<hr/>**评论：**<br/><br/>Inappropriateangel: <pre><p>This is a good tip, but I would never tell my kid to do this until he is in college. He would never wipe the water off the outsides and find a way to freeze the entire bag to the walls of the freezer.</p></pre>tolandruth: <pre><p>What kid in college is vacuum sealing. No need to vacuum seal ramen.</p></pre>BuddyUpInATree: <pre><p>Every college has a dope dealer- keep the skunky smell locked in</p></pre>offlightsedge: <pre><p>Mason jars are so much easier than vacuum sealing.</p></pre>Knock0nWood: <pre><p>Big Mason Jar has shills everywhere I see.</p></pre>CommentsRarely: <pre><p>We could try to get the Mason jar cash out of politics but where would we store it?!? </p></pre>erixtyminutes: <pre><p>The problem isn't the mason jars, it's the way the big mason jar companies have a lock on everything. What we really need is a single payer mason jar system. </p></pre>thatwasnotkawaii: <pre><p>Jar Neutrality does nothing but restrict the free Jar Market</p></pre>frivoflava29: <pre><p>This is just what Big Mason Jar wants you to believe! They can afford to sell us way bigger jars, but they choose not to so they can make more money even though the infrastructure is already there. </p></pre>WriteMyWrong: <pre><p>Every thread on Reddit is like a Family Guy episode where it just devolves into some unrelated joke compounding, and folding over like a star collapsing in on itself.</p>
<p>I love it so much.</p></pre>thats-a-pete-za: <pre><p>Big Mason doesn't want you to know that all the jars are good for use in a variety of ways. Drinking glasses, reusable Tupperware, stow your nuts and bolts, they want to sell you different jars for every use!</p></pre>adeninerose: <pre><p>*free jarket</p></pre>sharkdrivingabus: <pre><p>We could safely seal it in mason jars!</p></pre>CommentsRarely: <pre><p>Meta shill! </p></pre>Spatlin07: <pre><p><a href="/r/hailmasonjars">r/hailmasonjars</a></p></pre>nd_annajones: <pre><p>Big Ball</p></pre>elpajaroquemamais: <pre><p>Only Ball brand Mason Jars will do. </p></pre>Valway: <pre><p>Storing, Yes. Selling? No.</p></pre>mbilicalcord: <pre><p>I personally like mine to come with a mason jar. So many other uses.</p></pre>SoftlySpokenPromises: <pre><p>Feels more premium that way</p></pre>Harry-Littlewood: <pre><p>Also feels so good when you have to stash it somewhere the cops won't see</p></pre>10479: <pre><p>Depends on where you stash it. There's that guy that got his 15 minutes of fame online for sitting on a jar for insertion purposes and it broke inside of him. Blood. Everywhere.</p>
<p>I just threw up again, damnit.</p></pre>505hp: <pre><p>fucking lol</p></pre>themaincop: <pre><p>Plus then you can put it on pinterest</p></pre>colinsoup: <pre><p>This guy dopes.</p></pre>JerrytheCableGuy: <pre><p>Yeah. Thinking about dipping a bag of weed into water makes me feel weird</p></pre>offlightsedge: <pre><p>Right? One errant stem poking through the bag, and there goes all your smokable bud. Gotta dry it all out somewhere now, like <em>that</em> won't stink to high heaven.</p></pre>wtfdaemon: <pre><p>Who wants to smoke this slightly moldy bud, fellas?</p></pre>offlightsedge: <pre><p><em>coughing intensifies</em></p></pre>drunkdude956: <pre><p>Can confirm. Mason jars are a Godsend for anyone trying to be sneaky about their drugs.</p></pre>Dfiggsmeister: <pre><p>Ain't nobody got time for that. You need old school sandwich bags and a lighter. Roll the baggie until you're left with a flap, wipe the inside edge with water and finish the roll. If you're going for extra sealing, use the lighter and slightly singe the edge to the plastic bag.</p></pre>qigger: <pre><p>Used to use a cellophane from a pack of cigarettes and then use the lighter to seal too</p></pre>FormerlyKA: <pre><p>Ok, I am ignorant and not quite getting it since I don't have to hide stashes. Why the water on the zip?</p></pre>qigger: <pre><p>It doesn't really have to be water. We would lick it like an envelope or a rolled cigarette. It's not water/air proof but it keeps the material stuck to itself so it doesn't spill out</p></pre>YungPootieTang: <pre><p>yeah except, unless your weed is dirt, the smell carries right through a sealed sandwich bag</p></pre>BlueNotesBlues: <pre><p>You didn't have a sous vide in your room? How did you survive?</p></pre>nythnggs4590: <pre><p>Lol u think I can afford that</p></pre>The_Troll_Gull: <pre><p>Shit, you never kept a gram or two in your dorm room for hard times?</p></pre>kirkum2020: <pre><p>Hard times?</p>
