# Lean Pockets **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421 "2003-07-18T16:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChunkyLover53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@ChunkyLover53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChunkyLover53)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/1 "2003-07-18T16:24:55Z")
Why do Hot Pockets or Lean Pockets come sealed but outside of the “crisping sleave”. Wouldn’t it make sense for them to put it in the sleave at the factory? I only say because whenever I put it in the sleave I get crumbs of pastry all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/2 "2003-07-18T16:31:13Z")
You don’t use the crisping sleeve if you cook them in a toaster, like a civilized person. Also, it would take a lot of extra effort at the Pocket Factory to put them into the sleeves after baking them. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/3 "2003-07-19T11:24:25Z")
Even if they took the time to place the Hot/Lean Pocket into the sleeve at the factory (which, of course, the cost of doing that would be incurred to you), there’d still be some crumb remnants in the plastic wrapper, which would fall out when you remove the Hot/Lean Pocket. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/4 "2003-07-19T11:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*You don’t use the crisping sleeve if you cook them in a toaster, like a civilized person. > > Also, it would take a lot of extra effort at the Pocket Factory to put them into the sleeves after baking them. \*\* I hope that by “toaster” you mean “toaster oven,” because by gum, them there things don’t fit in my toaster unless I mash them with a mallet. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/5 "2003-07-19T16:59:22Z")
If they’re thawed, they’ll fit into a bagel toaster. No mallet required. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/6 "2003-07-19T17:12:12Z")
I guess, but not a regular toaster. (Plus, I always had them in the freezer.) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/7 "2003-07-19T22:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I hope that by “toaster” you mean “toaster oven,” because by gum, them there things don’t fit in my toaster unless I mash them with a mallet. \*\* Yes, yes, toaster oven. I have no use for those bread-only toasters. Not very versatile. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/8 "2003-07-19T22:24:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I hope that by “toaster” you mean “toaster oven,” because by gum, them there things don’t fit in my toaster unless I mash them with a mallet. \*\* Yes, yes, toaster oven. I have no use for those bread-only toasters. Not very versatile. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-pockets/189421/9 "2003-07-19T22:40:59Z")
I wouldn’t mind a toaster oven, but I haven’t the counter space for it. I do have a microwave that hangs from a cabinet, so there, nyah, nyah, nyah.