Baggies

“What are the ones you use to boil water in when rehydrating meals? I thought they were some kind of freezer bags, but was just at the store and saw millions... well, OK... maybe three brands.

Experience rocks... Which ones to use??!”

“I use a pot to boil my water.
I would think a baggie would burn. ;)”

“Well, I boil my water in a pot and then pour it into the bag.

I have used the store brand storage bags and had no problem, although I also put the bag in my bowl just in case. The best to get are the Glad ones with the pleated bottoms, but I've been unable to find those in any thing but half-gallon size.

Normal freezer bags work good too.”

“Sheesh, SS, whatdaya think I meant???! gotta put that Pepsi stove to good use, ya know. Hmmmm... as I recall I think gojo maybe had a snicker when he saw the Pepsi stove. And he might have LOLed when I had my tent stakes in uneven and the water in the pot spilled all over.

>>>>Me=Dork<<<<< lol”

“Hmmmm. I had a freezer bag split along the seam once. Maybe the water was a little too hot?

I switched to Reynolds oven bags after that. I already had some lying around to use in the bakepacker anyway, so what the heck.”

“bakepacker?”

“I've had good luck with store brand reclosable sandwich bags approx 5 by 6 inch. Can you say cheap thin plastic? They work well for me and I have not had any failures yet - estimated 70 meals so far (it was a box of 100 and is almost gone now). I use them in a cozy I put together that supports the bag as I pour the boiling water into the bag - this may contribute to the success rate.”

“Lizs, we use ziploc brand freezer bags. We make "camp eggs" in them by cracking eggs into the bags, adding seasoning or whatever else we want, sealing it up and dropping it in boiling water for a few minutes.”

“Yeah... the Bakepacker. It keeps freeze-dried or dehydrated meals piping hot while rehydrating in Winter, and also makes a mean coffee cake, brownies, cornbread, etc.... They've been around for quite a while.”

“treebeast666- what a great idea. I'll have to give that a try sometime soon.”

“I use ziplock freezer bags, quart size.”

“ziplock freezer bags, sandwich size. sheesh...again...did you learn NOTHING from me???

I just did my first batch eggs...I mixed raw eggs with spicy rice, ham, onion, pepper, cheese...scrambled it up, and dehydrated them...Made up 10 - 2 serving batches...look out breakfasts....no more scroungy oatmeal...not that thats not ok, but, now I have choices!!!.”

“Everytime I dehydrated scrambled eggs they rehydrated like mush.

What is the secret?”

“FWIW there are many people who say putting boiling water in any baggie is unsafe. Something about leaching toxins...

I remember reading recently how Lexan was even suspect - even more than HDPE, which sucks 'cause I just replaced all my old Poly Naglenes with Lexan.”

“Lizs.....why don't you get a Platypus....maybe the 1 litre size and cut it across....now you'll have something that will last repeatedly for many meals to come....the freezer bags are ok but you get limited uses out of them and then they go to the great trash can in the sky....my $.02”

“Lexan is just the brand name for polycarbonate.”

“treebeast666

I knew that! But, you're right. By "poly" I meant the high density polyethelene ones (hdpe).

I replaced them mostly because the HDPE ones hold odors.”

“Lizs:
Instead of sacrificing a Platypus, try using a baggie from an Enertia meal. They are strong and have a pleated bottom.
I'll mail you one or two if you want.”

“In a pinch, you can boil water in a paper (not plastic) cup.”

“too much water.”

“I use the Ziplocs for frozen kippers. I put a few into the bag with a dollop of butter, seal and drop them into boiling water.

Note to myself: Now that I've introduced the French Canadian squeeze to Highland Games, haggis, bridies, meat pies (and peas), as well as backpacking and canoe camping, it's time for kippers and steak and kidney pud.

Did I mention, I CAN'T FIND KIDNEYS IN MY GROCERY STORE?”

“Grem, is there not a slaughterhouse (abbatoir for the English types) nearby? I remember my 8th grade science teacher going to the local slaughterhouse to fetch beef hearts and lungs so he could show us what they looked like for real. It was cool.”

“Introducing your girlie to that, eh? You Canadiens are soo liberal!!!”

“gross, dude! LOL!”

“It's code I'm tellin' ya!!!

The purple monkey rises from his perch as the showers fall in eastern Idaho...”

“BP, I feel really stupid. Of course there's an abbatoir, as well as a couple of custom butchers. I was thinking in the box again. Thanks.”

“Just trying to help, not make you feel stupid.

I bet you will get them a lot fresher at the abbatoir than you would at the grocery store anyway. Like, still-warm fresh...”