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>>> On 12/21/2018 12:09 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>> On 12/20/2018 5:12 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> I've tried a variety of surfaces over the years but my current
>>>>>> favorite is a giant ceramic platter from Sur La Table. The edges
>>>>>> curve
>>>>>> up a bit to contain the flour. I also use it for setting dipped
>>>>>> chocolates and other candies on to set. And it's perfect for cookies
>>>>>> that have a coating that needs to set up. Makes things easy and
>>>>>> contains any possible mess.
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>>>>> The very few times I've needed to knead dough I've done it straight on
>>>>> the countertop.
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>>>> I used to do that but my kitchen is too small and I have no free
>>>> countertop space here.
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>>> My grandmother baked bread several times a week to feed her family. She
>>> had a *tiny* kitchen. Of course back in her day the kitchen countertop
>>> wasn't cluttered with anything. No small appliances to take up space.
>>> She kneaded bread on the kitchen table. I suppose you don't have one of
>>> those, either. Most people figure out what to do in the space they
>>> have.
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>> Right. Kitchen is too small for any kind of a table.
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>> So is mine! I work on the counters or on the table in the dining room
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>> And yes, Jill, we do figure out what to do with the space we have!
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> I don't even have a formal dining table. I used to. It broke during a
> move.
> I do have a tiny, somewhat uneven wood dining table but it's in the living
> room. My dining room is basically a section of house with a wooden floor
> that you must walk through to get into the dining or family room. I bought
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> commercial thick plastic table and some commercial padded banquet style
> chairs to put in there just so there is a table. If need be, I can put a
> cloth on it but we don't really use it for much of anything except for a
> place to put groceries until we put them away.
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> You could still bake on it though?
Not really. It's too far from the kitchen and it's a textured plastic.