Mountain house cooking question

[Chad44]

I need to split up the meals into smaller portions. Anyone done this? What do you put them in? I was thinking of splitting one into a freezer bag and leaving the other half in the original package for heating. Then just keep the package for the freezer bag portion. Or can you add boiling water to a ziplock bag??
Thanks

 

[larryschwartz]

I need to split up the meals into smaller portions. Anyone done this? What do you put them in? I was thinking of splitting one into a freezer bag and leaving the other half in the original package for heating. Then just keep the package for the freezer bag portion. Yes, that is what a lot of people do.

Or can you add boiling water to a ziplock bag?? You cannot put boiling water into a plain ziplock bag, but you can put it into a ziplock freezer bag. Also, it doesn't need to be boiling, it can be just before boiling and will work fine.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Larry is right, make sure it is a freezer bag and you will be fine.

 

[Chad44]

Great. Thanks

 

[HighHunter1232]

You may know about this already, but Mountain House makes large cans that hold about about a pound of their dehydrated meals. It would be cheaper and easier to make small portions from one of these cans.

 

[Hunt'nFish]

calorie wise, I eat the whole thing.
Hunt'nFish

 

[chorpie]

Also, keep one cleaned out mountain house bag. This way, you can pour your hot water into your freezer bag, mix it up and seal it in your clean mountain house bag. for "cooking"

 

[Chad44]

calorie wise, I eat the whole thing.
Hunt'nFish

I do too but my daughter is coming this year and I don't think she can down a whole one.

 

[les welch]

I need to split up the meals into smaller portions. Anyone done this? What do you put them in? I was thinking of splitting one into a freezer bag and leaving the other half in the original package for heating. Then just keep the package for the freezer bag portion. Yes, that is what a lot of people do.

Or can you add boiling water to a ziplock bag?? You cannot put boiling water into a plain ziplock bag, but you can put it into a ziplock freezer bag. Also, it doesn't need to be boiling, it can be just before boiling and will work fine.

This is FALSE information. Yes you can put boiling water in a zip-lock freezer bag, but it also causes it to release cancer causing BPA's. You can get this info direct from Zip-lock. I use these instead.

http://www.packitgourmet.com/CookIn-Bags.html

 

[SJ-AK]

Here's what I found on the ZipLoc website under the FAQ tab: I recently heard media reports that plastic products contain a chemical that can encourage prostate cancer. Do SC Johnson's plastic products contain BPA (bisphenol A)? A recent study conducted and published by the University of Cincinnati found that the estrogen-like chemical BPA (bisphenol A) has been shown to encourage the growth of a specific category of prostate cancer cells. BPA is commonly used in the manufacture of certain plastic products, such as food-can coatings, milk-container liners, food containers, and water-supply pipes. As a result, media have been reporting on this study and the fact that this chemical is commonly found in plastic food storage containers.

SC Johnson does not use BPA in its plastic products, Ziploc® brand Bags and Containers.

SC Johnson is a leader in providing high-quality products. All of its products are extensively evaluated for toxicity and safety and comply with—and often even exceed—applicable quality and safety regulations.

For more information, please visit www.scjohnson.com

 

[larryschwartz]

I was just about to post this exact same thing from the ziplock web site. I too had heard about the PBA issue and checked on it myself. I was happy to see that the warning was incorrect with respect to the ziplock bags.