Wait why are you guys cutting the potatoes up before putting them in the microwave? Steps: * Wash in water * Cut out any bad parts * Stab the whole potato w

Wait why are you guys cutting the potatoes up before putting them in the microwave? Steps: * Wash in water * Cut out any bad parts * Stab the whole potato with the fork a bunch of times * Nuke until gushy A few medium sized potatoes will take maybe 8 minutes to cook all at once here. That's not really an issue of course, as you'll cook a small piece of meat in a pan, which takes about the same time. EG, you start the pan heating, while taking 2 min to defrost the meat, and you're prepping the potatoes. Then meat in pan, potatoes in microwave, they're done mostly at the same time. Note you don't need to completely defrost the meat. It doesn't matter if it's -5C or +5C. A "little" frozen is fine, especially for steak which can be rare inside. Anyhow. Sorry to interject, but the potato thing is weird to me. The article, I just noticed, does cite the fork.. but talks about exploding? No, it won't explode, the fork instead allows for an evener cook.