6 potatoes

Scrubbing brush Fork

Choose 6 potatoes of about the same size, and scrub the dark skin well with a scrubbing brush and cold water.

Pierce them with a fork.

Put the potatoes in a hot oven and cook them with their "jackets" on for about 1 hour.

Try them with a fork in about 3/4 of an hour and see if they are soft. If they are, wrap them in a clean table napkin and serve at once.

Baked potatoes are very nice with butter and salt. Some people like them with milk.