Passing the savings on to you - Tara style! :)

Interested in some fresh corn? My parents are coming over from Spokane tomorrow and just picked a ridiculous amount before they left (they have a farm and sell it locally). Some of it is smaller - great kid sized. It'd be nice to sell it in dozens if possible - 12/$3 and you'd probably get a few more than that of the smaller ones. Just call, e-mail or FB me and let me know if you're interested. You'll be able to pick it up at our house probably on Monday or Tuesday. -- And FYI - it can be frozen! Last year we froze it on the cob, but this year we're going to cut it off and freeze it as kernels.


Anyone interested in joining a few of us to buy parchment paper (for baking) in bulk? It is excellent for baking cookies, cakes, breads or pizza, making candy, frozen desserts, seafood, poultry and meats. It works great to cover foods in the microwave. Professional bakers and cooks use it all the time. They have it at Cash & Carry in a box of 1000 sheets - but they're "industrial cookie sheet size", so one sheet would cover 2 regular cookie sheets. (**see below for more details about using parchment I found on a great website**)

Check this out:

• Renyold's Wrap Parchment at the store (on sale!) $3 for 30 square feet = $.10/sf
• Cash & Carry Parchment $35 for 1000 sheets (approx. 17" x 25") 2772 square feet = $.01/sf.
  

Yeah, A PENNY A SQUARE FOOT compared to TEN CENTS A SQUARE FOOT for the stuff at the store!

But obviously, I'd never need 1000 sheets of the stuff, so I'm seeing if anyone else wants to go in with me and save a bunch of money!! I already have about 4 of us, but thought I'd throw it out there and see if there'd be any others? It's about 4 cents a sheet. (two cents per cookie sheet sure beats the heck out of scrubbing pans!!)

If you're interested in this please let me know. We're hoping to do it before Wednesday (9/9).

**What is baking/cooking parchment and why use it?**

Have you ever wondered how bakeries and restaurants manage their huge baking needs? They use this product because it doesn't stick (it's coated on both sides), it is economical (you don't need shortenings or sprays), it is labor friendly (just toss it away after an afternoon of baking) and flexible (cut it to your pan size). Each sheet is 16 3/8 x 24 3/8, large enough to cover two standard size cookie sheets.

Not only can you use it for baking, you can use it to provide a stick free surface when freezing meats (between hamburgers for example) or baked goods, or use it to line pans for messy jobs such as barbeque chicken.

It is an energy saver (yours and the utility's). Get an extra batch of cookies ready for the oven and do the old switcheroo when they come out of the oven.

Put a piece down on the countertop when cutting frozen or homemade pizza to catch the grease. Or use it to line your microwave to catch spills. You get the idea.