[Sca-cooks] Re: Boil in Bag

[WyteRayven at aol.com]

Thank you! I'll go out and take a look at a seal a meal and see. If I am going to go through the trouble of ironing a bag, I probably should. LOL I was hoping that there was something like a zip lock bag made out of the right kind of plastic, but it doesnt look like it.

Thanks for the idea on the veggie bags too. I will have to give that a try. :)

Ilia

In a message dated Wed, 4 Sep 2002 1:11:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, phlip at 99main.com writes:

> I've always used the seal-a-meal bags, with or without the gadget. The
> gadget is more convenient, of course, but if you leave the bags oversized,
> you can seal them using an iron on a towel. I won't presume to tell you
> which setting- it's been my experience that different irons tend to vary in
> their actual heat, but it's usually one of the hotter settings- DON'T use
> steam.
>
> I found mine to be well worth the money. You might find one cheap at a yard
> sale. Haven't used Margali's yet- she has one of the new-fangled type which
> puts a vaxcuum seal in them, but I always found that removing as much air
> space as you conveniently could and wiping the inside of the top of the bag
> worked just fine. Keep in mind, though, that if you don't use the proper
> equipment, you'll likely need an assistant.
>
> > And come to think of it they used to have those bags for refrigerating
> vegetables...you know the ones with the tiny holes in them....I cant find
> those anymore either. :(
>
> They might have been a test marketting item, which didn't pass the test. If
> you want to make your own,  you can use regular baggies and take a steel
> brush (normally used for getting rust and grunge off metal items) which is
> dedicated to your kitchen, and press the bristles into the side of the bag,
> using a double thickness of towel underneath. All you really need is a bunch
> of tiny holes in the sides of the bag so the veggies can breathe.
>
> You can also keep cut veggies longer by putting them in water in a plastic
> container in the fridge- works fine for carrot or celery
> sticks, radishes,
> and the like.
>
> Phlip