Comments on The Best Invention Ever? Perhaps!

UGGHHH. I only like the center pieces of a brownie. I HATE the edge and corners!!

M for Megan! (turn it sideways and you can also make an E! You can spell ME!)

Centers rule, edges drool!

Edges are clearly the best. Otherwise this pan wouldn’t exist.

Just Me, you hit the nail on it's mothereffin' head!!!

Brownie edges SUCK! All hard and rock-like-yuck!

Gimme the center of a Brownie, anytime...the sweet, hot, moist center...

droooool....

(note: double entendre is fully intended; no need to comment on it. Thank you)

Only sucky losers like the centers, there's nothing to chew on.

Muffin top too! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C21DKM/ref=reg_hu-wl_mrai-recsop too!

@4 The centers are clearly the best otherwise this pan would have been invented sooner. Hundreds of years of center-centric brownies are a testament to their awesomeness.

But does it come pre-filled with oven-ready brownie batter, like that new brownie pan I am seeing commercials for?

TEAM CENTERS!!

@8 evolution! survival of the fittest!

If you like the edges they win. Real Americans like the center!

I don't like brownies at all. I like pie. Strawberry-rhubarb, preferably.

Uh, does this look like a big Enron brownie to anyone else but me?

People who prefer the centers are obviously from the suburbs and can't handle the hip, flavorful, edges that the big city folks enjoy.

Strip mall lovers [heart] centers.

look here all you center-lovers, if you are so smart and right, answer me this:

the edges are so good, so they made an all-edge brownie pan to meet the demand.

if centers are so good, why has no one invented an all-center pan yet?

Sorry to spoil your appetites, but I'm the one who took that picture. I had to bake my own poop into the mold to make it look so perfect.

be that as it may, michael linklatter, the edges are still better.

Centers rule!

If only it were possible to build a pan that was no edges, all center.

@16 - round pans maximize the center. The bigger the round pan, the more center. The equation to explain this definitely involves pi, not @13's pie (which is flawed because they like rhubarb), and a square of something else.

first, brownies in a round pan? i'm not sure that's standard protocol. even if i grant that, you still need the square of something else. it's inescapable.

@17: I was kinda thinking the same thing when I saw the pan. Don't mistake me, I love brownies, but coupled with the mention of "indoor plumbing", I mean ... how could I not?

Eric,
Centers are defintely the cream of the crop, but I can't tell you how many times where a month of desserts I provided for myself after collecting all the baked goods' edges at night's end of a BBQ and other assorted fake-happy gatherings.

p.s. Since I'm hopin to split this town soon, I'll drop off the two Jam tickets for you behind the 'security' gates in the next few weeks. Understood if you want to shun the idea; pass off 'em off to Christopher then, or sombody you may think cares about music. Without Weller though, eh, he's kind of like music's Indiana Jones, everthing is shite anyway, just need to tune discernment. Your call.

Later.

Saw this thing reviewed on a cooking site a ways back... personally, I don't think the edges of a brownie are so great, but even if you do, I think you'll agree with the fact that there is one huge problem here - it's basically impossible to get the brownies out of the pan as you're always next to the side. What fun, right?

We own one of these pans. They work great, but don't even bother trying to get the brownie out in one piece.

A all-center, no edge brownie pan can be made: A sphere coated with brownie batter!

Brownie batter is pretty thick, so you may be able to get it to bake without falling off the sphere. Or you can bake it in outer space where you don't have to worry about gravity. Perhaps someone can get funding from NASA for an experiment.

So, we totally have that pan, and it totally works. The channels are a little more narrow than the picture makes them look (they talk about making lasagna in the pan, and lasagna noodles are just slightly too wide).

@26: or some kind of non-Euclidian hyper-brownie pan.

My mom used to make brownies in muffin tins to maximize the edge. And then you don't have to buy a special/weird pan. Fellow edge-lovers, try it! :D

@2: I think it looks more like a capital sigma. Σ

@29 YES. that sounds really good. Go your mom!

I have it, it works well, and the recipe they provide so you make the right amount of batter is fantastic. If you love edge pieces, it's definitely worth it.