"Skyhooks" > wrote in message
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> Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>> Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
>>
>> > Well then you must be a very ill-informed professional or trained too
>> > long ago...as vaccum pakaging is a widely used food packaging method
>> > these days...I guess you don't get out much what with the Cordon
>> > business
>> > being so busy this time of year. I hope that improves for you.
>> >
>>
>> I wonder... is this the plastic cooking "bag" being used in trendy NYC
>> restaurants that are doing some sort of "boiling bag" dinners? I wish I
>> could recall what I read, but the gist of it is that restaurants are
>> trying to cook (perhaps at a low simmer) but the health department isn't
>> yet comfortable with the idea? Is this ringing anyones bell and sound
>> familiar?
>
> Here's an article in the NYTimes to which you might refer (?) --
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/ny...er=a-b&emc=rss
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yf8l7g
>
> HTH.
>
> Sky

What they are NOT addressing is what (if anything) happens when the plastic
is heated during the cooking process. I'm not talking about melting, either.
I'm referring to what compounds might be released from the plastic. I'll
never trust the process.