To store food for a long time, instead of buckets and oxygen absorbers you might try this technique using a food saver vacuum bags storage.

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  By buttheadfred778899, May 19, 2009 @ 4:36 am

  hey, why cant you just use the mylar bag instead of the food saver bag over the mylar to seal the food?????????
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  By billygarner587, May 20, 2009 @ 2:20 am

  Fred,
  It would be great if you could, and I may figure out a way one day. The Food Saver bags have a rough texture on one side, sort of a corrugation, which allows air to seep from the food to the vacuum chamber until all the air is evacuated. Mylar is so smooth that air can’t get between the smooth layers, so it stays in the food side. The Food Saver senses a high vacuum and immediately starts the heat seal strip. That’s also why you can’t use any old plastic bag with the FoodSaver.
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  By seejanemom, May 20, 2009 @ 1:07 pm

  This is THE MOST PRECIOUS video. I adore your accent and your matter of fact tone..and the way you knock on it to show how hard it is…it makes my eight year old giggle. I AM NOT being sarcastic. Watching your video is hypnotic. Like watching The Waltons is soothing when I just can’t face reality on FOX NEWS.

  ONE SUGGESTION…that wide flap you cut off at the very end would be a GREAT TAB on which to SHARPIE the CONTENTS and maybe a date on your very superior, but very OPAQUE sealing bag!!
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  By billygarner587, May 21, 2009 @ 2:20 am

  Jane,
  Thanks for your kind comments. I like your suggestion of writing contents/date on the tab. It needs to be there so our grandchildren will know what grandma or grandpa put in the mylar bag a few decades before. By the way, I have been experimenting some more and have a new, easier technique. It will be posted either tomorrow or this weekend.
  Thanks,
  Bill
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  By truetohisword, May 31, 2009 @ 2:52 am

  Wow, I think this is an awesome idea! Do you add an oxygen pack inside the mylar bag for extra security since this is for long term storage?
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  By billygarner587, May 31, 2009 @ 4:54 am

  In my experimenting, I have used both. It’s too early to tell, but the ones with the oxygen absorbers are extremely hard. At about 40 cents each, it’s cheap insurance to use one in case there are a few molecules left in the space between the beans peas, etc.
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  By bpereztab, July 4, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

  There are so many Food Saver models that it is hard to choose. Can you recommend one?
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  By billygarner587, July 10, 2009 @ 1:57 pm

  The model I have is about 12 years old. I would get the best I could afford, and it should last a long time. Look at the different features and see if you need those extras. The higher the vacuum, the better.
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  By robinkoeman, July 28, 2009 @ 9:06 am

  Awesome. I’m going to put this vid in my favorites-list. 5/5
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  By Dansterpower, November 6, 2009 @ 8:19 pm

  Bill,

  Thanks for your efforts in making this. I am bolstering my food storage and also looking for a vacuum sealer to put away an Elk I took while preventing freezer burn.

  I so appreciate your knowledge. Now I know how to use Mylar for solid food storage.

  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  Dante
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  By jagjit79, December 12, 2009 @ 1:34 pm

  awesome and informative video. any idea how to seal liquid food?
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  By cooksalot1, December 24, 2009 @ 10:02 pm

  WOW! That is totally awesome. I will have to pass this on to the other ladies in my Titus 2 class.
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  By spartencamp, January 9, 2010 @ 4:27 am

  I like this idea but I don’t like waisting the food savor bags could you make the food savor bag alot longer then the mylar so you can reuse it or dose it have to be almost the same size?
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  By synespro, January 9, 2010 @ 8:26 pm

  Im intereested in perserving my dvds in mylar bags. What happens if you just use the mylar bag with no outer food saver bag? will the mylar bag seal?
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  By billygarner587, January 16, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

  Jagjit,
  Sorry it took me a while to respond. Liquids will be sucked up into the FoodSaver, so I suggest you put them in a plastic Food Saver bag, squeeze out all of the air you can, and seal the end without vacuum. You can do the same with Mylar, but you wouldn’t know when all of the air is out. If presence of air is unimportant, simply pour in the liquid into the Mylar bag, keeping the edge to be sealed dry, and seal with an iron.
  Thanks, Bill
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  By astrialkil, January 27, 2010 @ 3:36 pm

  ok then could U use a strip (one half the bag corrugated side only) of the food saver bag INSIDE the Mylar bag so U only Use 1 inch of food saver bag?
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  By billygarner587, January 27, 2010 @ 10:37 pm

  You won’t need the DVD’s to be vacuum sealed, just sealed. Squeeze out the air and seal with a food saver or just an iron.
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  By bobbobmarley27, February 22, 2010 @ 12:36 pm

  @billygarner587 hi bill…how about mushroom?..can it help to prolong the freshness of a mushroom?…hoping for your response…ty
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  By BeeRich33, February 25, 2010 @ 9:53 pm

  Where can I get mylar bags?
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  By EagleScoutMatt, March 2, 2010 @ 3:08 am

  BeeRich33,

  I got mine on ebay, after looking they had the best prices. (even with shipping)
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  By urkingod, March 4, 2010 @ 5:29 am

  Since when and? who has been telling you to do this ? To store? food, and buy Silver, etc.

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