claire, you always make me laugh(POO)!
Poo always gets the laughs. IDK why
claire, you always make me laugh(POO)!
This bothered me all night (not the jabs, but that this is DONE and promoted on a food network show). First, no one should use ziploc plastic bags to cook in unless they are MEANT for cooking food. Ziplocs are not meant for cooking and will break down at near boiling point (190 degrees is the beginning of breakdown).
Here's an article on that:
http://camping.about.com/od/campingrecipes/a/ziplocbaggies.htm
Now, on the ziploc site it says that you can use ziplocs and saran for heating and reheating foods in the microwave and to follow label directions for use. On further searching using "ziploc boil" it pulled a ziploc.ca site, but it's no longer working, so I can't connect it, but listed is the question, "can you boil in a ziploc bag" and the answer is no. Dishwashers are near boiling.... If you insist on cooking in ziplocs, I would suggest you use their zip and steam bags (or whatever they are called).
Also, a dishwasher uses an average of 25 gallons of water (depending on how old and big the machine is, it could be a super saver with only using 8 gallons, but most of us don't have those).
It cost about 50 cents to run that dishwasher that one time - more because the heat dry was turned on.
Compare that to using 1 gallon of water on the stove with a steamer insert over boiling water while using a FDA approved bag for boiling/steaming. I can't find info on boiling one gallon of water on the stove, but it would be a couple pennies. You would get the same flavor and same fish without all the waste. Plus, the time needed to cook the fish could be controlled better.
25 gallons of water and 50 cents versus 1 gallon of water and 5 cents (which is probably too much money for boiling water on the stove for a few minutes).
Really, I'm not so annoyed that someone tried this. I'm ore annoyed a food show demonstrated this because that is just promoting nonsense and wastefulness.
OK, I'm done now. I don't want "attention"... I'm just tired of so much wastefulness. I talked to my MIL for flushing the toilet because she spit into it to... it's just me.
berry, i really think you're out of line. if she was going to BAKE the fish instead of put it in the dishwasher, the total energy expended and cost of heating up her entire oven for the preheat and then the time it takes to cook the fish would probably far exceed the amount water and heat COMBINED needed to run the dishwasher. even more if she *gasp* opens the oven to check on the fish, which makes half the heat escape, meaning the oven has to use a ton of energy to pull the temperature back up. i've sold appliances for several years now, and from what i understand of how she cooked it, i don't think the total energy expenditure (water and power combined) would be any worse than baking.
ovens pull off of a 220 outlet, meaning they automatically use at least twice as much energy as ANYTHING in your home that doesn't (the only other appliance that does is a dryer; dishwashers pull off of a 110, just like a hairdryer). does that mean you're going to go into every thread where someone bakes fish instead of steaming it and tell them that they're wasteful and ignorant? i highly doubt it.
as long as she used the energy to make food that she actually ATE, what business of yours is it what appliance she did it with?
It doesn't matter who pays for her water and electric bills - the point is that by now most people should be aware of our planet's fragile condition, and shouldn't squander away our resources without thinking twice about their actions.
Oh I love that little guy! He's perfect.
Eh - my stomach hurts...really....and fish doesn't sound good to me either. I have a problem with the taste. We can talk about Omega 3s! :okay:
OP I know we dont pay your bills but I think it is a waste too of electricity and water to do this, there is many other ways to prep healthy and yummy fish, steamer pans??? way cheaper.
May I ask WHY you did this? I would have to look, but I imagine this is a huge waste of water and electricity just to make fish. Perhaps if your oven is broken and you don't have a microwave, but to PURPOSEFULLY use a dishwasher with all that HOT water and electrical heat just seems extremely wasteful for no reason. Why not put them in a steam bath?
Maybe I'm being harsh, but it really bugs me when people don't think. I would have felt better if you had double or triple bagged it and actually DID this when your dishwasher was full of dirty dishes.
OK everyone start throwing the rotten tomatoes at me.... I just couldn't keep my mouth shut on this one.