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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 15, 2008, at 12:10 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> Am I reading this correctly?
> It appears he did not completely answer the question.
> He said moisture could not get "between" the layers
> but didn't respond to moisture build up inside the
> inner layer.

What she said is that, using the cover they sell, that there would be  
no moisture. No rain could touch it. The only moisture that would  
enter from the inside would be from humidity and from food moisture.  
When the oven fire is burning it dries out any slight moisture from  
either of these sources. By the time food is placed inside, the clay  
is bone dry, which is one of the things that makes cooking special.  
Just like the pizza stone, which pulls moisture from the dough and  
makes the crust crisper.