Kitchen

[mima]

I have heard of parchment paper, but I have never used it in my life and I am almost 60!  Where have I been?  I can't believe how many things (including cookies) that I have baked without this paper.  Yikes!

What's funnier is that my mom was the one that recently discovered it and she is almost 80!

I know this is old news for most, but this thead is for the newbees that don't know about it.

Last night I baked some breaded frozen fish on a cookie sheet using the parchment paper as a liner.  It even cooked faster, crunchier and did not stick!

Bake, toss the paper and don't wash the pan!  What could be better?  Oh and the best is that it is nonstick! 

[debic]

I love to discover things that have been around forever.  I keep mine in a wrapmaster dispenser.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@mima  WOW - don't I agree with you!  What a wonder.  We have parchment in our kitchen drawer and DH uses it occasionly but I've never used it.  I always grabbed the alum foil to line my cookie sheet every time I'd do a big batch of wings in the oven.

Well  not anymore!!!!  I read recently in one of our cooking/recipe mags that we get as a tip to use parchment because nothing sticks to it.  Okay, so I tried it one night with the wings.  I was doing the happy dance in my kitchen when I pulled out the pan to turn the wings over - NOT ONE STUCK to the parchment!!!!!!  Imagine my surprise.

I'll never cook/bake on foil again.  You do not need to use a spray oil for non-stick, and it's biodegradable. 

PARCHMENT ALL THE WAY!!!

[Karnerblue]

Best thing since sliced bread! 

[mima]

@PINKdogWOOD  I always use foil for lining pans for chicken wings, etc.  too!  I can't believe I didn't know how great this paper was.  I just used it for the first time last night.

I really need to remember to ask my daughter if she uses parchment paper.  I'm pretty sure she doesn't and she bakes cookies, etc. weekly.

I can't figure out why I have used tin foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper but never parchment paper.  Oh well...............better late than never.

[shelinmi]

I discovered parchment paper in my 40's.  Now hubby and I use it for fish, biscuits, cookies and more.  Love not having stuff stuck to my cookie sheets!

[PINKdogWOOD]

@shelinmi  Totally agree - the non-stick factor is amazing. 

[PINKdogWOOD]

@mima  Learn something new everyday don't we?  And in the kitchen to help us out, and get the job done quicker & easier, amazing.

[Ruthie-Roo]

Isn't parchment paper awesome??!! :-) I heard a while back, that to better fit pieces of parchment paper onto/into pans, to make the paper lay flatter, crumple it up, then unfurl it and spread out onto/into pan and bake. I do this, and it works great.

[mima]

@Ruthie-Roo Thanks for the tip, I'll try it next time.