Revelation!

The NYT food section discovers ... the cookie sheetsheet pan!

Did you know you can cook things in your oven? And that you can put them on a ... cookie sheetsheet pan? Even things that aren't cookies! Savory things! And did you know that some things might spatter the other things with their squirting, oozing juices while they cook next to each other? And that will be delicious?

No, I bet you fucking did not know that!

Of course, the article isn't about the cookie sheetsheet pan. Everyone knows about cooking on cookie sheetssheet pans. They have a whole separate article on that. No, this is about the magical quarter-sized cookie sheetsheet pan! Because sometimes you just don't have enough stuff to fill a full cookie sheetsheet pan: you only have some stuff. That's where the quarter-sized cookie sheetsheet pan comes in. It's smaller, you see. It only holds two pork chops, not eight. 1/4. Math.

And here's a secret even the pros at the NYT don't know about: if you have a toaster oven, you already have a quarter-sized cookie sheetsheet pan. That little baking tray that they give you? Well, it's a full-sized cookie sheetsheet pan in a toaster oven but a quarter-sized cookie sheetsheet pan in a full oven! *Boom* goes your mind. And if you don't have that, you might have some aluminum foil. And, if you can puzzle-out how to fold some edges onto the sides of a double-sheet of foil, you can make your own disposable cookie sheetsheet pan of any size you want!

These are the days of miracles and wonders.

5 thoughts on “Revelation!

  1. joel hanes

    I am reliably informed that the idea of a “taco” was unknown in New York City until about 1960.

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