Hello "dan w" & all;

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>> Lots of folks have trouble with peels. However, they are an easy tool
>> to use when you get the knack.
No doubt about that, Mike.

> i would just like to add that using a silpat, for me anyway, has been a
> better choice than parchment. 1- it lasts forever, thus avoiding the need
10-4 that! While I'm a retro-curmudgeon at heart, I've learned to lose and
do without all sorts of the "high-tech" stuff that so many posting here
think they absolutely need to make bread these days. But my silicon matt?
Nope! Yer gonna hafta bring both a lunch & some help to get me to eschew
that bit of technology...(:-o)! It replaces my stone, cookie sheet, and
parchment. Besides that, it's a most versatile and easily packed bit of
technology...

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> when making pizza i heat my oven with stone in and after it reaches temp,
> i
Yep. Do that as well. As most of you probably know by now, I always bake
into a cold oven. However, my SD pizza dough is about the only thing I do
in a hot oven. Ain't no way around that. And the pizza's (at least
according to the kids & gKids) are "the best!".


L8r all,
Dusty