Saturday, February 23, 2008

Roasting pans....

I have two roasting pans, one from the 70's that we acquired from a house we bought from the previous owner who died and left it behind. And, one I just bought recently from good ol' Walmart. And, you know what? They look the same other than the slight variation in blue color. But, they have the same speckled white stuff and the same "leaf" imprint on the bottom.

My question is....is there a purpose to the speckled stuff and "leaf" imprint, that they have to have it on every roasting pan I see? If you can solve this mystery, I will be eternally grateful. :P

Ahh....the difficult questions in life..... ;)

13 comments:

John Brainard said...

They do it so you would ask questions. It apparently works.

Mrs. Dorky Musician said...

Deep thoughts.... I am a deep thinker, ya know? ;)

Annie said...

Don't know what the speckles are for, but the pattern is for collecting meat juice run-off for basting and such. :D (I think it's funny that the vegan told you this) LOL
But I'm just twisted that way!

Mrs. Dorky Musician said...

But, the pattern is sooooo shallow, that I couldn't imagine it being useful. You sure about this fact? I challenge you to show me this fact! :P

JL said...

I would suggest getting an (800) number for the manufacturer and calling them. After all, they should know about their products.

Mrs. Dorky Musician said...

Hey, that's a good idea! I might do that...really curioius....

Annie said...

Shallow? Like just a design imprint or something? Hmm...
My roasting pan has really deep ridges and thats what I was told they were for years ago.
But then again...it could have just been another "Pot Roast Story".
http://mitmoi.blogspot.com/2006/11/pot-roast-story.html

John Brainard said...

That there parable is funny! I read it before and remember laughing.

Reminds me of this story:

http://dorkymusician.googlepages.com/monkeysmanagement

Annie said...

Now there's definitely a grain of truth in that! You wouldn't believe how many times the answer to one of my "why?" questions is "well, that's just how we've always done it".

Jo Jo said...

I think the speckles are for decoration, but I could be wrong, since I just buy the aluminum roasting pan from the store. that way cleaning up is easier....just trash the whole thing.

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Mrs. Dorky Musician said...

Annie, love the pot roast story! :D Yes, and the imprint is extremely shallow.

Boy, now I gotta solve this deep mystery! ;)

Annie said...

You should read The Pioneer Woman's page!
Unsolved Mystery:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/2008/02/unsolved_mysteries.html