<p>You mean as soon as the rest runs out right?</p></pre>The_Troll_Gull: <pre><p>Nothing worse than being Dankrupt on exam week</p></pre>Samfickel: <pre><p>My dyslexia read that as "No need to vacuum real seamen" </p></pre>Patrickrk: <pre><p>As a college student I wouldn't have thought of wiping it off. The real LPT is always in the comments. </p></pre>cpt_america27: <pre><p>As a college graduate I didn't think about this either. But I'm sure we would have been like "it's a little wet, let me dry it off first. "</p></pre>Megatoaster: <pre><p>As soon as you graduate you unlock knowledge for things like this</p></pre>Clocktease: <pre><p>I'm an industrial welding major so this is right up my alley </p></pre>hellofellowstudents: <pre><p>I never knew that was a major.</p></pre>how_could_this_be: <pre><p>The minor is industrial stamp licking</p></pre>hellofellowstudents: <pre><p>How else do you think they send out mass mail?</p></pre>thatsconelover: <pre><p>With thought alone.</p></pre>wolfamongyou: <pre><p>It is through my will alone,</p>
<p>I set the mail in motion!</p>
<p>Through the stick of C'hap</p>
<p>The lips acquire slick</p>
<p>The stamp acquires spit</p>
<p>and your letter arrives wensday morning!</p></pre>Clocktease: <pre><p>Of course it is. If art is a major, why can't Welding be?</p></pre>CellularBeing: <pre><p>It's true. I just graduated and now I'm a master of picking up things with my toes.</p></pre>eloel-: <pre><p>I had that ever since I was a kid. I think it was an egg move for me.</p></pre>dahnostalgia: <pre><p><a href="/r/outside" rel="nofollow">r/outside</a></p></pre>Kotanaru: <pre><p>You mean all skill trees will have this path?</p></pre>boipinoi604: <pre><p>As a college student, I will add the food and water in the ziplock bag. There is no time to be OCD about it.</p></pre>MrDLTE3: <pre><p>I'm surprised you even have food to ziplock.</p>
<p>Instant Ramen and Pizza gets demolished pretty quickly. </p></pre>dark_knight_kirk: <pre><p>As a college graduate even if I did think that is was wet I am much too lazy to dry it. </p>
<p>But that's okay because I'm not going through all this to vacuum seal so I'm safe. Lucky if I get it in a bag tbh</p></pre>phxsuns115: <pre><p>As a resident of Phoenix Arizona, I no longer bother to dry off or wipe up any water spills and splashes. I also can't remember the last time I used the dryer. If I'm not in a hurry I just hang everything on racks indoors for the benefit of clean smelling clothes and the boost of humidity. Outside if I need something dried fast. :)</p></pre>sachabearincolon: <pre><p>LPT: If you're too lazy to wipe off the water before you put it in the freezer, just put the bag inside another bag inside the water while you're getting the air out. Once you're done removing the air, just remove the inner bag. Problem solved.</p></pre>bbq_john: <pre><p>You would have thought of it when you tried to take it out of the freezer later.</p></pre>mutant_suicide_squad: <pre><blockquote>
<p>The real LPT is always in the comments. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>This realization makes me have to check every dumb-ass post in this sub :(</p></pre>LGBTApacheHelicopter: <pre><p>But is it really that bad? </p></pre>swizzcheez: <pre><p>That's why you should use mercury instead of water in the bowl.</p></pre>IronicallyCanadian: <pre><p>Lol! yeah right, as if you could fit an entire planet in your kitchen. </p></pre>Trenalynn: <pre><p>In all seriousness, a girl my sophomore year in high school actually asked to the physics teacher, "why do we go all the way to Mercury just to get mercury if it's so dangerous?"</p></pre>JuanDeLasNieves_: <pre><p>"Because Venus and Mars are no different from coarse sand"</p></pre>jokel7557: <pre><p>and it gets everywhere</p></pre>PM_ME_STEAMGAMES_PLS: <pre><p>Your mom fits in there so there's a chance.