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Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Okay, I don't use baking stones but a friend 'o mine wants to get one. I > have several nice thick foot - square pieces of marble (tiles, I guess) and > I was wondering if she could simply use them for a baking stone (she has a > small apartment oven)... > > Any advice...??? > > There are marble baking stones. If your tiles are actually marble and not "man-made", ie. marble dust in a form of glue, they should work. Take a gander at some of the sites that come up on a Google search Greg. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Okay, I don't use baking stones but a friend 'o mine wants to get one. I
have several nice thick foot - square pieces of marble (tiles, I guess) and I was wondering if she could simply use them for a baking stone (she has a small apartment oven)... Any advice...??? -- Best Greg " I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that we are some kind of comedy team turns my stomach." - "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > Okay, I don't use baking stones but a friend 'o mine wants to get one. I > have several nice thick foot - square pieces of marble (tiles, I guess) and > I was wondering if she could simply use them for a baking stone (she has a > small apartment oven)... > > Any advice...??? I think the moisture content of marble may pose a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous stone. It may crack. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Nov 8, 5:50�pm, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> Okay, I don't use baking stones but a friend 'o mine wants to get one. �I > have several nice thick foot - square pieces of marble (tiles, I guess) and > I was wondering if she could simply use them for a baking stone (she has a > small apartment oven)... > > Any advice...??? Those silly stones sold to store in ovens do absolutely nothing whatsover to improve baking with any standard oven, and in fact may damage the oven... anyone wants to do brick oven baking better buy a real brick oven, that's the only way. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Mark Thorson > wrote in
: > I think the moisture content of marble may pose > a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous > stone. It may crack. Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble face. I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous. It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in http://www.hotstones.com/ -- “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Sat 08 Nov 2008 04:13:58p, Michel Boucher told us...
> Mark Thorson > wrote in > : > >> I think the moisture content of marble may pose >> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous >> stone. It may crack. > > Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and > insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean that > the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble face. > > I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and > heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous. > > It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in > > http://www.hotstones.com/ > I don’t know the technicalities of it, but marble certainly stains more easily than granite. I would have assumed because of this that it is more porous. -- Wayne Boatwright (correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply) ******************************************* Date: Saturday, 11(XI)/08(VIII)/08(MMVIII) ******************************************* Countdown till Veteran's Day 2dys 7hrs 43mins ******************************************* It's always easier to just fall than to try to climb. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Michel Boucher > wrote:
> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and insoluble > faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean that the stone > will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble face. > > I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and heavier > than granite, so it could hardly be porous. Marble is calcium carbonate and is definitely porous, though not very much so. Its porosity is one of the reasons for its use in production of lardo di Colonnata, among other things. See <http://w3.gsa.gov/web/p/hptp.nsf/02e2bfa0e29bc7dc852565cc00590728/5f539d8e32301ac4852565c50054b260?OpenDocument> Victor |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Michel Boucher wrote:
> Mark Thorson > wrote in > : > >> I think the moisture content of marble may pose >> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous >> stone. It may crack. > > Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and insoluble > faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean that the stone > will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble face. > > I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and heavier > than granite, so it could hardly be porous. > > It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in > > http://www.hotstones.com/ > Marble is calcium carbonate, just like limestone but crystallized differently. It is not porous, but it is subject to attack by acids. It should make a decent cooking stone. And certainly cheap enough in 12x12" tiles that you can replace them when you break them. (Get real marble, not "cultured marble", although I've never seen cultured marble in tile form -- somebody probably makes them) Bob |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
zxcvbob > wrote in
: > Marble is calcium carbonate Quite right, thanks for the correction. My work on marble is well over 20 years old and my memory was faulty. -- “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
zxcvbob wrote:
