If it's not safe to use Ziplock bags for your eggs in a bag, what do you suggest we use?
By SMG
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I went to the Johnson company and this is what I read.
Ziploc® Zip 'n Steam® Microwave Cooking Bags combine the taste and nutritional benefits of steam cooking with all the convenience of your microwave.
Ingredients:
Makes 1 Serving
3 eggs
3 fresh mushrooms, cleaned and chopped (about 1/4 cup)
2 Tablespoons shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
2 cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 Tablespoon butter, cut into 4 small pieces
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions
1.Fold top edge of a Medium Ziploc® Brand Zip 'n Steam® bag out and down to keep bag open. Crack 3 eggs directly into bag. (Alternately, crack eggs into small bowl and pour into bag.)
You can use the special microwave cooking bags but do not reuse them for food again after the first use. There are also assorted types of reusable microwave egg cookers available and can be found in many grocery stores or stores like WalMart and Target.
Why use plastic? I have some small salad bowls. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bottom, crack an egg on the side, slide it into the bowl. Put bowl in microwave, cook. Ready for table, no extra dishes and best of all no plastic.
Frugal and healthy
If you're going to do omelets or burritos for a group, just prep your add-ins ahead of time, put into individual bowls with spoons/forks, and scramble all your eggs at once. let everyone put however much of whatever onto their plates or a tortilla, and you're good to go. This works really well for camping trip breakfasts as well as sleep-overs.
The only bags I use to cook in the Microwave are the ones made by Ziploc brand-Zip and Steam bags. It is the only brand available in my area.
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I had read before and was planning on doing it when we go camping or have a sleepover. Place egg in ziplock bag with choice of ingredients, giving one to each person, boiling water and putting bags in water.
Please do not use plastic bags for cooking Estrogens are released by cooking in plastic.
Happyinharned, yes, the problem is the heating of the bags. When certain types of plastics are heated (whether in the microwave, by boiling or oven cooking) carcinogenic chemicals leech into the food. There are safe plastic bags you can use (at just about every grocery store/market) that are manufactured with appropriate one time use chemicals but do know that they are only for that one time food use because they break down thereafter and begin to leech chemicals. Also, you need to make sure that any plastic bowls, plates, cups, food storage containers, etc you use in the microwave are approved as microwave safe.
The same is true about chemicals leeching from plastics into food/beverages after one time use even if not ever heated. The only safe plastics for food reuse are food grade recycle #2, #4 and #5. When I say food grade I mean originally manufactured for food use and not industrial grade plastics that are manufactured with completely different chemicals for items intended for non-food items (for example; cleaning product bottles, kitty litter containers or even seemingly harmless plastic containers/tubs for toys or general storage containers/bins).
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