Glad “Stand and Zip” bags?

I think they quit making them – not sure why.

Check out http://www.freezerbagcooking.com by Sarbar. She has a book, too – the mailman just delivered it to me yesterday…can’t wait to start experimenting!

I’ve cooked Liptons in freezer bags before – the water amounts are definitely different from the instructions on the package when freezer bag cooking. My noodles were more like a nasty soup once. Ok, more than once. But it sure is convenient to not have any dishes to clean!

Thanks for the info. If Glad isnt making those bags anymore, seems like the owners here at BackpackingLight should edit the part about Glad “Stand and Zip” bags to avoid sending readers on wild goose chases looking for this particular type of plastic bag.

As far as pouring boiling water into regular Glad or other heavy duty plastic bags…I say it isnt a practical idea unless the bags “stand up” and have a little rigidity to them. Why? Because its all too easy to burn yourself with hot, boiling water. I can see myself now pouring boiling water into a one quart plastic bag. Just the steam alone that backs up on you from the bag as you poured would burn.

Instant burn deep in the wilderness…

The only way I can see this concept working is if these bags “stand” on their own, so you can pour the boiling water directly in without having to hold the bag.

Fred

You could just use a pot lid lifter or a pair of pliers to support the bag while you pour. Or just roll the edge of the bag over your fingers so that the steam doesn’t burn them.

I purchased some “Stand-and-Zip” styple bags from the BPL Catalog/On-Line store a while ago. You might check to see if they still sell them (more expensive than Glad – is my guess; sorry, i never compared prices). Just a thought.

No problem using plain qt bags. I place mine in my cozy before pouring the hot water.

I use an old mountain house dinner packet. Line it w/ your freezer bag, pour boiling water in, “cozy” as usual. Weighs less that a cozy, holds up better, stands up, zips, takes up virtually no room…and cheaper than most cozies (didn’t have to make it, either).

That is a very good idea – I’d like to try that.

>I purchased some “Stand-and-Zip” styple >bags from the BPL Catalog/On-Line store a >while ago. You might check to see if they >still sell them (more expensive than Glad >- is my guess; sorry, i never compared >prices). Just a thought.

Hi…I went and found the “stand and zip” style bags that BPL sells. They are called “Watchful Eye Designs O.P. Sak 9″*7″ Stand and Zip.” GREAT! Except for one thing. The price. A three pack for $7.12?

LOL hahahaha FORGET ABOUT IT!

I will just watch my pot like I always did. Im not paying $7.12 for three plastic bags. Give me a break.

Now if BPL sells maybe 20 of these bags for say maybe, $4 or $5 I’d consider it. Evidently, Glad doesnt sell these bags anymore (:

Fred

Hi Fred,

Those 3 bags for $7.12 are odor proof sacks, hence the higher cost.

The BPL site also has some other stand and zip bags, “FoodZip 7” x 8” Zip-Closure LEAKPROOF Meal Bags (12-Pack)” that are about $12, so a buck a piece. I haven’t used those so can’t comment on them.

Dan

http://www.uline.com/Browse_Listing_230.asp?desc=Deluxe+Reclosable+Bags

The above is from a shipping supply site. You can Deluxe Reclosable Bags with a double track zipper and gusseted bottom–1,000 of them for $39. I don’t know how thick they are, or if they’re food grade, but you could call and ask.

Completely understand your sticker shock. However, just do what i did, put the thinking cap on. How so? Put your food in an el-cheapo, run-o-the-mill zip-lock and place it in the O.P. Sak – you won’t need as many since if you don’t abuse them, they will last for quite a while. I’m so tight i squeak, hence my resorting to a wee bit o creativity. You’d never get me paying even $4 or $5 for 20 use-once-and-throw-away bags.

I had assumed that the pricey bags BPL sells were reuseable as is. That strategy would obviously work better for weekend trips than for week long trips where the bags from early on could sit with moist food bits in them for a week, but still, for $2+ a bag, I’d probably wash them if it would work.

PJ (and others), did you find the OP bags hard to clean and then switch to using disposable liners, or did you just switch to using liners right away?

>>”PJ (and others), did you find the OP bags hard to clean and then switch to using disposable liners, or did you just switch to using liners right away?”

1. No Liners for GORP (80%-90% of my trail food); reuse many times.

2. Used cheapo liner from the “get-go” for rehydration of oatmeal, coucous, etc.