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08-08-2008, 07:39 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | Great minds think alike, hey? That's what I was thinking myself.
It's certainly no bargain with these piece-of-junk units if the batteries have to be replaced every blasted two weeks!!
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08-09-2008, 01:17 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edisto Island, SC
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Rep Power: 2 | Guess I'm "old-school"... Use the butcher freezer wraps (paper and poly) and zip-loc bags for things like shrimp. I just make sure I squeeze out all the air I can and haven't had a bit of trouble with freezer burn. | |
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08-09-2008, 01:26 AM
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| | Suzie (Site owner)
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Virginia
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Rep Power: 10 | I guess it's time for my confessions of a food nerd. When I make hamburger patties, I lay them out on a cookie sheet and freeze them for about an hour till they are firm then wrap them in saran cling wrap individually and then freeze them completely in a freezer bag. I have been mocked for this.  | |
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08-10-2008, 01:50 PM
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Rep Power: 10 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pluff Mudder  Guess I'm "old-school"... Use the butcher freezer wraps (paper and poly) and zip-loc bags for things like shrimp. I just make sure I squeeze out all the air I can and haven't had a bit of trouble with freezer burn. |
We must have gone to the same school! I use the butcher freezer paper all the time and never have had a problem. This is a tried and true method from way back when and it still works today.:img52:
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08-10-2008, 01:55 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | Or just get a newer model Food Saver like I did. | |
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09-27-2008, 09:45 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | I saw that Reynolds unit in a commercial yesterday and I was making all kinds of nasty gestures at it!!
So sorry that I wasted my money and time on it. | |
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09-27-2008, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Rep Power: 1 | Still using the Reynolds handivac and it is still going strong. I have only changed the batteries twice since I bought it in October, and I use dollar store batteries.
I still like how vacuum sealing keeps the meat tasting like it has never been frozen, even cooked meat, I wouldn't have believed it unless I hadn't tried it for myself.
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09-27-2008, 11:35 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | Check the bags because about half of mine had worked themselves loose. | |
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09-27-2008, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Rep Power: 1 | I have had a few bags go loose, but not too many. I have a few packs of cheese in the freezer that have been there since January and they are still sealed tight. Lately the bags seem better, not a bad one in quite a few months. One thing that you have to watch carefully is to make sure that nothing gets into the zipper track, this can mess up the seal.
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09-27-2008, 11:46 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | Yes, I WAS careful with that, but at the time, I just got so fed up and frustrated with the thing because I had two that just woudn't work.
As it turned out, I just wasn't happy with it any more.  | |
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