Posted: 4/22/2011 9:44:11 AM EDT
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Going to try my hand at storing food items in 1 gallon mylar bags. My thought process is this: I have #10 cans of veggies and some other products, cache of canned goods, and hope to supplement the meat to go along with these items. I'm no stranger to gardening, but where I live the temp's change every week. So I would like to plan ahead and store items that I will not be able to do i.e. grains, I don't have a mill so I plan to bag some pre-made bread mixes, pancake mix type stuff. I will also bag sugar, flour, rice, wheat, and beans. So my question is this, how do your vacuum most of the air out if it's a powder type product in the bag? I did by the O2 absorbers to go in my bags but I want to suck out as much air as possible before sealing. Can you please give me some recommendations so I don't make rookie mistakes and waste a lot of items, I have watched YouTube vids on the sealing process and I know I will make a couple of mistakes. Can you tell me what has worked the best for you and what I should avoid.
Thanks George |
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I just squeeze as much air out as possible manually and let the 02 absorbers do the rest. You don't need a lot of vacuum if you evacuate the 02.
Some guys use snorkel sealers, some guys use strips of Foodsaver bag material down in the bag then use their Foodsavers. I personally think all that does is waste time for the reason above. YMMV. 
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I just squeeze as much air out as possible manually and let the 02 absorbers do the rest. You don't need a lot of vacuum if you evacuate the 02. Some guys use snorkel sealers, some guys use strips of Foodsaver bag material down in the bag then use their Foodsavers. I personally think all that does is waste time for the reason above. YMMV. Thanks, was also thinking of some large syringe's that I have at work to withdraw air instead of a vacuum. |