The Wonders of Parchment, and a Question

Kay SD · ‎03-09-2011

Wow, I just got this link (below) from King Arthur, to the coolest list ever of 50 things to do with parchment paper. Probably a lot of you have seen it, but I just had to share.

One of the uses is to wrap your panini in parchment when you put it into a press. Apparently the grill marks even come through. Does anybody know if you can use parchment to wrap a piece of meat and cook it in a George Foreman? I would probably never cook meat any other way if I could eliminate that mess.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2014/02/07/50-ways-to-love-our-parchment/?go=EP140207D&utm_sourc...

Beebee2 · ‎03-09-2010

That's a great link. Thank you, Kay. I like it when things remind me to do things

better and easier; I hadn't remembered, for example, to use my bench scraper to cut

bar cookies! I know that's not a parchment thing, but it caught my eye.

As for your question, I can't think of a reason why you couldn't use parchment

paper to do your meats on the Forman. It's strong, it's heat resistant and the other

applications shown in the link suggest that it works with many different kinds of

'product'.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I agree - I don't know any reason you couldn't put the meat in parchment paper.

When I do bacon in the oven I put a sheet of parchment paper on top of it and press it down all over the bacon. It completely precludes splatter in the oven. I thought that up one day when I needed some bacon for a recipe and I had just cleaned the oven. I was so pleased that, when the bacon was done, there was not a single splatter.

Lacey1 · ‎03-09-2010

I use PP in my cast oven pot when I make bread. I have to get the oven to 450 degrees. The parchment gets singed but it prevents the bread from sticking. Just make sure you don't get it mixed up with wax paper! Don't ask how I know that!

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

I have a piece of fish in the oven on a small cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Saves a lot of clean up!

Beebee2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 2/7/2014 chickenbutt said:
I agree - I don't know any reason you couldn't put the meat in parchment paper.

When I do bacon in the oven I put a sheet of parchment paper on top of it and press it down all over the bacon. It completely precludes splatter in the oven. I thought that up one day when I needed some bacon for a recipe and I had just cleaned the oven. I was so pleased that, when the bacon was done, there was not a single splatter.

Great idea, CB. Thanks for it.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I've never used so much as a scrap of parchment but your link inspired me to try it.

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Kay SD · ‎03-09-2011

Okay, I'm going to try it today with a pair of pork chops I will marinate in something. This usually makes a crust in the Foreman that is hard to remove (esp. since the nonstick coating isn't very good quality). I'll let you know what happens to the parchment.