> Michel Boucher wrote: >> Mark Thorson > wrote in >> : >>> I think the moisture content of marble may pose >>> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous >>> stone. It may crack. >> >> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and >> insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean >> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble >> face. >> I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and >> heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous. >> >> It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in >> >> http://www.hotstones.com/ >> > > > Marble is calcium carbonate, just like limestone but crystallized > differently. It is not porous, but it is subject to attack by acids. > > It should make a decent cooking stone. And certainly cheap enough in > 12x12" tiles that you can replace them when you break them. (Get real > marble, not "cultured marble", although I've never seen cultured marble > in tile form -- somebody probably makes them) > > Bob Our tub enclosures are large pieces of cultured marble and we once had a home with cultured marble floor tiles. Weird stuff but it worked okay. My fear would be that the binder in cultured marble would not lend itself to food service. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote: >> Michel Boucher wrote: >>> Mark Thorson > wrote in >>> : >>>> I think the moisture content of marble may pose >>>> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous >>>> stone. It may crack. >>> >>> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and >>> insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean >>> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble >>> face. I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive >>> and heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous. >>> >>> It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in >>> >>> http://www.hotstones.com/ >>> >> >> >> Marble is calcium carbonate, just like limestone but crystallized >> differently. It is not porous, but it is subject to attack by acids. >> >> It should make a decent cooking stone. And certainly cheap enough in >> 12x12" tiles that you can replace them when you break them. (Get real >> marble, not "cultured marble", although I've never seen cultured >> marble in tile form -- somebody probably makes them) >> >> Bob > Our tub enclosures are large pieces of cultured marble and we once had a > home with cultured marble floor tiles. Weird stuff but it worked okay. > My fear would be that the binder in cultured marble would not lend > itself to food service. I agree. I've just never seen cultured marble floor tiles before. (there's a lot of stuff I haven't seen) Bob |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Michel Boucher wrote:
> > Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and insoluble > faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean that the stone > will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble face. Marble is polycrystalline. How does one cut a polycrystalline material along one face? |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
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Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Mark Thorson > wrote in
: > Michel Boucher wrote: >> >> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and >> insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean >> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble >> face. > > Marble is polycrystalline. How does one cut > a polycrystalline material along one face? As part of the research I did on marble production in Canada in the 19th century, I discovered that marble which was cut along the insoluble face was much more durable than marble cut along the soluble face. Specifically with respect to tombstones, one can see the result in expensive and cheap headstones (the cheaper ones being for small children, whose inscriptions are largely erased by climactic conditions). Not being a geologist (it was a history paper), I cannot say why that is the case, that marble has two different faces, but it was definitely a factor affecting the cost of a headstone in the 19th century. Nowadays, marble is used much more as crushed stone than polished slabs and it may not be a consideration anymore as little in the way of polished marble is intended to be exposed to the elements. -- “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
sf > wrote:
> (Victor Sack) wrote: > > >Marble is calcium carbonate and is definitely porous, though not very > >much so. Its porosity is one of the reasons for its use in > >production of lardo di Colonnata, among other things. > > Please don't tell me they age that lard in marble caves. In tubs/troughs, not caves. See <http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/1533e66ea702137e>. Victor |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Nov 9, 6:36*am, Michel Boucher > wrote:
> Mark Thorson > wrote : > > > Michel Boucher wrote: > > >> Marble is a calcium silicate. *Its crystals have both soluble and > >> insoluble faces. *Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean > >> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble > >> face. > > > Marble is polycrystalline. *How does one cut > > a polycrystalline material along one face? > > As part of the research I did on marble production in Canada in the 19th > century, I discovered that marble which was cut along the insoluble face > was much more durable than marble cut along the soluble face. *Specifically > with respect to tombstones, one can see the result in expensive and cheap > headstones (the cheaper ones being for small children, whose inscriptions > are largely erased by climactic conditions). > > Not being a geologist (it was a history paper), I cannot say why that is > the case, that marble has two different faces, but it was definitely a > factor affecting the cost of a headstone in the 19th century. > > Nowadays, marble is used much more as crushed stone than polished slabs and > it may not be a consideration anymore as little in the way of polished > marble is intended to be exposed to the elements. > > -- > > “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest > of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest > good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes Wow- you're old... |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Mon 10 Nov 2008 05:11:42p, merryb told us...
