• @[email protected]
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    226 months ago

    Your local neighborhood bakery almost certainly still uses wax paper instead of bags. I don’t eat much bread these days, but when I do I always just walk down to the bakery and pick out a loaf. It’s a million times better than the sugary stuff full of preservatives at the grocery store.

    • @[email protected]
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      256 months ago

      Would it be actual wax paper? These days it could just as likely be coated with plastic rather than wax, as the plastic coatings do the same thing and are cheaper.

      I’ve just spent a while searching and can’t find any reliable way to tell whether paper is wax coated, oil coated, plastic coated, or silicone coated.

        • mox
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          6 months ago

          And reacts differently to abrasion, high heat, etc.

          The silicone-coated stuff is generally called parchment paper. I’ve never seen plastic or oil-coated paper sold as wax paper.

          • @lemming741
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            66 months ago

            Fun fact- traditional parchment paper is soaked in sulfuric acid

        • @[email protected]
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          26 months ago

          Yeah, I always rip off a piece of the paper and give it a munch before buying the bread to make sure its made with actual wax instead of plastic

    • @CM400
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      146 months ago

      I wish I had a local bakery like that. We have a few pastry shops, but unsweet bread is harder to come by.

      • NoIWontPickAName
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        36 months ago

        Same, we have grocery store bakeries, a pie place, a cupcakes, and one French guy who is only open on the weekends