Brilliant!!!! We moved to South America and I brought my foodsaver machine but I can't use it because the foodsaver plastic is so expensive here like it would be made of gold. This video is brilliant!!! I am soooo excited that I will be able to use the machine again with your method using simple ziploc bags. Sending you hugs across the miles from South America from Ecuador!!!!! (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Thank you so much for this video. I haven't used my food saver in a couple of years due to the price of the bags. But now I think I may pull it back out.
Great idea! I watched a similar video and she uses cheap bags from the dollar store so they don't even have to be a name brand. I'm going to try your system. Thank you!
Good grief FINALLY a video that actually works!!!! I've been trying for an hour and I watched your video 1 time and got it on the first try!! Thank you sooooo much!!
Glad to see this Because I'm trying to figure out which Sealer is the best , and affordable for me . The bags are expensive . which makes no sense . But why do you have to put the top of the ziploc inside the bag ? TY :)
Thank you for your comment. The real bag for vacuum seal has pattern. That allow the machine sucking the air then seal. For ziploc bag, the plastic smooth. The top of ziploc bag allow air to come out then we seal above it to make sure the air not coming in again.
I have the same model “Food Saver” vacuum sealer. So much cheaper then the other brand, by about it $50 less. Works just as good. I tried this technique as well, it works perfectly with regular baggies, like your zip lock bags or any dollar saver bag from the dollar store. Thank you for your presentation.
Ty! Been wanting a machine for a few years, but I refuse due to the cost of special bags and rolls. I did the math, it’s NOT cost efficient unless your freezing something for months!! However using regular bags I think I might buy a machine now. I’m looking at Food Saver 4840, but a lot of reviews wrote food wont seal properly. There are so many models, why? I’m not talking about high end with a lot of bells and whistles. There are like 3 models that are so similar, different prices.
Faye Lengenfelder another suggestion for you - I got rid of most of my plastic containers and use wide mouth canning jars. I can vacuum seal anything with an adapter. When pasta, rice, cookies, etc, are on sale, I buy a bunch and pour in the jars. The beauty is you can keep resealing after you take some out. I only use wide mouth because they are a bit shorter and I can fit my hand inside when cleaning. Now I can use ziplocks for freezer and save energy more money!!
Good Idea but the problem is the bags fail a lot more often than the Food Saver bags. Plus the Food Saver bags are a lot thicker and prevent freezer burn better. But this method is neat but the seal breaks a lot more often.
Ziplock bags are for very short term storage. Most people who vacuum seal are looking for long term, 1+ weeks. Proper seal bags and mylar bags are a must.
Thank you for great video. I was just given a Ziplock sealer. I buy in bulk, my son has left the nest and now only me. I hate to waste. How do you prep before vacuum seal. Cut, Wash, ?Blanch?
All of them, you need to blanch vegetables before you freeze. This method good and save some money for me. But be careful while you seal the plastic. It's easy to get a small hole, because Ziploc bag does not design for vacuum. But for vegetables we just need to freeze to prolonged the freshness...it okay
Hi, because ziploc bag is flat..if you see for example Foodsaver Bag...it has plaid design, create groove for air to flow out before the bag seal. That half zipper create small hole for air, then seal above the zipper.
I hope you all realize that ZipLoc bags are polyethylene which allows atmosphere to pass through. It will appear to be vacuumed for maybe 5 minutes, but quite soon after you have created a vacuum seal with a polyethylene bag, it will start getting loose and reinflate. Vacuum sealing must be done with what are called barrier bags. They are readily available from ULINE and MUCH less expensive than the FoodSaver bags, probably less expensive than ZipLoc Freezer bags too. How do I know this? I'm in the vacuum sealing industry and it's the very first thing you learn.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT TIP. GOT ANY OTHER IDEAS ON NON-FOOD SEALING? I’M GOING TO TRY TO USE IT FOR PROTECTING ITEMS THAT I SHIP IN THE MAIL OR UPS. (OBVIOUSLY SMALLER ITEMS.) ANY IDEAS? THANK YOU .😃
Good Idea, I vacuum seal several bags of 100 rounds each of ammunition. Great for storage in a back pack, truck, boat for camping, hunting or any bug-out situation.
it keeps the top open just enough that it allows all the air to be sucked out during vacuuming. With sealer bags, one side is a pleated design, which still lets it suck air out, until it seals it off, so there is not any need for that trick with the bags already designed for sealers.