</p></pre>IAMADummyAMA: <pre><p>As a college student I wouldn't have thought of using mercury. The real LPT is always in the comments.</p></pre>minister_of_defeet: <pre><p>If you have enough money to spend on a large bowl of mercury you should already have a vacuum packer</p></pre>ImmenseWildwood: <pre><p>Nice, my wife will love this. I always put my lips to an open corner of the bag and try to huff all the air out and she thinks I'm gross.</p></pre>SilverfireSage: <pre><p>I usually do this with raw chicken, so I can understand where she's coming from...</p></pre>Whiterabbit--: <pre><p>your wife is right, you are gross.</p></pre>doorbellguy: <pre><p>wives are always right. </p></pre>jobwelddone: <pre><p>Not always. My wife left</p></pre>Potey: <pre><p><a href="https://youtu.be/VlFWbXVVgDE">My wife left me!</a> </p>
<p><em>clap, clap, clap clap clap</em></p>
<p>(1:28)</p></pre>FlattenedRabbit: <pre><p><em>The real LPT is always in the comments</em></p></pre>Trisa133: <pre><p>the real wives are always commenting</p></pre>cfdeveloper: <pre><p>The Real Housewives of Reddit, when does the show start and will it be streaming on NetFlix???</p></pre>AloofSpoof: <pre><p>Just realized how much I need this in my life</p></pre>feshrubs: <pre><p>nice try wife!</p></pre>I_Lost__TheGame: <pre><p>Remember kids: </p>
<p>Using a feather is kinky.</p>
<p>Using the whole chicken is perverted.</p></pre>ScarletCaptain: <pre><p>Someone's seen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Flamingos">Pink Flamingos</a>.</p></pre>Macktologist: <pre><p>Nice! Nothing like some raw chicken juice hitting the back of your throat. </p></pre>JesseLaces: <pre><p>He does the bowl trick he suggested, not huffs chicken bits... fuck. The other guy is the huffer! </p></pre>tosher23: <pre><p>Use bendy straw for better effect.</p></pre>D_W_Hunter: <pre><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsG5ohYo4k">Video example</a></p></pre>JesseLaces: <pre><p>Someone once told me to blow into the bag because the CO2 is good for the leaves... obviously only do this for your own lettuce, not guest lettuce. Buy new lettuce for guests.</p></pre>purple_pixie: <pre><p>Fwiw there is not really a lot of difference in O2/CO2 levels between the air you breathe in and the air your breathe out.</p>
<p>I think it's about 25% of the available O2 in air gets taken in by your lungs, so you probably won't make a lot of difference breathing out vs just having it full of unbreathed air.</p>
<p>If it should be CO2 that you want in there then just actually fill it with that, compressed CO2 isn't too hard to come by.</p></pre>OskEngineer: <pre><p>maybe just hold your breath for a while first? </p></pre>camerasoncops: <pre><p>Oh wow and I thought I was the only one lol. Although my wife likes that I vacuum seal her sandwiches. But neither of us really care about germs.</p></pre>KatieTheDinosaur: <pre><p>After a certain point, there's no real division of germs. My boyfriend used my toothbrush the other day because he had forgotten his. Which didn't bother me, I mean, I've had his dick in my mouth. What's sharing a toothbrush gonna do?</p></pre>anoninator: <pre><p>Let him further acclimate to having a dick in his mouth?</p></pre>BatDick2069: <pre><p>Yeah that's about it</p></pre>SoupForDummies: <pre><p>Misread that as BROTHER and was like let's back up a moment</p></pre>strynkyngsoot: <pre><p>won't bother me either</p></pre>ickykarma: <pre><p>I mean you're not sneezing into the bag right?</p></pre>Bandin03: <pre><p>Preferably, you do that before vacuum sealing it.</p></pre>slaytanic667: <pre><p>This guy marijuanas ^</p></pre>redflame4992: <pre><p>and this guy ^</p></pre>AShittyDoodleAppears: <pre><p><a href="http://imgur.com/gcUeWqZ"><em>Huff</em></a></p></pre>thisissam: <pre><p>How dare you stand where he stood.</p></pre>AShittyDoodleAppears: <pre><p>He encouraged it. Did you not read through his goodbye post?</p></pre>StangXTC: <pre><p>Keep on with it man, Reddit needs people like you to take up the mantle.</p></pre>thisissam: <pre><p>I'm 100% kidding. Keep it up man.</p></pre>illegal_deagle: <pre><p>LPT: do this with your bread bags before tying them back up. </p></pre>AptCasaNova: <pre><p>It is kind of gross - my grandmother would do this and I could practically see the saliva particles being expelled back in.</p>
