Baked Potatoes - Sibyl's
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. . . microwaving in plastic wrap also steams it.

Personally, if I'm not using the oven for other things, and only want a baked potato, I just scrub it well and put it in the microwave naked-- about 10-12 minutes for my mike, depending on the size of the potato.

This makes a dry skin, just the way I like it, and the inside is plenty moist.

If I want to get fancy, I might brush the skin with olive oil or butter before I put it in.

I don't notice the potato losing any flavor this way, though I don't notice potatoes _having_ much flavor of their own in the first place! ;^)

Flavor comes with what I put on it afterward, which might be anything.

Sometimes I take it out, split it, and put some cheese in the split, sometimes with other things depending on what's handy, and put it back in for a minute or two to melt the cheese. If you like sour cream on it, yogurt is a nice low-fat alternative.