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Good one Frank. I laughed so loudly it would have scared the cat, if I had one.

The stupid stuff includes converting flour measurements to ml. That's not convenient and it's not how flour is usually measured in metric. It's measured by weight. Also, people convert with far more decimal points of accuracy than the ingredient was measured in in the US system. That drives me crazy. Too many engineers in my family and I studied engineering for a little while.
Yeah, I mean who needs more than 6 significant digits when measure in grams.. like duh.
 
and I studied engineering for a little while.
ahhh ...and that explains a lot! It has been my firm belief that engineers march to the tune of a different drummer. Plus have met many who absolutely agree.
Unfortunately that drummer often rubs off to some degree on the offspring of said engineers.

whether it be civil, electrical, mechanical, aerospace or aeronautical. I truly think that 'chemical' takes the cake.
 
ahhh ...and that explains a lot! It has been my firm belief that engineers march to the tune of a different drummer. Plus have met many who absolutely agree.
Unfortunately that drummer often rubs off to some degree on the offspring of said engineers.

whether it be civil, electrical, mechanical, aerospace or aeronautical. I truly think that 'chemical' takes the cake.

My dad got a degree in Engineering. I got an Art Degree. He did teach me a bit about engineering and the oil business. And, I taught him that, "You can't go out in public wearing that."

CD
 
My dad was a mechanical engineer. He worked on aerospace stuff. My sister was a chemical engineer an also had a degree in civil engineering. My late husband was a computer engineer. My father-in-law was also an engineer, but I believe it was a courtesy title. He was a bit of a jack of all trades.

My sister was a born engineer. When she was two years old, my mum put her in the backyard in a wooden play pen. My sister did not want to stay in the playpen. She found something and managed to unscrew exactly the fewest screws possible to make one side of the playpen fall open. And then she was off. I was five. I didn't see her unscrewing the side of the playpen, but I think I saw, out of the side of my eye, that it was falling. I chased after her and caught her before she could figure out how to get out of the front yard. There was a chain link fence. It probably wouldn't have taken her too long to figure out how to open the gate.
 
We've had a FoodSaver for a long time and it has been mostly what one would expect. Usually I freeze anything that is wet prior to packaging so I don't have to deal with juice moving. I've always wanted a chamber sealer but there are challenges with those, mostly size and weight. I found Avid Armor and decided to buy one, the USV32, which happened to also be on sale at Amazon.

I went with this partly due to it being able to seal 11 inch wide bags. The channel bags can be used in a chamber and I have a LOT of channel bag and find I usually just use the 11 inch wide roll. This machine also only weighs 26 pounds and I can move that from basement to kitchen without much fuss. I had been eyeing a machine that was twice that weight and I am not moving that up the stairs just because I want to seal a half a chicken.

So far it has been good, a little bit of a learning curve on getting everything situated correctly so I get a good seal. I have been using the sample bags that came with it instead of the channel bags I already had and bought more of the 11x13 and 8x10. I like that the bags use a bit heavier plastic over the channel bags.

In theory one can use longer bags than the machine suggests by using it like a suction type machine with the bags outside instead of in the chamber. I haven't tried that and I am not sure I will move the FoodSaver on to a new home, so it might not matter.

She bought a rotisserie chicken and used half of it. We packaged the other half for the freezer. No worries about juices getting into the sealer. Nice and tight.

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That's really neat Frank. Don't think I'd even heard about 'chamber sealers' before. As long as object sits inside with the lid down?
I saw from the pictures the liquids in bag. I assume you have to keep the open edge elevated at the same time? Inside the chamber?
Congratulations!

Had a FoodSaver but sold it when I moved (DIL has one upstairs). First lesson I learned with it was if you are doing cheese slices, be sure to put a piece of paper between slices - otherwise the vacuum compressed the slices into one block :LOL:
Second lesson -even though there were plenty of Youtube video's that said you could use bags other FoodSver's - didn't/couldn't find one that worked for me.

I kept my ancient (early 80's?) sealer. I kept it handy on top of the micro on the farm. Out of the way but easy to slide onto the counter to use. I would reseal bags of pasta, chips, etc with it - was very useful, even though the vacuum tube was split, it sort of worked but not well. I used the vacuum when I knew I wasn't keeping it for very long but still wanted it sealed. If they old girl croaks, I'll get a new one, 45$ to 85$ range. Think my original was about 30$??

Canadian Avid oops, not on sale here! When it gets to 80% or 90% off, yup, I'll snap one up.
 
