Does anybody know what is in parchment paper and how safe it is to use more
than once? I find that I can use the same two little squares about 8 times
at least before they start breaking down and becoming brittle peices of
ashlike material, and they continue to funcion about the same trhough all
the bakes. Are there any chemicals in this stuff that might leach out as the
paper degrades?

hutchndi

"hutchndi" > wrote in message news:qmO2g.24557$IZ2.2882@dukeread07...

> I find that I can use the same two little squares about 8 times
> at least before they start breaking down ...

You are a good person, H-man. Perservere!

Well, you could use silicone mats. But why? Paper is the
cheapest.

--
Dicky

"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
news:mtO2g.3260$BO2.2343@trnddc02...


Well, you could use silicone mats. But why? Paper is the
cheapest.

--
Dicky

Actually I am quite happy with the paper thanks Dicky (cheap is good), and I
think there is silicone in the parchment too, what I am wondering is if the
silicone burns off making the paper brittle after many uses and it is
somehow unhealthy, you know like breast implants.

H

On 4/23/06, Dick Adams > wrote:
>
>
> "hutchndi" > wrote in message news:
> qmO2g.24557$IZ2.2882@dukeread07...
>
> > I find that I can use the same two little squares about 8 times
> > at least before they start breaking down ...
>
> You are a good person, H-man. Perservere!
>
> Well, you could use silicone mats. But why? Paper is the
> cheapest.


Silicone mats are pretty much a one-time investment, where paper has to keep
being purchased. Still... how many times do you have to use a mat before
you reach the break even point? I buy 18 x 26 parchment pan liners for
about 4 cents each. Each will hold about 3 loaves of bread, and I can reuse
them at home about 3 times, depending on the oven temeprature. So, we're
talking about 1/2 cent per loaf. At $15.00 for a mat, the break even point
would be around 3,000 loaves of bread..... by then, chances are good that
the silicone mat would be torn up or lost one way or another.

While the paper with the silicone treatment is generally regarded as safe,
there are parchment papers available in some food stores and health food
stores that are silicone free and made from unbleached paper. Shop around,
the prices vary a lot.

Mike

hutchndi wrote:
> what I am wondering is if the
> silicone burns off making the paper brittle after many uses and it is
> somehow unhealthy, you know like breast implants.
>

There are several kinds of parchment paper for baking. All that I know
of are FDA appproved, for what that is worth. My bakers got at least
three uses under the dinner rolls. they re-used the paper until it
showed signs of the rolls sticking to the paper.

One kind of paper has some metal in the coating so you should not roll
your cigarettes with it. The silicone is harmless, of course, unless
you implant it in your breasts.

Charles

"Mike Avery" > wrote in message news:mailman.3.1145818959.97203.rec.food.sourdough @mail.otherwhen.com...
On 4/23/06, Dick Adams > wrote:

"hutchndi" > wrote in message news:qmO2g.24557$IZ2.2882@dukeread07...

> I find that I can use the same two little squares about 8 times
> at least before they start breaking down ...

You are a good person, H-man. Perservere!

Well, you could use silicone mats. But why? Paper is the
cheapest.

Silicone mats are pretty much a one-time investment, where paper has to keep being purchased. Still... how many times do you have to use a mat before you reach the break even point? I buy 18 x 26 parchment pan liners for about 4 cents each. Each will hold about 3 loaves of bread, and I can reuse them at home about 3 times, depending on the oven temeprature. So, we're talking about 1/2 cent per loaf. At $15.00 for a mat, the break even point would be around 3,000 loaves of bread..... by then, chances are good that the silicone mat would be torn up or lost one way or another.

While the paper with the silicone treatment is generally regarded as safe, there are parchment papers available in some food stores and health food stores that are silicone free and made from unbleached paper. Shop around, the prices vary a lot.

Mike

i have used both paper and silicone mats. i like the silicone mats because i can roll out thin tortillas and pizza dough directly on the mat and cook without removing. the paper did not allow this as it would crease back and bunch up.

dan w