Today I learned I can freeze food to make it last longer.

[grommet]

It doesn't show a tube or adapter in the photo. I have noticed two kinds of hoses, you showed them to me in photos of what you have. I want to be able to use containers with my Foodsaver but if there are two types, I do not understand which adapters and containers to get. I am wondering if there is a more modern version that uses a new adapter. What do you think?

This image shows a container and a different kind of attachment. Is this what I need to work with my Foodsaver 800?

 

[Nitro]

That appears to be the included adapter on top of that container.

 

[grommet]

That appears to be the included adapter on top of that container.

Thank you. I have it in my cart now.

 

[grommet]

I just bought the 8 quart container. It says it comes with an adapter. I think it will fit halved avocados. It will be fun to see if they last much longer in the vacuum container.

 

[grommet]

I change my order to a set of three, 3 cup, 5 cup and 8 cup. I think this will work very well for me. I am so looking forward to it.

 

[Phlogiston101]

I completely know what you mean about not naturally knowing some things. When I was in about 3rd grade or so I remember my mom noticed I had a runny nose, and she told me I should go blow it. I remember telling her I didn't know how too since no one ever showed me. She showed me how and ever since it's worked. I also didn't naturally understand that people are supposed to talk to each other about things gooing on in their lives, or about the past. Not until my wife divorced me a few years ago, and I was researching conversational skills did I know this. I'm not stupid or anything, actually quite smart, it's just soome things don't seem to come naturally to me, and probably others like me.

 

[grommet]

I completely know what you mean about not naturally knowing some things. When I was in about 3rd grade or so I remember my mom noticed I had a runny nose, and she told me I should go blow it. I remember telling her I didn't know how too since no one ever showed me. She showed me how and ever since it's worked. I also didn't naturally understand that people are supposed to talk to each other about things gooing on in their lives, or about the past. Not until my wife divorced me a few years ago, and I was researching conversational skills did I know this. I'm not stupid or anything, actually quite smart, it's just soome things don't seem to come naturally to me, and probably others like me.

You understand. It helps knowing it is not just me. I felt alone most of the time because everyone seemed to know everything, understand everything. I did not know most of what they did or you are supposed to know. I could not figure out how they understood all these things.

 

[Streetwise]

You understand. It helps knowing it is not just me. I felt alone most of the time because everyone seemed to know everything, understand everything. I did not know most of what they did or you are supposed to know. I could not figure out how they understood all these things.

I didn't understand them until I was at least 7 or 8 and it was because my mother was physically disabled , not in the wheelchair at that time but still disabled, so we had to help her and she taught us to create meals, I think also coming from a small Island the mind set used to be preserve every single thing you can, lot of people very small space ,maybe if I lived in a large country like the USA I would have not learned, because we had been severely poor we had learned to make things my mother had never been taught anything as her mother had been taught that children should not help with cooking she learnt from books after she left home , it was a bad idea not the teach her we almost starved to death, having one egg between 3 people for a few days is not good nutrition, I think I picked up on the fact that she was desperate , so I watched her, then I started to grow very quickly ,achild psychologist said I closed off my childhood and grew into an adult at 2 years of age, it's not unusual for that to happen, then motor neurone disease happened she had the worst form called pseudo bulbar palsy , it's called classic Lou Gehrig's disease in old American parlance most people just get a l s, our family always seems to get the most severe form, unlike Stephen hawking I didn't get to live with my mother for another 60 years I got 3 years, still more than the actor David Niven who got 18 months, some people with her diseaseonly live 2 months, going from being somebody who was typically autistic to almost being neurotypical overnight was not something I would recommend for anybody , I knew nothing about the label high functioning autism I thought I was very nervous then I started to in my autistic way try to imitate what she did she tried to help me but she deteriorated the fastest I ever seen anybody still she tried to help me obviously not perceiving what I could see, somebody that looks like they had add bean living in the concentration camp Auschwitz , she looked like oneof the dead bodies on the pile weighed 3 and a half stones when she died that is part of the reason why I know something about food I had no natural understanding I made a chocolate cake and use salt instead of sugar.

 

[Phlogiston101]

Hi grommet I really like your avitar, I haven't found one for myself yet. I'm a chemist for a living, and your avitar reminds me of the dream that the guy who figured out the structure of benzene, he dreampt of a snake that chased its tail round and round unitll it finally grabbed onto it makiing a circle. And this is part of how he figured out benzene's chemical structure. Anyway, I think there's probably lots of smart people like us who don't naturally catch onto certain things, but when shown how to, or where to get the information ,a and given the proper resources all these things make sense. This site has a lot of good people on it for things like this.

 

[grommet]

Hi grommet I really like your avitar, I haven't found one for myself yet. I'm a chemist for a living, and your avitar reminds me of the dream that the guy who figured out the structure of benzene, he dreampt of a snake that chased its tail round and round unitll it finally grabbed onto it makiing a circle. And this is part of how he figured out benzene's chemical structure. Anyway, I think there's probably lots of smart people like us who don't naturally catch onto certain things, but when shown how to, or where to get the information ,a and given the proper resources all these things make sense. This site has a lot of good people on it for things like this.

I love your screen name. I like to talk with people about phlogiston.

Thank you for saying that about smart people not catching on to things. I believe it has to be true because I think I see so many examples and though I cannot easily do the simple things in life, I seem to be able to understand things that confuse other people or they say are very complex. I do not understand their perspective because science and engineering seem, in a basic way, understandable to me.

Interactions with cashiers are extremely difficult for me. I put things off, sometimes years, because I am worried about them. Other people do not seem to consider them at all. Riding the bus is miserably frightening and confusing for me. It is hard for me to even use an analogy. It is just overwhelming. Most people seem to be able to go anywhere on buses any time they want and often make fun of my difficulty. I never make fun of people for not understanding science.

