On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:46:16 -0500, Bill Reynolds
> wrote:

>My wife just got through cleaning and swearing at the oven.
>
>I suggested putting a sheet of aluminum at the bottom to catch the
>drips.
>
>She said that you were not supposed to do that...from what source I
>have no idea.
>
>Is there really a reason one should not put a sheet of aluminum in the
>bottom of the oven?

Electrical oven, right? If the coils are visible, you can use an oven
liner (underneath the coils). But in many modern ovens (including the
one I have now, a Siemens), the coils are *under* the oven "floor".
Then, for a reason which escapes me, oven liners are not to be used.

Nthalie in Switzerland