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"Nunya Bidnits" > wrote in message
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> Janet Wilder said:
>> On the front of the actual bag it says: "Vacuum sous vide"

>
> Sous vide, besides being a sophisticated, low (well under boiling) temp
> method of cooking in a circulating hot water bath with precise temperature
> controls, also means, literally, "under vacuum" in French. Maybe it's just
> a
> bilingual label, but boiling a vac bag in a pot is definitely not
> sous-vide
> method. It works very well though, for gently reheating frozen or
> refrigerated barbecue, as long as the bag doesn't leak.
>
> MartyB in KC
>


I concur.