Holiday cooking with your iPad: be safer while you sauteé
Flour belongs in cookies, not on your iPad. The same goes for butter, wine, eggs and oil. Your kitchen may be a treasure trove of cooking essentials, but iPads and food should never directly mix.
That's why this cooking with your iDevice radio story over at NPR gave us a moment's pause at TUAW central this morning. Although it's a good piece about the varied experience of using traditional cookbooks and modern technology, one blogger still sighed with exasperation. "Did these people never hear of a gallon-sized Ziploc bag?"
Zip-seal bags -- specifically the 1-gallon size -- are, in fact, extremely iPad friendly and minor kitchen miracles. You can still touch your device's capacitive screen through the plastic, and because the bags are so thin and basically iPad-sized, the iPad can be set in your normal holding stand so that your recipes remain viewable.
It helps if you use the bag with the word "Ziploc" facing the back of the unit, not the front. Also, don't get bags with super-thick plastic or with special food-preservation features -- not necessary for this application. (The "freezer" versions of the bags generally work OK, but the somewhat thicker plastic may impair your view.)
Obviously, your device isn't going to survive a liquid submersion, even with the protection of a plastic bag, but anyone who has accidentally splattered their home button can assure you that it's a life experience worth avoiding.
Now that the holidays are here, do not hesitate to use your iPad to expand your home cooking experience. Just use protection. An ounce of Ziploc prophylaxis is worth a pound of Apple Genius Bar.
We've written about using your iPad in the kitchen and the joys of iPad/Ziplock interaction before. If you've got an iPad or iPhone kitchen story to share, let us know!
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Flour belongs in cookies, not on your iPad. The same goes for butter, wine, eggs and oil. Your kitchen may be a treasure trove of cooking...
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I just use the app "Paprika" it lets me store all my recipes from various sites and add my own. But, the best part is it stops the screen from going to sleep. So once my recipe is up I don't have to touch my iPad until I am done baking. I just sit it facing me in its stand and voila.
December 16 2010 at 4:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI always put my iPad in a zip-lock bag then stuff it in the big front pocket of my bib overalls -- when I go out to slop the hogs ;^)>
December 16 2010 at 4:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes ............the plastic bags really are a boon for humanity. We just can't get rid of them like that. I mean what would we use to package our medicinal herbs and such.
Do they not also, have considerable worth and value demanding premium storage?
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December 16 2010 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMr. Bill never said "Oh no!" Others said it to him. Saying in the Mr. Bill voice is just wrong.
December 16 2010 at 4:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI've found that a great item to use when cooking with the ipad is to wrap the ipad in plastic wrap (2x) and then put it back in the protective Apple case. Voila! Solves the issue of splattering the ipad. Great way to protect the investment...
December 16 2010 at 3:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI would actually recommend against using your iPad in a Ziploc bag because of the static, which has the potential of frying electronics.
Ziplock bags are not only helpful kitchen accessories...
I recently went on a road trip with my 2 year old, 10+ hours each way. I took a gallon-sized ziplock bag, cut holes in the side and bottom of the bag (side holes for hanging, bottom-of-the-bag hole for dock cable) - reinforced with duct tape to prevent tearing, dropped the iPad inside and hung it from the back of the front-seat headrest using bungee cords (to keep it stable and high enough).
My daughter was able to watch movies, audio piped through my bluetooth stereo, and I didn't have to worry about her touching any apps she shouldn't, accidentally closing the movie (forcing me to pull over to restart it for her), or having her drop/throw it in a moment of 2-year-oldness or when falling asleep.
The ziplock bag/bluetooth combo worked perfectly, I could control the volume or hit pause/play as needed and my daughter got to enjoy watching Enchanted over and over again in between stops, naps, and joking with her dad. We both enjoyed the drive immensely.
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