Caslon
Executive Chef
I like to keep dinner costs down but eat well, as in steak and shrimp well. By utilizing the freezer and vacuum bags, I can have a steak and shrimp dinner on demand for 6 months. Walmart has frozen colossal raw shrimp at $13.88 a pound, and "thin cut" T-bone or other steaks are popular now in supermarkets. I can buy a 2 pak of those for $6.00. I use the vacuum bags to keep the shrimp and steaks fresh in the freezer. The shrimp are big enough that just 3 per steak meal is plenty. I have a baked potato with it along with a salad and Ranch dressing and a french roll. Since I get five (3) servings of shrimp and the steaks are thin cut, the entire delicious steak and shrimp dinner costs me about $6.75. That's not bad with today's soaring food costs.
I can't say enough good things about vacuum bags, especially the low tech systems. I use a battery powered Reynolds Handi-Vac and buy ZipLock's Quart and Gallon vacuum bags (Reynolds stopped making the Handi-Vac bags). I like how the steaks stay red in the freezer and the shrimp stay fresh frozen, no freezer burn.
I can't say enough good things about vacuum bags, especially the low tech systems. I use a battery powered Reynolds Handi-Vac and buy ZipLock's Quart and Gallon vacuum bags (Reynolds stopped making the Handi-Vac bags). I like how the steaks stay red in the freezer and the shrimp stay fresh frozen, no freezer burn.