I was anxious to try using the cheaper zip bags with my sealer, the only thing was tho, it melted my zip bag in two! My sealer don’t raise up like yours, you load it from the front, but any suggestions?
Terry Hagen Just what I did, I recommend you go to foodsaver.com register an account everytime you make a purchase so you have a discount. I bought a from Sale & Refurbished foodsaver machine. Called game saver because it doesnt take up much space. You get a machine as low as $50
•I have found the issue with sealing non-standard vacuum bags to be the balance of melting the air channel without cutting through the bag. The solution I have found that works consistently better is to use a strip of material from a $.99 plastic shower loofa. It easily provides enough air flow and melts easily. It works every time on the flimsiest bags.
I found a food saver at the thrift store for $6. Could you leave the ziplock in place and just use a drinking straw on the bottom to suck and seal? I want to send dehydrated food to a deployed soldier overseas and I want him to be able to reseal the bag.
You are never too old to learn. But the way I look it is if you commit yourself to the expense of a vac. sealer you should be prepared to purchase the bags. I have had several since 1990 and I love them. Ca C'est Bon!
This does not work. I tried so many of these videos and every time my foodsaver burns right through the plastic. YES, I have teflon on the sealer bars... This does not work on freezer bags!!
To save more money use a plastic straw, vacuum seal it with your mouth and close it fast. Takes some practicing but once you get the hang of it you’ll get it right every time. You don’t have to buy the expensive vacuum either. Also the ziplock bag is reusable unlike the one in the video🤷♂️
Hi my name is Ronnie Moore I was a Wilton instructor at Michaels is the person the lady who is doing the ziplock baggie is that Marta I know her she took classes from me if it's her just wanted to say hi
I have been doing this for years. AFTER I seal the zip lock bag, I CUT the insert AND SEAL the edge. Double seal. Never had them inflate!!! (Had happened a few times before then) 😏
you cannot vacuum seal all vegetables if you wish to preserve them . Some types of vegetable give off gases that can still spoil the veg even in a vacuum. Cabbage for example.
It does work. It took me three times to figure it out. LOL The plastic strip remains inside the bag and you don't want it to be in the sealed section. That's what I was doing wrong. My strip was was sticking out the top just a bit.Try again.
George Mulligan Where are you getting that figure??? The ziplocks I purchase are anywhere from .06 - .17 each. For freezer grade too. (depending on the brand)
He’s not into self sufficiency or has grown his own food. Saving what you’ve grown (or bought cheap in bulk) in inexpensive bags to store long term is Much less expensive in the long run (and usually healthier) than depending on food from an unknown source from your local grocer who only has. 3day supply of Anything. And if not resupplied Every 3 days actually has Nothing. How priceless such food as this when the food flow into your community is disrupted for what ever reason.
Walmart (Mainstays) makes their own brand of sealer rolls now they are half the price. I tried this method and they were too tempranental. The seals broke very easily and even if you do it perfectly the seal integrity is poor. I can't trust this method 100%to protect my long term storage from freezer burn
Carol Binnie not if meat was in them!! Never reuse if meat was in them! My gosh, regular zip lock bags are not expensive, buy them in bulk at Sams or Costco
She just hacked the system.
I salute this great lady. My respects
Brilliant!!!! We moved to South America and I brought my foodsaver machine but I can't use it because the foodsaver plastic is so expensive here like it would be made of gold. This video is brilliant!!! I am soooo excited that I will be able to use the machine again with your method using simple ziploc bags. Sending you hugs across the miles from South America from Ecuador!!!!! (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
OMG I just tried this it TOTALLY WORKS. Lady you are a genius! Thanks😀
Thank you so much for this video. I haven't used my food saver in a couple of years due to the price of the bags. But now I think I may pull it back out.
Great idea! I watched a similar video and she uses cheap bags from the dollar store so they don't even have to be a name brand. I'm going to try your system.
Thank you!
Good grief FINALLY a video that actually works!!!! I've been trying for an hour and I watched your video 1 time and got it on the first try!! Thank you sooooo much!!
Thanks for the ideas. Great job for making this video.
Wow! This is brilliant! Thanks for the vid
You are a very nice lady. Thank you.
I love you thank you for helping all of looking for ways to save...
Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you this is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome..glad can be useful :D
What a great hack! Thank you so much.
I never thought about freezing cabbage.... you said that you blanched it? How long did you cook? cooled? and froze it how?
Yes you win from all the videos I’ve seen. Even a cheap basic on can seal like this.
Thank u for the advice,I got the same model recently, now I know what to do
To have easy clean up do you think it's a good idea to wrap meat in wax paper before vaccume sealing?
