Omelet > wrote:
> In article
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> �Dan Abel > wrote:
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> > In article >,
> > �Lou Decruss > wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:58:13 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
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> > > >In article >,
> > > > Terry > wrote:
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> > > >> This year the bird will be too big to go into a 5 gallon pail, so I'll
> > > >> just use the cooler I bought this summer. �Lotsa ice, add salt, drop
> > > >> the bird in there, snap the lid closed, leave it in the garage
> > > >> overnight.
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> > > >We tried something like this a few years ago. �Read about it in the
> > > >paper, for those who don't have room in their fridge (that's us). �Get
> > > >two food safe garbage bags, one inside the other. �Put bags in cooler
> > > >and insert turkey. �Add brine (ours had a bunch of ingredients) and tie
> > > >tightly. �Put a ten pound bag of ice *next* to the bag. �The ice keeps
> > > >it cool but doesn't dilute the brine. �The bag keeps the brine close to
> > > >the turkey, so you don't need as much.
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> > > Where would you get a "food safe" garbage bag?
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> > Good question. �To make it short and sweet, I did a Google and none of
> > the sites recommended using garbage bags for food storage.
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> > I did look up the recipe:
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> >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...1/22/FDGLVMG63....
> > TL&hw=turkey+brining&sn=007&sc=350
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> I personally think some people are just a bit too paranoid. �Just use
> unscented ones. Geeze!

Not only are trash bags not made of food grade plastic many contain
insecticide.