<p>Though you could argue that your wife kisses you, so not quite as gross?</p></pre>JesseLaces: <pre><p>Why did your grandma drool so much??</p></pre>1Man1Machine: <pre><p>I do this with the trash, but usually pass out and have to start over. </p></pre>AmerikanInfidel: <pre><p>Alton Brown taught on Good Eats that you can use a straw to suck the air out using a straw. </p></pre>ihadanamebutforgot: <pre><p>But how do you get the air out</p></pre>AmerikanInfidel: <pre><p>Suck it baby </p></pre>ihadanamebutforgot: <pre><p>But what would one use</p></pre>hardonchairs: <pre><p>You would take a straw and use it as a straw to straw the straw straw straw.</p></pre>OramaBuffin: <pre><p>Hmmm, maybe with some kind of straw? If only OP told us =/</p></pre>Justagigjob: <pre><p>You use a straw to suck the air out using a straw.</p></pre>epic_memester: <pre><p>Ten people died last night in the Bronx due to a fire that killed ten people in the Bronx last night during a fire</p></pre>WZBK: <pre><p>That's pretty stupid, then you need to get a separate bag just to store that air you removed. </p></pre>mappersdelight: <pre><p>Then cook it that way.</p>
<p><a href="/r/sousvide">r/sousvide</a></p></pre>iSunMonkey: <pre><p>Aren't you supposed to use special plastic bags that are designed to sit at high temperatures without releasing BPA plastics into your food?</p>
<p>Does Ziplock make such bags?</p></pre>Crappyblogger: <pre><p>Hey, I'm one of the mods over at <a href="/r/sousvide">/r/sousvide</a> and also run a <a href="http://sousvideguy.com/">website</a> dedicated to this stuff. Ziploc freezer bags are BPA free. The only slight concern is that the seals can break at temperatures above 155F; however, most sous vide cooking (at least for meat) is done much below that. </p></pre>depaysementKing: <pre><p>Thanks for replying!</p>
<p>This might be a silly question (especially since there's a subreddit for this) but why did you get into cooking sous vide, what kind of cuisines is sous vide good for and why do you dislike sous vide.</p></pre>idlephase: <pre><p>Sous vide cooking allows for consistent results without the risk of overcooking your food. For example, you can make a perfect rare steak that's cooked throughout at 126ºF. You can also cook chicken breast at 145ºF for a softer and juicier texture while also being safe to consume. You cannot cook a chicken breast that low with conventional methods and have it be safe because you need to hold it at that temperature for 45 minutes or so. In an oven or on a stove/grill, you will overshoot that easily.</p>
<p>I dislike how long it takes. Most dishes take at least 30-45 minutes to cook. However, this can be a benefit as well because it's passive cooking, so you can do other stuff in that time. You don't have to worry about going over a few minutes or even an hour because overcooking is a factor of temperature more than it is of time. (You can cause your meat to breakdown if you start to go past 4 hours on some cuts)</p></pre>geak78: <pre><p>I'd only ever heard of using it for steak. Chicken that isn't dry and overcooked sounds like an awesome benefit.</p></pre>cobeast: <pre><p>Dude, let me <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/170656/simple-chicken-brine/">help</a> <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/beer-can-chicken-recipe-1939861">you</a></p></pre>geak78: <pre><p>I haven't had any issues with whole chickens just with breast only cooking. Mainly because my wife is cursed when it comes to chicken. I had never seen raw chicken at a restaurant until I met her. Our first year together it seemed like every time we went out she'd end up with raw chicken. I mean we'd order wings and we'd be half way through the order and she'd bite into one that was raw. I have no idea how that even happens. Was the kitchen frying them and suddenly realized there were only 11 in there and tossed an extra one in 10 seconds before pulling the whole batch?</p></pre>gamer10101: <pre><p>My brother has one. Chicken comes out amazing.</p></pre>Crappyblogger: <pre><p>I'd consider myself an avid early adopter - always buying new gadgets that (eventually) come out of Kickstarter or on Amazon's launch pad. Sous vide turned into a healthy hobby because it was fun to test out new foods, have people over to eat, make unbelievable steaks really easily, and of course, eat better. </p>
