332072 Fri Oct 06 21:02:53 -0700 2006 9 31 Home Cooking 0 1928557 I am making a paella recipe that needs to bake for one hour covered with tin foil. I am feeling too lazy to go out to buy more but I have waxed paper. Can I cover it with that instead? Other suggestions? Fri Oct 06 21:02:53 -0700 2006 13053 lmuller 1 1928576 I wouldn't... it will smoke you out, that's for sure! Waxed paper doesn't really do well in the oven unless it's completely covered by something, like cake batter. Fri Oct 06 21:07:49 -0700 2006 1928557 12813 Katie Nell 1 1928580 Waxed paper in the oven will smoke. I had a cooking instructor once who used Saran wrap when he baked things. He said it was fine as long as you weren't cooking at really high temps, but I haven't tried it. Fri Oct 06 21:08:09 -0700 2006 1928557 10666 Chocolatechipkt 1 1928647 maybe parchment paper--that's oven proof up to about 450...if you have it on hand? Fri Oct 06 21:30:32 -0700 2006 1928557 23603 ceeceee 1 1928655 Why don't you just cover the dish with a lid, or a cookie sheet? Fri Oct 06 21:33:51 -0700 2006 1928557 18497 suebro 1 1929408 Don't do it! As others have said, it will smoke. I should know as I have set off the smoke detector when I did that. Sat Oct 07 05:31:50 -0700 2006 1928557 11858 mrsleny 1 1930142 heat+wax+food=no-no Sat Oct 07 20:45:54 -0700 2006 1928557 11234 toodie jane 1 1931553 NO! Wax paper will melt wax into the food. Wax paper is not intended for use with anything other than the gentlest of heat (poaching fish below a simmer for a short time). Sun Oct 08 22:59:10 -0700 2006 1928557 13819 Karl S 1 1931564 if you have a cookie sheet, you might try layering that over the top. - or any other kind of lid. Sun Oct 08 23:08:11 -0700 2006 1928557 11130 jen kalb 2 1939898 this is so practical, jen. I use cookie sheets, my corningware plates (pyrex glass), glass or aluminum pie plates and even pyrex glass bowls as "lids" to cooking vessels that don't come with them. Sometimes my stove looks like the kitchen section of a thrift store instead of a work area! But they work! Thu Oct 12 01:54:21 -0700 2006 1931564 11234 toodie jane