My wife and I are planning a backpacking trip for 6 days 5 nights. We were debating the food we wanted to carry, and her grandmothers soup is one of our favorite "quick" foods. (She normally cans it for us before winter) We want to know if we can seal it with a FoodSaver vacuum [...]
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Category: vacuum sealers | 3 Comments »I have turkey in my freezer from Thanksgiving and i’m wondering if it’s still good. I have a vacuum sealer so I sealed it up and froze it the day after or a couple days after Thanksgiving. Is it still good or should I throw it out?
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Category: vacuum sealers | 4 Comments »I put this dish in the microwave and the top sucked on, vacuum tight. I can’t get it off now. I realized afterwards, it says "airtight; microwave safe without lid". How can I get the lid off??
Category: vacuum sealing | 1 Comment »I put this dish in the microwave and the top sucked on, vacuum tight. I realized afterwards, it says "Airtight; microwave safe WITHOUT lid". How can I get this lid off? To the Answerer: Thanks. I boiled some water, placed the container top down in the hot liquid so that only the top was in [...]
Category: vacuum sealing | 1 Comment »I know burning stuff consumes oxygen, but it turns it to CO2, right? So, isn’t CO2 more dense than Oxygen? Then, why is the Vacuum created? I’m confused.
Category: vacuum sealing | 5 Comments »I know this is a bit weird but im always curious about stuff like this. Plus the vacuum in space that sound travels through, it is supposed to have nothing in it? No air, no particles ? so could there be a room with no air and not be vacuum sealed. (if you understand what [...]
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Category: vacuum sealing | 3 Comments »2. A water storage tank is 4.5 metres long, 4.5 metres wide, and 3.25 metres deep. The tank is filled to the brim. The tank has a roof, but it may be assumed that standard atmospheric pressure acts on the water surface. (c) Calculate the depth of the centre of pressure on the side wall. [...]
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Category: vacuum seal storage | 1 Comment »I love hiking and rock climbing, but I hate the ridiculous cost and pretty awful taste of MRE’s or store bought "camping foods," so I want to make some of my own. My idea is that I can cook my own meals at home, which I know won’t taste like crap, (and which I can [...]
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Category: vacuum food sealer | 1 Comment »I am really wondering about the state of the vacuum. I know that the state of the vacuum in Earth is not perfect vacuum. If I can take back the vacuum sealed in a container from Universe to Earth, This state of the Vacuum in the container is perfect state of the vacuum? I am [...]
Category: vacuum sealing | 1 Comment »I have purchased about 15 cases of MREs. I was thinking of buying a sealer and making some of my own. 1. To see if it cut down on costs. 2. To add a little more variety. My question is, on average how long will a vacuum sealer extend shelf life, if at all?
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