Thoughts on...wax paper

My roll lasts me forever. I usually only use it to wrap-up homemade cookie dough when I need it to sit in the fridge. And I make those butter cookies once a year at Christmas. lol

I just threw out an almost full roll of wax paper that was at least 20 years old!

I'm renovating and getting rid of so much stuff! I never used wax paper so I have no idea why I had it!    

I need my Press 'n Seal and non-stick aluminum foil though ...

The only thing I use it for is to cover things when I reheat them in the microwave. If I ever use up my box, I’ll buy a reusable microwave cover.

We use it for crafting and candy making. My mother used it to draw quilting templates on. A roll lasts us years.

I mainly use it to cover dishes when I microwave.

When I bake cookies, I will use wax paper under my cookie cooler thing to catch the crumbs... I think that is the only time I use it.. and I have had the same roll for a few years now... 

I usually only use wax paper when I am baking. After the cookies cool enough on the rack I put them on the wax paper to cool completely.
And I used it when I package up the cookies as a layer.

Otherwise, it is not used much at all!

I still say baggies!

I have a roll that I've had for at least 10 years. It was purchased for a foundation paper piecing class at Quilt Festival. Now I just print out the blocks on my printer and haven't used it for much in years. In my quest to use up stuff hanging around, I used it this year, instead of the usual foil, to spread out my Christmas trash for hardening.

For baking I now buy precut parchment paper - round for cake pans and half sheets for the cookie sheets. If the parchment doesn't work, then I use aluminum foil. Cling wrap and press 'n seal have never worked well for me.

MichyM - I was excited about your link until I saw the hand wash requirement.  Someone in this house ignores those rules and throws it all in the dishwasher.  My goldtone cookie sheets look like cr@p now.  

I use it when I'm baking. I'm a haphazard, messy measurer, so I tear off a piece and measure/level off things like brown sugar or confectioner's sugar. I fold the waxed paper and put the overspill back into the package.

I use it for covering things in the microwave, grating cheese, wrapping sandwiches for picnics and on the counter for cooling cookies. I always have wax paper in the kitchen.

Why use one word when you can use two?!?! I usually say “ziplock baggie”. ☺️

I use it all the time for covering open dishes in the microwave. I used to use paper towels but they would get moist and sag into the food. Before I started using it in the microwave, I probably had the same box for 20 years like everyone else.

I use it when I need to flatten chicken. Keeps the chicken juice from going everywhere!