me, too. my Mother told me to leave it down in the late 60's, and i think it was also stressed in home ec. class. no one ever told me why. i hoped it wasn't like the woman who always cut the end off the ham b4 she put it in the oven. her husband finally asked her why she cut the end off, and she replied because her mother always did. she decided to ask her mother after years of doing this. her mother said she cut the ham off because she didn't have a pan big enough for the whole ham!!
QUOTE=cdmmiracles;5758559]I leave mine down with fabric between. Not sure that's correct; I think I was taught that many years ago in Home Ec Class, lol.[/QUOTE]