[pct-l] Speaking of Resupplies...

[dicentra]

I have a friend that puts a piece of paper toweling on either side of the food - between the food and the bag. Says it helps with the holes. Remove towels before adding water.
 
I have not tried this yet. But I will.
 
~Dicentra


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--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:


From: Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Speaking of Resupplies...
To: "dicentra" <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:59 AM


dicentra wrote:
> It sounds like you were using the vacuume sealer on regular zip locks
>  and not the thicker (and more expensive) vacuume sealer bags?? What
> a pain with the extra ziplocks!   I've been playing around with this
> a bit... The zip locks work, but you're right, they get holes. Fine
> if you are cooking in your pan. You don't lose ingredients, but not
> so good if you want to cook /in the bag/.
> 
> HOWEVER... The vacuume sealer bags are rated to be used in/with
> boiling water, so you CAN use those to cook in (and by that, I mean
> rehydrate food). And those don't get holes when you seal them (unless
> it doesn't seal properly the first time).

What I did was place the food into a ziplock, the place the filled
ziplock in a vacuum sealer bag, then seal the bag. I was trying to have
the convenience of a bag that I could seal on the trail (the ziplock)
while still being able to vacuum seal the food. Even with the double
layer of plastic, many of the bags leaked air.

I don't know what I would do differently if there is a next time.