On 9/17/2013 6:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> On 9/15/2013 4:07 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>> I found one on an upper shelf - has to be over 10 years old - anyway,
>> why does the package instruct the cook to place at least a T of flour
>> in the bag and shake it well? What happens if you don't put the flour
>> in? Just wondering. Do they make those bags anymore? Maybe I should
>> send it to the Smithsonian?
>>
> Huh. I have a package of those. My mother bought them. Probably also
> 10 years old. I never bothered reading the instructions.
>
> I just looked. It says "to proteect against bursting". Huh. Since
> you're also supposed to cut slits in the top of the bag I'm not sure
> what would cause it to burst.
>
> Jill

the one and only time I used a cooking bag for a turkey I didn't cut
slits in it.

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On 9/21/2013 12:14 AM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 9/17/2013 6:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 9/15/2013 4:07 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>> I found one on an upper shelf - has to be over 10 years old - anyway,
>>> why does the package instruct the cook to place at least a T of flour
>>> in the bag and shake it well? What happens if you don't put the flour
>>> in? Just wondering. Do they make those bags anymore? Maybe I should
>>> send it to the Smithsonian?
>>>
>> Huh. I have a package of those. My mother bought them. Probably also
>> 10 years old. I never bothered reading the instructions.
>>
>> I just looked. It says "to proteect against bursting". Huh. Since
>> you're also supposed to cut slits in the top of the bag I'm not sure
>> what would cause it to burst.
>>
>> Jill
>
> the one and only time I used a cooking bag for a turkey I didn't cut
> slits in it.
>
I was simply reading what it said on the box. I've never actually used
them.

I also have a couple of McCormick Bag N' Season baking things - bag &
spices included in the packet:

http://www.mccormick.com/Spices-and-...s/Bag-n-Season

One for pot roast, one for chicken, one for "buffalo wings". Don't ask
me why Mom would have bought one for wings... to the best of my
recollection she never cooked chicken wings.

Jill