On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:34:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:

>
>On 16-Dec-2014, notbob > wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to follow ChrisD's fruitcake recipe. Got everything but
>> the pans. I wanna try her recipe in loaf pans, as "tube pans" are
>> damn pricey. You can get loaf pans in alum disposable for dirt cheap,
>> so I'm looking fer info on loaf pans. What say thee, baking
>> brethren?
>>
>> nb
>
>I see you have already gotten a number of helpful replies; however, an
>important one (perhaps the most important one) is missing - that will be my
>contribution ?-)
>
>You can easily make disposable aluminum loaf pans; I cannot imagine why
>anyone would buy them. They are so easy and much cheaper than that pre-fab
>crap sold in stores. Only a slothful person, or mental defective, would buy
>that junk instead of making their own. What could be easier than tearing
>off a sheet of aluminum foil, crimping and folding, nipping and tucking?
>Heck, with a sheet metal brake, crimping tool and a sheet of aluminum from
>Home Depot, you can make the best re-usable loaf pan in the universe.

Even easier, he can use his head as a mold to form the aluminum foil,
and it already has that tube hole where normal folks have a brain.