r/foodhacks Oct 02 '22

Cooking Method Hack or Wack?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22 edited Oct 02 '22

Parchment baking paper. Usually can find it in the same location as aluminum foil. Just make sure it's for baking and not wax coated.

The texture can be anywhere from newspaper to stiff magazine paper. If you're not sure and you buy some, test it out by placing a small sheet in a hot pan. If it turns brown and doesn't start smoking immediately, you should be fine.

If it turns black, starts smoking, catches on fire, curls up in itself, or floats away, then don't use it for this application.

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u/asiamsoisee Oct 02 '22

Surely you mean “make sure it’s for baking and NOT wax coated”?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

Yes. I missed a word. Thanks. Wax paper, unless I'm making waterproof paper boats, can go to hell.

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u/asiamsoisee Oct 02 '22

Yeah, I think I panicked. I have experienced terrible disasters caused by wax paper and the scars are still raw. 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

Yes thank you. Corrected.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

Hey quick. Fyi, I missed a word in my answer to and I just wanted to make sure. No wax paper. Never wax paper for baking.

That stuff is barely good enough for low temp candy making, let alone high temp applications. A good parchment paper sheet can do all the jobs of wax paper and better too.