Subject: Re: [Homestead] Clay oven, was Question time again
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:16:26 -0700
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.