Which is a good vacuum food saver with reasonable prized bags

Andy Petro wrote:
> Which is a good vacuum food saver with reasonable prized bags
>
>

I have a Food Saver brand that's stuck in a closet and I hate it. I have
one of those little Reynolds vacuum things and I love it. The bags are
cheaper than the Tilia Food Saver ones, too.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> I have a Food Saver brand that's stuck in a closet and I hate it. I have
> one of those little Reynolds vacuum things and I love it. The bags are
> cheaper than the Tilia Food Saver ones, too.
>

I've never used either of those - what is it about the Tilia you hate,
and what is it you love about the Reynolds?

Sheila

S Viemeister wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> I have a Food Saver brand that's stuck in a closet and I hate it. I
>> have one of those little Reynolds vacuum things and I love it. The
>> bags are cheaper than the Tilia Food Saver ones, too.
>>
>
> I've never used either of those - what is it about the Tilia you hate,
> and what is it you love about the Reynolds?

The Tilia I have requires the food to either be pre-frozen or, like in
the case of meat, put a rolled up piece of paper toweling beterrn the
meat and the mouth of the bag. Tha machine sucks up the meat juices and
breaks. If I have to first pre-freeze the meat, it's a redundant bother.
The Tilia bags are expensive. To try to save some money, I was using the
rolls and making my own bags, but it's still expensive. They are
supposed to be reusable, but I won't reuse anything I've frozen meat,
fish or chicken in.

The Reynolds bags are relatively inexpensive and available in the
regular grocery store. The little gizmo works on a couple of AA
batteries and in close to 2 years I still haven't had to change the
originals. I can put a chicken breast or a steak in a bag and seal it
without paper towels or pre-freezing as they have a moisture trap.

Both methods are noisy. I don't find the Reynolds holding its vacuum any
less time than the Tilia bags did. I think they are equal in that respect.

I hope this helped.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a Food Saver brand that's stuck in a closet and I hate it. I
>>> have one of those little Reynolds vacuum things and I love it. The
>>> bags are cheaper than the Tilia Food Saver ones, too.
>>>
>>
>> I've never used either of those - what is it about the Tilia you hate,
>> and what is it you love about the Reynolds?
>
> The Tilia I have requires the food to either be pre-frozen or, like in
> the case of meat, put a rolled up piece of paper toweling beterrn the
> meat and the mouth of the bag. Tha machine sucks up the meat juices and
> breaks. If I have to first pre-freeze the meat, it's a redundant bother.
> The Tilia bags are expensive. To try to save some money, I was using the
> rolls and making my own bags, but it's still expensive. They are
> supposed to be reusable, but I won't reuse anything I've frozen meat,
> fish or chicken in.
>
> The Reynolds bags are relatively inexpensive and available in the
> regular grocery store. The little gizmo works on a couple of AA
> batteries and in close to 2 years I still haven't had to change the
> originals. I can put a chicken breast or a steak in a bag and seal it
> without paper towels or pre-freezing as they have a moisture trap.
>
> Both methods are noisy. I don't find the Reynolds holding its vacuum any
> less time than the Tilia bags did. I think they are equal in that respect.
>
> I hope this helped.
>
Yes, thank you.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> To try to save some money, I was using the rolls and making my own bags,
> but it's still expensive. They are supposed to be reusable, but I won't
> reuse anything I've frozen meat, fish or chicken in.

So, if you take a piece of meat and set it on a plate to prepare the meat.
do you toss the plate after?

It takes but a minute to wash, rinse, and put the bag over a bottle to dry.

As for the juices being sucked out, that is not a big problem. I sometmes
wrap the meat in plastic to make it eaiser to separate when taking it out.
Side benefit is that it keeps the juices in and the bags clean.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> To try to save some money, I was using the rolls and making my own bags,
>> but it's still expensive. They are supposed to be reusable, but I won't
>> reuse anything I've frozen meat, fish or chicken in.
>
> So, if you take a piece of meat and set it on a plate to prepare the meat.
> do you toss the plate after?
>
> It takes but a minute to wash, rinse, and put the bag over a bottle to dry.
>
> As for the juices being sucked out, that is not a big problem. I sometmes
> wrap the meat in plastic to make it eaiser to separate when taking it out.
> Side benefit is that it keeps the juices in and the bags clean.

I rarely have a problem with my tilia but on the occasion when I've had
a problem with juices or such, it was if I've sized the bag too small. I
like to use extra large sizes to begin with as I wash and reuse them. So
as i cut them open and they get smaller, I still have something to work
with. I don'usually bother washing/reusing the meat bags though. I might
at times if it isn't greasy or horrible, but rare.

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:47:38 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>
>"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> To try to save some money, I was using the rolls and making my own bags,
>> but it's still expensive. They are supposed to be reusable, but I won't
>> reuse anything I've frozen meat, fish or chicken in.
>
>So, if you take a piece of meat and set it on a plate to prepare the meat.
>do you toss the plate after?
>
>It takes but a minute to wash, rinse, and put the bag over a bottle to dry.
>
>As for the juices being sucked out, that is not a big problem. I sometmes
>wrap the meat in plastic to make it eaiser to separate when taking it out.
>Side benefit is that it keeps the juices in and the bags clean.
>
>

I am curious, can you "seal" a Ziploc Bag with the FoodSaver?
Bill