<p>Most people think sous vide is for steaks but it really hits the entire spectrum. The people in <a href="/r/sousvide">/r/sousvide</a> are unbelievably creative and are dishing up everything from creme brulee and cheesecakes to fruit infused liquor and Starbucks-styled egg bites. But basically, you can do an unbelievable amount with these devices. </p>
<p>I'm not sure if this is really a negative, but planning ahead is required for sous vide since some things take hours to cook. If you're the type that waits until you're hungry to start planning a meal, you will have to start planning ahead a bit.</p></pre>Gigantkranion: <pre><p>For me it saves so much time. I cook in bulk and allows me to worry about dolling up my food up. Instead of worrying that it's cooked with in appropriate ranges. </p>
<p>Plus after I'm done initially cooking, it will also extend the self life, and making it less likely to spoil on me. Compared if I bought it fresh threw in the refrigerator and accidentally forgot about it for a day or two. I save money here as well. </p></pre>sapperRichter: <pre><p>What?! And waste the delicious BPA? No way!</p></pre>royalafricancompany: <pre><p>MSG, HFCS, BPA... all the best ingredients are acronyms. </p></pre>geak78: <pre><p><del>Only one</del> None of those <del>is</del> are actually bad for you though.</p></pre>royalafricancompany: <pre><p>That's true, MSG got a lot of bad press over some bullshit that double blind studies proved false and HFCS is only bad if you don't consume it in moderation. </p></pre>Doctor_dildo: <pre><p><a href="/r/frugal" rel="nofollow">/r/frugal</a></p></pre>LtVaginalDischarge: <pre><p><a href="/r/frugal_jerk">/r/frugal_jerk</a></p></pre>mappersdelight: <pre><p>Go look over in <a href="/r/sousvide">r/sousvide</a> . . . </p>
<p>I'm sure they'll have better answers to your question than I could provide.</p></pre>God_TM: <pre><p>They do make such bags. All of their bags/containers actually: <a href="https://ziploc.com/en/sustainability-and-safety">https://ziploc.com/en/sustainability-and-safety</a></p></pre>HighTeckRedNeck13: <pre><p>The ziploc freezer bags are good to use in a sous vide up until a certain temperature, I'm not sure what that is, but it is higher than that you would use for any meat (165). </p></pre>atlgeek007: <pre><p>I bought a vacuum sealer to use with my sous vide cooker.</p>
<p>The bags say they're bpa free, but I'm not sure that enough bpa would be released at the lowish temps and timeframe most sous vide cooking takes place in.</p></pre>ivsciguy: <pre><p>I got a vaccuum sealer for like $20 bucks. I use that. </p></pre>saynitlikeitis: <pre><p>Can't wait to try this with my bag of sodium metal!</p></pre>heyetsme: <pre><p>RIP</p></pre>johnnybiggles: <pre><p>Ded.</p></pre>drsjsmith: <pre><p>Keeping elemental sodium around water? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8v4PgbheE">Here's a helpful instructional video!</a></p></pre>pyropro12: <pre><p>I was really hoping that was going to be a Look Around You</p></pre>BruinBread: <pre><p>Was really hoping you would've been a boy dedicated to sodium safety. </p></pre>pyropro12: <pre><p>Isn't this okay as long as it stays away from the actual water? Moisture in the air might set it off, but submersion with a bag as a barrier might keep you out of the burn unit.</p></pre>GetBenttt: <pre><p>Idk lemme run a quick experiment to see if it works</p></pre>Tweezle120: <pre><p>I just close the bag 95% of the way, then press down/squeeze the air out by hand and seal up the last little corner without releasing it... </p></pre>Panzerker: <pre><p>how are we gonna waste water with your logical technique?</p></pre>Up_North18: <pre><p>You could always use the toilet, that way you're not wasting water </p></pre>Penance1: <pre><p>The real LPT is always in the comments </p></pre>johnnybiggles: <pre><p>The real LPT is in the toilet.</p></pre>xmanhiking: <pre><p>...and your hands are completely dry while you're doing all this? No paper towel needed afterwards?!