cakeladydi - I didn't think you could use a coupler with a parchment bag.....do tell!! Maybe I'll reconsider trying parchment again......
if you double your parchment bags..in other words..make one, drop your tip...place the icing in another one cut it and drop into first bag..you can change tips without having to screw in couplers.
Hi all,
When I started the Wilton Courses we were taught to use parchment bags. I have used them and the disposable and personally I prefer the parchment. I have a difficult time using the disposable as I can't seem to get a good grip on them. I bought the 101 piece professional kit with a 50% off coupon at Michaels and have not regretted it. As for the icing, our instructor gave us a recipe that she uses. I will try to put it on later this evening, but it is all crisco, powdered sugar, meringue powder, flour, salt, vanilla extract, butter extract and almond extract. It does not have quite the greasiness to it and it does not seem to be as sweet. It is great.
Bradymom
I bought a box of 100 parchment bags...the irritating things. they sat there for months, only used a couple...well, didn't really use 'em...i more like mangled 'em
anywaaaaaaaaay, i had a brainstorm(more like a tropical depression) and used them to line my cake pans. trimmed them accordingly....they worked like a charm and i didn't have to keep looking at that box!
Risque - that's a great idea - I never thought of that! I'll give it a try next time I do a cake. My issues with couplers go beyond just being able to change the tip quickly......when I twist the top of the bag (not parchment) I have to have something to hold (i.e. the coupler), not just the tip. I know it's weird, but that's just how I am! 
I, too, bought the box of 100, and mostly end up using mine for smoothing the sides and tope of cakes!
When I took my Wilton 1 class the instructor highly recommended the parchment bags. So I brought the huge 100 count box. I used them until I tried the disposable ones. Now I can't stand them. They (parchment) aren't too expensive (use the coupons) so I would say to buy them just in case. I ran out of disposable in the middle of a cake last night so I was able to use the parchment that I had.
Why would Wilton Enterprises waste all that money to "train" "teachers" that won't "push or sell" their products?
WE, gives the WMI free training, great discounts, free products...they don't "TELL" us to sell , sell , sell...it's just 'implied"
and as a WMI, I always told my students "I don't care what you did before or what you're going to do after...but this class is made possible by Wilton, so we will do it 'their" way.
I also gave EVERYONE a list of rules the first day of class..everything from...no licking the tips or the fingers to respecting the instructor and other students...( you ALWAYS have a 'know it all" in class that is always questioning or trying to "share" how they do it "better"!)
As to the first part of your comment Risque, my Wilton supervisor, her assistant and a few other corporate whoever-they-weres made it VERY clear "The Motto of Wilton Enterprises is to TEACH AND SELL." 
Personally that's one of the reasons I left. I just could not in good conscience push things on people who really did not want them or didn't know if they would stay in cake decorating so they did not want a huge start-up investment. After I showed the students how this or that worked, if they wanted to run right out and purchase, well that was up to them. It was the "push push push, sell sell sell" nonsense that got to me. 
As to the second part of your comment, I laughed and laughed! You sound like the kind of no-nonsense teacher I respect! 
Suddenly your signature makes a lot of sense! 
I dont like working with parchment bags, the disposable ones are much easier to use. I was also told to buy the 100 pack of parchment bags by my instructor in the Wilton I class. The only time I use parchment is when im using piping gel on a cake.
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