Crock Pot Liners - No Mess
Reynolds Company (of aluminum foil fame) reaches out to RVers for the first time at the Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV show with their new product “Slow Cooker Liners.”
Reynolds representative Julie Mossler told me that you can purchase this new item in WalMart or grocery stores, BUT you must look for them where you normally find other Reynolds products such as aluminum foil. 
Julie says these crock-pot liners are great for RVers because they are a disposable one use product. Just throw them away after use and the pot is still clean. She says there is no need to soak the pot after your finished cooking. Less mess means more time to enjoy the RV lifestyle.
She says you can use these in slow-cookers up to 6 ½ quarts.
The oblong bag designed to fit the elliptical shaped cookers fits just as well in the round cookers. Here I am preparing to use one of these new liners in my own RV home test. 
I decided to cook up some potato and ham soup for supper and Julie was correct – no mess (except for the lid – but that is no problem to clean).
DO NOT lift the bag out of the pot with the contents in it (especially when it is hot) otherwise it might break, spill and possibly burn you. Just dish out the contents like you normally would then after it cools down, pour the left-overs into a container for future enjoyment.
Want to win an RV kitchen makeover worth $1000? Go to the Reynolds website at http://www.noscrubrvclub.com/ and register. The first 2000 to register will receive a free gift.
Sniff, sniff… Ahhhhhh the soup is ready to eat!
Reynolds representative Julie Mossler told me that you can purchase this new item in WalMart or grocery stores, BUT you must look for them where you normally find other Reynolds products such as aluminum foil. Julie says these crock-pot liners are great for RVers because they are a disposable one use product. Just throw them away after use and the pot is still clean. She says there is no need to soak the pot after your finished cooking. Less mess means more time to enjoy the RV lifestyle.She says you can use these in slow-cookers up to 6 ½ quarts.
The oblong bag designed to fit the elliptical shaped cookers fits just as well in the round cookers. Here I am preparing to use one of these new liners in my own RV home test. I decided to cook up some potato and ham soup for supper and Julie was correct – no mess (except for the lid – but that is no problem to clean).DO NOT lift the bag out of the pot with the contents in it (especially when it is hot) otherwise it might break, spill and possibly burn you. Just dish out the contents like you normally would then after it cools down, pour the left-overs into a container for future enjoyment.Want to win an RV kitchen makeover worth $1000? Go to the Reynolds website at http://www.noscrubrvclub.com/ and register. The first 2000 to register will receive a free gift.
Sniff, sniff… Ahhhhhh the soup is ready to eat!
Labels: Cooking
posted by Jim Twamley at
1/29/2007 05:49:00 PM
10 Comments:
soup looks great
share the receipe??
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Anonymous, at February 3, 2007 5:10:00 PM PST
I am an over the road trucker. I bought a 12v crockpot to use on the truck. I do use the liners and also the oven bags that are normally used for roasts. I like both types of bags but the oven bags are a little smaller which work good with my small 12v pot.
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Echo, at February 3, 2007 5:11:00 PM PST
I frequently cook without a recipe, however this soup is simple. 1 or 2 cups cubed ham, 4 or 5 potatoes peeled and cubed, two small cans of mushroom soup – then fill a can with regular or fat free milk twice (so 2 cans of milk) a couple of green onions cut with scissors right into the pot (It doesn’t need salt – but a little pepper or Montreal seasoning is good). Cook until the potatoes are tender (about 3 or 4 hours) and serve. Yummy! There are lots of crock-pot recipes on the internet here is a site: http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blcpidx.htm Happy Cooking - Jim
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Jim & Marilyn Twamley, at February 3, 2007 7:44:00 PM PST
Some recent medical reports have linked the heating of food products in plastic containers to the increased level of cancer in the American population (i.e. microwaving foods in the plastic tubs that they often are sold in, drinking bottled water from plastic bottles that have been left in a hot car). It looks to me like this product may be of the same vein. Save a little time, but possibly add to the risk of getting cancer. Humn....
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Anonymous, at February 3, 2007 9:01:00 PM PST
Anonymous - just to let you know, this product is not made from plastic, it is made from nylon so no problem with the cancer - but hey, we're all gonna die of something, it might as well be from good cooking rather than transfat don't ya think?
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Jim & Marilyn Twamley, at February 3, 2007 9:35:00 PM PST
What a lovely product for the environment.
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Anonymous, at February 4, 2007 4:26:00 AM PST
Hummm, I like the concept but it sounds like just another way to clog the landfills and/or cause the critters to tear open the trash sacks at our campgrounds.
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Robert, at February 4, 2007 8:26:00 AM PST
Anonymous raises a good point about the use of crockpot liners and the environment – not sure if she is saying she approves or disapproves because you could construe it either way. But for argument’s sake, let’s say she is approving of this product. She would be absolutely correct in identifying this as a healthy product for the environment for several reasons. 1. The product is not made of plastic but nylon and therefore biodegradable (breaking down within 30 to 40 years as compared to a tin can that takes 50 to 100 years and a plastic diaper that can take as much as 450 years) so it won’t sit in landfills nearly as long as disposable diapers. 2. This product cuts down on about 2 to 5 gallons of water that would otherwise have been used to clean the crockpot since most people “soak” the pot then dump it out before they even begin to scrub it. 3. Since crockpots are slow-cookers they save on energy and that is friendly to the environment. 4. Those folks who use solar cookers use this product with the same effect. 5. It doesn’t require the use of harsh soaps to clean the crockpot which can pollute the groundwater. So there you have it folks, 5 more great reasons to keep using this wonderful product. Thank you Anonymous for bringing this up. Peace man!
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Jim & Marilyn Twamley, at February 4, 2007 12:52:00 PM PST
The medical concerns about cooking in plastic are just another urban legend...see article in Snopes.com that clears the air on this widespread misconception. I know the point is moot since these bags are nylon - not plastic, but thought I ought to help stop the spread of that erroneous information.
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Anonymous, at February 5, 2007 5:37:00 AM PST
You are half right 2/5 Anon. From the John Hopkins article discussing the urban legend:
...there is another group of chemicals, called phthalates that are sometimes added to plastics to make them flexible and less brittle. Phthalates are environmental contaminants that can exhibit hormone-like behavior by acting as endocrine disruptors in humans and animals. If you heat up plastics, you could increase the leaching of phthalates from the containers into water and food.
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Anonymous, at April 20, 2007 11:28:00 AM PDT
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