On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:34:32 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> Nancy2 > wrote:
>>
>>>> almost got it onto the peel but the open oven door wouldn't let me
>>>> get the peel horizontal enough without burning me hand and fingies.
>
>>> Your oven door doesn't open flat? Mine does....
>
>> Of course, but the floor of the oven is actually a little (no more
>> than an inch if that) lower than the oven door when it's flat. I
>> tried. The peel had to go in at a bit of an angle and pushing down
>> on the handle of the peel to lift the business end up a bit to bring
>> it and pizza out of the oven meant I would have been pushing down on
>> the *hot* oven door and I didn't want to chance burned knuckles or
>> anything else. This is a lousy description, I know, but trust that
>> I couldn't get the peel flat and maneuverable at the same time.
>
> I think you should have used a spatula to fold it in half so you
> could then spatula it onto your pan. Then you'd announce that
> dinner tonight was calzone.
>
> nancy

<snort>

your pal,
blake