The people here are the best. I have been shown such kindness. More than I have been able to find anywhere else. I am so grateful.

 

[Streetwise]

I love your screen name. I like to talk with people about phlogiston.

Thank you for saying that about smart people not catching on to things. I believe it has to be true because I think I see so many examples and though I cannot easily do the simple things in life, I seem to be able to understand things that confuse other people or they say are very complex. I do not understand their perspective because science and engineering seem, in a basic way, understandable to me.

Interactions with cashiers are extremely difficult for me. I put things off, sometimes years, because I am worried about them. Other people do not seem to consider them at all. Riding the bus is miserably frightening and confusing for me. It is hard for me to even use an analogy. It is just overwhelming. Most people seem to be able to go anywhere on buses any time they want and often make fun of my difficulty. I never make fun of people for not understanding science.

The people here are the best. I have been shown such kindness. More than I have been able to find anywhere else. I am so grateful.

Even neurotypicals children don't know what we know they are taught how to cook schools for all children have cookery lessons I was taught how to cook but for instance as you know my mother wasn't so there will be a lot of children that aren't taught how to cook preserve food or too sew or 2 repair fabrics .I was also of a generation who was also taught woodwork.

 

[grommet]

My Foodsaver bags will not keep a seal. I do not know what is wrong. The part where they seal seems like it is melting too hot perhaps. The bag vacuumed very well but within an hour the vacuum was gone.

The bags I am using are Foodsaver Brand and they are new. There is no grease or oil on the bag edge.

Do you think I am pressing down too hard when sealing? It is hard to know how hard to press.

 

[Phlogiston101]

I've never had a food sealer or anything like that, but when I was a boy my mom had a seal a meal. I think it's similar, once i decided to touch the element that heats the plastic and got a pretty good burn on both my index fingers. I've used impulse bag sealers to seal up samples, I think they're similar minus the vacuum function. I've noticed if the heat is dialed up too much the seal can fail due to the bag melting. The impulse bag sealers I've used have a timed function you can feel it click off when power is turned off to the heat element so I don't think pressing too hard is the problem, probably just heat dialed up a bit too much.

 

[Phlogiston101]

Sorry here, but I don't really understand why you like to talk about phlogiston. It's a cool worrd, it was from the early days of chemistry. The early chemists noticed if a lit match, or other fire was put in a sealed container it would self extinguish eventually. They called the air that was leftover de-phlogisticated air. If I remember correctly, a google search would find out, but phlogiston was thought to be a vital component to life that was in the air. One of the things that attracted me to chemistry is all of the antiquated/cool words you get to use. I saw a thread on using odd/misusing words on purpose somewhere on this site. That's something I like to do, but I have to keep it in check sometimes people get a bit annoyed by it.

 

[Streetwise]

Sorry here, but I don't really understand why you like to talk about phlogiston. It's a cool worrd, it was from the early days of chemistry. The early chemists noticed if a lit match, or other fire was put in a sealed container it would self extinguish eventually. They called the air that was leftover de-phlogisticated air. If I remember correctly, a google search would find out, but phlogiston was thought to be a vital component to life that was in the air. One of the things that attracted me to chemistry is all of the antiquated/cool words you get to use. I saw a thread on using odd/misusing words on purpose somewhere on this site. That's something I like to do, but I have to keep it in check sometimes people get a bit annoyed by it.

If you ever want to blurb (my version of verbal diarrhoea )about it go to the ranting room and blurb away The ranting room is supposed to be for no discussion whatsoever so people are not supposed to be saying what you said took too long

 

[grommet]

I've never had a food sealer or anything like that, but when I was a boy my mom had a seal a meal. I think it's similar, once i decided to touch the element that heats the plastic and got a pretty good burn on both my index fingers. I've used impulse bag sealers to seal up samples, I think they're similar minus the vacuum function. I've noticed if the heat is dialed up too much the seal can fail due to the bag melting. The impulse bag sealers I've used have a timed function you can feel it click off when power is turned off to the heat element so I don't think pressing too hard is the problem, probably just heat dialed up a bit too much.

I have an impulse sealer and I am very good with it. When I began using it I noticed that heating too long caused sealing problems. The Foodsaver, as far as I can tell, doesn't allow adjustment for sealing time or temperature. I am thinking about using the Foodsaver and immediately after going over to my impulse sealer for a better second seal. I really hope that works. I spent a lot of money and really want it to work.

 

[grommet]

Sorry here, but I don't really understand why you like to talk about phlogiston. It's a cool worrd, it was from the early days of chemistry. The early chemists noticed if a lit match, or other fire was put in a sealed container it would self extinguish eventually. They called the air that was leftover de-phlogisticated air. If I remember correctly, a google search would find out, but phlogiston was thought to be a vital component to life that was in the air. One of the things that attracted me to chemistry is all of the antiquated/cool words you get to use. I saw a thread on using odd/misusing words on purpose somewhere on this site. That's something I like to do, but I have to keep it in check sometimes people get a bit annoyed by it.

I like talking about phlogiston because it helps me discuss with people about critical thinking and scientific discovery. It is not a perfect process and very intelligent people can and must make mistakes along the way. A theory is made then proved or disproved. The brightest minds believing in phlogiston is a good example of the best thinking at the time.

 

[Streetwise]

I like talking about phlogiston because it helps me discuss with people about critical thinking and scientific discovery. It is not a perfect process and very intelligent people can and must make mistakes along the way. A theory is made then proved or disproved. The brightest minds believing in phlogiston is a good example of the best thinking at the time.

The problem with experimentation is it can be dangerous and a number of researchers and business owners have caused irreparable damage like Nobel using lead in petrol