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Reply to "Submerge in Brine or garbage bag?"

The perfect brining bags I've found are the Ziplock Big Bags (10 gallon size) that Walmart carries. I place these in a pan , conyainer, or usually one of the slideout clear plastic fridge drawers (for storing lettuce & veggies), and they work perfectly. I use these same type bags to marinate briskets. Cleanup is easy - no messy pots to clean & bags are thick enough not to leak. Ziplocks are suitable for food contact & storage, whereas garbage bags are not. To get the stretch properties of trash bags companies much more plastcisers to give bags their stretching properties, not to mention the color agents needed to make the bags opaque. Ziplock bags provide a cleaner surface and thus more hygienic surface - trash bags do not.
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