On 2-Sep-2005, wrote:

> I have been considering getting one of these Foodsavers (the $199 model
> with lots of goodies) to see if it would help save us some time and
> money. I have lots of time, and would not mind cooking all day for 2
> or 3 days if I could to make sure I had enough food ready to reheat
> quickly in the future. If I mainly store foods like spaghetti, pork
> chops, bacon, eggs, sausage, homemade pizza slices, rice, chinese type
> foods, etc, would they all keep relatively the same amount of time, and
> any estimates to what this time may be? Also, when I would decide to
> reheat a meal, would they all reheat the same way? Microwaving, or do
> I remember seeing in the infomercial they they were boil safe?
>
> Thanks for any information!

What Ed said in his post plus, FoodSaver isn't the only game in town, but
they do have the most expensive bag materials. Sorbent Systems
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/sinbosealer.html sells a comparable
priced sealer which uses much cheaper bags. I own both. I use the
foodsaver to seal containers and the SinboSealer to pack everything
else. Because of the small price, I keep my Singo (Snorkel) sealer
on the countertop and use it almost daily. I do not wash and recover
bags because I don't have a financial need to do so.

I buy 400 bags, maybe twice a year at aout $40 a whack. I buy pints
and quarts. I have larger bags on hand which I may never use. Frankly
I don't know why anybody in their right mind would cling to foodsaver
and their spin-offs except to evacuate containers.

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The Brick said that (Don't bother to agree with me, I have already changed my mind.)

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