I usually will first insert the food in a plastic bag from the supermarket produce dept as a liner for the Ziploc thereby keeping the Ziploc clean for future use. Empty used Ziploc bags are kept in the freezer. Is there any health problem with this method?
By Leefall
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I don't see anything wrong with washing out your ziplocks either. My mother-in-law washed and reused all sorts of bags. She washed them with the dishes, dried, and hung them up to air. I suppose you could keep them in the freezer, but I just keep my clean rewashed bags in the drawer.
The best thing about your suggestion is you can slip a piece of paper in between with the contents and date and know without question what is in the freezer. You don't want to do what I did and think the ziplock in the freezer was spaghetti sauce only to find it was pumpkin.
Sometimes I have noticed a leakage that occurred in the sealed part of the tray when the shrink wrap was put on by the grocer/butcher, especially with chicken and ground meat. Should this be the case, I would strongly recommend washing the bags thoroughly before storing them away for reuse.
Washing is easy and seems like a good idea. It's the drying that is problemitic. Normal Kitchen drying racks are limited, as you want to seperate them to dry out thoroughly, but still leave room for the usual pots and pans, etc. How about a rack designed to hold resealable (ziploc-type) clear plastic bags?
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