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From: Aimee S
Date: 09-08-2003, 02:45 PM (1 of 12)
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what is poly batting?? can you substitute fleece interfacing or regular fleece. I got plenty laying around.
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 09-08-2003, 03:01 PM (2 of 12)
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poly batting is that real fluffly, thick stuff...like wally world sells.... usually comes in a bag.....it's like sewing through velcro sometimes... Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: stitchmd
Date: 09-08-2003, 08:55 PM (3 of 12)
| Please describe what project you want to use it for so people can suggest the best type to use. |
User: stitchmd
Member since: 02-25-2003 Total posts: 226 |
From: Aimee S
Date: 09-08-2003, 09:00 PM (4 of 12)
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Have you heard of the baked potato bags. They are made with cotton fabric on the inside and out with poly batting or warm and natral in the middle. You place a potato in the bag and micro the potato as usall and it taste like an oven baked potato.
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488
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From: stitchmd
Date: 09-08-2003, 09:14 PM (5 of 12)
| Hmmm, never heard of those, I'd like to make some though, since my nuked potatoes always come out uneven with hard ends. I'd be afraid to cook synthetics not knowing what fumes they might emit or chemical changes they might undergo. I'd stick with a cotton batting and wash it before baking to get out any chemicals used. On many polyester bats chemical adhesives are used to hold the fibers together unless you get needle punched ones where the fibers are matted together mechanically. I don't know how cotton battings are made. Fleece is denser than batting, probably not dense enough to be a problem but the denser something is the faster it cooks in the microwave which is why you can't use metals, which erupt into flames. I saw someone at work do that once. |
User: stitchmd
Member since: 02-25-2003 Total posts: 226 |
From: Aimee S
Date: 09-08-2003, 09:47 PM (6 of 12)
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here is a link to the projects.. http://www.creativesalon.com/freebies.html They look like fun to make. I think I will get the warm and natral to try it I was just thinking of a way to use all these printed fleece that really don t go with anything. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488
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From: sewserious
Date: 09-09-2003, 06:52 AM (7 of 12)
| Be very careful. The polyester batting will melt in the microwave. And if you aren't extra careful, any fabric can be flamable in the microwave also. Just make a sample of these and use it for a while before deciding to make them for gifts, etc. |
User: sewserious
Member since: 08-24-2003 Total posts: 112 
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-09-2003, 07:12 PM (8 of 12)
We nuke potatoes frequently, but we just rearrange them 2 or 3 times during cooking time, even tho we have a turntable in the microwave, and this works great.. We have delicious baked potatoes...
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Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 09-09-2003, 10:58 PM (9 of 12)
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dh and I bake potatoes in brown paper lunch sacks in the microwave and they come out perfectly every time, no hard spots, etc. The paper sacks hold the steam and moisture in and keep the potatoes from drying out. When dh first told me that trick I laughed at him until I tried it. In fact, you can use the same sacks several times. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: stitchmd
Date: 09-10-2003, 11:05 AM (10 of 12)
| Thanks for the cooking advice. Mine has a turntable too so I never thought to rearrange them. I like the paper bag idea too and will try both methods. I just got back from shopping and wish I'd bought baking potatoes. Do these techniques work with sweet potatoes too? They are moister and usually come out fine but there's always room for improvement. |
User: stitchmd
Member since: 02-25-2003 Total posts: 226 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 09-10-2003, 03:06 PM (11 of 12)
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I've never tried sweet potatoes in the paper bag. DH prefers those baked in a conventional oven so he only gets baked sweet potates when I have time to do serious cooking. LOL Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-10-2003, 06:33 PM (12 of 12)
I've never nuked sweet potatoes. I just always stick them in the oven when DS is baking something else.. He does not like sw. potatoes.. Sometimes I think they switched babies on me all those many years ago.. NAAHHH, not really...I'm also gonna try the paper bag... Sounds reasonable to me.. 
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User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022
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