best local price on parchment paper?

[Robert Lauriston]

For baking, etc. Roll, plain, no coating. It's readily available online but shipping drives up the cost.

[Tumkers]

Costco is running a 2$ off a roll special 205 ft for 7.99 now. Just saw in the Mtn View Costco this week. I've attached one of those 3M wrapping paper cutters to a retractable string thing onto the side of the box for easy cutting.

[wolfe]

Parchment is back at Costco but now under their label , $5.99 less than 3 cents per sq. foot.

[goodeatsgal]

FYI - I received an email from King Arthur Flour that they are offering free shipping on all parchment paper. The offer expires at midnight on Nov. 17th. The email says you activate the offer by clicking through, but I just checked the site and it looks as though free shipping is nonetheless available.

I previously purchased the half-sheet size and I love not having to cut the roll paper to size. But since it's pricey, I kind of hoard it and save it for certain uses or for when I'm in a hurry. :-)

[Scrapironchef]

Promo code CHQ34 gets an additional 10% off.

[SteveG]

What do you mean un-coated? Parchment paper's fundamental definition is that it has a silicon coating, like the paper used for backing on stickers. That silicon coating helps keep things from sticking, and helps to fire-proof the paper, whereas waxed paper is highly flammable and can't be used in such a hot oven.

[rworange]

Parchement paper was around a lot longer than the incorporation of silicone into it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchmen...

"Modern parchment paper is made by running sheets of paper pulp through a bath of sulfuric acid[1] (a method similar to how tracing paper is made) or sometimes zinc chloride. This process partially dissolves or gelatinizes the paper, a process which is reversed by washing the chemicals off followed by drying."

Note the word "modern"

Actually it surprised me that all that chemical crud is in most of what is out there. My question is how do you tell it is au natural?

[Robert Lauriston]

I read the label.

If I wanted silicone, I'd just use Silpat sheets.

[rworange]

No, it doesn't say so on the label. This was a surprise to me and I checked a few boxes out. All they say is non stick. Anyway, this is off topic for you, so I moved my questions to the general board

When did parchment paper lose its innocence?

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/807146

[wolfe]

I checked at work and 1000 sheets full sheet pan size, 26x18, are about $52 from Armstrong Paper. Since cookie sheets are 1/2 that size you could get 2000 sheets at 2.6 cents a sheet or 1.625 cents per sq. ft..

[pamf]

The parchment that is sold in rolls, like foil, in most grocery stores is not that great.

I would like to find the cut sheets that fit a sheet pan. I think I have seen these used on cooking shows.

It would probably be from a restaurant supply. Anyone know where to get these?

[rworange]

You might call Spun Sugar in Berkeley.

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Spun Sugar
1611 University Ave, Berkeley, CA

[Scrapironchef]

They have the full sheet size in packs of 25 (I think that was the count) but not precut 1/2 sheet size.

[sarahjay]

I bought a full box with a friend (from Smart and Final) and took it to FedEx/Kinko's/whatever to have it cut in half. I got 1000 sheets for a half-sheet pan for about $25 after the split. I'm pretty sure neither one of us will need to buy parchment for a while

[farmersdaughter]

I get them online from King Arthur. Haven't seen the sheets in stores locally but honestly haven't been looking for them.

[walker]

I love these sheets from King Arthur. (Before, I really disliked using the parchment rolls -- they never would lie flat.)

[goodeatsgal]

I love the flat sheets from King Arthur Flour, too. They fit a sheet pan (I think it's called the half sheet?) perfectly. But since they're more expensive, I use both the flat sheets and the rolled kind, depending on what I'm cooking/baking and how much of a hurry I'm in. :-)

[AntarcticWidow]

Cash and Carry in San Rafael sells cut sheets. A case of full sheet size or 1/2 sheet size, qty 1000 is 59.98$. The 1/2 sheets are thicker than the full sheets and can be used twice, if you are so inclined. The 1/2 sheets are also sold in packets of 100 for 6.98$.

[Caitlin McGrath]

I haven't seen the big boxes of sheets like you can get from KA Flour, but Berkeley Bowl has boxes of 40 sheets, the same brand as the rolls they sell, which I think is called If You Care - unbleached, silicone-coated, and they claim, compostable. It comes in a tube like the rolls, but these are half-sheet-pan-size cut sheets rolled around the cardboard tube instead of a continuous piece.

I don't know that I've seen completely uncoated baking parchment, though there are various brands that use silicone instead of quilon, and I tend to look for those.

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Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St, Berkeley, CA 94703

[jsaimd]

Have you tried Sur La Table - thye have several precut parchment. They also have decent-ish price on parchment rolls. I have found them cheaper than grocery stores, but try to stock up when Costco carries it.

[gnomatic]

Daiso sells smaller rolls of parchment paper for $1.50. I usually get mine from safeway when it's on sale (and usually there are coupons for it).

[FishTales]

Have you tried Amazon? Last time we bought parchment paper from them shipping was free with a >$25 order.

Cheers!

[Robert Lauriston]

Only some of the parchment paper Amazon carries has free shipping. Nothing uncoated with a total price under 10 cents a foot.

[kcchan]

Costco carried parchment paper last year during the holiday season.

[goodeatsgal]

Ditto on Costco. Big box of PaperChef Culinary Parchment, 205 ft. I can't recall how much it was - maybe in the $8-$9 range?

[goodeatsgal]

I was at Costco tonight (Redwood City, CA) and they had this parchment paper in stock again. $9.99 for 205 ft. There's nothing on the box to indicate whether it's coated or not. It says it's nonstick.

[Robert Lauriston]

Where do they stock it? With the aluminum foil?

[goodeatsgal]

Yes, in that same general area. The box is kind of a lime green.

[wolfe]

In Richmond Costco it was in the last aisle on the left right across from the first refrigerator row.

[Robert Lauriston]

It was sold out, that's why I didn't see it. They said they had more and would shelve it.

[wolfe]

Today 10:30 more than 500 boxes just across from the eggs. If you hurry they may still have some.

[Robert Lauriston]

164 feet, so a little over six cents a foot. Better than online even before shipping.

[wolfe]

The disparity in #s is the game the manufacturer is playing. Yes there are 205 sq. ft. in a box, however, the paper roll is 164 feet long and 15' wide. My "If You Care" is 70 ft but is only 13" wide to perfectly fit my cookie sheet.

[josquared]

If you can make it to the Vallejo Costco, I've seen it in stock as one of the display items on the main aisle the last three times I've been there over the last month and a half.

[AntarcticWidow]

Just came back from Costco in Novato. They are fully stocked and at a special price - $7.49 a roll (built-in manufacturer's rebate at purchase).

[mzsnowhite]

What about Smart and Final? I just looked in the drawer and my parchment paper came from there.

[rworange]

Grocery Outlet in San Pablo had some either in the plastic bag section or cookware. Don't remember the price, but I'm guessing inexpensive. I wanted waxed paper and all they had was parchment. I'll get more cetails next time I go, but you might look at the GO stores you frequent.

[Melanie Wong]

The last time I bought Reynolds parchment paper at GO it was $1.99 for a roll.

My mother has a supply of sheets for baking that my b-i-law gave her. She said that he bought it from somebody . . . which I think means that he purchased a few sheets from a baker or similar business that would use it.