? about my vacuum sealer..

[cam]

Got me a Food Saver vaccum sealer about 6 months ago. Good for sealing stuff up in small sizes to take up less space in the freezer, but does everything have to be frozen, or kept cold after its sealed?

Reason I ask is that I see a lot of food out there that are sealed, that are never refrigerated. Uncle Bens Rice and Beans is just in a sealed plastic pouch, kept at room temperature on the grocery store shelf. There's also a lot of stews, and other foods that I see like that.

Just curious if my unit would allow me to (for example) seal up a bag of rice and beans with chicken and sausage, throw it in a backpack and eat it while I'm out hunting for the day, like the stuff thats in the stores?

Hope my question makes sense..thanks for the info!

Cam

[Admin]

Good question Cam.
I don't know what they do to the food to allow it to sit on the shelf like that. I would think that anything with meat would have to be pressure canned just like when canning with glass jars. I doubt just vac sealing would be the answer but I'm curious to see what others have to say about this. Good topic. ;D

[tinknocker1]

Cam i use it for everything dehydrated veggies ,fruit ,deer burger ,turkey burger ,dehyrated chilli ect.. ect .... go to you tube and look up home made MRE's you will learn everything you need to know ..