On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:39:20 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> This year's Mother's Day present was a set of Foodsaver
> canisters and a roll of bags for the Foodsaver I gave
> Mom last year.
>
> If you have one, you may be interested to know that
> Bed, Bath, and Beyond has been doing a clearance sale
> on the canisters at $10 for the set of three, which
> used to be $20.
>
> I don't consider these to be very useful, except for
> foods which oxidize like roasted coffee beans and
> for marinating meat, which is the main reason to get
> them. At $10, you may as well buy a set if you have
> the machine. You might not be able to buy them
> a year from now.

You need a machine for those things? One more item to store.

> I'll bet they cut into sales of the bags, which at $20
> per roll are rather pricey.

I dunno and I don't care either. Seems like a colossal waste of money
to me. Novel idea for some: don't buy so much and store less.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.