How to prevent clam bake bags from burning?

[FeChef]

I cant cant be bothered with making netting out of butchers twine, and i could not find that netting you find on boneless roasts at the grocery store. I have these cotton clam bake nets but there pretty thin and will most likely burn in the oven. Any ideas to prevent them from burning? I thought of soaking in oil since water will just evaporate quickly and burn. Will oil work, and if not, any other suggestions?

 

Also, this is a presentation issue. Roasts look soo much nicer when roasted in those butchers nets vs trussing them up by hand, atleast my hand.

Edited January 16, 2015 by FeChef (log)

[Smithy]

I may be way off base here, having no experience with clam bake bags, but I'm going to guess that if you have them in firm contact with the roast in question the net won't be able to dry out enough to catch fire. If you wrap the item in question with the clam bake bag and tie it off, then trim off the excess, I don't see the netting as being very flammable unless the contents are drying out badly.  You might consider basting the contents and the net to prevent that happening.

 

I may be waaaay off base here, though.  :-)

[weinoo]

You mean this?

 

 

Cause it's here, from Walton's, and it looks pretty reasonable priced.

[dcarch]

Baking clams inside a net may prevent clams from opening?

 

dcarch

[weinoo]

My thought is that the OP isn't baking clams; sounds like FeChef wants to do a roast or two.

[FeChef]

My thought is that the OP isn't baking clams; sounds like FeChef wants to do a roast or two.

This is correct. I am terrible at trussing large beef/pork roasts with butchers twine.(even that stuff starts to burn at some point ) My issue is how thin the clam bake netting is. I suppose on the upside, if the roasts cook long enough before the netting burns up, it should stay together.

 

dcarch, I am guessing you never had steamed clams at a blue collar bar/oyster bar? They always serve them in the net bag they were steamed in, atleast in the east coast.

[Smithy]

The netting in weinoo's link is designed for your purpose. Does the clam bake netting have any advantages, like being more readily available?

[FeChef]

The netting in weinoo's link is designed for your purpose. Does the clam bake netting have any advantages, like being more readily available?

Yes the clam bake nets and butchers twine was all the restaurant store had. That stuff in weinoos link must be a specialty item.

[weinoo]

I'm worried that link is gonna cost me $$.