This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart, I
was eating some McDonald's chicken tenders (we have a McDonald's inside our
Walmart) - and the chicken wasn't so tender. I bit down on something had
and broke a huge piece off of my back tooth. So now, after I get out of the
doctor's office, I have to go have that tooth drilled down to the gums and
get a temporary crown put on!
OB:
On the flip side, I managed to bake some cookies for the neighbors without
burning my house down (and that's saying something for me!!)
Now don't yell at me Jill! ;>
I bought some of those tubes of cookies at Walmart (the kind you cut up and
roll into balls, stick in the oven and, hey presto, home-baked cookies). I
bought three tubes and that turned out to be a LOT of cookies. Since we
only have one banged up cookie sheet, I thought I had a very bright idea for
baking more at a time. I'd kept the glass turntable from my old microwave
when we got our new one. I figured that since it was made to be used in the
microwave, sticking it in the oven shouldn't hurt it. It didn't shatter, so
after the required baking time (taken from the package directions)
transpired, I pulled out the glass turntable full of cookies that looked all
golden brown on top. However, when I went to remove them from the glass,
the golden-brown "shell" came off leaving a lump of uncooked cookie dough
stuck to the glass. It seems glass is not a good conductor of heat and
doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.

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Kreisleriana - 09 Dec 2007 19:48 GMT
> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
> for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart,
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> OB:
Dear Lori,
I am sorry, my USENET access has been iffy over the past couple of days,
just poking in here to show my encouragement. You will be so glad when that
tooth business is over-- don't put it off!
jmcquown - 09 Dec 2007 19:53 GMT
> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday
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> Now don't yell at me Jill! ;>
Why would I yell at you? I'm most definitely not a cookie baker :)
Jill
CatNipped - 09 Dec 2007 20:20 GMT
>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday
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> Jill
Most real chefs turn pale when you mention the Pillsbury Dough Boy! ;>
Hugs,
CatNipped
jmcquown - 09 Dec 2007 21:11 GMT
>>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but
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> CatNipped
LOL I never said I was a chef! I love to cook, absolutely. But I draw the
line at baking. Oh, I used to bake bread back in the day. Sadly, my hands
don't allow for kneading these days and I don't have a mxer with dough
hooks. When it comes to stuff like biscuits, I buy the frozen raw ones
you pop in the oven for 20 minutes.
Jill
annoyed@net.spammers - 14 Dec 2007 05:51 GMT
>>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday
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>CatNipped
Do you know why the Pillsbury Dough Girl got pregnant?
Because the Pillsbury Dough Boy forgot his wiener wrap! ;)

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Adrian A - 14 Dec 2007 10:12 GMT
>>>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>>>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but
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> Because the Pillsbury Dough Boy forgot his wiener wrap! ;)
*groan*

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Joy - 09 Dec 2007 20:43 GMT
> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
> for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart,
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> good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up
> like a cookie sheet does.
I think you need a hug.
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CatNipped - 09 Dec 2007 21:10 GMT
>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in
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> ((((((CatNipped))))))
Thank you, Joy, hugs are *always* gratefully accepted.
Hugs,
CatNipped
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 09 Dec 2007 21:21 GMT
> On the flip side, I managed to bake some cookies for the neighbors without
> burning my house down (and that's saying something for me!!)
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> stuck to the glass. It seems glass is not a good conductor of heat and
> doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.
By George, you're probably right! I've had all shapes and
sizes of pyrex (tempered glass) baking dishes, but I don't
recall ever seeing pyrex cookie sheets. (Cakes bake okay in
pyrex, but cookies are generally done in a hotter oven, for
much less time.)
~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ - 09 Dec 2007 23:17 GMT
L,
I hear ya loud and clear!! I've been real sick (heart stuff). I had to
have an echocardiogram, stress test, etc. Just when I felt better, I got
shingles (never had them before)... and they are so painful!! Friday, I
was thinking on the way home from my doc appt., that I'm glad I'll be back
to the norm this week and will be avoiding doctors for a while. Friday
night I was in bed watching TV and grabbed a Christmas cookie. The *very
same* thing happened to me!! The whole back of my molar (up top and in the
back) lost it's filling!!! The entire inside of the tooth is exposed!! So?
Here we go again!! Scrambling to make phone calls and then go to a dentist
(which I'd rather NOT DO b/c I'm scared of them)!!
I will put you in my prayers when I talk to the tooth fairy tonight!!!
Hang in there! (I will if you will)!!

