Thank you both for responding.

Nan, I was also thinking it was the taters. Hummm, maybe the 10 pounds for $1.28 is NOT such a good deal. LOL

Cass .. tell me a bit more, please. Do you fill your pot with water and totally submerge all of the potatoes? Or is it adequate to "steam" them with a lit on. And, I would guess this needs to be done in a pot that is NOT non-stick. I think foil will ruin the non-stick surface... I think.

Anyway, I am going to try your way this weekend, Cass. This will be especially nice because the Seattle area has been too hot for tooo long (by our standards.) I know we are nowhere near your temperatures, but for Seattle, we have been toooo hot. Using the oven is something most of us have been avoiding.

Cheers to all. OH,. can you believe we have had NO measurable rain for months! NONE. Whew!

Bye for now.

Thanks again.