It looks like the one I got today on Amazon, glad to see it works . They also have generic bags there that are a lot cheaper
Not as cheap as plain zipper bags.
I am going to give this a try, as i used up all of my expensive seal bags too expensive, thank-you ma'am
Great video, thanks!
Glad to see this Because I'm trying to figure out which Sealer is the best , and affordable for me . The bags are expensive . which makes no sense . But why do you have to put the top of the ziploc inside the bag ? TY :)
Thank you for your comment. The real bag for vacuum seal has pattern. That allow the machine sucking the air then seal. For ziploc bag, the plastic smooth. The top of ziploc bag allow air to come out then we seal above it to make sure the air not coming in again.
I have the same model “Food Saver” vacuum sealer. So much cheaper then the other brand, by about it $50 less. Works just as good. I tried this technique as well, it works perfectly with regular baggies, like your zip lock bags or any dollar saver bag from the dollar store. Thank you for your presentation.
What model do you have?
Can the cabbage be put in the freezer after it's vacuumed sealed
Ty! Been wanting a machine for a few years, but I refuse due to the cost of special bags and rolls. I did the math, it’s NOT cost efficient unless your freezing something for months!! However using regular bags I think I might buy a machine now. I’m looking at Food Saver 4840, but a lot of reviews wrote food wont seal properly. There are so many models, why? I’m not talking about high end with a lot of bells and whistles. There are like 3 models that are so similar, different prices.
What about cutting the foodsaver bag into strips and using in the same way, not as thick as ziplock, might seal better
It will work too
Why do you have to put the blue strip inside the bag
WELL DONE, great idea
Thank you! I quit using my vacuum sealer because the bags were too expensive. Going to dig it out again!
Faye Lengenfelder another suggestion for you - I got rid of most of my plastic containers and use wide mouth canning jars. I can vacuum seal anything with an adapter. When pasta, rice, cookies, etc, are on sale, I buy a bunch and pour in the jars. The beauty is you can keep resealing after you take some out.
I only use wide mouth because they are a bit shorter and I can fit my hand inside when cleaning.
Now I can use ziplocks for freezer and save energy more money!!
@@tlsnana9539 Thank you,again!
Thank for this!!! It worked!!!!
Great idea!
Do you have to freeze veggies first or can I just clean, blanch and then seal before I freeze?
Dan Pendergrass blanch, then seal!!
Thanks very much god bless you
Thank you!!!
You are a genius! I would like to thank you for sharing.
You're welcome :D
Good Idea but the problem is the bags fail a lot more often than the Food Saver bags. Plus the Food Saver bags are a lot thicker and prevent freezer burn better. But this method is neat but the seal breaks a lot more often.
Finally some cheap like me to save money thanks
Where there's a will there's a way, I noticed that there needs to be texture to the bag excellent
Does Any food vacuum machine work ??? Thank you
Ok. That was great!!
You are so clever.
Ziplock bags are for very short term storage. Most people who vacuum seal are looking for long term, 1+ weeks. Proper seal bags and mylar bags are a must.
I will try this thanks
rock on!!! i love it
Thank you!
Well don you clever lady, thank you. What is the make of your sealer you are using?
She's using a Food Saver, but this will work with any similar sealer (SealAMeal, Nesco, etc)
Thank you for great video. I was just given a Ziplock sealer. I buy in bulk, my son has left the nest and now only me. I hate to waste. How do you prep before vacuum seal. Cut, Wash, ?Blanch?
All of them, you need to blanch vegetables before you freeze. This method good and save some money for me. But be careful while you seal the plastic. It's easy to get a small hole, because Ziploc bag does not design for vacuum. But for vegetables we just need to freeze to prolonged the freshness...it okay
And you're welcome :D
why do you put the half zipper inside the bag?
Hi, because ziploc bag is flat..if you see for example Foodsaver Bag...it has plaid design, create groove for air to flow out before the bag seal. That half zipper create small hole for air, then seal above the zipper.
I hope you all realize that ZipLoc bags are polyethylene which allows atmosphere to pass through. It will appear to be vacuumed for maybe 5 minutes, but quite soon after you have created a vacuum seal with a polyethylene bag, it will start getting loose and reinflate. Vacuum sealing must be done with what are called barrier bags. They are readily available from ULINE and MUCH less expensive than the FoodSaver bags, probably less expensive than ZipLoc Freezer bags too. How do I know this? I'm in the vacuum sealing industry and it's the very first thing you learn.
