[Sca-cooks] boiling bags

[Patricia Collum]

We actually clothespinned the top of the bag to the side of the pot. This
kept the contents submerged better, and we could tell our serving by the
spot we had clothespinned it to. No melting problems, but we did 1) make
sure the water was boiling before the bags were added, 2) limit the number
of bags in at a time so they wouldn't cool the water too much. This led to a
bit of a line (like at the microwave at lunchtime at work) even with 2 large
soup pots of water going. Sometimes the bags would boil free of thier
clothespins- look out, you're lunch is escaping!

Cecily


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Kisner" <sjk3 at admin.is.cornell.edu>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] boiling bags


>     It's been a long time since I tried boiling something in a bag, but I
seem to recall that the problem was the bag touching the side of the pot,
not the hot water, causing melting problems.  Is this the case in the
experience of anybody else?

Sandra