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debtfreeoneday

Oooh I’ll have to try greaseproof paper.  I didn’t know you could use that instead!

Suffolk_lass

I line my cake tins with either greaseproof paper or cake liners. However, cooking anything on a tray, I am a total convert to the cut-to shape baking tin teflon liners. They last as long as you keep them stored in the tins and I have had them longer than some of my tins. Washing up is a doddle (even the aluminium grill tray in the summer oven). The cost of throwing things out is a factor for me as well as what it is made from. I still have one aluminium pressure cooker that is used to boil dishcloths...

rtandon27

I was recently sent a pack of these with my weekly veg box to try out.  Not sure I'd pay that price for them, but OH loves that they are precut to the precise size we need for our baking sheets, with a tiny bit of overhang.  Our favorite is the bac0foil branded one which I keep an eye out for when it is on sale & buy a couple of rolls at a time.

Karmacat

This is really interesting (oof, what times we live in!).  I don't use teflon at all now, SL, though I do have a ceramic little frying pan that describes itself as non-stick.  It isn't, not quite  but hey ho.  I've never used any product at all to line baking trays etc until this year!  But the effort of cleaning was putting me off baking, and frankly I was using a lot of resources too - steel wool, *lots* of washing up liquid  better to use greaseproof paper, I *think*.  Ooh, I think probably yes Greaseproof paper - Wikipedia the starches etc used to treat the ordinary paper sound plant-based.  Though the brand RT got, I've heard of it and it sounds brilliant.  

Today, yet more work on the family history: I've realised I have so much on them already because I was taking oral history notes in the 1970s  so I need to honour that, but as soon as I've got my act together, I'm going to try to photo the goats I saw the other day, if they're there at the moment   I love goats  

themadvix

Only one non-stick pan here and it's on its way out (just need to bite the bullet and order a spun-iron one). Too many carcinogenic chemicals for me. We use If you care greaseproof (and other bits, including recycled aluminium foil). The greaseproof just goes in our food waste bin/compost heap. But for baking I have silicone sheets (although I wait for the world to tell me that they're not safe either!) - completely non-stick and just sit on top of the metal (too wobbly not to sit on something).

Good luck with the goats (and the family history!)!

Karmacat

Thanks for that, madvix - some interesting bits there for me ... spun iron?  I've never even heard of it but yes, I was thinking of recycling the greaseproof into the compost or the incinerator.  

So when do you make a decision between using greaseproof or a silicon sheet?  

Walk went well (ducks sailed by hoping for food, but none to be had from me!) and the hedge hiding the goats has the leaves fully out now, I couldn't see them at all   On to the genealogy now   

apple_muncher

You said: I'm going to try to photo the goats I saw the other day

I read: I'm going to try to phone the goats I saw the other day

Oops!!

Karmacat

 I'd love to have done that   

In *other* news - my sage plants have arrived from Sarah Raven!  I'm going to pot them on, they're just pluglets after all, I wouldn't fancy their chances out there right now.  Definitely thinking about making a cold frame out of an old freezer drawer and a piece of old double glazing window glass.

themadvix

Karmacat said:

Thanks for that, madvix - some interesting bits there for me ... spun iron?  I've never even heard of it but yes, I was thinking of recycling the greaseproof into the compost or the incinerator.  

So when do you make a decision between using greaseproof or a silicon sheet?  

Spun iron is like cast iron, but lighter. Made by Netherton Foundry. I bought a replacement for our small (Teflon) frying pan from them earlier in the year (with birthday money - how exciting!) and didn't want to commit to a second pan until I was happy that the whole seasoning thing worked and I didn't regret buying the first. I love the pan! It's still heavier than your average frying pan, but much lighter than a cast iron one and it has a beautiful wooden handle and is just a joy to behold (and guess what, the seasoning side of things works!). I'm looking forward to it lasting my lifetime.  

I use the silicon whenever possible as the whole cutting out and greasing greaseproof paper thing is such a pain in the derriere. So I have silicone cupcake cases, two silicone cake pans, a loaf pan and the baking sheets. I'd only use greaseproof for a lemon drizzle that I was taking somewhere and needed to do the drizzle properly for or if a recipe that I was unfamiliar with called for it - I can't think of examples, but there are a few instances where it's definitely preferable. I also use it for wrapping portioned up bacon (for DH) for the freezer (no bags here) so I can fit multiple portions in one container. 

badmemory

Silicon hot water bottle, silicon ice cube tray, the list goes on.  I'm just waiting for someone to tell me how bad it is!!