Food savers pros and cons
Judy Good
3 years ago
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Comments (27)To all posters: especially Jillmcm an vonyon, thank you so much for your input on this subject. I live in a wooded area. I love watching all the wildlife,- turkey, deer, and especially the birds, we have blue bird, martin and wren houses, and several bird baths. I have suet feeders, finch feeders, and a hopper feeders, along with several bird baths. I enjoy the birds so much, and spend many hours watching them. Then last summer a pair of phobees built a nest on a window sill on the second floor of our house. What a delight! They would swoop down and eat tons of insects. When I saw a hawk in a tree next to our house eyeing the baby phobees, it was too much, I went over the edge. I was obsessed with how to keep them out of our yard. All of the posts on this forum have been so helpful to putting things in balance. I am going to rethink my pattern of feeding the birds. Although the Phobees don't eat at bird feeders,they do use the bird baths, and the mere fact that there is a concentration of birds, attracted the hawks. By the way, the hawks nested in the woods next to us, and I heard the baby hawk calling after it's mother for food and say them hunting together, so I know they have to eat too. Thank you, again!...See MoreFood Savers, which one?
Comments (11)I bought a Food Saver about 10 years ago for our vacation home to keep food fresh. I bought mine at BJ's - that was before Costco came to town. 5 years ago I bought an improved model to use here. I use the vacuum canisters more than the vacuum bags. We don't store food in the freezer at the vacation place due to power outages. But the canisters came in different sizes and that's where we keep crackers, coffee, sugar, cereal, nuts etc. At home I use both the bags and the canisters. I use the bags if I happen to buy large quantities of meat for the freezer. Now that the kids are gone we don't do that as often. I can't compare the Tilia to the Food Saver. And when I first bought mine the self seal canisters (OXO ?) weren't on the market yet. I don't know how good those are. One thing to check before you buy is the cost of the replacement bags or canisters if you want them. My canisters work well but I wish they had flat lids so that you can stack them - the lids on mine are slightly domed. I do know several people who hunt and they purchased theirs from Cabelas - it's really heavy duty - they offer several models....See MoreBreville ovens -- smart vs compact? Pros/cons?
Comments (42)All the photos and experience you all so generously provided were a huge help to me. Update: I spent my precious points on the compact and it fits perfectly under my plate rack! However, I did get a laugh this morning when I had to read a book to learn how to make toast! Just wanted to thank everyone on this thread for their input & suggestions. So many things these days offer convenience but turn out to be a PITA and end up in the donation box. It was great to know in advance that I wasn't stumbling into that. Do think I really will enjoy the Breville. (Just a P.S. to anyone doing any shopping at Crate & Barrel for the holidays. I didn't know about this at all. I bought ornaments for Xmas gifts at Crate last year. They offered 10% off that purchase if I took out their credit card, so I did. I didn't buy another thing there until September when we needed a new sofa on sale. I used their card. That purchase gave me 1% points valid for several months. I used those points for this purchase, also on the card, online putting in the coupon code. This was a very nice added value to the sofa purchase. )...See MorePros and Cons of Low Profile Over the Range Microwaves
Comments (30)I did end up purchasing the Kitchenaid Low Profile microwave. I originally wanted the Zephyr Typhoon 30" Stainless Steel Quiet Under-Cabinet Range Wall Hood AK2100BS. I could have done without a microwave (I never use it) but another family member uses one daily and we have limited counter space to accommodate a microwave on the counter. I like the KitchenAid Low Profile microwave very much. It is very stylish and streamlined, creating a much less bulky appearance than our former standard size OTR microwave. There is a two setting option for the lights and they are very bright. There is a four speed fan and it is somewhat noisy on the highest speed, which I expected. The fan does a fairly good job at removing smoke / odors and I can actually see the cooking smoke / fumes going upwards into the exhaust fan but I still do smell some small residual cooking odors in the home. We have outside venting. I don't do wok cooking or anything extreme so it works for my needs at this time. If I can answer any further questions regarding this item, please let me know....See MoreLukki Irish
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