All About Vacuum Sealing

[Finnie]

Costco didn’t have any. I’ll keep checking whenever I go.

I sealed up some turkey breast chunks and that went well. First time I had any moisture leak into the drip tray. Not much, easy to wipe out with a paper towel.

 

[farmerjan]

If you make the bags a little big for small amounts, or use the premade ones, go to the bigger size, and then when you cut off the sealed end, you can usually reuse them at least once more after washing and all.
Another tip I use is to write what they are on the end above the "seal line" so when you cut it off, the writing is gone too and you don't have any conflict of what it is...
I buy it by the rolls and make my own sized bags so I can get them a little long and then reuse at least a couple times as they "get shorter"....I also buy online and not necessarily the "name brands"... have tried a few different places and there is a place in Canada that I found on Ebay that has very nice heavy duty rolls to make my own for a very good price. It is all put away for now, will try to go find out the name...

 

[Hinotori]

Im thinking of getting Mom a vacuum sealer. She's been talking about it and mentioned a machine that only vacuum seals jars. Told her might as well just get a foodsaver and the jar attachments at the price the thing she was looking at cost

 

[Mini Horses]

just get a foodsaver and the jar attachments at the price

That's what I have. Plus a little Foodsaver one that's for sealing thru the little sealer holes in their bags

 

[Hinotori]

That's what I have. Plus a little Foodsaver one that's for sealing thru the little sealer holes in their bags

Id got the jar attachments for mine in 2009. Best way to keep my herbs I pick for tea fresh.

 

[murphysranch]

What FJan said. I wash mine too. And label at the top, above the seal.

 

[Finnie]

I find myself at a different Costco today, and they have a good deal on bags:

 

[murphysranch]

That is a GREAT price. On the Costco sub reddit, they get good reviews.