What was your best present this year?

[Scrumpy]

What is a vacuum sealer.?

[JBR]

I bought a Bonsenkitchen to replace my press down sealer, I just need to press a button now it's great

I found this on Amazon and showed the details to Marge, as I thought it a good idea.

No takers, unfortunately, as she insists that she doesn't store food like that for any length of time.
Obviously, I defer to her superior knowledge.  (i don't cook.)

[klondike]

I got a cheap one from Lidl. I use it for packing deadbait for fishing for the freezer.

I buy a bag of small whole fish from the fishing shop and sometimes Lidl sell a big bags of sardines which works oui cheaper. I take some fishing but they don't all get used and the ones that go back are part thawed. They get wrapped in cling film and then sealed in a bag for re-freezing. That stops them stinking the freezer out.

[Diasi]

We've never thought of buying a sealer.  Do you buy in bulk then seal to freeze?

Virtually everything is in bulk when you live alone.

A couple of days ago I bought a pack of 12 Richmond pork sausages from the chiller section so I had 2 yesterday & took out another two, which are in the fridge, that I'll have tomorrow which is the use by date.

Vacuum packing them extends their fridge storage life by at least a week but I also put them in the freezer in small bags of 2 & the vacuum bags prevent all 8 sticking together & prevent freezer burn.