My KitCHEn Experiments

I admit - I am one of those people guilty of taking condiment packets from restaurants everytime we eat out. I guess a lot of people have developed this habit that they are now charging extra for every packet of ketchup, garlic butter, mayo etc etc... The last time we were at Papa John's I got to take home an extra garlic butter dipping sauce, it lay hidden under the pile of ketchup packets until last thursday when I found a recipe for parmesan baked potatoes. The recipe originally called for butter and minced garlic but having that extra garlic butter tub that I had cut the process short giving me more time to browse the net tee hee! Garlic Parmesan Baked Potato ingredients: - 5 small potatoes (I choose small, long 'flat' potatoes) - 4 cloves of garlic minced - 3-4 tbsp melted butter - 2-3 tbsp parmesan cheese - salt and pepper to taste how to: - boil the potatoes until tender - cut in half lengthwise - pour 3 tbsp of  melted butter in a baki...

I remember my dad and mine's attempt to re-create at home the baked potato with cheese and  bacon that we had at a restaurant at one time - it was not quite a success... We baked the whole potato with the skin on, not thinking much about seasonings or such because we thought the topping will be more than enough to flavor the otherwise bland potato so when the spuds were cooked, we slit it on top and smothered it in cheese and bacon.  It looked almost the same as the one we had at the restaurant, proud and happy we dug in. After a few bites it was evident that we declared success a little too soon, we ran out of topping before we ran out of potato - and there was much left. The potatoes were bland on its own but it was a bother to have to refill your toppings again and again and suffice it to say we never attempted to make another baked potato. It was not until recently that I found a way to make the perfect - well in my opinion at least, baked potato! here is what you need ...