While looking for something else entirely, I found a box of 'Appleford's Cooking Parchment' that appears to have been made in 1935. It is a real eye-opener! The directions all over the box (and in the brochure that miraculously stayed inside the box for the past 82 years) are completely different from anything you read about parchment paper today--
You probably think it just prevents cookies from sticking to a cookie sheet.
In fact, Parchment Paper was never meant to be used with cookie sheets. I'll bet you didn't know that you must wet the sheet before you use it. You can wrap several types of veggies in parchment paper bundles and boil them in the same water without transferring flavours between them. You can-- and should-- wash your parchment sheet after use, and use it over and over again.
Of course, maybe the sheets inside the box are made of different stuff than today's parchment paper. The box originally contained ten sheets, neatly folded inside the box. Six of them still remain in my box. Maybe they are made of actual parchment (ie., stretched and scraped sheepskin).
I have scanned the box and the brochure. I plan to try some of the ideas described with modern parchment paper, and see how they work out. Here's the box and brochure;
By the way-- The average family size is 4 to 6, just so you know...
You probably think it just prevents cookies from sticking to a cookie sheet.
In fact, Parchment Paper was never meant to be used with cookie sheets. I'll bet you didn't know that you must wet the sheet before you use it. You can wrap several types of veggies in parchment paper bundles and boil them in the same water without transferring flavours between them. You can-- and should-- wash your parchment sheet after use, and use it over and over again.
Of course, maybe the sheets inside the box are made of different stuff than today's parchment paper. The box originally contained ten sheets, neatly folded inside the box. Six of them still remain in my box. Maybe they are made of actual parchment (ie., stretched and scraped sheepskin).
I have scanned the box and the brochure. I plan to try some of the ideas described with modern parchment paper, and see how they work out. Here's the box and brochure;
By the way-- The average family size is 4 to 6, just so you know...
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