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How To Bake a Potato

Tara Tyler — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:49:53 -0500

If you want to make perfect baked potatoes every time, you need to choose the right potato. Preferably, you'll want to use those large baking potatoes that are sold individually, but you can use standard bagged potatoes if you wish. They should be of a rather thick-skinned variety such as russet, and they should all be fairly large and pretty close to the same size. If you use potatoes of different sizes, some will probably end up overdone or underdone.

How To Grill Corn On the Cob

Annette165 — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:41:00 -0500

Corn on the cob gets a wonderfully smoky, yet sweet flavor when grilled. It's easy to make and adds an elegant gourmet touch to barbecued dinners or picnics.

There are three ways that corn on the cob can be safely prepared on the grill: cooked in the husks, boiled first and then grilled directly, or boiled and grilled in foil.

Choose your method first, as that determines the rest of your preparation.

For corn cooked in the husks:

Peel back the outer layer of husks and leave it attached to the base of the ear of corn.
Remove inner layers of husks and silk.
Rinse the ear of corn well.
Pull the outer husks back up over the corn.
Soak the ears of corn in water for 30 minutes.
If desired, spread plain or seasoned butter over the corn, under the husks, before grilling.

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How To Cook The Best Baked Potato

teacher — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:29:29 -0500

A baked potato is usually loaded with butter, sour cream, bacon bits and cheese in order to add some taste. Once you follow this recipe, you will not only want to taste a potato without it being fully loaded but I assure you that you will enjoy it beyond your wildest expectations. In fact, you will not only enjoy the tasty, tender and fluffy tuber of the potato, you will also lick your fingers while savoring the crispy and delicious skin of this succulent side dish. Hungry yet? The question that is now on your mind, torturing your taste buds is: "How do I cook the best baked potato?" Simple, just follow these useful steps!