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

VERY interesting. I have avoided the FoodSaver thus far, but this
post may get me thinking about it more!
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Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA