I have a small pile of 1/2-to-1-inch thick pieces of irregularly-
shaped slabs of marble and slate, lovingly harvested from scrap piles
of marble and slate quarries in Vermont on various vacations :-)

I got the idea of making appetizers like small thick-crust pizzas or
quiches or stuffed rolls baked on these pieces and shaped like them.
Even serve them "on the rocks" in, say, small baskets, so that the
rocks would help keep them warm.

We bake pizzas on stones or tiles OK, right? Anyone know if marble
and slate will survive a ride in the oven at baking temperatures?
(Gently preheated, of course.)

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Silvar Beitel
(very occasional poster)

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> I have a small pile of 1/2-to-1-inch thick pieces of irregularly-
> shaped slabs of marble and slate, lovingly harvested from scrap piles
> of marble and slate quarries in Vermont on various vacations :-)
>
> I got the idea of making appetizers like small thick-crust pizzas or
> quiches or stuffed rolls baked on these pieces and shaped like them.
> Even serve them "on the rocks" in, say, small baskets, so that the
> rocks would help keep them warm.
>
> We bake pizzas on stones or tiles OK, right? Anyone know if marble
> and slate will survive a ride in the oven at baking temperatures?
> (Gently preheated, of course.)
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
> (very occasional poster)

Marble might if it's kept REALLY dry.

I'd not risk it with slate.
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Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Mar 23, 12:17 pm, wrote:
> I have a small pile of 1/2-to-1-inch thick pieces of irregularly-
> shaped slabs of marble and slate, lovingly harvested from scrap piles
> of marble and slate quarries in Vermont on various vacations :-)
>
> I got the idea of making appetizers like small thick-crust pizzas or
> quiches or stuffed rolls baked on these pieces and shaped like them.
> Even serve them "on the rocks" in, say, small baskets, so that the
> rocks would help keep them warm.
>
> We bake pizzas on stones or tiles OK, right? Anyone know if marble
> and slate will survive a ride in the oven at baking temperatures?
> (Gently preheated, of course.)
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
> (very occasional poster)

Oh, and for the appetizer itself, I'm thinking something along the
lines of a classic Chinese steamed pork bun, except

1) Lobster chunks in a sauce similar to Newburg, but including a
thickener to firm it up during cooking. Something buttery and savory
anyway.

2) Shaped to follow the irregular shape of the stone base

3) Open, so lobster and sauce visible

4) Baked (although perhaps mostly steaming then finishing in the oven
on the stones is the way to go?)

5) Garnished how, if any?

Thoughts/pointers? (I'm making myself hungry.)

--
Silvar Beitel
(very occasional poster)

On Mar 23, 1:17*pm, wrote:
> I have a small pile of 1/2-to-1-inch thick pieces of irregularly-
> shaped slabs of marble and slate, lovingly harvested from scrap piles
> of marble and slate quarries in Vermont on various vacations :-)
>
> I got the idea of making appetizers like small thick-crust pizzas or
> quiches or stuffed rolls baked on these pieces and shaped like them.
> Even serve them "on the rocks" in, say, small baskets, so that the
> rocks would help keep them warm.
>
> We bake pizzas on stones or tiles OK, right? *Anyone know if marble
> and slate will survive a ride in the oven at baking temperatures?
> (Gently preheated, of course.)
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
> (very occasional poster)

Sounds interesting, but I'm not sure about slate versus pizza stones.
Might Crack?

Maybe some geologist here knows more than I.

Kris

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>,
Kris > wrote:

> On Mar 23, 1:17*pm, wrote:
> > I have a small pile of 1/2-to-1-inch thick pieces of irregularly-
> > shaped slabs of marble and slate, lovingly harvested from scrap piles
> > of marble and slate quarries in Vermont on various vacations :-)
> >
> > I got the idea of making appetizers like small thick-crust pizzas or
> > quiches or stuffed rolls baked on these pieces and shaped like them.
> > Even serve them "on the rocks" in, say, small baskets, so that the
> > rocks would help keep them warm.
> >
> > We bake pizzas on stones or tiles OK, right? *Anyone know if marble
> > and slate will survive a ride in the oven at baking temperatures?
> > (Gently preheated, of course.)
> >
> > --
> > Silvar Beitel
> > (very occasional poster)
>
> Sounds interesting, but I'm not sure about slate versus pizza stones.
> Might Crack?
>
> Maybe some geologist here knows more than I.
>
> Kris

It's more a danger of water pockets in the stones themselves causing
small explosions and rock shrapnel.

I'm serious.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

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Omelet > wrote:

> It's more a danger of water pockets in the stones themselves causing
> small explosions and rock shrapnel.

I built a campfire and lined the walls with slate slabs as heat
deflectors once. After the rocks heated up, things became scary. I might
as well have dumped a box of .22 shells in with the wood. My buddy and I
shuddered with fear around that fire all night as we knocked back a few
while shards whistled by us and off into the dark.
Fear was more convenient than building another fire. I never said I had
any sense, but I won't do that again.

leo