http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x70627Skins's island is pretty dull today, just the usual primitive whining and self-pitying, and so one has to look further afield, to find something interesting.
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-05-09 05:24 AM
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do you use Glass baking pans?
I favor glass pans for brownies,coffee cake etc.
I always have, I think because when I got my first apartment my sister-in-law gave me a set.
my wife cannot stand the glass pans,although she will eat and enjoy the baked goods
she will not use them, says she would burn everything.
she has to have metal pans for baking
am I a nut?
No, other than your politics. But the wife appears to be a nut.
Denninmi (12 posts) Thu Nov-05-09 05:42 AM
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1. I think your wife has it backwards.
Metal pans burn things faster than glass pans. At least that as been my experience with my Corelle baking pans. Perhaps transparent glass pans would burn more than my white, opaque ones, but I've always found them slower to brown, and therefore slower to burn than metal pans at the same temperature.
Grandma:
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-05-09 06:32 AM
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2. I use mostly clear glass for baking, sometimes metal. No problems here, either way. It really could be just what someone is used to.
after which Grandma uses a smiley to wave at franksolich
trotsky (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-05-09 07:51 AM
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3. It drives me crazy to scrape metal against metal.
So if I use a metal pan to bake something, I gotta search for a plastic knife to cut it. I prefer glass pans for that reason. Plus I find them easier to clean.
Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-05-09 09:21 AM
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4. I've always used and loved my glass pans. When using glass pans, you should set your oven temperature 25 degrees lower than the recipe calls for to prevent burning on the bottom before the top gets brown..
franksolich must, regrettably, disagree strenously with the razorback ancestress primitive.
franksolich sets the oven temperature at exactly what the directions on the side of the box tell him to, and franksolich uses only glassware for the oven.
Nothing gets burned when franksolich follows the instructions.
Stupid primitives, thinking they know better than the people writing the recipes.
