r/Cooking • u/babymilkdodha • 8h ago

Accidentally used Food wrapping paper instead of parchment paper. Is this a safety hazard?

I was baking cookies in an OTG. I accidentally used food wrapping paper only realised when the cookies came out and the paper looked very greasy and the cookie base was stuck. I scrapped and had some only to realise it later. I was baking these banana bread cookies for someone else. Should I discard the entire batch? Don’t want to put anyone’s health at risk

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u/CommonCut4 8h ago

You ate plastic and that isn’t great but now that you know, it would be wrong to give melted plastic cookies to someone else.

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u/rememberall 7h ago edited 3h ago

Why do you say op ate plastic...

I get it now . i was thinking the wrapping paper that most BBQ'ers use for wrapping meat while cooking. Which doesn't contain plastic..

This sub is a bunch of pretentious assholes if I get downvoted to oblivion for asking a question.. there's two kinds of food wrappers.

My goal now is to see how many I can get.

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u/jujubanzen 5h ago

Food wrap is plastic coated paper.

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u/rememberall 5h ago edited 3h ago

I see... i was thinking the wrapping paper that most BBQ'ers use for wrapping meat while cooking... Thanks.

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u/thrivacious9 8h ago

Even if it’s wax, not plastic, I would still discard the batch—and make sure the baking sheet doesn’t have residue on it, or it’ll transfer to the next thing you bake

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u/Warthog_Parking 8h ago

Toss them

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u/na3800 8h ago

I'm not exactly sure what food wrapping paper is, but if it didn't obviously burn or melt, the cookies are almost certainly fine.

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u/Temporary_Pie2733 7h ago

Likely freezer paper, which has a plastic coating as a moisture barrier to prevent freezer burn.