does it only work if your fruit and veggies are uncovered and loose in the drawer? What if you keep lettuce or grapes, etc in a zip lock bag?
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I've tried it a few ways and can tell you this: fruits like apples, oranges, pears, plum, peaches do well just being in the drawer with these. I put celery in another drawer without a bag and it dried out. The lettuce is in a plastic bag as are the carrots and they are doing well. I have onions in a brown paper bag and they're good too. However, I don't close the bag like a zip loc. I use the plastic bag you get in the supermarket when you are picking out your fruits and veggies and leave it open in the drawer with these little apples. I've had an orange in there for 3 weeks now and it's doing well. That's my test case. The other food has been eaten. Oh, I do have grapes in the bag they came in for a week now and they are as good as the day I brought them home. Long answer but this has worked for me.
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It seems to work for me when I put a loose apple in a drawer, but if your drawer is large, or if it is very full, I suggest putting two apples in the drawer (separate them a bit) As for bagged lettuce from store, one apple placed in this bag kept lettuce fresh for almost 1 MONTH for me. I couldn't believe it! For both bagged lettuce from the store and produce in zip loc bags, I DO put an apple in the bag, but I do NOT SHUT the bag AIR TIGHT.
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I think it will work. I have used it in a closed container of baby spinach and it did great. You would need to put it in the bag to work however. It need to be in contact with the air that surrounds the fruit or vegetable.
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I've had a foodsaver for several years, it quit and I will not stay without one for long. I've been able to seal anything that will fit in the bag. The cannisters will keep lettuce 3 times longer, but I don't think they would be freezable. If you seal the flour you could split it to make smaller packages. Also, I think it will be OK if you leave plenty of extra bag material at the sealing end, so it doesn't pull against the sealing process. Good luck.
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A watery sauce or moisture from fruits will go into other compartments. A small paper towel in the bottom of the compartment takes care of that. Yogurt might be ok if it's pretty thick.
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I keep my unopened bags in the pantry. Once i open it i transfer it to a zip baggie and keep it in the frige. I honestly dont know if you shouldnt keep it in the pantry. I do know that the frige prolongs the life of your yeast.
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The ziploc bags are not air tight. They have a zipper around the top so should stay shut but also have a narrow mesh around the top and are not vacuum sealed.
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Neither will this. Its just another Food Saver, just built better. No vac bagger can deal with liquids of any kind, but, freeze it first and it becomes a non issue. I also put a sheet of paper towel at the inside top of the bag, but before the seal area, to catch the juice as its squeezed out. Never had an issue.
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The fruit would not dry out as long as you reseal it every time in a zip lock bag and squeeze as much of the air out as you can before resealing.
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I take my produce out if the bags when I get home. Leafs do fine in the crisper unprotected as long as it isn't too cold and the leaves are dry.
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If it is the kind of lettuce bag with the vents, then yes. If not, I just make a little slice in it with a knife and I think that it works.
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The bag is not secure. We are very disappointed in how this works (or doesn't work). A loose bag allows fruit flies to enter the bin, defeating the purpose of the bin.
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Pretty easy, sometimes you need to squeeze between your fingers. Just like you do with bags for fruit at the local store. If its a cold winter night I'd suggest checking bag before heading out.
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I use shopping bags. You can see them around the edges when the lid is closed, but I don't mind. Works for me.
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More than likely small berries will fall through the holes. We use it for okra, squash, grapes, and jerky. It does a very good job - we've also dehydrated some of our own homemade pickles!
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The refrigerator drawers are not air-tight so yes, the Berry Breeze does work on the produce in the drawers.
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As long as you don't have fruit or vegetables that actually spoil in them (they won't keep them fresh forever) and there isn't a big mess in the bag, all you have to do it is rinse it out and turn it inside out to dry. Once dry, just turn it back outside in and it's ready to use again. I have noticed that by the 3rd use, the life of the vegetables or fruit is just a little bit shorter. But overall, I love these things!
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Hi, I use these for anything...what I do if I'm not storing produce is merely take out the vent in the bottom, and it works great! Hope this helps!
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Compatible? This is just a bag for your compost from juicing. You take the vegetable matter that's left over, put it in the bag, and throw it in your compost bin - the bag dissolves. It doesn't fit on a juicer or anything like that. You just put the stuff in it after you're done juicing. Oops, I see from other users that apparently it does fit on a juice bin of some juicers. I use a Champion juicer, which doesn't have a juice bin. I put the vegetable matter into a bowl, and when I'm done I put it in this bag and toss it in the compost bin.