Cutting Parchment Paper
I had my brother-in-law cut my second pizza peel (14" wide) down to 8" wide, perfect for one loaf. I am able to get three loaves onto my stone. Two loaves going one way and the other back to front. My problem was with the third loaf. I could not get it to slide off (using parchment paper) without touching the other two loaves, So, that is why I had him cut the peel to an 8" width. Works great! Now, the problem was trying to cut a 8" width piece of parchment from the roll. It would tear unevenly, or pull even more out, and no where near the 8" width that I wanted. I used scissors and that worked, But then after seeing the add on TV about "Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter", I thought that if it would cut wrapping paper, why not Parchment paper. It works GREAT. I pull out the paper and use this tool and it cuts perfectly. No more short sides, no more pulling out half the roll!, just clean straight edges. Thought that I would just pass this along.
When I saw that commercial for the gift wrap cutter, cutting parchment was also about the first thing I thought about.
I'm an "old" silk screen stencil cutter -- and I keep single edge razor blades handy for just about everything... including zipping parchment paper before you have time to reach for anything else.
Works great for scoring, also -- but I wipe the blade in OO before scoring.
Have a Great Season!
~ Broc
I just love finding gadgets from other applications that work for my bread baking. I'm always haunting hardware stores for ideas.