Do you vacuum seal your food?

[Violeta]

It comes up now and then in videos, but I never know anyone irl that does it.

[Violeta]

If you don't know what that is, its things like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hv1TVOw4yI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmO9axnKoEk

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by ⛧:

It comes up now and then in videos, but I never know anyone irl that does it.

I've had one of those but in my house we just eat the food before it goes bad, but I can see the use if you are a prepper or you cook large meals and want to save some. Its just more plastic in the world and we don't need that

[Suffy]

Why my vacuum would ever steal something from me?

[That Fish Guy]

I vacuum seal with seasoning/marinade and freeze, then i sous vide straight from the freezer.

[L1qu1dator]

I prefer to eat it like a normal person. :P

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Vacuum seal bulk foods for freezing and marinading.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

in a way, yes.

I batch cook food and then portion it in sealed containers and it lasts about a week.

[Violeta]

Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

in a way, yes.

I batch cook food and then portion it in sealed containers and it lasts about a week.

A week isn't really that long.

[[ T h e B o s s ]]

Originally posted by ⛧:

Do you vacuum seal your food?

Yes, i vacuum seal people. Why do you ask?

[Electric Cupcake]

Absolutely.

After cold smoking bricks of cheese for a few hours, it's necessary to vacuum seal them for a couple weeks at least for the smoke to penetrate and mellow.

And, of course, sous videing steaks is great when it's too cold to use the grill (which doesn't happen as often as you might think).

[crunchyfrog]

Not at the moment but I have done in the past. It's a very effective way to extend the life of food.

It really depends on your lifestyle though.

Why I used to do it was when I worked and had started a family, we went food shopping once every two weeks (majorly). So splitting packs of things up, and re-sealing them, freezing them etc was prudent. It meant that not only do you extend the life of certain foods (as many are packed with Nitrogen and when you open them you allow the oxygen to get in), but also makes the amount you need for your meal easier to get hold of.

Nowadays, as my daughters have moved out, there's just me and my wife at home, and I'm disabled and neither of us work, we have more time to go shopping so it's a bit moot.

But it's a really good way of dealing things, especially if you say, live on your own and don't want to use a whole packet of something in one go. I also did it when I was at Uni.

[Xero_Daxter]

I do. Well… my parents and grandma do.

We have a chicken coop and whenever we slaughter chickens we clean them out put it in a bag, vacuum seal it, and stick it inside a freezer.

[Alliesaurus]

Originally posted by ⛧:

Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

in a way, yes.

I batch cook food and then portion it in sealed containers and it lasts about a week.

A week isn't really that long.

So? It's as long as she is happy with leaving the food...
And cooked from scratch with fresh ingredients, a week is decent...

[Alliesaurus]

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

I do. Well… my parents and grandma do.

We have a chicken coop and whenever we slaughter chickens we clean them out put it in a bag, vacuum seal it, and stick it inside a freezer.

I didn't even know u have a chicken coop, u never mentioned that before, that's neat :O

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by ⛧:

It comes up now and then in videos, but I never know anyone irl that does it.

i do when i prepare aged filet mignon. one shank usually provides about 15-20 steaks, so the rest get vacuum packed, and used in the coming months.

the packer also has a little marinade tank that will dispense a few squeezes of whatever marinade or seasonings you want as well, which is awesome. as you thaw the steak, it gets perfectly self marinade at the same time.

never was a fan of wellington, roasting steak into a pastry is almost offensive to me.