Cooking with Stoneware: Exploring Contradictory Claims

[RunawayChef]

I do have a question...and I want to be able to answer it, if it comes up in a show....

If it's non-porus and doesn't hold in the flavors from past food being cooked on it...but it's supposed to absorb moisture so your pizzas have a crispy crust?? Also, soap is not reccommended because it can flavor the food....

Like I said, I love the stoneware, but how do I explain what seems like contradictory statements????

 

[ShanaSmith]

I would explain that it is non porus once it is seasoned. Then it doesn't absorb food flavors. Soap can remove some of the seasoning so it opens the pores and allows the soap and other flavors to get into the stone. Same with how a new, unseasoned, stone will stick but a seasoned one is basically a nonstick surface.

 

[etteluap70PC]

On the soap thing.... Once your stone is seasoned if you use soap it clings to the seasoning. It does not necessarily "soak into" the stone.

Also I do not say that they are Non Porus (news to me? Is that written somewhere? I do not disbelieve you just qurious???) The pores are very tiny (compared to others on the market) due to the quality of clay and temperatures that they are fired at.

 

[legacypc46]

The stoneware features and benefits came seem confusing. On CC it actually says the stoneware is virtually non-porous. It also says the stone pulls moisture aways from the surface....not sure how it does that, but it does. Guess I need to re-listen to my 'selling stoneware' CD!

leggy

 

[wadesgirl]

Great question, I've always wondered myself! I catch myself saying at shows that it won't absorb food oders but will help absorb the moisture from frozen foods and soap. I try to avoid saying it like that because it does sound really weird.

 

[Cippia]

I like the fact that it absorbs the heat and radiates it evenly, therefore cooking the food evenly!