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Old 11-06-2005, 01:42 PM
Mike Haven Mike Haven is offline
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Default Re: Baked Potato: Cooking Instructions, Please

In Ireland, there is a popular way to have a baked spud (potato) ready for you at the end of a long trip.

Wrap up the spud in silver cooking foil and wedge it next to the hottest part of your exhaust pipe (muffler) under the bonnet (hood).

After about a fifty mile drive it will be cooked to perfection.

(Tip: If you're not going anywhere, simply drive round your own neighbourhood (block) for about an hour.)

A hedgehog (porcupine) can be cooked in the same way, only you should wrap it up first in wet mud. When you peel off the hard-baked mud the spines (quills) come off at the same time.

(Tip: Always think green, and keep back a spine to use as a toothpick (stick).)
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