392400 Mon Apr 16 18:52:18 -0700 2007 4 31 Home Cooking 0 2487143 It sounded tasty and like something I would make -- steamed wild striped bass with coconut rice and apple-banana chutney. But when I read through the recipe I was a bit mystified. The recipe called for placing each of the 4 fillets on a large square of plastic wrap - spooning olive oil on it , salt and peper, and garlic and sealing the plastic wrap. After marinating the packets were steamed by being placed WRAPPED (!) in a basket steamer and cooked for 17 minutes. Does anybody else besides me feel worried about steaming the fish in plastic and then eating it? Has anyone made fish like this? Mon Apr 16 18:52:18 -0700 2007 10813 KingsKetz 1 2487287 Don't you see Iron Chef's and stuff cooking with plastic wrap? The one I am thinking of is a "prawn sausage" just raw prawn mousse wrapped tightly in cling film then poached IN the cling film. seemed OK to me. I know lots of people who nuke things with cling film on them..... If you are worried about it use a layer of parchment in foil. Should work OK. Mon Apr 16 19:41:20 -0700 2007 2487143 69079 starlady 2 2487424 Nope...never seen that. And I definitely never nuke anything with or in plastic. I had this vision of fish in melted plastic lol. Glad it works for someone! Mon Apr 16 20:30:02 -0700 2007 2487287 10813 KingsKetz 1 2488739 a lot of chefs are cooking in plastic these days. Apparently plastic can withstand heat from the outside source like oven and steam, but not in microwave where the heat emanates from the inside out. Of course, I have no scientific proof. Maybe someone who watched Alton Brown can elaborate? :) I think you should be fine with steaming. Just be sure to remove the plastic when serving. It's not supposed to be part of the meal. Just part of the cooking process. (If you feel like cling wrap might be too thin, then maybe use a zip lock bag where the plastic is a bit thicker.) Tue Apr 17 10:31:45 -0700 2007 2487143 43882 singleguychef 2 2488805 Not to rain doom on the cooking method, but you might want to do some reading about cooking with plastics before you decide. Don't know if I'd want to be eating all the chemicals that are reportedly leached out of plastic when it comes into contact with cooking food. Tue Apr 17 10:50:54 -0700 2007 2488739 74856 tokyorosa