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What's something that seems stupid but is actually smart

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  • HerbcoFoodH Offline
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    HerbcoFood
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    But then you give up a bowl…however that is genius if you have copious amounts of bowls when stew/soup SZN is upon us!

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      I have seen this done to marinade stuff to. Pulls all the liquid from the bowl into what is inside. I think it was fish fillets at the time. This way they marinade well without being crushed by the vacuum sealer. It is a way to vacuum liquids in a normal sealer (non chamber vac).

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        I can see that working well for a regular vacuum sealer since you can’t hardly seal anything with liquids without it pulling it into the machine. I would sacrifice a disposable bowl rather than one of my daily bowl for storage instead.

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          If you use a disposable bowl then you would be risking getting all those disposable chemicals in your food. Wouldn’t a stainless or glass bowl be preferred?

          We try to limit how much contact our food has with plastics in extreme cold/heat situations, so sous vide would likely not be something my wife would be on board for. I am having a hard enough time convincing her that we need to vac seal meat for the freezer when we process.

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          • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

            If you use a disposable bowl then you would be risking getting all those disposable chemicals in your food. Wouldn’t a stainless or glass bowl be preferred?

            We try to limit how much contact our food has with plastics in extreme cold/heat situations, so sous vide would likely not be something my wife would be on board for. I am having a hard enough time convincing her that we need to vac seal meat for the freezer when we process.

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            Ridley Acres If you can show your wife that the plastic products, vac bags & such, are BPA free and food grade rated, she may feel better about vac sealing. I had to do that with my sister who had MS and was very conscious about how her food was packaged/sealed.

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              I was scared the noodles and other ingredients would mush up and not be visually appealing. It was cool to watch it vac seal to the shape of the bowl.

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                Do you find that your smokers temp doesn’t seem to be as accurate as it used to be? Locate your temp probe and use a warm washcloth to clean it off and bring your smoker temps back to normal.
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                  Do you find that your smokers temp doesn’t seem to be as accurate as it used to be? Locate your temp probe and use a warm washcloth to clean it off and bring your smoker temps back to normal.
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                  bocephus
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                  Grimpuppy I just give it a squirt of smoke house cleaner , I think the stuff works great.

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                    Grimpuppy I just give it a squirt of smoke house cleaner , I think the stuff works great.

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                    bocephus I have to agree on the Smokehouse Cleaner. I clean all of my temp sensor s with it as well as my Traeger door edges when I have to apply new nomex gasket seals.

                    Improvise, Adapt and Overcome! Semper Fi

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                      For our indoor wood burner we had a cleaner specific to wood stoves, but found cleaning vinegar does the trick just as well.

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                        So I always freeze soups/stew/chili in regular Tupperware then pop the frozen block out to vac seal.

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                          So I always freeze soups/stew/chili in regular Tupperware then pop the frozen block out to vac seal.

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                          Jamieson22 I do the same with all liquid product including gravy. I found containers that are about 7-8 inches long and about 1.5 inches high. Freeze it, pop it out, then vacuum it. Sets it up for easier uniform storage.

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                            Jamieson22 I do the same with all liquid product including gravy. I found containers that are about 7-8 inches long and about 1.5 inches high. Freeze it, pop it out, then vacuum it. Sets it up for easier uniform storage.

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                            zbigjeff said in What's something that seems stupid but is actually smart:

                            Jamieson22 I do the same with all liquid product including gravy. I found containers that are about 7-8 inches long and about 1.5 inches high. Freeze it, pop it out, then vacuum it. Sets it up for easier uniform storage.

                            are these plastic or silicone?

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                              zbigjeff said in What's something that seems stupid but is actually smart:

                              Jamieson22 I do the same with all liquid product including gravy. I found containers that are about 7-8 inches long and about 1.5 inches high. Freeze it, pop it out, then vacuum it. Sets it up for easier uniform storage.

                              are these plastic or silicone?

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                              Ridley Acres They are just plastic. Reason: I bought them (2 four packs) originally at Walmart for just leftovers because of the lower profile. Then, said: Well, why NOT use them for vac packing. Once I run out of them because the plastic cracks, I will look for silicone.
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                                Ridley Acres They are just plastic. Reason: I bought them (2 four packs) originally at Walmart for just leftovers because of the lower profile. Then, said: Well, why NOT use them for vac packing. Once I run out of them because the plastic cracks, I will look for silicone.
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                                zbigjeff That’s a good idea, I think I will do the same with gravy at Thanksgiving if there is leftover as I love turkey gravy.

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                                  Those with the kids and or playsets will appreciate this life hack. Picked these up at I think it was AutoZone for cheap but they make great drink/beer holders. And they can be moved around easily.

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