Foodsaver Question

Foodsaver question: The Tilia website says

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Q: Can liquids be vacuum packaged?
A: Yes. You can keep wine at its peak or freeze your
favorite soups, stews and sauces.

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Since the bags are microwaveable and boilable, it would be
very handy to freeze soups or stews using the foodsaver.

Is this actually true? Can you really package liquids?

Thanks.
Pat
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Yes and no. You can't easily vacuum liquids because they get drawn
into the machine. The machine gags on the soup and gets the kind of
indigestion that must be remedied by the factory.

What you can do is freeze the soups first and then vacuum them. Tilia
suggests that you freeze them in other containers and put that icy
thing in a bag and vacuum. I say put it in the bag and stand it up to
freeze (like in a taco holder). Then vacuum in the same bag. Eliminate
a step.

Pastorio

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:43:49 -0500, Bob Pastorio
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That's what I figured.


Ah. I see. This would work - I don't mind freezing them
first.

Thanks much!

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Bob Pastorio wrote:
I do them the same way as Bob.

George

I do all the time.

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Bob Pastorio wrote:


I was thinking of doing this for milk. I hate running out of milk and
not having any for my morning coffee. How well do you think milk would
handle being frozen for a month or two?

BTW, I've been freezing liquid marinade with meats this way for a while.
I find when the meats thaw, they draw in the liquid marinade.

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I buy semi skimmed mild and it freezes beautifully.

Ophelia

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:31:19 -0500, Dan Logcher
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Milk freezes OK. I've done it.

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Hey Pat,

Are Jars outta the question? I've vaccu-jarred my chili and corn chowder in
wide mouth half pint jars and stick em in the freezer. Works great! I take
em straight from the freezer into the nuker and heat em up slowly. A minute
under the waves then a rest for a minute or so... it ain't rocket science, I
just don't want to heat it up too quickly (I cherish my jars). I've done a
jerky marinade in a bag, but some liquid made it into the liquid trap. Not
a lot, but enough to make me think twice about doing it again. Jerky came
out great, btw.

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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:38:18 GMT, "Mark S' \(goatlike\)"
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Jars would be good. Thanks!

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