Can you use drafting vellum for parchment paper?
Charles Demas
The subject says it all. Should you oil it? What about good
typing paper (all cotton bond) ?
I know that drafting vellum is 100 % cotton rag, and since most
computer types are near a drafting room; I wondered? Drafting
vellum is also available at places that sell drawing/painting
supplies. There it's about $0.10 per 8.5x11 sheet. in pads.
Chuck Demas
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Edwin Pawlowski
It may work, but, it has a smooth finish compared to parchement. A roll
of 20 sq ft of parchment paper was $2.95 last time we bought a roll.
We live closer to more cooking/kitchen stores than drafting suppliers.
As for oiling it, NO. That is why you use a non stick parchment paper to
begin with. It is designed specificly for cooking, backing, candy
making.
For 3 bucks, it does not pay to try and find a substitute and ruin a good
(fill in blank) and the labor used to make it.
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PENMART
In article <4s7nak$t...@news-old.tiac.net>, de...@tiac.net (Charles Demas)
writes:
>The subject says it all. Should you oil it? What about good
>typing paper (all cotton bond) ?
>
>I know that drafting vellum is 100 % cotton rag, and since most
>computer types are near a drafting room; I wondered? Drafting
>vellum is also available at places that sell drawing/painting
>supplies. There it's about $0.10 per 8.5x11 sheet. in pads.
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Vellum contains many toxic chemicals, as do most papers meant to be writen
on, formaldehyde, a preservative ( antioxidant ) being just one.
Sheldon
Annie Laws
> The subject says it all. Should you oil it? What about good
> typing paper (all cotton bond) ?
>
> I know that drafting vellum is 100 % cotton rag, and since most
> computer types are near a drafting room; I wondered? Drafting
> vellum is also available at places that sell drawing/painting
> supplies. There it's about $0.10 per 8.5x11 sheet. in pads.
>
If drafting vellum is what I think it is, i.e. like very good quality
greaseproof paper there is no reason why you shouldn't use it in your
oven. I would suggest you oil it lightly. You may even be able to use
the reverse side too depending on what you have baked. If it is sili-
conised it will be great for biscuits and for lining cake tins
but not for meringues/ pavlovas as the silicone can cause the egg to
collapse.
When making rich fruit cakes I place a wad of newspaper under the tin
and another wad tied around the tin and use thin card or typing
paper on the top to insulate the cake mix. It does increase the
baking time but the results are a very moist cake with a thin crust.
I also use paper for lining pastry cases/shells if they are to be filled
after they have been baked. And have draped paper on top of pies
to stop them from burning in an oven I used once, that charred everything
up one side and left it raw up the other.
You can also use wood as an insulator and I've made very good cakes in wooden
boxes (anything from fibreboard upto 1/2" thick ply) lined first with paper.
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Annie Laws
Milan J. Merhar
In article <4s7nak$t...@news-old.tiac.net> de...@tiac.net (Charles Demas) writes:
>The subject says it all. Should you oil it? What about good
>typing paper (all cotton bond) ?
>I know that drafting vellum is 100 % cotton rag, and since most
>computer types are near a drafting room; I wondered? Drafting
>vellum is also available at places that sell drawing/painting
>supplies. There it's about $0.10 per 8.5x11 sheet. in pads.
Sure. The roll of "real" baker's parchment paper I have in the drawer looks
to be drafting vellum with a light silicone coating to make it non-stick.
Since I doubt there is such a thing as food-quality silicone oil available to
us at retail, you might try spraying your paper with a light coating of "PAM"
or other cooking oil spray.
This should work fine for lining the bottom of a cake pan, etc. In fact, I
wonder if you would need to oil it at all for such uses, as long as you can
peel the paper off of the food afterwards.
Milan J. Merhar mi...@xyplex.com
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mi...@xyplex.com (Milan J. Merhar) wrote:
>Sure. The roll of "real" baker's parchment paper I have in the drawer looks
>to be drafting vellum with a light silicone coating to make it non-stick.
>Since I doubt there is such a thing as food-quality silicone oil available to
>us at retail, you might try spraying your paper with a light coating of "PAM"
>or other cooking oil spray.
>This should work fine for lining the bottom of a cake pan, etc. In fact, I
>wonder if you would need to oil it at all for such uses, as long as you can
>peel the paper off of the food afterwards.
The real problem is that drafting vellum melts. Do you want all that
gook in your cakes? I shudder at the thought.
jan
Brent Washington
My mother had a roll of brown paper that she slathered with oil until it
soaked in. It seemed to work great!
Mary Ash
jarn...@interaccess.com wrote:
>mi...@xyplex.com (Milan J. Merhar) wrote:
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>>Sure. The roll of "real" baker's parchment paper I have in the drawer looks
>>to be drafting vellum with a light silicone coating to make it non-stick.
>>Since I doubt there is such a thing as food-quality silicone oil available to
>>us at retail, you might try spraying your paper with a light coating of "PAM"
>>or other cooking oil spray.
>
>>This should work fine for lining the bottom of a cake pan, etc. In fact, I
>>wonder if you would need to oil it at all for such uses, as long as you can
>>peel the paper off of the food afterwards.
>
>
>The real problem is that drafting vellum melts. Do you want all that
>gook in your cakes? I shudder at the thought.
>
>jan
You'd be better off spraying the cake pan lightly with Pam (or that
equivalent) and placing wax paper liners on the pan bottom. For good
measure spray the wax paper lightly with Pam. Pour in the cake batter,
bake, and peel paper off when done.
Mary
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AHeilmann
In article <31F3C4...@pris.bc.ca>, Brent Washington
<bwas...@pris.bc.ca> writes:
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>> >This should work fine for lining the bottom of a cake pan, etc. In
fact, I
>> >wonder if you would need to oil it at all for such uses, as long as
you
>can
>> >peel the paper off of the food afterwards.
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>> The real problem is that drafting vellum melts. Do you want all that
>> gook in your cakes? I shudder at the thought.
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>> jan
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>My mother had a roll of brown paper that she slathered with oil until it
>soaked in. It seemed to work great!
>
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