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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

Each fall we fill up 2 large chest freezers, they are old ones, outdoors in 
the barn, so they don't have to run all year. We have switched over to doing 
much of our freezing with a vacuum bag sealer. Gone are the days of freezer 
burned fruit, veggies and meat!
A couple tricks: for soft fruit like raspberries we put them on cookie 
sheets in the freezer till they are just firm, then quickly vacuum bag and 
freeze. The other trick is to cut 1" strips of paper towel the width of the 
bag and insert it just below the opening, this solves the problem of any 
juices being sucked out and ruining the seal. We have a Food Saver brand, 
but no reason to think others aren't just as good. Del z 2/3

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