</p></pre>geak78: <pre><p>Am I the only person that never drys their hands?</p></pre>screamline82: <pre><p>That's what pant legs are for</p></pre>getcucked: <pre><p>I mean really, it's like half the people here have never used a ziplock bag before if they're amazed by this water trick</p></pre>Just_wanna_talk: <pre><p>I could see this tip being useful for certain foods, like stuff you don't want to squish or stuff with irregular shapes and lots of corners. Water will fold it around every bend gently and evenly, whereas some foods I ahve had trouble getting my fingers in enough spots to get the most air out and still end up with a fair bit left in there.</p></pre>sfafreak: <pre><p>Seriously, I'm amazed by how many people don't do this. When I was younger and my parents would pack my to-go meals, they wouldn't do this, and my apples would turn pretty brown. Now when I pack apples, they hardly brown at all.</p></pre>NiceSasquatch: <pre><p>and then soak it in water??</p></pre>notleonardodicaprio: <pre><p>lol seriously, this is such a silly post</p></pre>Alprevolution: <pre><p>There's still some air in there though; not really a vacuum seal. </p></pre>Tweezle120: <pre><p>that's why the post title is in quotes. The water trick does the same thing really; its just putting and holding pressure on back while you close it.</p></pre>ec20: <pre><p>Too much work. I just squeeze the air out by hand. I actually own a vacuum sealer, but it's so much work hassle that I don't use it anymore. The difference between hand sealed and vacuum sealed in keeping food fresh is surprisingly minor.</p></pre>SilverfireSage: <pre><p>Eh the reason I do this is because squeezing it by hand doesn't really work with things that are oddly shaped or lumpy. You always have a fairly big air bubble, and if I'm going to be thawing something in water anyway might as well do this!</p></pre>kellysmom01: <pre><p>Zip the bag but leave a half-inch opening. Insert inch of straw. Suck the straw hard. Pinch bag below straw and zip close.</p>
<p>Got no TAHM for no water mess. </p></pre>kfrxsh: <pre><p>you want to inhale raw meat bacteria ? lol ok</p></pre>ickykarma: <pre><p>Is that actually a thing? Like... science-proven or whatever?</p></pre>Lankience: <pre><p>I would guess no. Bacteria wouldn't just float off of the meat and roam around the air in the bag. Even if it did, you'd get such a tiny amount it wouldn't even come close to what you'd get from eating raw meat (IF you meat is capable in the first place). I'd be more worried about the meat touching the outside of the bag as I inserted it, or touching the bag with my hands after handling the raw meat then putting my mouth on or near that area.</p></pre>Iamsuperimposed: <pre><p>I would imagine there is a possibility of sucking in some of the raw juices... I just would rather use freezer paper for meats...</p></pre>JamesLibrary: <pre><p>Yes breathing near meat gives you E. coli. That's why all butchers are dead oh wait that's fuckin dumb as hell. </p></pre>sunnydaize: <pre><p>Hahaha damn dude you don't have to be so harsh on these people!! </p></pre>OSUfan88: <pre><p>What do you mean "these people"?</p></pre>Shrian124: <pre><p>This is precisely what I did in the Marines to get a weeks worth of skivvy rolls in my pack. I tried the water technique because I was intrigued. Our technique worked better.</p></pre>poop_frog: <pre><p>The water trick works well for dense things. Sucking the air out is better for compressible things. </p></pre>SensiSparx: <pre><p>This is better for some things, but not for raw meat for example.</p></pre>TheContrarian2: <pre><p>Good tip. Save yourself the hassle though and find a FoodSaver vacuum sealer. Before we owned one, we'd have to throw away meat that was freezer burned. Ever since we got it, we haven't had to throw anything away. Ours is now about 15 years old and works fine. </p>
<p>Another plus is that I buy meat in bulk at Sams Club, them my wife and I divide the meat into meal size packs and vacuum pack them. Later, it prevents us from eating too much because we always have 'just enough'. :)</p></pre>MaxPowerzs: <pre><p>Also buy the plastic in bulk. I get mine on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0063HZVBC/">Amazon</a>.</p>
