Lisa answers your questions in response to the recent Gear Heads episode for the best plastic-alternative and eco-friendly kitchen equipmnet.
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Like #600! Love all your videos! Please keep 'em coming
Hey, FYI, if you know the weight of your reusable package from home (bag, glass jar, plastic canister, etc) you can ask the cashier to enter it as the TARE weight for items that are charged by weight (so you’re not paying for the package weight). I did this all the time for customers (before Covid). They may ask that you verify the weight with an employee before you fill the container though (before shopping). Check with your grocer.
I have silicone baking mats and muffin cups. If they trap odors, I soak them in vinegar. That may also work for the lids with the gaskets. Also, one of my sets of muffin cups came from SimpleEcology, and you can return them to SimpleEcology to be recycled. I also own Stasher bags and IKEA glass food storage containers w/ plastic lids. And I haven’t noticed odors being trapped in either.
Lisa Please Test Silicone Bags! They are extremely expensive to purchase a set … Holding off until they are tested…
Why do you guys still use plastic wrap for things like pounding (eg. instead of wax paper), and paper towels (instead of bamboo wipes, for eg.)???
Great video. I'm headed to amazoon to check prices. Thank you. An old bachelor.
I don't even use bags anymore I load it all back in my cart and when I get to my car I place the cold stuff in a cooler and the other things in a plastic tub make unloading groceries at home so much easier and I just put the totes back in the car right away so I always have them
I have trouble with plastic wrap. So I use the seal wrap which I know from watching your show is not preferred. Please tell how not to be so frustrated. Thank you 😊
I also vote for reusable bag testing.
I’ve been using the Platinum Pure silicone sous vide bags (the only one I’ve seen that actually passes the pinch test). They work great. I haven’t had to make any adjustments to cooking time and they don’t leak like some other bags.
I like the Purifyou brand bags and don't mind if the weight doesn't get "tared". One of my local grocers does correct the weight at checkout. I just wish Purifyou had the tare weight printed in a dark color. The white is difficult to read.
I use the silicone bags for sous vide. I'd add 30 minutes to the original recipe. It takes a little more effort to squeeze out the air. Also, it does not work if the recipe requires liquid flavor & seasoning in the bag. It'd just burst.
Yeah, I can't remember what I had in the container, but I washed the gutters three or four times and it still smelled. Still an excellent container on the whole, and the smell eventually did go away I think.
Wireless tech is not green it uses 4 to 10 times more energy as well, it harms life see Arthur Firstenberg, veteran researcher into the devastation of unregulated electrosmog.
This is absolute garbage go and live in a com
… questions… Someone needs to be fired!
Why? For failing to insert the word QUESTIONS in the click-bait title.
Not even watching this click-bait and unsubbing.
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Also, ATK, might want to Google the word:
E Q U I P M E N T…
MISPELLED IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW.
Again… some heads need to be rolling right now – right out the door, and I'm not talking about working from home.
What a disgrace to ATK.
Luv this type of video. Very informative.
In these especially difficult times, sad to say, my budget absolutely counts pennies
You can bring your reusable bags and leave them in your car (if you can't take them into the store) and put the groceries in your bags after ☺️
For Sous Vide cooking, I've been using the Stasher silicon bags for the past 6 months. I'm still on my first one and it's holding up great. I make sure to wash it after every use to avoid any staining. I'm able to remove most of the air by dipping the bag in water before closing the bag. But it's not as effective as vacuum sealers, so I hope Stasher is able to release a product that can be used as effectively as a vacuum sealer some day.
Hey ATK, for segmentable videos, like these Q&As, it'd be helpful to use Chapter Markers (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9884579?hl=en). Thanks!
Ziploc bags are recyclable – bring to your grocery store and put them in the bin you put plastic bags in.
I know where I work they allow you to print sticker labels directly from a scale where the item was weighed so you can use your own bags and tar the way as you said So you don't pay for the bag weight
To add to the recycling issue, most of the plastic you throw out is not actually recycled, particularly thing plastic wrap is almost never recycled. So reusable will always win
If there’s a ban on reusable bags at your store, do what I do: don’t bag your groceries at the checkout, just throw it back in the cart. Then roll the cart to the car, and bag it there (into your trunk). It’s sounds a bit complicated but in fact, it takes 60 seconds and it’s very simple.
Many cities here in Washington State are banning disposable plastic bags and most stores sell reusable bags, both cloth and non cloth and accept all bags, as long as you present then to the cashier at checkout, or if you do your own checking out at the self checkout registers. It does not matter if from that store, or a generic one they will bag your groceries accordingly. Now the reusable produce bags have no idea but the one time use rolls are still provided for produce.
Agree, try to keep them in the car when driving to the store so if you forget it, it's there in the car.
Most cities here charge 5 cents per bag for the paper bags where plastic ones are banned. Now, due to the pandemic, my grocery store sometimes uses the plastic ones as they don't have any of the paper ones available even though my city bans them. Most of the time, it's paper. But reusable bags are encouraged.
She answers my gear?
Please do more eco things!!
Hi Lisa. Always great content and I learn so much! I too was shocked at how much plastic was generated from those horrible plastic grocery bags! Was so relieved when they allowed reusable back into the stores! On the flip-side, I feel that after having plastic grocery bags out of the consumer stream for a bit, then having to use them again really emphasized the enormous waste that's being dumped every single day by the tons; a much-needed lesson for us all!! Thank you for all your evaluations, recommendations, and critiques!
GREAT videos but YOU NEED a mic. If I turn you up on any one of my several devices, the ads BLAST me out of my office chair. That's a clear sign you need a mic.
My local stores let me bring use my bags as long as I pack them myself. They're pretty cool with it. I don't go when it's busy so I don't mess them up.
So, Lisa, you obviously WASH your "reusable" grocery bags between uses, right?
I use the produce mesh bags at the farmer's market too.
Where are the bags made?
Ban on reusable bags was disgusting, was lobbied by plastics industry not based on science.
Take extra plastic bags to a school near you. Most use them in the nurse's office should a child get sick on their shirt, tear pants or whatever, they have a bag to put that stuff in.
Agree with washing the “gutter” of the gasket of the rubbermaid container. 👌🏻
I had one visit to the grocery store where they loaded me with several 10 cent plastic bags because of the restriction of bringing my own bags in. That much plastic and cost was going to be a problem for me. I started having them just load the groceries straight back into the cart and I bag them when I get to the car with my cloth bags. It takes a few more minutes but I am grateful not to have to deal with all those extra plastic bags. The restriction is lifted but I prefer not to bring my bags in to the store so I'm still doing it.
I love Gear Heads! Thank you for these answers to questions videos. Eager to learn more from your testing!
You should try the fiskars norden skillets i love em the thermium coating is really good for my use 🙂
ive been using my own grocery bags for prob 20 years, its not a big deal.. i even use my own produce/veggie bags
Thanks for reminding me to check current bag policy!
Thanks for this…very helpful
In Denver if you bring your own bags you have to do your own bagging. I’m fine with that.
Unfortunately, no grocer has paid attention to zeroing the tare weight even when I asked.