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Like someone else above, I never used parchment paper until a couple of years ago when making some truffles. I now pull it out when roasting or oven "frying" certain things. It works very well. I've found it at Aldi's since it can be pricey at a regular grocery store.
I keep waxed paper around for various uses like those mentioned above. It's handy to cover a baking sheet when I'm freezing layers of vegetables or fruits to be packaged later in ziplocs.
Like someone else above, I never used parchment paper until a couple of years ago when making some truffles. I now pull it out when roasting or oven "frying" certain things. It works very well. I've found it at Aldi's since it can be pricey at a regular grocery store.
I keep waxed paper around for various uses like those mentioned above. It's handy to cover a baking sheet when I'm freezing layers of vegetables or fruits to be packaged later in ziplocs.
YES! THIS!!!!
I also buy my Parchment Paper at Aldi because it's cheaper there.
I use wax paper all the time. I use it to form and lay out sticky things during preparation like meatballs/patties, pastry or other doughs. I also use it to wrap portions for freezing. If you wrap individual chicken parts in wax paper you can put them together in a single freezer bag and they won't freeze together.
Now can these things be done with parchment paper as well? Yes, but wax paper is much cheaper, and wraps finer and holds shape when wrapping much better than the thicker parchment so I save the parchment for baking purposes.
I am a latecomer to the appreciation of parchment paper too but use it quite a bit now.
There is one thing I like waxed paper for - when I am stacking bars or cookies to bring somewhere it makes a good, easy-to-manage layer separator.
Yes, burdell, I remember those lunch sandwiches from Mom. The ends had to be placed underneath or the sandwich had the tendency to unwrap itself!
Wonder if anyone ever used rubber bands or tape to keep the sandwich shut. Hah. No wonder so many of our moms washed plastic bags.
No plastic bands here but I made 120 little wax paper bags for oversized cookies for SO to take to a what I call play date. And yes, the layers in the cookie jar especially around Christmas.
Do you remember the baggie drying racks which were sold everywhere? Ziplock bags were a favorite present for friends and family in Europe:>)
Back to OP - instructions are on the side of the box. Wax melts. It will be a one time mistake. Whenever in doubt - place a scrap in a frying pan. It stinks - wax paper!
Silly me consolidated a year's supply for a move and wrapped everything onto one big roll. Please do not do that.
Dollar Tree occasionally has parchment paper. Personally I find it a bit flimsy and per square inch pricey compared to brand names.
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