We like to make "bagged omelettes" when either cooking or with a large group. In a ziplock bag, we crack 2-3 eggs and add all the fixin's: cheese, onions, bacon or sausage bits, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Zip the top of the bag shut with most of the air squeezed out first. then "mush" the bag together with your fingers to mix all ingredients well. Then pop the sealed bag in a pot of boiling water. Within about 10-15 minutes (depending on altitude, we've found), you have the lightest, fluffiest omelette and NO clean up! The kids LOVE to help make this breakfast, and anything the kids help make, they are MUCH more likely to eat! :)
Ditto on using the ziploc bags. Also consider what is being leached into your food when cooking with plastic bags. Most bags are made specifically for storage not cooking either in boiling water or microwaves and there are alot of chemicals that breakdown when heat is applied. Consider what you taste if a plastic water bottle gets heated up by sitting in a hot car, same stuff gets into your food. Think about it.
ONLY use bags that are made especially for this. As of August 2006, the ZIPLOC Company does NOT recommend using their bags to boil food. ZIPLOC brand Bags are made from polyethylene plastic with a softening point of approximately 195 degrees Fahrenheit. When exposed to boiling water, the plastic could begin to melt.
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