Wow! all that info-
Here is something I just tried out.
I have a Actron hand powered vacuum pump i bought for another purpose
(CP7830). It comes with a gage. I hooked it up to the Foodsaver and found
the Foodsaver pump pulls a vacuum down to 25 in Hg. I connected the hand
pump to the mason jar cover seal gizmo that food saver supplies and found,
with a little pumping that I could get a 26 in Hg vacuum in the jar. No
electric power needed, takes up less room, costs less and gives my hand a
work out (increased strength for handling those lines ;- )
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009XQUK2 for the pump:
The sealable bags are great, but at $0.40 to $0.50 a pop, expensive.
Resealing canning jars on the other hand, is very economical as reusing the
lids really brings down the cost per food unit stored.
I also tried out using a wide mouth mason jar to marinate the tofu we had
yesterday. First time that the marinate penetrated the entire cube and only
a couple of hours. Don't think I will spend the 20+ bucks for their
marinate container, although i can see that a 2 1/2 qt container would hold
more, for the two of us the multi purpose mason jar will work just fine.
Another dual purpose item.
(The usual disclaimers)
Philip
At 06:57 PM 4/22/2008, you wrote:
REPLY
yo ucould also try canning stuff yourself.
> Eggs in the fridge will last about 6 months if you turn them twice a
> week. Get those red plastic egg containers from the camping section.
> I've heard that fresh, never refrigerated eggs will last a couple
> months un refrigerated if turned twice a week.
Philip & Marilyn Lange
AE4OV & KD4JRC,
ORYOKI
Witness 35 Catamaran
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