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> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
> for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart,
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> good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up
> like a cookie sheet does.
CatNipped - 10 Dec 2007 00:21 GMT
Thanks! Purrs for your tooth (and mine)! ;>

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> L,
>
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>> glass is not a good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies from
>> the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.
~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ - 10 Dec 2007 14:38 GMT
> Thanks! Purrs for your tooth (and mine)! ;>
Surprisingly, I got in to see a dentist today. And he uses gas. And he's
right down the street. If it were summer, I could walk to his office!! Of
course, I can't get the tooth fixed today, but it's one step closer.
Are you going to see a dentist today, or at least soon? And purrrrrssss to
your 'toof' too!!!!

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>> L,
>>
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>>> seems glass is not a good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies
>>> from the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.
CatNipped - 10 Dec 2007 18:37 GMT
YAY! Got mine done this morning also!

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>> Thanks! Purrs for your tooth (and mine)! ;>
>
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>>>> stuck to the glass. It seems glass is not a good conductor of heat and
>>>> doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.
Joy - 10 Dec 2007 00:23 GMT
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> L,
>
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>> glass is not a good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies from
>> the bottom up like a cookie sheet does.
jofirey - 10 Dec 2007 04:38 GMT
> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
> for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart,
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> good conductor of heat and doesn't bake the cookies from the bottom up
> like a cookie sheet does.
The best thing ever I learned from the food channel.
I use parchment on the cookie sheets now when I bake cookies. No mess and
nothing sticks.
I just fold the edges of the paper under to make it fit the pan.
I've started using it for biscuits too.
(It comes in rolls just like wax paper and aluminum foil)
Jo
CatNipped - 10 Dec 2007 12:47 GMT
>> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in
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> Jo
It doesn't burn up in the oven??!
Hugs,
CatNipped
GaDragonfly - 10 Dec 2007 16:58 GMT
> >> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
> >> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in
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> CatNipped
No, it doesn't Lori. I also use it when I make a cheesecake,
especially a cheesecake I plan to take somewhere. I can make the
cake, let it sit in the refrigerator over night and then turn the cake
upside down and gently remove the bottom of the springform pan before
taking the cake to someone's home. That way I don't have to worry
about remembering to bring the bottom of the pan home. I *love*
parchment paper.
Julie
jofirey - 10 Dec 2007 22:36 GMT
>> >> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough
>> >> waiting for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday
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> Julie
What I don't understand is it isn't something new. Its been around for ages
and I never heard of it. I can even bake several trays of cookies on a
single sheet of it. When I'm done I throw it out and the cookie sheet is
practically clean.
Between the parchment and the non-stick foil I'm one happy camper.
Jo
Monique Y. Mudama - 13 Dec 2007 23:16 GMT
> The best thing ever I learned from the food channel.
>
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> (It comes in rolls just like wax paper and aluminum foil)
I have a thin silicone sheet that I put on the cookie sheet. Much
better than cookies right on the metal, but it *is* a little hard to
scrub something so wobbly.

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---MIKE--- - 10 Dec 2007 23:17 GMT
I hope you give the dentist's bill to the McDonald's manager. They
should be responsible for a bone (or whatever) in a chicken tender. If
a person can collect for spilled hot coffee, you should be able to
collect for this.
---MIKE---
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>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 11 Dec 2007 00:00 GMT
> I hope you give the dentist's bill to the McDonald's manager. They
> should be responsible for a bone (or whatever) in a chicken tender. If
> a person can collect for spilled hot coffee, you should be able to
> collect for this.
Mike has a point! They should be liable for this. Even if you just
*hint* at involving a lawyer, I'll bet they'd prefer to settle.
Joyce
CatNipped - 11 Dec 2007 01:14 GMT
> > I hope you give the dentist's bill to the McDonald's manager. They
> > should be responsible for a bone (or whatever) in a chicken tender. If
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> Joyce
I don't think it would work - I have no proof that caused it and the tooth
was already just a shell around a filling (I'd had a root canal done on it
previously so it needed a crown done anyway).
Hugs,
CatNipped
polonca12000 - 15 Dec 2007 22:45 GMT
> This weekend just keeps getting worse and worse. It's hard enough waiting
> for Monday to find out when I'm having surgery, but yesterday in Walmart, I
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> doctor's office, I have to go have that tooth drilled down to the gums and
> get a temporary crown put on!
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Polonca and Soncek