I just checked the ziplock website, and they say the using ziplock bags for boiling food is not recommended. Sorry. It did sound like a novel idea though.

i have used this with our overnight guests. They mix it up in bag with whatever they want to add in and after we mark their name with a sharpie they plop it is the boilingwater in kitchen. I serve them when they are done with muffin and fruit. Best idea and so much fun.

Great idea, EXCEPT that you should never cook in plastic. Heating plastic is what releases that chemical that we’ve been hearing so much about in the news – Bisphenol A, which is a known carcinogen.

you do not need a steam zip lock to do this.. just a regular ziplock. I use a freezer ziplock. It is WONDERFUL, and cooks up just like it says!!! You don’t need any fat in it (I pam my zip lock<<but even that’s not necessary). All I put in it (so far) is salt and pepper.. the trick is to cut the zip lock open instead of relying on the zipper. it rolls right out onto a plate, and trust me.. it’s marvelous. as for any meats you would like to add, i would suggest that it all be cooked, and cooled first.

I called the ziploc people and they said not to use regular ziploc bags. They have a new one out called Zip and Steam Ziploc’s and I have some and they work great. I like to fix mine in boiling water because it stays so moist and the only thing I get moist out of my microwane oven is water.

How lazy can we get?

And does the owner of Ziplock have a conscience?

Instead of using the bag for storage, here’s a bright suggestion to use one for a whopping 2 1/2 MINUTES – then toss it in a landfill where it will sit – FOREVER.

How about making a bio-degradable steamer bag Ziplock BEFORE coming up with knucklehead suggestions like this?

What waste.

And yes – cooking in plastic is carcinogenic.

Hey Ray, If this is all you can say about this recipe you have waaaaaaaaaay too much time on your hands. Abouth the yolks and the white of the egg, Ray they come out of the egg together use em. Thanks for your comment. Buck Ashcraft

Dear Ruth, Thanks for adding your comment. You are certainly right as opposed to some people. Buck Ashcraft

Ruth, it’s great no one has gotten sick from this right away. I think the toxic concerns are longer term though. How many friends, family, family of friends do you know who have fought or died from cancer?

Since we know we can’t avoid exposure to all toxins, why not limit what we can control (such as not heating up plastic)?

i am politely reading everyones comments – and not minding the different viewpoints…until someone goes and throws in a comment like “if I get sick from using plastics to cook, then it’s my own fault”, or “leave us who want to cook with them alone”. These are very selfish attitudes, and i get a little irate at people that make them. A big part of the problem we face in our world is this particular attitude – the “it’s my own business what i do” mentality. Maybe what color shirt you put on in the morning is YOUR business, maybe whether you wipe front to back or back to front is YOUR business, but I think it is safe to say that any decisions we make regarding our health or potential risk to health, is actually almost as much everyone else’s business as it is yours. Cancer is an epidemic. It is often fatal, always expensive, and never just affects the person with it. It isnt like a zit or a yeast infection. It is something that tears families apart, causes children to become orphans, and is taking billions of dollars worldwide to try to treat, cure, and research. Maybe you personally dont care if cancer claims you – would your spouses care? your children? your friends? what about everyone else that is footing the medical bills alongside you? what about a patient that cant get a hospital bed because your cancer riddled body is in the last one? I am not saying that ziploc baggie omlets will destroy the world – just saying that if you are self centered enough to think that you can make decisions based only on yourself, with no regard to the fact that your life on this earth will impact thousands of people – most of whom you will never meet – then maybe you should keep that to yourself. If given a heads up in life that “hey, maybe we shouldnt eat out of these things this way as there may be a cancer link here”, I think it behooves us all to take that advice. Yes, we may still get cancer from other things. or maybe some of us wont. In the end, no one will look at your tumor and say, yep that is a baggie tumor. They will say they will never know what caused it. so maybe we should all be conscious of our decisions, so at that moment when we realize that our selfish “none of your business” attitude was greatly flawed, maybe we can have peace of mind knowing we did all we could and did not add to our risks by eating food from a boiled baggie just cause it was fun.

I guess no one ever thought about those “Teflon” coated pans they have been cooking in?
So where is the Teflon going as the Pan gets used?
DUH!!!

LOL… does anybody have any comments on how to make this recipe better or suggested ingredients to use?

I thought the comments would be limited to useful recipe information and all I see is comments on how I should live my life… on a recipe blog???

Very amusing to me…