"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Ed Warren" > wrote:
>
>> I have an orange, terra cotta pie plate, 10", that I believe is unglazed.
>> I
>> am now cleaning out junk from my kitchen and cannot decide if this is a
>> keeper. I have never been able tobake in it well. Is there a trick for
>> baking a pie in such a thing? My pies are excellent in Pyrex.
>> Thank you,
>> Edward Warren
>
> Are you sure it isn't a saucer on which to place a potted plant,
> preventing a newly-watered plant from dripping onto a table? Shoot, if
> you've never been able to bake anything in it to your satisfaction, I
> say you pass it on. Or use it under a potted plant. Seriously.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ


If it's unglazed, it will be useless under a plant, at least indoors, since
it'll wick moisture through to the surface it's sitting on.