Monday, June 15, 2009
Errands
What's surprising, really and truly surprising to me, is how much time errands take. You know, you need shampoo, a pizza stone, two birthday party gifts and some tea towels, not to mention some books from the library, and before you know it, it's next week. How does that happen? It's very discouraging, especially since it means when you're running errands you don't have time to read anything, not blogs, not the newspaper, not even books from the library. And to make matters worse I have to clean out closets. And drawers. Which is like errands times four. Shocking.
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tell me about the pizza stone? where do you get one/what kind/is it oven specific? i am also interested in getting one!!
I got a pizza stone after doing absolutely zero research. Instead, I was running and errand and it happened that the errand (buying birthday gifts & new doggie treats) took me close to Zabars, and I've been wanting a pizza stone for a while, so I went in and got it. It wasn't expensive -- twelve dollars or something, and I vaguely regret getting the one I did, which has ridges and a handle instead of the big flat stone without the handle. I didn't know about the ridges when I chose the one with the handle. In any case, I've yet to break it in, but I have Very High Hopes for homemade pizza that looks like something out of a magazine. Very high!
Just to let you know, we have one without the handles and I still (several YEARS later) burn myself almost every time I use it trying to lift/slide it out of the oven, so I think you made a wise, spontaneous choice!
The only danger about cheaper pizza stones is that they break more easily. A friend gave me her extra one, and it worked fine for pizza, but then when I used it to bake bread (that required a pan of water in the oven for steam) it cracked into several pieces.
I ended up buying one at Williams- Sonoma, which cost more like $50, but there's a lifetime warranty. There's no handle, but I just leave it in the oven all the time--on the floor of the oven when I'm not using it and then on the rack when I am.
Happy pizza making! I haven't made pizza recently but now I'm thinking I should.
A-ha--I had friends who put ceramic tiles at the bottom of their oven (left over from a renovation) and used that for a pizza stone -- it's good to know all this -- that handles are key, that stones can break, and that there are others out there for more but still well less than a pincely sum with a lifetime warrantee--and now all I have to do is try some pizzas!
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