MickinMD Posted January 25, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 25, 2020 I hadn't been to Wegman's supermarket in months - it's a half-hour drive, and had a pleasant surprise Thursday. Two of the items I bought were very small, marinated, half and whole "without antibiotics" chickens in plastic bags that you put right into a 425F oven, placing them in a pan or on a cookie sheet and baking the half chicken for 45 min, and the whole chicken for 75 min - though I'll pierce the bag at the end time with an instant read thermometer to make sure the meat is 165F. I have had plastic containers you put right on the rack in an over but hadn't seen baking bags before - the "rimmed pan" requirement is probably a precaution in case a bag begins leaking marinade after it swells due to heat. They weren't cheap, the whole was $3.29/lb for a 3.19 lb (maybe 2.5 lb without the marinade) whole chicken and $4.49 lb for a1.44 lb (1 lb?) half-chicken. I little expensive but maybe the marinades are worth it and It's worth the experience. The ingredients list has a minimum of artifial preservatives and it's about 100 mg of Sodium per ounce - though maybe less after the marinade is removed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted January 25, 2020 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2020 ...I've cooked whole turkeys in these for many years now. Best results with breast down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted January 25, 2020 Share #3 Posted January 25, 2020 5 hours ago, MickinMD said: hadn't seen baking bags before How do you roast a turkey if you don’t bag it? I’ve been using roasting bags for many years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted January 25, 2020 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2020 The journey started in 1966 with the invention of the very first oven bag by Bryan Ruskin who manufactured oven bags under the brand name LOOK. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 25, 2020 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2020 I buy those for my dad. He likes them and actually eats. He isn’t doing well cooking for one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted January 25, 2020 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Airehead said: I buy those for my dad. He likes them and actually eats. He isn’t doing well cooking for one. Cooking for one sucks. When Esther was in the hospital I didn’t cook very good stuff. I usually stopped on the way home from the horsespittle and had dinner somewhere. Breakfast I had cereal and yogurt with frozen berries. I did eat a few packages of steam in the bag vegetables. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 25, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, Airehead said: I buy those for my dad. He likes them and actually eats. He isn’t doing well cooking for one. Cooking for one is not inspiring and it is easy to let nutrition slide. Good job, Aire. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 25, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2020 Single use plastics? I think they will be banned shortly in Canada. That way, the rivers in China won't be full of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 25, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Single use plastics? I think they will be banned shortly in Canada. That way, the rivers in China won't be full of them. I thought one should not be cooking or microwaving food in plastics like that...ie having meals like that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted January 25, 2020 Share #10 Posted January 25, 2020 26 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Single use plastics? I think they will be banned shortly in Canada. That way, the rivers in China won't be full of them. POTD nominated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 25, 2020 Share #11 Posted January 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I thought one should not be cooking or microwaving food in plastics like that...ie having meals like that often. The oven bags are non-BPA. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted January 25, 2020 Share #12 Posted January 25, 2020 Whiles we are on the subject of single use plastics, yesterday three boxes were delivered to our door. One was a box of disposable wipes packed in another box just big enough to fit. One was a big box with all kinds of supplies I need to care for my wife. It had air bags to fill the empty space. The third box was about two feet long and about 6”X8”. Inside was about ten feet of air bags and one catheter. There was enough unused space in the big box for a hundred catheters. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted January 25, 2020 Share #13 Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: How do you roast a turkey if you don’t bag it? I’ve been using roasting bags for many years. You can't roast with a bag, just sayin'... I stopped using bags a long time ago. I use a V shaped rack, cook the bird upside down for a few hours, and then flip it right side up for a few hours. The bird gets brown all over. We also put butter under the skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal Posted January 25, 2020 Share #14 Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: Cooking for one is not inspiring and it is easy to let nutrition slide. Good job, Aire. Welcome to my world!! I try...but sometimes...it is hard to be inspired! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted January 25, 2020 Share #15 Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Wilbur said: Cooking for one is not inspiring and it is easy to let nutrition slide. Good job, Aire. No doubt. Im skipping breakfast today just because I don’t want to bother with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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