Cooking potatoes is a horror for many, because they are often too hard or too soft. Toothpicks promise to be the ultimate solution to this problem.
Potatoes are one of the favorite side dishes of the Germans, be it as gratin, mashed potatoes or as plain jacket potatoes. But cooking potatoes is anything but easy. Because they often get too hard - and that means less enjoyment on the plate.
Cooking potatoes in a microwave - toothpicks make it perfect
Especially if you want to cook potatoes in the microwave, there are a few things you need to do to get an even cooking result. The potatoes should not be on the bottom of the microwave. However, there is a simple trick for this "problem": Simply place the potatoes on "feet" - by inserting four toothpicks into the potato . The potato is cooked evenly all around.
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Cook jacket potatoes with freezer bags
Are you not a fan of microwaves? Then you might be interested in this cooking trick: jacket potatoes can be cooked with a freezer bag in record time.
Also interesting: be careful, toxic: if potatoes look like this, they should be in the trash.
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