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> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:53:40 -0800, "Cheri" >
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>>> Just bought one in a sale at a good price. All seems pretty
>>> straightforward but should I vacuum seal the steak in a bag, or just
>>> seal the bag? I took a steak out of the freezer for tomorrow, but
>>> could I just as easily do today, placing it in frozen, and leaving
>>> longer?
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>>I'm not an expert at it because I'm fairly new to it, but now I do vacuum
>>seal because I had a bit of a problem with the ziplocks leaking. You can
>>cook steak from frozen and add 30 or so minutes to the cooking time.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> OK thanks, I decided to wait until tomorrow and its a bit late to
> start now, I figured I'd like to buy some mushrooms to go with it. I
> have a vaccuum/seal machine and about six rolls of the bags that
> somebody gave me, she got a huge bargain on them then found they took
> up too much room and she wasn't using them fast enough I would
> have thought they would have covered that in the accompanying book,
> but they didn't. However it did warn when you take the lid off, tilt
> it away from yourself to avoid burns Do we live with an age of
> idiots now, or just sue-ers?


I know, but in this day and age I suppose they have to CYA with all of it,
my instructions said the same thing, sort of like pull your hand out before
closing the door. Mushrooms would be great with it, and I would definitely
use the vacuum seal with steak.

Cheri