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Ophelia[_7_]

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 9/11/2011 8:56 PM, wrote:
>
>> You don't season a baking stone -- the pores must be open to cook things
>> properly.
>>
>> You dont clean a baking stone, other than to scrape off any obvious
>> burned-on
>> black stuff. The heat of the oven does short-term cleaning under normal
>> conditions.
>>
>> The stone will be cleaned ultimately during the oven's self-cleaning
>> cycle --
>> after which you just wipe off any grey power with a damp sponge.
>
> First, I don't have a self cleaning oven. Second, the instructions said
> to season it. I'm a little surprised everyone is saying not to when the
> instructions say to do so.

I have never seasoned mine. As with others, mine lives in the oven. When
I am not using it in particular, it gives mass to heat up the oven and keeps
the heat.

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