Mike McShea Are the u-line bags food grade?
@@knittingknut www.uline.ca/BL_5595/FoodSaver-Bags?keywords=barrier+bags
You can also get rolls on amazon 3mm thick
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT TIP. GOT ANY OTHER IDEAS ON NON-FOOD SEALING? I’M GOING TO TRY TO USE IT FOR PROTECTING ITEMS THAT I SHIP IN THE MAIL OR UPS. (OBVIOUSLY SMALLER ITEMS.) ANY IDEAS?
THANK YOU .😃
Good Idea, I vacuum seal several bags of 100 rounds each of ammunition. Great for storage in a back pack, truck, boat for camping, hunting or any bug-out situation.
Do you seal twice over the same spot or move it to another spot and make another seal?
you have to move the bag alittle to get another seal
hey thanx for the info.
Thanks! Didn’t know this; makes sense and I’m going to try it!
Dear friend, thanks so much for helpful instructions. I can save money. Blessing to you,
pierre from New Mexico
You're welcome my friend
That sounds like a great idea what I don't understand is why cut the top and put it back inside the bag what's the purpose of the step?
it keeps the top open just enough that it allows all the air to be sucked out during vacuuming. With sealer bags, one side is a pleated design, which still lets it suck air out, until it seals it off, so there is not any need for that trick with the bags already designed for sealers.
SMART LADY!
I Use common plastik bag, and i put plastik drinking straw to make gap so the air can be sucked out.
I was anxious to try using the cheaper zip bags with my sealer, the only thing was tho, it melted my zip bag in two! My sealer don’t raise up like yours, you load it from the front, but any suggestions?
Turn it off sooner
@@pryorinc5827 tried that too, then it didn’t hold the vacuum.
@@Elainelovejoy make sure you're using freezer bags not storage bags.
@@pryorinc5827 i did use freezer bags. I wish it would have worked with my machine.
Don't use thin sandwich bags, use freezer bags.
Can we pack peeled garlic and sprouts by this vaccum machine.....please reply
Garlic is not advisable to seal... Coz of it's natural gas
Does it work in a FoodSaver brand vacuum sealer
Yes
genius!
My machine is not sealing right it only seals for 2 days then air gets in an ruins my food
try turning your sealing time up and make sure sealing area is clean
Excellent! Can u recommend a cheap food saver?
Terry Hagen Just what I did, I recommend you go to foodsaver.com register an account everytime you make a purchase so you have a discount. I bought a from Sale & Refurbished foodsaver machine. Called game saver because it doesnt take up much space. You get a machine as low as $50
@@badoodles08 just saw your reply-thanks so much!😊
I got mine for $25 CDN from Ebay.
I got one from Aldi.
I think you have to use the channel side of the sealer on the bag in order to seal it properly.
Using the channel help to suck the air out. It’s used solely as a device to keep the bag from going flat when sealing
Why did you use the zip part of the bag???
My sealer melts the zip lock bags so I have to use two bags at a time.
Ok. I’m lost. Why was the zip lock cut off and placed vertically in the bag? Obviously I’m missing something
The grooves create a channel for the air to be sucked out.
II don’t get it, why do you have to put the cut strip inside the bag?
That's what I want to know
Wow good idea..but can't you seal without using the vacuum
Most sealers have a seal only button
why do u put the top u cut in. the middle
•I have found the issue with sealing non-standard vacuum bags to be the balance of melting the air channel without cutting through the bag.
The solution I have found that works consistently better is to use a strip of material from a $.99 plastic shower loofa. It easily provides enough air flow and melts easily. It works every time on the flimsiest bags.
why did you put the cut off zip lock inside the bag im not understanding what that does?
It creates a channel to suck the air through.
@@jaycee330 ok yeah makes sense now
Thank you, my husband just bought the FoodSaver V4800... and me trying to save money I need a cheaper solution to the bags 😅
😊
I found a food saver at the thrift store for $6. Could you leave the ziplock in place and just use a drinking straw on the bottom to suck and seal? I want to send dehydrated food to a deployed soldier overseas and I want him to be able to reseal the bag.
I would try it
Vacuum seal as shown in the video, send it in an extra Ziplock with a straw, let him/ her mouth vacuum if needed to save any leftover.
Look on Vipon.com. they have coupons for half off generic brand freezer bag rolls from time to time
Intried it too, but it won’t last long before there is air in the bag again
You are never too old to learn. But the way I look it is if you commit yourself to the expense of a vac. sealer you
should be prepared to purchase the bags. I have had several since 1990 and I love them. Ca C'est Bon!
