

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    I didn't have any appropriate poking apparatuses handy, so I grabbed a #2 pencil and went buckwild. I felt sorry for the potato sitting there by itself, so I whipped up some bacon and an aromatherapy towel for sides.
    Pros:
    Potatoes and towels - who'da thunk?

    Cons:
    Watching my date spitting up pencil shavings all but ensured there wouldn't be a second date. So much for a homemade meal.

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  • on January 25, 2011

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    This recipe could a little more detail. Like some of the other commenters, I also had technical difficulties with hole-poking. I used an apple corer to poke large holes all the way through the potato in several spots, and the outcome was not ideal. Help!

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  • on January 24, 2011

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    Nowhere does it say HOW to poke holes in the potato!! I tried several times jabbing my finger into it, all I ended up with was a severely sprained index finger. I eventually figured out that a hammer and nail would do the trick. All is well now, right? WRONG!!! After cooking the potatoes I served them to my hungry guests (who were horrified when they saw my horribly disfigured finger. Imagine my surprise when they began eating their potatoes and I saw the looks of disgust I saw on their faces. Excuuuuuse me, no one at Food Network told me I had to clean the potato first!!!!! I thought the stuff on the outside was supposed to add flavor, much like fat on the outside of a steak. Thanks Food Network for ruining my dinner party - and for losing use of my finger for a week or two. To top it off I recently found out you can use the *microwave* to cook these potatoes in a fraction of the time. You know, that contraption you used to make your famous Microwave Popcorn recipe?!?!?!

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  • on January 24, 2011

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    Please follow the directions carefully! I tried making this but forgot to poke holes in it and then the potato exploded in my oven.

    It's a good idea to print it out and keep the directions on the counter to review while making.

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