Where has all the baking parchement gone?

booter

AlisonW wrote: »

Ahh, this could be why I can't find any online at Asda, This is what I keep getting when I search online.
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/products/products.jsp?skuId=910000045220&departmentid=1214921923725&aisleid=1214921925150&startValue=
Is this the 'baking parchment'? I thought it was old fashioned greaseproof paper.
If so problem solved and it will go on my online shopping list for next week. Failing that I'll stick it on OH's next home brew order from Wilko's.
Thank's folks. I had begun to panic that for some reason someone had decided it was a health and safety risk and it has all been withdrawn. Just me being unlucky that everywhere I looked had sold out. It hadn't dawned on me that everyone would be baking their Christmas Cakes

I've never tried the greaseproof/baking paper combi in your link! In my mind greaseproof & baking paper are 2 completely different things - I find that greaseproof needs greasing/oiling so it doesn't stick to cakes, and baking paper doesn't! I may have got this completely wrong though . So has anyone else tried the greaseproof/baking combi? And is it any good??

meg72

Saw baking paper in Wilkinsons today, £1. 00 also poundland have the reusable ones.

Popperwell

I've bought some but so far not used it Booter. Then again I have been trying to avoid using the oven too much...most of my meals are cooked in the slow cooker or microwave.

I have it...just in case.

bearcub

I sincerely hope I can buy baking parchment in one of the supermarkets, as we don't have a Wilkinsons here, or Robert Dyas, or Asda. I can't see Asda shipping it across the Solent for me.

Popperwell

They're building an Aldi's on the IOW but not sure where and that will take some time to become established.

daisiegg

Ok, despite being a regular and (I think) fairly proficient baker, and despite having both of these products in my kitchen, I have to admit to not *actually* being sure what the difference is between baking parchment and greaseproof paper! I think I use them fairly interchangeably..... Anyone care to enlighten me?

booter

daisiegg wrote: »

Ok, despite being a regular and (I think) fairly proficient baker, and despite having both of these products in my kitchen, I have to admit to not *actually* being sure what the difference is between baking parchment and greaseproof paper! I think I use them fairly interchangeably..... Anyone care to enlighten me?

TBH the only thing I use greaseproof for nowadays is to wrap stuff that doesn't like clingfilm/bags/foil - or as tracing paper! I used to use it to line baking tins for cakes etc but found it stuck to the cakes, so I then had to grease it first. Then I "discovered" baking paper - which doesn't need greasing and doesn't stick to the bottom of cakes, and ensures the cake (or bits of it ) don't stick to the bottom of the tins. I'm afraid I don't use it for anything else - although I believe you can cook chicken and fish "parcels" using baking paper, but I've never done it myself.

booter

bearcub wrote: »

I sincerely hope I can buy baking parchment in one of the supermarkets, as we don't have a Wilkinsons here, or Robert Dyas, or Asda. I can't see Asda shipping it across the Solent for me.

They sell it in most supermarkets