I only use the food saver brand bags and i have never tried to reheat anything in them. Also, I'm not the only one in the family who notices the off taste. Perhaps the bags are too old? I would say around 8 years old? Maybe I should just buy some new bags to go with it and see where that gets me. Thanks for posting.

Tiramisu, have had it but don't think it's as wonderful as other people think it is. It's ok. Rabbit, they fed it fried to us in basic training at in the Air Force. It was good, tasted like chicken to me. Have had a lot of things listed above by other people. I think I'm pretty open to new foods, having grown up eating a lot of different Oriental food from my mom and her friends. When we went to France we steered clear of the horse meat on the menus. Just can't bring myself to eat a possible old racehorse. Lauren wanted to try escargot, though, so I ordered a seafood platter for both of us with escargot, clams, oysters and I can't remember what else. I didn't know it was cold and raw. The escargot might have been better if sauteed in butter or however they make it. That is the only thing I can think of that I might want to try again.

Fast food has a bad reputation, it is not going to hurt you unless you order 2 big macs or super size everything all the time. Then it is the calories that make you obese. If I buy the ingredients for hamburgers and make a meatloaf and salad out of it, there's no difference. My Mom is 96 and living alone. She was raised on food fried in lard. When I told the doctor my sisters were worried about Mom eating to many sweets, he said it doesn't matter what she eats because of her age. She is no longer building a strong body and bones. Let her eat what she wants. My mother in law didn't do a thing for the last 15 years of her life except make her bed, cook and do the dishes and she lived to be 85. Exercise does not extend your life only keeps you more agile, if it doesn't cripple you because of worn out bones. I don't believe all the stuff the health experts say. Remember the "drink 8 glasses of water at day"? It was a myth, no studies or proof that it was necessary. A doctor on TV said an abundance of water causes more problems than drinking only when you are thirsty. My doctor said eat a wide variety of food all in moderation. As you can tell, this is a pet peeve of mine. I've lost two doctors because I don't bow down the them and do preventative drugs

linda_in_iowa, like you, I have family that has terrible manner dealing with people that works hard for minimum wages. I too, stopped going out with them for awhile until they've learned. Due to my disabiliy, I'm often the last to get out the door. That is actually an advantage because it gave me a chance to apologize to the waiter/waitress for their bad behaviour. Often, the food that is sent back is thrown out, and in many restaurants, it's deducted from the waiter/waitress paycheck. Knowing this, I often find it unnecessary to cause hardship to others and just enjoy what is in front of me. Mistake happens. The only time that I sent a meal back was because it had a huge stink bug crawling out from a salad. The salad was used as a garnish for a quiche. I assumed because of that, the salad was often rinsed sparingly to preserve its look. Besides, stink bugs tend to cling on their food and not easily letting it go. Technically, it was safe to eat the quiche because the bug was not in the quiche. Ugh... but looking at the huge bug looking at me... well, it wasn't pleasant. I could see the fear in the waiter's face when I showed the bug, poor guy. He quietly went away and the manager quickly came out. He apologized and offered me another choice of meal. It was during lunch time at a high class restaurant. I didn't want to cause a scene nor causing their business to go down. I politely asked for the same meal and told him it was no big deal. As a token of appreciation, the manager gave us all that free meal. LOL, later on, my brother told me that if he knew the meal was free, he would have ordered more.