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freezer bag cooking - 2008/07/17 05:29 caught some wind of this over at whiteblaze and thought i'd share it w/ you guys. freezer bag cooking. good, healthy meals with no cleanup and much less the cost of mountain house and the like. i'm goign to start giving this a try

http://www.freezerbagcooking.com/index.htm



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freezer bag cooking - 2008/07/17 17:45 It sounds like a great camping idea. Otoh, I wouldn't want to do these as a general thing. I question cooking in plastic. I still carry my Nalgene bpa water so I think that my great physical activity defeats any possible health risks.

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freezer bag cooking - 2008/07/17 17:59 quote: I question cooking in plastic well I wouldn't think your are actually cooking it is more heating through But no expert just don't know if the water is hot enough to brake down the molecular structure of plastic to make it unsafe. I want to buy a dehydrator and give it a try.



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freezer bag cooking - 2008/07/17 21:34 the meals are great, i will not cook in plastic either. what i do is boil the amount of water, but the meal in my pot with the boiling water and put by pot in a cozy to keep it warm while it rehydrate.



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Re:freezer bag cooking - 2008/07/17 22:11 I just love freezer bag cooking. Mainly because I hate to do dishes. What could be simpler — boil water, pour over dehydrated food, slip inside insulated coozy, relax and let it cook, eat right out of bag, when you are done you roll up the freezer bag, seal it shut and toss in garbage bag, DONE.

I did a bit of research a while back and what I got out of it is that BPA is contained in Polycarbonate plastics or #7 recycling code. These are typically hard, rigid plastics like soda and water bottles. The lining of canned foods seems to be the biggest culprit. Ziplock brand freezer bags are not manufactured using BPH so they are safe to use.



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Re:freezer bag cooking - 2009/02/24 22:59 Freezer bag cooking is neat- One of my favorites is the omelette in a bag. You take a ziplock bag, add a couple of eggs and whatever "filling" you would like to use (chopped ham, cheese, etc.) and knead it until it's well mixed. You drop the sealed bag (air removed) in a pot of boiling water, and allow to boil for 15 minutes. If I'm making multiple omelettes at the same time, I'll usually write names on the bags. Once you take the bags out of the water, just open and empty the customized omelette onto the plate and there you have it- an awesome breakfast and no clean up. Enjoy!



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