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Default Purging the freezer

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> On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 11:23:48 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > Having used the chest freezer to store stuff while we waited for
> > the new freezer I realized how badly it was in need of defrosting
> > and purging. holy cow there is a lot of mysteries in there. There
> > are containers of stuff that I don't even know what they are.
> > There are several half loaves of very dried out old bread, old
> > yogurt containers with various soups and sauces.
> >

> Have you ever considered a Food Saver vacuum machine?


She's right. They work really well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU73OMC

Look at the 4th tab with freezer times. While I don't do this with
lettuce or berries etc. (nor bread) I assure you the meat times are
accurate. The range is based on if you are using commercial level
bags, or cheapos from Walmart.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028JURDQ

Thats not the cheapest bags but the work well and it's 98 feet of
material which if you cut it a bit long, can be rinsed and reused with
a smaller item (to reduce landfill).

There's a decent looking unit out there for 150$. Mine is out of stock
right now but didn't cost much more in 2009 when we got it. Still
running fine.