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parchment

noun as in vellum

noun as in material for writing

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When asked how to keep a Thanksgiving turkey juicy while cooking, Stewart pointed to her Turkey 101 recipe, which uses cheesecloth or parchment paper to keep the meat moist.

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For everything else, just portion into your tray, cover with a bit of parchment or plastic wrap if you’re feeling fancy, and once frozen, pop the cubes into a zip-top bag for long-term storage.

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Grease an 8-inch round cake pan and line it with parchment.

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Rather too much time is spent repeating staged close-ups of a left hand sketching in ink or applying paint, or else executing inscrutable mirror-writing on parchment — Leonardo’s secretive signature method — coupled with explanatory voice-over.

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When the cake is ready to come out of the pan, bakers can run a knife along the short sides of the pan and then gently lift it out by holding the parchment..

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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