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Is this really a thing? Do people bake potatoes this way? First Ive ever seen of this.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:08 pm
I usually cook mine in the microwave, unless there's a nail sticking thru it.
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Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:10 pm to Dead Man Walking
I've never seen that either but I guess that's one way to help cook them more evenly. 
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:13 pm to Dead Man Walking
It is really a thing. Unless they are vampire potatoes. Then you have to stake them through the heart with a wooden skewer.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:14 pm to Dead Man Walking
Whoever came up with this recipe nailed it.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:21 pm to LSUballs
Maybe I'm not seeing it? If you have the oven on bake at 400 degrees and the potato reaches the internal temp necessary to cook it, then the nail will probably only reach that same temp. So what good is the nail doing? Adding iron to the potato?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:26 pm to Dead Man Walking
I do this with railroad spikes when I cook a roast.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:31 pm to Shwapp
We had those around when I was a kid - before microwave ovens. The nail is aluminum so it conducts heat to the center of the potato, speeding up the overall cooking time.
They work, they're just obsolete now with microwaves.
They work, they're just obsolete now with microwaves.
This post was edited on 5/6/19 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:35 pm to Dead Man Walking
Wouldn't it make more sense to drive the nail in along the longer axis?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:38 pm to LSUBoo
quote:Agreed, but the picture I found showed the nail stuck thru the center like that.
Wouldn't it make more sense to drive the nail in along the longer axis?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:46 pm to LSUBoo
quote:That's the way we did it.
Wouldn't it make more sense to drive the nail in along the longer axis?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:47 pm to Stadium Rat
I have something like this that I use when I'm camping and put my potatoes in the coals ...it works really well...but most microwave there potatoes today
Posted on 5/6/19 at 2:54 pm to tigers1956
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most microwave there potatoes today
Then how do you get the crispy skin, which is where all the flavor is at?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 3:13 pm to The Last Coco
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Then how do you get the crispy skin, which is where all the flavor is at?
Cook it to about 80% done and finish it on the grill.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:24 pm to The Last Coco
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Then how do you get the crispy skin, which is where all the flavor is at?
ATK just did baked potatoes.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:27 pm to LSUBoo
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Wouldn't it make more sense to drive the nail in along the longer axis?
Yes. My mom does them that way. They even sell "potato nails" at the store.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:37 pm to LSUballs
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:05 pm to Dead Man Walking
Has anyone ever A/B’d this to see if it literally does work? Seems like a bunch of bullshite to me. And whats the point if it saves you a few mins, does it really matter at all?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:23 pm to Dead Man Walking
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Wouldn't it make more sense to drive the nail in along the longer axis?
Agreed, but the picture I found showed the nail stuck thru the center like that.
“Nail along the longer axis” likely would not conduct heat to the center as well as through the shorter axis as shown. Would be a good experiment to run to prove the value of each direction.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:42 pm to SoItGoes
The long axis method cooks quicker. The nails we had were much longer than those shown. And, we had a set that had a loop for your finger at one end- made it easier to remove the spike and the greater surface area of the metal made it cook more quickly.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:40 am to Dead Man Walking
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Adding iron to the potato?
Those cooking nails are made of aluminum. I've seen this done but have never done it myself even though I do have about 4 of those aluminum nails I got years ago designed for the same purpose as the OP posted.
If I bake my potatoes in the oven I'll first clean off the skin, poke several slits in it with a paring knife and rub a pat of butter into the skin before wrapping it up in foil.
When done, the skin is not dried out and I eat the entire potato, skin and all.
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