<p>And always leave a sharpie next to your Foodsaver.</p>
<p>Edit: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/FoodVacBags-2-pack-Embossed-Commercial-Foodsaver/dp/B00CQ8IXIK/">better deal</a> on the 11" rolls. Two 11"x50' rolls for $17.07</p></pre>sabbiecat: <pre><p>I love my vacuum sealer. We make a trip to sams once a month then put all our meals together that weekend for the month. Make all the marinades and sauces and put everything in the bag. Then just unfreeze and cook. Easy peasy mac and cheesy. Saves money and time with less waste. I even reuse the vacuum bags. </p></pre>TheContrarian2: <pre><p>I don't reuse the bags. That's an interesting way to save more money. How do you clean them?</p></pre>UberCupcake: <pre><p>I was doing research on food vacuum sealers, and it seem as though the newer models are notorious for not lasting very long. I decided I was would just use the ziplock in the water method lol</p></pre>NewBallista: <pre><p>Yes and this is also the science behind a gravity bong </p></pre>When_Harry_Was_Sally: <pre><p>I take it you're not from California?</p></pre>pyropro12: <pre><p>It's an awesome technique for preventing freezer burn and I use it all the time for sous vide (usually add some marinade or oil/fat). Not a complete vacuum because you don't really pinch the bag around the thickest bits, but waaay better than just trying to squish it down or dealing with those ridiculous vacuum sealers.</p></pre>boothin: <pre><p>Question: how is a vacuum sealer ridiculous? </p></pre>screamline82: <pre><p>People hate convenience </p></pre>Ltrly_Htlr: <pre><p>Vacuum sealers cost money and take up space in the kitchen somewhere. Water trick needs running water. Cheaper and arguably more convenient. Only downside is that the water trick doesn't create a true vacuum. </p></pre>unreqistered: <pre><blockquote>
<p>Only downside is that the water trick doesn't create a true vacuum</p>
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<p>So one works and the other kind of does.</p></pre>usernamehardlyknower: <pre><p>tl;dr home remedy works but the paid method works better.</p>
<p>Whodathunk.</p></pre>jetteh22: <pre><p>We have a handheld one that works great and it's super fast. </p></pre>AlfredoTony: <pre><p>That's like saying people hate time. Convenience = spending $. </p>
<p>To be fair, time does kill people, so there is a reason to hate it. </p></pre>pyropro12: <pre><p>Fair question. I think the machines cost too much, the bags are specialty and not all that cheap, they work slower than this method, take up counter/cabinet space/plugs, and they have to be cleaned. On the other hand I can dip a ziploc bag in a pot of water and seal it. If you are doing really thick or jagged cuts you might cut out a bit more air, but for most cases it's just as effective to use submersion and use what you already have in the kitchen. </p></pre>_dock_: <pre><p>TIFU by not keeping the opening above the water. Its all wet now</p></pre>ihadanamebutforgot: <pre><p>I misread it at first and wondered why OP thought it would be useful to teach us how to replace the air in a ziplock bag with water.</p></pre>Tinkertoy1892: <pre><p>LPT - don't use traditional ziplock bags. Use <a href="http://ziploc.ca/en/products/bags/freezer/perfect-portions-freezer-bags">perfect-portion bags</a> instead.</p>
<p>They come inside-out. You take the bag, stick your hand in it, pick up the raw meat and flip the bag inside out just like you do when you're picking up dog poop. The bag is made of a very thin plastic material that adheres to the food and leaves no air pockets. </p>
<p>Then you take your various portioned pieces of food and stick them in a traditional extra-large freezer bag.</p>
<p>The individual pieces of meat don't get stuck to each other. Freezer burn is minimal. The portion bags cost less than regular ziploc bags and work better, it's less messy, and you don't need a vacuum sealer.</p></pre>BreakfastBeerz: <pre><p>LPT: If you want to "vacuum seal" food, use a vacuum sealer.</p></pre>SharkmanToo: <pre><p>Thanks for the soggy cheetos!</p></pre>rubysparkles75: <pre><p>Ha ha ha¡!!!!!</p></pre>kgpizzle: <pre><p>vacuum seal bag companies HATE him </p></pre>
