Salt on potato skin

I am a big fan of eating a baked potato skin and all.

One of my favorite restaurants is Red Lobster, but I don't eat their
potato skins. They are loaded with salt.

The salt doesn't seem to change the flavor of the potato inside for
me.

Anyone think loading the outside of a potato with salt changes
anything?

"metspitzer" <[Only registered users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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I always lightly oil or butter then salt the outside of baking potatoes.
But then, I eat the nice crispy skin, too, not just the inside of the
potato.

Jill

On Tue 30 Jun 2009 08:35:17p, jmcquown told us...


I like salt on the oiled skin, too. I usually use a moderately coarse
Kosher salt.

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"Sqwertz" <swertz@cluemail.composted> wrote in message
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I don't know how Red Lobster does them these days. When I worked there they
lightly brushed the tops with oil and sprinkled them with coursely flaked
salt. They baked multiple trays of about 50 potatoes at a time in a very
large oven.

Jill

jmcquown said...



Why potato skins get such attention is beyond belief.

It's on a par with eating carrot peels or peanut shells!

It just ain't right, I do declare!

Andy

Andy wrote:

Oh, I have to disagree. Potato skins are yummy!

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Yep, especially when they're nice and crispy! This is why I don't
understand people who microwave potatoes and call them "baked"... they
aren't baked, they're nuked. Sure, you can cook a potato in the jacket in a
microwave, but it's certainly nothing like a properly baked potato with a
yummy crispy salted skin!

Jill

jmcquown said...



I've cooked a lot of foods in the microwave but never a potato!

Andy

jmcquown wrote on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:35:17 -0400:


I like the skin of a baked potato too but, while IMHO a little salt is
needed, I don't want enough that it can see the crystals.

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"Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9C3B521781D4CCotD@216.196.97.131...


Lots of people here have claimed to "bake" potatoes in the microwave.
Sorry, that's not baked. I have done a close approximation while
travelling, only having a microwave in a hotel room rather than an oven.
You can rub a couple of potatoes with oil and (yes) sprinkle it with salt,
then wrap them in damp paper towels and zap/nuke them for about 10 minutes.
It's not baked potatoes but they taste close to baked.

I still don't know what you have against crispy salted potato skins.
They're very tasty!

Jill