> On Nov 9, 6:36*am, Michel Boucher > wrote: >> Mark Thorson > wrote : >> >> > Michel Boucher wrote: >> >> >> Marble is a calcium silicate. *Its crystals have both soluble and >> >> insoluble faces. *Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean >> >> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble >> >> face. >> >> > Marble is polycrystalline. *How does one cut >> > a polycrystalline material along one face? >> >> As part of the research I did on marble production in Canada in the 19th >> century, I discovered that marble which was cut along the insoluble face >> was much more durable than marble cut along the soluble face. *Specific > ally >> with respect to tombstones, one can see the result in expensive and cheap >> headstones (the cheaper ones being for small children, whose inscriptions >> are largely erased by climactic conditions). >> >> Not being a geologist (it was a history paper), I cannot say why that is >> the case, that marble has two different faces, but it was definitely a >> factor affecting the cost of a headstone in the 19th century. >> >> Nowadays, marble is used much more as crushed stone than polished slabs a > nd >> it may not be a consideration anymore as little in the way of polished >> marble is intended to be exposed to the elements. >> >> -- >> >> “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest >> of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest >> good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes > > Wow- you're old... > That’s why he’s such a fount of wisdom. :) -- Wayne Boatwright (correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply) ******************************************* Date: Monday, 11(XI)/10(X)/08(MMVIII) ******************************************* Countdown till Veteran's Day 6hrs 43mins ******************************************* Everybody wants to be waited on. ******************************************* |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
5.250: >> Wow- you're old... > > That’s why he’s such a fount of wisdom. :) Recognition in one's lifetime...how odd. :-)>>>>> -- “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” - John Maynard Keynes |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
zxcvbob wrote: > George Shirley wrote: > > zxcvbob wrote: > >> Michel Boucher wrote: > >>> Mark Thorson > wrote in > >>> : > >>>> I think the moisture content of marble may pose > >>>> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous > >>>> stone. It may crack. > >>> > >>> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and > >>> insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean > >>> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble > >>> face. I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive > >>> and heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous. > >>> > >>> It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in > >>> > >>> http://www.hotstones.com/ > >>> > >> > >> > >> Marble is calcium carbonate, just like limestone but crystallized > >> differently. It is not porous, but it is subject to attack by acids. > >> > >> It should make a decent cooking stone. And certainly cheap enough in > >> 12x12" tiles that you can replace them when you break them. (Get real > >> marble, not "cultured marble", although I've never seen cultured > >> marble in tile form -- somebody probably makes them) > >> > >> Bob > > Our tub enclosures are large pieces of cultured marble and we once had a > > home with cultured marble floor tiles. Weird stuff but it worked okay. > > My fear would be that the binder in cultured marble would not lend > > itself to food service. > > > I agree. I've just never seen cultured marble floor tiles before. > (there's a lot of stuff I haven't seen) Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I thought marble was just "marble" but it's a whole "world" to explore! I actually learned something in this thread... ;-) -- Best Greg |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:12:59 -0600, Michel Boucher wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in > 5.250: > >>> Wow- you're old... >> >> That’s why he’s such a fount of wisdom. :) > > Recognition in one's lifetime...how odd. :-)>>>>> beats howling in the wilderness. your pal, jacob |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
"blake murphy"
Michel Boucher wrote: >> Recognition in one's lifetime...how odd. :-)>>>>> > > beats howling in the wilderness. > > your pal, > jacob Speak for yourself, boy. -- woman who runs with the wolves |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
All natural stone is porous, including marble
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Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:55:41 -0700 (PDT),
wrote: >All natural stone is porous, including marble Sheldon's head isn't porous. It doesn't let any information through. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 Bruce wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 james.walker wrote: > >>All natural stone is porous, including marble > >Sheldon's head isn't porous. It doesn't let any information through. If yoose had a functioning brain and could bake even a lick yoose would realize it's refering to a "BAKER'S stone (a work surface), NOT a stone that goes into an oven like a silly/useless pizza stone. We sll know that Brwucie can't cook/bake/nada... Brwucie is only here as a semen receptical, to sniff anuses, and to suck the shit stains out of underpants. |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
On Monday, 27 April 2020 at 20:01:26 UTC+5:30, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 Bruce wrote: > >On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 james.walker wrote: > > > >>All natural stone is porous, including marble > > > >Sheldon's head isn't porous. It doesn't let any information through. > If yoose had a functioning brain and could bake even a lick yoose > would realize it's refering to a "BAKER'S stone (a work surface), NOT > a stone that goes into an oven like a silly/useless pizza stone. > We sll know that Brwucie can't cook/bake/nada... Brwucie is only here > as a semen receptical, to sniff anuses, and to suck the shit stains > out of underpants. This post got live way back from 2008 i would like some real people of that discussion to know!! |
Can Polished Marble Be Used As A Baking Stone...???
a human wrote:
> On Monday, 27 April 2020 at 20:01:26 UTC+5:30, Sheldon wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 Bruce wrote: > > >On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 james.walker wrote: > > > > > >>All natural stone is porous, including marble > > > > > >Sheldon's head isn't porous. It doesn't let any information through. > > If yoose had a functioning brain and could bake even a lick yoose > > would realize it's refering to a "BAKER'S stone (a work surface), NOT > > a stone that goes into an oven like a silly/useless pizza stone. > > We sll know that Brwucie can't cook/bake/nada... Brwucie is only here > > as a semen receptical, to sniff anuses, and to suck the shit stains > > out of underpants. > This post got live way back from 2008 i would like some real people of that discussion to know!! Well, 12 years later I am still larking about here on rfc... -- Best Greg |
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