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Re: Digest bread-bakers.v105.n039

"Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk>
Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:42:23 +0100
v105.n040.3
Diane Brown wrote:
>My favorite feature of my set of baking bricks (they were called 
>"bread from the hearth", I think, when I got them now close to 20 
>years ago is that the thin bricks (only 1/4 inch) came with an 
>aluminum tray into which they all fit snuggly), so they are easy to 
>handle--I haven't had to throw the cracked ones out as long as they 
>fit neatly together while in the tray, and even if fully preheated I 
>can pull them (carefully) out of the oven a moment to set some of 
>the more delicate breads right on them.

What an excellent idea! And so simple, thank you!

I have pieces of marble which Spouse cut for me, about 1/2" thick. 
These live on the shelves in the oven at all times. Before then I 
used smaller tiles but they were a nuisance to keep balancing on the grids!

Mary