Place food directly into bag?
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Usually yes like rice in bulk. When I do pound bags of beans though I keep them in their plastic bags then vac seal them
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Yes. We put the oxygen absorber on top. Squeezed out as much air as possible and sealed with an iron.
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My wife dried the potatoes in a dehydrator then placed in bag with an oxy/absorber then sealed shut. They should have sucked down but did not.Jim
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I wash them by hand first. Machine made bags could have oils or dirt on them. Then put food in, remove as much air as possible, then seal with heat sealer.
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Correct, The food goes directly in the bag. Place oxygen absorber in the top and leave as little room at the top of the bag as possible then seal it.
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You will use paper bags to place your food and then put into the bag. I prefer it to avoid contact with absorbents.
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Yes. I do that all the time. Makes it easier to empty andno mess. The bag should overlap the ouitside edge of the basket. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
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You can definitely use this without a vacuum sealer. What you do is what is called the 'displacement' method. Put the food in a quart or gallon zip lock - then seal up most of the zip, leaving just a bit at the end. Then, submerge the bag slowly in a pot of water - which will push all the air out. Just as the zip lock is getting to the water line, seal it and you should be good to go.
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Yes. You have to cut off about an inch of the bag to get the food out and then it is resealable.
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Well, I've never tried to do that, but most similar snack food bags are made of Mylar or some other sort of synthetic material, so it may be possible. I didn't notice anything in the manual advising against it.
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The bag is not insulated so maintaining foods at specific temperatures would not be ideal.
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I empty the 30 lb bag into the container. There is about 8 inches left at the top. I don't think leaving it in the bag would work, since there is no room left in most bags to re-shape it, but I'm not certain.
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I pour the 5lb bag of flour into mine. Looking at my container i believe you can.
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The bag comes empty. Generally you would fill it with plastic beads. Which isn't entirely necessary. The old way is to use dried beans of some sort. Plain rice would do too.
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You would basically cut the size you want. Seal one end, then add your item and the food saver will remove the air and the seal the bag.
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Depends a lot on packaging. If dry food and hard like spaghetti small holes can be poked in the bags. Also meat with bones.
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Id put it in a zip lock bag. Should work fine. Keep it in the a cool area. Do not place in the fridge.
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You can add it directly to the bag, but would be better to dump the contents into a better container to add the boiling water in my opinion. The size and shape of the bag would make it difficult to add the boiling water without scalding yourself. The bag would hold it.
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I have used Weston and Food Saver bags and they work great. However, it needs to be a bag and not a roll.
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I have not tried it but I don't think it would work. The cheese and sauce would get all over the inside of the bag and be a mess. Probably not worth the effort. The microwave would be a better choice
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with a bag sealer....same way you close the food storage bag after placing the correct amount of absorbers in.
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I'm not sure what you are asking. Once contents are properly cooled (or flash frozen) they can be placed in a FoodSaver bag, sealed and frozen. If that doesn't answer your question let me know.