That's really neat Frank. Don't think I'd even heard about 'chamber sealers' before. As long as object sits inside with the lid down?
I saw from the pictures the liquids in bag. I assume you have to keep the open edge elevated at the same time? Inside the chamber?
Yes the lid needs to be able to close. The chicken was about as tall as I can do with the domed lid. The model down has a flat lid and that would not have done this chicken.

The mouth of the bag goes under a clip and there is a tab that goes into the mouth of the bag. It is a little above the half height point in the chamber.

I also like that this double seals the bag.
 
I just bought this. Got tired of trying to clean the old one with the narrow bottleneck. I love OXO products and have many of them.

OXO Good Grips 12 oz Precision Pour Glass Oil Dispenser

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Looks good. Let us know what you think of it when you have used it for a while. I've been looking for something for my EVOO for ages. I have been looking or something that doesn't let light into the bottle. I thought we were supposed to keep sunlight off of EVOO, so it would keep all its wonderful properties and that it was why the bottles are usually green.
 
Also do not keep it in a cupboard next to the stove as the heat will also be detrimental to your olive oil.

I only buy in 375 ml size. Most often only use it for a finishing oil and tonic. Lasts me various lengths of time. 6 months is the shelf life of a good oil.

Other oils such as walnut, grape, etc should be kept in the dark as well.
Not sure about vegie oils, they seem to last a very long time.
Sesame oil too.
 
Also do not keep it in a cupboard next to the stove as the heat will also be detrimental to your olive oil.

I only buy in 375 ml size. Most often only use it for a finishing oil and tonic. Lasts me various lengths of time. 6 months is the shelf life of a good oil.

Other oils such as walnut, grape, etc should be kept in the dark as well.
Not sure about vegie oils, they seem to last a very long time.
Sesame oil too.
What's that in US drams?


:D
 
We've had a FoodSaver for a long time and it has been mostly what one would expect. Usually I freeze anything that is wet prior to packaging so I don't have to deal with juice moving. I've always wanted a chamber sealer but there are challenges with those, mostly size and weight. I found Avid Armor and decided to buy one, the USV32, which happened to also be on sale at Amazon.

I went with this partly due to it being able to seal 11 inch wide bags. The channel bags can be used in a chamber and I have a LOT of channel bag and find I usually just use the 11 inch wide roll. This machine also only weighs 26 pounds and I can move that from basement to kitchen without much fuss. I had been eyeing a machine that was twice that weight and I am not moving that up the stairs just because I want to seal a half a chicken.

So far it has been good, a little bit of a learning curve on getting everything situated correctly so I get a good seal. I have been using the sample bags that came with it instead of the channel bags I already had and bought more of the 11x13 and 8x10. I like that the bags use a bit heavier plastic over the channel bags.

In theory one can use longer bags than the machine suggests by using it like a suction type machine with the bags outside instead of in the chamber. I haven't tried that and I am not sure I will move the FoodSaver on to a new home, so it might not matter.

She bought a rotisserie chicken and used half of it. We packaged the other half for the freezer. No worries about juices getting into the sealer. Nice and tight.
I've been eyeing a chamber sealer for some time now. I put the Anova in my cart. I'm wondering if you eliminated that one for some reason. My favorite part is the weight at 18 pounds, and I think I can adjust things where the current FoodSaver lives to accommodate this sealer.

Probably a bad day to ask, so I'll be patient waiting for a response! ;)
 
I've been eyeing a chamber sealer for some time now. I put the Anova in my cart. I'm wondering if you eliminated that one for some reason. My favorite part is the weight at 18 pounds, and I think I can adjust things where the current FoodSaver lives to accommodate this sealer.

Probably a bad day to ask, so I'll be patient waiting for a response! ;)
The Anova is a rebranded Avid Armor that costs more.
 
I've been eyeing a chamber sealer for some time now. I put the Anova in my cart. I'm wondering if you eliminated that one for some reason. My favorite part is the weight at 18 pounds, and I think I can adjust things where the current FoodSaver lives to accommodate this sealer.

Probably a bad day to ask, so I'll be patient waiting for a response! ;)

I just don't have space in my kitchen or closets for a chamber vacuum sealer. I have found work-arounds for my Foodsaver for certain things a chamber sealer does better. That's all I can do besides buying a new house with a bigger kitchen to accommodate all the things I would love to buy, but couldn't afford to buy if I bought the new house. :unsure:

CD
 
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