OMG I LOVE IT. DOES IT STAY VACUMED PACKED?
use your old milk bags.
I’m slow, why do we need to put that thing in the bag?
Vacuum sealer needs a channel that doesn’t collapse to continuously pull out the air.
@@sleepy580 oh, I see. Thankyou
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Professional vacuum machine seller.If you need it,please feel free to contact me.
I thought they said we can't vacuum vegetable or fruit that releases its own gas like lettuce, cabbage, or apple. It made them go bad faster.
She mentioned that she blanches it first, The heat from blenching would kill the Lactobacillus and other microbs that would generate CO2 gaz.
This does not work. I tried so many of these videos and every time my foodsaver burns right through the plastic. YES, I have teflon on the sealer bars... This does not work on freezer bags!!
To save more money use a plastic straw, vacuum seal it with your mouth and close it fast. Takes some practicing but once you get the hang of it you’ll get it right every time. You don’t have to buy the expensive vacuum either. Also the ziplock bag is reusable unlike the one in the video🤷♂️
That's a tricky situation with raw meat lol
Personally, I like that you are hacking the system; I would be hesitant to do this because I would really be afraid of ruining my equipment.
Hi my name is Ronnie Moore I was a Wilton instructor at Michaels is the person the lady who is doing the ziplock baggie is that Marta I know her she took classes from me if it's her just wanted to say hi
I have been doing this for years.
AFTER I seal the zip lock bag, I CUT the insert AND
SEAL the edge.
Double seal. Never had them inflate!!! (Had happened a few times before then) 😏
Thank you for sharing that info.
What a accent
Is that right ? how about your English ? Wouldn't it be "what an accent" ? Point is everyone's butt smells except yours.
I think he was saying it a cute accent@@techgeek1162
you cannot vacuum seal all vegetables if you wish to preserve them . Some types of vegetable give off gases that can still spoil the veg even in a vacuum. Cabbage for example.
she mentioned something about blanching it first. maybe to try to prevent that?
@@reallifelegend4781 good point, that would help
You blanche them first, as she mentioned.
Tried it doesnt work
It does work. It took me three times to figure it out. LOL The plastic strip remains inside the bag and you don't want it to be in the sealed section. That's what I was doing wrong. My strip was was sticking out the top just a bit.Try again.
@@meowmix1995 I've got a bag of compress bandages still sealed after 3 weeks.
My food sealer melts the zip lock bag to much!
Mine does that too sometimes. I have to hit stop to keep it from melting through.
@@cd4701 Use thicker freezer bags.
Okay but u don’t need to put the zip lock inside the bag 😂
Saving a $0.12 piece of cabbage in a $0.79 Ziploc bag LOL
Yeah but sometimes convenience is priceless.
George Mulligan
Where are you getting that figure???
The ziplocks I purchase are anywhere from .06 - .17 each. For freezer grade too.
(depending on the brand)
@@poolahpot he is either trolling or stupid. This would be much cheaper than using food saver rolls
He’s not into self sufficiency or has grown his own food.
Saving what you’ve grown (or bought cheap in bulk) in inexpensive bags to store long term is Much less expensive in the long run (and usually healthier) than depending on food from an unknown source from your local grocer who only has. 3day supply of Anything. And if not resupplied Every 3 days actually has Nothing.
How priceless such food as this when the food flow into your community is disrupted for what ever reason.
Walmart (Mainstays) makes their own brand of sealer rolls now they are half the price. I tried this method and they were too tempranental. The seals broke very easily and even if you do it perfectly the seal integrity is poor. I can't trust this method 100%to protect my long term storage from freezer burn
Plastic plastic plastic. The world is plastic. I’m having fresh stir fry plastics today.
And why would anybody seal cabbage? Let alone buy cabbage.
You can wash them & re-use them again.Crazy going through all that for a chitty cheap cabbage.Boring video & hardly of any use lmao :P :D
Carol Binnie not if meat was in them!! Never reuse if meat was in them! My gosh, regular zip lock bags are not expensive, buy them in bulk at Sams or Costco
@@cheriesullivan1494 regular zip lock bags cause your meat, fruit veg etc to get freezer burn.
@@leslieslass she used FREEZER BAGS and her video was not boring.
@@penelopepittstopP I'm entitled to an opinion just as you are. IMO it was boring. Sue me Bitch.
Your mean. I learned something from this video.
You repeat yourself too much.