[Sca-cooks] OT/OOP: and in honor of the mid-Pennsic "silly season"...

[Susan Fox]

>> Many thanks for the Magnificent Cheesecake Recipe.  I am having some
>> difficulty envisioning the crust structure with the strips on the
>> bottom.  Aren't they obscured by the cheesy goodness?
>>     
>
> If I understand your question, the strips aren't a woven lattice  
> crust, so much as used to form the sides of the crust. You lay down a  
> flat layer for the bottom in one piece, then line half of the  
> vertical inside of the pan with one strip, the other half with the  
> other, sealing the overlaps with finger pressure. The dough is too  
> delicate to pick up in a strip large enough to line the sides in one  
> strip, if ya folla.
>
> Does that help?
>   
Oh, the SIDES.  I get it now.

Selene