Comments on: Freezer Bag Cooking http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/ Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Kayaking and Fishing in San Diego Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:55:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Derek http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Derek Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:58:22 +0000 http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/#comment-73 ok. Thanks for correcting me. I'll definitely have to give it a try then. ok. Thanks for correcting me. I’ll definitely have to give it a try then.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Sarah Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:53:15 +0000 http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/#comment-40 Hi Derek, I saw your comment and wanted to let you know that the bags do NOT go into the pot and are not sitting in boiling water. The water is added to the dry food inside the bag. I recommend to use only well known brands of bags that are made here in the US. The bags are now rated for microwave use as well and are of food grade plastic. The bags are Dioxin free (the nasty found in bad plastics). But of course you can always use the recipes in "one pot" cooking where you dump the ingredients into your pot :) Sarah Hi Derek,
I saw your comment and wanted to let you know that the bags do NOT go into the pot and are not sitting in boiling water. The water is added to the dry food inside the bag.

I recommend to use only well known brands of bags that are made here in the US. The bags are now rated for microwave use as well and are of food grade plastic. The bags are Dioxin free (the nasty found in bad plastics).

But of course you can always use the recipes in “one pot” cooking where you dump the ingredients into your pot :)
Sarah

]]> By: Derek http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Derek Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:28:52 +0000 http://www.outsidesd.com/blog1/2008/03/12/freezer-bag-cooking/#comment-39 I agree...with freezer bag cooking the possibilities are endless. I would think really hard about it before I tried it though. I know people have been doing it for a long time with no consequences. But there's a lot of evidence that when those plastics are heated in a camp stove they release some pretty nasty chemicals. Google it and you'll see what i mean. It's kind of like the whole Nalgene controversy ...but I refuse to stop using those bottles until they have concrete proof it'll hurt me. I agree…with freezer bag cooking the possibilities are endless. I would think really hard about it before I tried it though. I know people have been doing it for a long time with no consequences. But there’s a lot of evidence that when those plastics are heated in a camp stove they release some pretty nasty chemicals. Google it and you’ll see what i mean.
It’s kind of like the whole Nalgene controversy …but I refuse to stop using those bottles until they have concrete proof it’ll hurt me.

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