Cooking With Plastic is Just Wrong

                                  Food Network Image on Storing Meat

    I saw this thing online called "REAL EATS," which is kind of a joke. It is making it out that boiling meat in a plastic bag is okay. I wrote and asked about BPA and other chemicals that could leach/migrate into the food itself. So far, I haven't heard back from them.

    Are we "so" lazy that we can't put a piece of meat in the oven? Even the microwave would be healthier than cooking (boiling) with plastic. Plastic is NOT the answer for everything. The "DailyFresh" people have the right idea. They "send"  you the fresh ingredients and you stir fry them up. Much better.

Tea Bags, Kidney Stones, and Health

     When the spouse found out that he had a kidney stone I learned a thing or two about that particular health issue. It's important to drink a lot of fluids to clean out your system. I had a friend who was told by her doctor to give her ailing husband lemonade to help his kidneys, which is apparently better than cranberry juice.
    But when you "do" drink a lot of fluids, the more natural the better. Soda, whether with sugar or "fake" sugar, has a lot of chemicals in it. That's a lot of extra work for your liver and kidneys; water or tea is better. But tea isn't perfect either. Some tea bags actually have plastic fibers (!) in them. That sucks. But Lipton has assured the writer of  one blog,"Https://Happilyhomegrown.com," that its bags are compostable and therefore, do NOT have plastic. That's a relief to know!