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Microwaving vegetables in plastic wrapping from supermarket?

  • 16-02-2012 7:28pm
    #1
    Stella89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭


    The labels tell you pierce the bag several times and microwave. These are the small bags of vegetables to be microwaved for 3-4 minutes . I am just concerned if that is a completely safe to do continuously? .

    I can't imagine every supermarket would sell them like this, if it were not safe, or am I wrong ?

    Does everyone cook them in the plastic wrapping or do you remove the vegetables from the bag and place them in microwave approved cookware ?


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  • #2
    meijin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭meijin


    I would remove the plastic and place them in the steamer, or minimum amount of boiling water to simulate steaming.

    They sell it because they make money on it, it doesn't mean that it's safe, and microwaving plastic doesn't sound nice...


  • #3
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    meijin wrote: »
    They sell it because they make money on it, it doesn't mean that it's safe, and microwaving plastic doesn't sound nice...

    But they would have to follow EU regulations on the use of plastics coming in contact with food


  • #4
    alexsmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭alexsmith


    NEVER EVER MICROWAVE FOOD WITH PLASTIC.EVER!!!

    exogenous estrogens are then released onto your food and then you can end up with hormonal imbalances


  • #5
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    alexsmith wrote: »
    NEVER EVER MICROWAVE FOOD WITH PLASTIC.EVER!!!

    exogenous estrogens are then released onto your food and then you can end up with hormonal imbalances

    Link to source?


  • #6
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    alexsmith wrote: »
    NEVER EVER MICROWAVE FOOD WITH PLASTIC.EVER!!!

    exogenous estrogens are then released onto your food and then you can end up with hormonal imbalances
    I'm gonna call BS on that one. Plastic covers lots of materials.

    Lots of microwave safe plastic containers are made of plastic, obviously this is a microwave save plastic. Any food sold microwave-ready is obviously made from a microwave safe material.

    I would go microwaving any package not designed to do so, not assume they are all bad is wrong imo.


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  • #7
    Lux23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    I always think there is a funny taste of vegetables microwaved in plastic, I am sure there is nothing wrong with it but it does taste odd.


  • #8
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,863 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    oh bloody hell - I've been piercing the packaging on the 3 turkey breasts from Aldi pouring in a bit of water and nuking them in the microwave for 2 * 3 mins for months as a high protein snack. Am I going to die ?


  • #9
    Red Cortina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Red Cortina


    I think the notion that these mass food producers have our best interests at heart is a bit naive.

    BPA is an endocrine disruptor and is one of the known leechables from plastic. Here are some articles on BPA:
    http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/20/2218.2.short
    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/5/873
    http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/1/28.2.extract

    It is only in the last year that the EU have banned it from baby's bottles. Therefore I would exercise caution wrt hot foods/liquids and plastics and would be skeptical of there being no harm inflicted - what other as yet unidentified leechables are coming off the plastic? As ceramics or glass are considered less reactive than plastic, its a good idea to hedge your bets and use these instead for your hot food/drinks.


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