Good day, all! I'm not sure how cold it is outside right now, but the high here is only supposed to be in the 40's today... 20's for the low tonight. I'm guessing that winter has finally decided to join me for a while.
I spent my yesterday baking 2 pumpkin pies and one pecan pie, cleaning the house, and taking care of some winterization items. Today, I need to make some ice cream, finish house cleaning, and maybe try to visit Pambo. I talked to her for a little while yesterday. She says she will be putting in an appearance at my house on Thanksgiving. I hope so.
Otherwise, not a lot of excitement around here. Didn't have to work last night, which is nice for this week. Unfortunately I will be working just about every week night between 11/29 and 12/20. It is going to be a long haul to Christmas for me.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Tuesday on!
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
I'm stressed. My boss lets her customers walk all over her. Which means when she's not here, I have to let them walk all over me. I'm really tempted to take a week off during a really busy time just for payback.
I've got a question for the bakers out there. I've searched the internet high and low but can't seem to find an answer for this question.
I've got a spring-form pan for the cheesecake I'm making for Turkey Day. It's one of those dark grey non-stick coating dealio's. kind of like a baking sheet.
So the question is, is it safe to store the cheesecake in the fridge with the bottom of this pan still under it? I've always heard you can't store metal in the fridge, but this is coated with some kind of substance and transferring the cake off of it and onto a regular plate is sure to result in disaster (to say nothing of the fact I have no completely flat plates.
I've also hear that the metal in the fridge thing is an old wives tale with the exception of you should not leave a spoon or fork in an open can of food in the fridge.
I won't leave an open can of food in the fridge. But I am not sure about the pan. Why don't you bring the cheesecake to my house and we'll try to get it out properly. If it doesn't work, I'll just eat the mess and you can make a new one. Then you can try leaving it on the pan.
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I won't leave an open can of food in the fridge. But I am not sure about the pan. Why don't you bring the cheesecake to my house and we'll try to get it out properly. If it doesn't work, I'll just eat the mess and you can make a new one. Then you can try leaving it on the pan.
I think the real reason you don't want to leave metal in the fridge is because then your food tastes like metal.
But really, the best thing to do is put a round of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan. Then you can just slide the cheesecake off onto a plate. Or, if it's nonstick, it should slide right off of the metal anyway without the parchment. If it doesn't slide off right away, put it in the fridge just long enough to cool it down, then slide it onto the plate. Because leaving the metal underneath it is just kind of tacky.
Is it a jello cheesecake? If it's just a regular cheesecake, I would think it would be hearty enough that sliding it onto a plate shouldn't be too much of a disaster.
If it all goes horribly wrong, and you upend the cheesecake sideways onto the plate or something, tell them it's a dessert you found in Better Homes & Gardens called Cheesecake Cobbler.
-- Edited by MzHartz on Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 04:18:34 PM
I won't leave an open can of food in the fridge. But I am not sure about the pan. Why don't you bring the cheesecake to my house and we'll try to get it out properly. If it doesn't work, I'll just eat the mess and you can make a new one. Then you can try leaving it on the pan.
You're a real giver Fuzzy
I do what I can.
That Mz, she is so smart.
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Stop trying to be what you see. Be what you ought to be.
If it all goes horribly wrong, and you upend the cheesecake sideways onto the plate or something, tell them it's a dessert you found in Better Homes & Gardens called Cheesecake Cobbler.
-- Edited by MzHartz on Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 04:18:34 PM
I've left it on the metal before and not had an issue... then again, cheesecake doesn't last long in my house. Mz is correct though... better idea to use the parchment paper and remove it from the pan.
Web... come on down. I ain't skeerd.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
I've left it on the metal before and not had an issue... then again, cheesecake doesn't last long in my house. Mz is correct though... better idea to use the parchment paper and remove it from the pan.
Web... come on down. I ain't skeerd.
I wound up not really having any choice. It sounds ridiculous, but I don't have a single flat plate in my house. Everything is curved and the cake would sink considerably in the middle, so it's staying on the pan bottom.
Next time I make a trip to walmart I'll have to get some kind of plate and/or tupperware storage device specifically made for cheesecakes.
It's the first cheesecake I've ever made that didn't get a crack in it. I always read that you should bake a cheesecake in a water bath but never bothered with it because it seemed messy and I doubted it would make much difference. But it did.
Feel free to jump in your car and come visit. I'm going to have plenty of food for Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanks for the chuckle.
Mz is correct though... better idea to use the parchment paper and remove it from the pan.
