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Cooking & Baking

PJMcK

(24,781 posts)

1. I've done this for years

Reply to kozar (Original post)

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 10:54 AM

Jun 2023

The nail transfers the heat cooking the potato from inside as well as outside.

It works on the grill and in the oven. Don’t use a nail in a microwave!

I got some stainless steel nails as they don’t rust.

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Hardware Store cooking? Am I the only one? [View all] kozar Jun 2023 OP

I've done this for years PJMcK Jun 2023 #1

Oh yeah , gotta you stainless, and, kozar Jun 2023 #3

Do almost everything you do... MiHale Jun 2023 #2

This sounds like kozar Jun 2023 #4

That's why cooking is so much fun... MiHale Jun 2023 #5

Exactly, kozar Jun 2023 #7

Except for the lead, nickle, zink, lubricants -sounds delish. marble falls Jun 2023 #6

Hmm I never tried kozar Jun 2023 #8

It's worse than the zinc in suppliments read MSDS on the box of nails ... marble falls Jun 2023 #9

Kinda off topic , kozar Jun 2023 #11

We didn't do the foil and butter, but my mother used the nails to bake potatoes rsdsharp Jun 2023 #10

Holy Crap, kozar Jun 2023 #12

I have one made of pottery yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #13

I use apple juice kozar Jun 2023 #16

I use metal skewers, same principle Kali Jun 2023 #14

Eight penny nail, as I recall Warpy Jun 2023 #15