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Default terra cotta pie plate

Oh pshaw, on Sat 24 Nov 2007 07:47:00a, Dave Smith meant to say...

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> Ed Warren wrote:
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>> 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.

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>
> I am all for cleaning out kitchen cupboards and getting rid of useless
> and unused articles. I don't mind Pyrex, but I get better results with
> enamelled pie plates. Besides, terra cotta is likely to end up broken.
> Of course, you can always try baking a pie in it and see how it turns
> out. You might like it.
>


One of my favorite pie plates is a vintage Pennsylvania Dutch pottery
plate, but it is glazed on the inside. The outside is unglazed pottery. I
especially like it for baking fruit pies.

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