Refrigerator: Replacement Adventure

[DesertBerean]

Jars are a better alternative to canisters for long term storage simply because there's a better range of sizes. The canisters wod be good for frequently used items of course...

[Cow Poke]

Jars are a better alternative to canisters for long term storage simply because there's a better range of sizes. The canisters wod be good for frequently used items of course...

Besides the obvious, of course, that you can actually see what's in a jar without opening it.

[DesertBerean]

THE canisters are clear.

[Cow Poke]

THE canisters are clear.

Oh.

I'm thinking the metal containers my momma used for flour, sugar, coffee, tea, brown sugar....

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Get it? CAN-isters?

[DesertBerean]

[Sparko]

Jars are a better alternative to canisters for long term storage simply because there's a better range of sizes. The canisters wod be good for frequently used items of course...

the jar attachment only works with wide mouth jars. any size, but they have to be wide mouthed.

[One Bad Pig]

Besides the obvious, of course, that you can actually see what's in a jar without opening it.

...unless the jars are made of porcelain, which storage jars often are.

[DesertBerean]

Hey, Foodsaver has attachments for both regular and wide mouth jars.

[DesertBerean]

Hm, I may end up with a freezer on top after all, but with lots of pretty drawers which my current model has none of. Forgot to check on the self defrosting....need to do that?

[Cow Poke]

Hm, I may end up with a freezer on top after all, but with lots of pretty drawers which my current model has none of. Forgot to check on the self defrosting....need to do that?

My small upright freezer is not self defrosting. About twice a year, I allow the frozen contents to dwindle (by not buying new stuff and using what's in there) to a point where I can put the remaining contents in igloos, set the freezer on the back porch in the Texas sun, and in a couple hours, it's defrosted.

If you open and close it a lot, it's going to frost up faster.

Self defrosting, I think, is worth it.

[DesertBerean]

Yeah, I'm not sure why I put a question mark there. Must have fat thumbed that one.

[Sparko]

definitely recommend self defrosting.

[Carrikature]

I don't know that it's dying, at least not locally. Our Walmart has a healthy section of mason jars etc and a canner/cooker.

My experience suggests this is one of those things where the West Coast is its own world.

[Carrikature]

Yup, I use the marinating function - it helps to draw the marinade into the meat.

How?

[Sparko]

How?

It cycles through vacuuming the meat which opens the pores and lets the marinade penetrate, then releasing the vacuum and letting the meat go back to normal, and repeating that several times, then you seal it with a vacuum and put it in the fridge for a while till you are ready to cook.

It is like massaging the steak. Works good on chicken too.