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OmManiPadmeOmelet[_7_]

In article >,
unge (Little Malice) wrote:

> One time on Usenet, Steve Wertz > said:
> > On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:27:16 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > > Just read the latest issue of Cook's Illustrated. Turkey day is coming,
> > > and we'll have the usual brining in garbage bag thing coming up.
> > > I'm in the 'garbage bags are not food grade ... or manufactured in a
> > > food sterile environment' camp.
> > >
> > > This was an interesting recommendation I could get behind. I've
> > > seen the ads ... those Zip Lock bags for storing large items ... like
> > > pillows and stuff. The magazine says they are food grade ... and
> > > I believe it, I doubt they built a new factory to make the larger bags
> > > separately from the food ones.
> >
> > The problem with plastic bags is that it's nearly impossible to
> > get the bird evenly covered with brine. Sure you can flip the
> > around every few hours, but the two times I've tried that I still
> > ended up with a very unevenly brined bird.
>
> I was envisioning lining a big cooler with the bag...

I know that some people come down on trash bags, but I've talked to
people that say they work. Granted, I've never tried one, but
still.......
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