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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Reusable, vacuum sealable ziplock bags. Cuts back on waste & lengthens the shelf life of most foods.

It’s also really nice to be able to buy bulk meats & be able to separate them into vacuum sealed single servings.

And last but not least, it really helps with using the sous vide. I like being able to separate a bulk package of chicken into individual meals with different marinades. Just pull a bag out & defrost it, then it’s 90 seconds a side to gourmet meals midweek.

[–] poprocks 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just went with a generic option. I have some that have blue zip tops & some with gray.

The one big recommendation I can make is to get one with a battery powered suction pump. They’re little bit more expensive, but the handheld pumps have broken on me in the past.

This is the latest brand I purchased.

[–] poprocks 2 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How reusable have you found the bags to be? I recently (as in, just today) started looking into getting one, but I don't want to be constantly throwing out bags.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I’ve found that with proper care & paying attention to what I use each bag for helps.

If I use a bag say for tandoori chicken sous vide…

When the chicken’s done, I rinse the bag thoroughly, fill it to ¼, add a lil soap, seal it up, & put it back in the sous vide bath, while it’s still warm.

Let it cool off & then give it a rinse & scrub, before drying.

It’s gentler on the bag than the dishwasher, but still gets it sanitary & clean.

I’ll try to continue using that bag for chicken, if not specifically tandoori chicken.

This is where having two different colors can be helpful. I use gray for meat & blue for everything else.

Blue bags obviously last a bit longer, but this current batch of gray is a year old & still in decent shape.