I fold a piece of absorbent paper towel a couple of folds so it ends up being about 1" high by the width of
the bag opening,
insert it in to the vacuum bag across the top, below where the seal will be, and any moisture is absorbed
before being sucked into the vacuum chamber. Works good for me.

David.

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message ...
>* Posted in alt.cooking-chat but thought some here may find it useful info.
>
>
> ok, I'm getting ready to head up to our camp for deer season with a couple friends and needed to vacuum seal
> individual servings of chili, sausage & peppers, and stew. And I hit a problem and solved it. I thought I'd
> pass it on.
>
> The problem: getting the inside top of the bags wet/goobered up so they wouldn't seal properly with out
> wiping them off prior to sealing.
>
> The solution: Find a food grade tube of plastic, preferably flexible, around 3 1/2" in diameter and 9" or
> so inches long.
>
> Use: Insert the tube into the bag but *not* all the way to the bottom. Approximately 1/2 way so that when
> you scoop the food into the tube it falls out the tube into the bag without messing up the outside bottom of
> the tube.
>
> Pull the tube out and seal the bag with nice clean insides. Works great.
> --
> Steve