[Sca-cooks] Pennsic queries....

[Susan Lin]

food saver sells containers where you can suck out the air - OR, you can
freeze the bags open and upright and after they're frozen THEN seal them.

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Elaine Koogler <kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yup...use them all the time.  They do work really well.  We haven't really
> done the cooking-bag thing yet...unfortunately I had to add some
> ingredients
> to the stew I made the last time I did this.  The only thing you have to be
> careful about is that, with soups and stews, not to use the vacuum as you
> will suck out juice as well as air...and it makes a HUGE mess!
>
> Kiri
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > Sir Nathan (Calontir) used to provide period food for his royalty and
> > > others by cooking stuff in advance, putting it in seal-a-meal bags,
> > > bringing it in coolers, and dumping the bags into boiling water-not
> > > as authentic a procedure as cooking on site, but a lot less work if
> > > one person is doing it for many.
> >
> >
> > I'm a HUGE fan and supporter of Seal-A-Meals. I've done large feasts
> >
> > using mainly Seal-A-Meals and pretty much all of our camping food
> >
> > is prepared that way. It helps that I work from home so I have time to
> >
> > cook everything in advance. A couple of advantages are the fact that
> >
> > cleanup is so fast and easy. Eat from paper plates and plastic utensils
> >
> > and serve in disposable aluminum pans so the only cleanup is for serving
> >
> > and prep utensils. You already have a pot of hot water waiting for that.
> >
> > Another is that I am frequently so busy at events and wars that I really
> >
> > don't have a lot of time for properly cooking a meal in camp. I would
> love
> >
> > to have the luxury to cook a period meal over the fire but that would
> mean
> >
> > I would have to reserve a day or at least a long afternoon to prepare. I
> >
> > think that doing so would be a lot of fun but I'm frequently called away
> >
> > for either knightly or Laurely duties. With the Seal-A-Meal I can come
> >
> > into camp and have dinner for 10 or 12 people within a half an hour.
> >
> > Not period and not nearly as much fun as preparing it on site or in a
> > period
> >
> > fashion bur for necessity and ease of cleanup it can't be beat. (Well,
> > going
> >
> > to food court beats it I guess but you can't host a dozen people for a
> week
> >
> > in the food court.)
> >
> >
> >
> > > David/Cariadoc
> >
> >
> > Gunthar
> >
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