I bought a bread stone today. I sprinkled some corn meal on it before I put my loaves on it. Seemed to work fine. Anything I need to know about caring/maintaining it? Using it?
I'm going to be dreaming of my traditional bread success tonight ;-D My starter is doing great. I dumped half of it, and fed it. It seemed to do really well when my bread was in the oven and it was sitting on the stove above. When I fed it, I turned the oven on again. Wonder if that helps it any.
Steph
If you ever need to clean it then use a plastic scraper after soaking it in warm/hot water to loosen baked on material, for me it's usually cheese or pie juices. Never use soap, detergents, or any metal scour pads as the soaps/detergents can be absorbed into the stone affecting flavour and the metal scour pads may gouge the surface. Use a plastic scour pad if the need arises.
You can stack stones but never on their ends.