<snip>I would speculate that
> you simply see the butter easier on the parchment than you would on a
baking
> sheet. That might lead to a conclusion that here was a cause and effect
> relationship where none existed.

I thought the same as you that ",,, you simply see the butter easier..." but
then ---

Dee

"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Last night I was watching a Julia Child show (I think recorded from the
> day
> > before) where a woman baker was baking/demonstrating some kind of
> > tart/bread/pie with loads and loads of butter in it.
> >
> > As she was putting it in the oven on a baking sheet, Julia asked her if
> she
> > would put it on parchment paper and the baker said, NO! - that the
> parchment
> > paper would actually draw the butter out of the item and one would find
> > loads of butter on the bottom of the parchment paper and that is not
what
> > she wanted.
> >
> > Even though I've seen parchment paper loaded with butter after baking,
> I've
> > not *heard* this before, that parchment paper actually draws out the
> > butter.
> >
> > Dee
>
> Don't believe everything you see on TV. The food network is particularly
> notorious for cavalierly dispensing false information. I'm sure most of
the
> misinformation is passed along innocently and there is no mechanism for
> discussion that would allow for a correction. One has to wonder just how
> the parchment would draw the butter out of an item. I would speculate
that
> you simply see the butter easier on the parchment than you would on a
baking
> sheet. That might lead to a conclusion that here was a cause and effect
> relationship where none existed.
>
>