So how expensive are teh foodsaver bags?

Reb wrote:
:: 11 days ago I posted that I was going to seal some prepared salad
:: (from a package) in a partial vacuum using my FoodSaver. I did this
:: manually to simulate what it would be like for someone who does not
:: have the variable vacuum control feature. What I did was I stuffed
:: a couple of FoodSaver bags (one pint-size, one quart-size) with the
:: salad (various lettuce types, cabbage and shredded carrots),
:: vacuumed it until I thought it was going to start crushing the
:: leaves, then stopped it, pulled it back and quickly sealed it.
::
:: Today I compared the sealed salad to the bag of unsealed (but
:: carefully rolled and closed) salad. The unsealed salad had become
:: wilty (still edible if you pick out the wilty bits) and some of the
:: leaves were turning brown. But at the bottom of the sack, the salad
:: was ruined. It was slimy and brown. I tossed the whole thing.
::
:: The sealed bags, however, look exactly as they did 11 days ago. No
:: visible browning, and everything appears to still be crisp. Pretty
:: amazing, huh?
::
:: Reb
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