All sucked out..

My newly purchased vacuum sealer was necessary to use for the sous vide method of cooking. Food is placed in a plastic bag, the air is sucked out and the bag sealed. The method of sous vide is to place it then into a pan of heated water. The temperature has to be reasonably exact. Time is long with potatoes taking 1 -2 hours and tougher cuts of meat - up to 8 hours. However the food cooks without letting any moisture come out and so retains maximum flavour and nutrition.

Three good things:
1. This machine took a bit of time to work it out - as usual, translated from an asian language.
2. My first flamenco lesson.
3. I loved all the nice things people said about our Ukelele performance! Preen, preen!

[Simply Amanda]

Well that really sucks;-). How cool. Oooh, I want flamenco photos!:) Good for you, Maggiemae. You are fun!

[katy]

Cool capture of your new machine and those chicken legs! Can't wait to see your pictures of your Flamenco performances when you start those!

[👑 AnaZad]

I use this machine to seal before freezing, but the cooking method is new to me. Can you condiment, or marinate meats before sealing them? Sounds very interesting.

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Have you practiced gripping a rose between your teeth? And stamping?

[Maggiemae]

@anazad511 If you were just putting the food into the bag before cooking - yes - i"ve put salt, herbs, butter.

[Maggiemae]

@catwoman2 A prickly tongue is not what I need Mary. No, we aren't up to the stamping yet - just creeping forward, waving arms wildly and fast turns (where one falls over)!

[Julie Duncan]

Yummy shot! I wonder if you could put that in the crock pot?

[Maggiemae]

@juliedduncan Yes, you could if you could get the water temperature up to 80deg. With meats, its 55degC

[Gillian]

Great clear focus, Maggie. I've always wanted one of these, not necessarily for sous vide, but just for storing things.

[cheryl]

Awesome. we too have one of these machines. Never thought about using the bags to cook in. We use it to freeze meats.
Must try!!!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Yvonne]

I just got one of these last weekend--haven't tried it yet. I sure hope it does its job!!! Now I expect a video of the flamenco!!!!!

[Daisy Miller]

cool shot of a cool machine.

[❀ Lynn]

And now you have it figured out...and away you go!
Flemenco...cool!

[Rick Schies]

A good way to preserve

[richard saffold]

was the flamenco lesson included with the sealer instructions?

[Maggiemae]

@chard The thought is boggling, Richard!

[Nelly]

Nice. This is what I need. Cool shot!

[Yao RL]

What a great toy. There are huge potentials in it.

[Glendq]

oh, so many things going on for you!!
ukelele video will be nice to see!
lessons about learning new things are great at any age.
happy cooking.

[Maggiemae]

@glendq Thank you Glenda! I've got tons of time on my hands so its nice to choose what to do!

[Jan K]

Oh I love my food saver and I also had a bit of a challenge with it at first - but once I started using it I became a bit obsessed, sucking the air out of anything that wasn't in a jar. Hee hee.
Love your three things - well done on the ukelele performance.

[tony gig]

Looks a great bit of kit Maggie.

[Tony]

I've shied off buying one of those, food doesn't last that long here. Great capture.

[Susan Golding]

Very good advertising shot! Looking forward to flamenco pics!

[Keri]

These are wonderful machines aren't they? Flamenco? You are adventurous! Have fun wit t!

[Pat Knowles]

This is a very useful kitchen gadget......the versatility of this is endless. It would be fantastic for storage ....you could put all sorts of herbs & stuff on first......but for cooking after in a water bath, my word Masterchef here I come!
I will have to look up this machine.
I fancy you as a Flamenco dancer!

[Brianna]

I've been quite curious of how these machines work, they seem to be quite helpful! A great capture! :)

[Carole Imes]

So interesting to read about this method, but I hate reading and sometimes following directions....LOL!!!! I bought a Shark vacuum gadget a year and a half ago and it still sits in my closet awaiting someone to put it together. Hubby, help! :-)

[Tremerryn]

Ooh, I shall be interested to see how you get on. I gather the taste will be fantastic.

[Judith Greenwood]

I couldn't use that method - I boil pans dry in far shorter times than 8 hours - often because I'm doing 365... Flamenco sounds like a lot of fun!

[Phil Howcroft]

Maggie does flamenco , now that's one 365 photo I'm looking forward too :)

[Corinne]

I want to try this method !! If you weren't living in NZ and me in Switzerland I will probably ask you to invite me ;)
Flamenco ?! I hope you have the dress and I'm looking forward to see shots ;)
Ole ! 💃💃💃💃

[Maggiemae]

@cocobella Its fabulous Corinne - you just have to prepare a lot earlier. I love your little flamenco icons!

[Maggiemae]

@judithg Its on so low a temperature, Judith, it would never boil dry!

[Maggiemae]

@cimes1 I used to be like that with directions but now if I want something done, I have to read the directions myself and just do it!

[Bev]

Nice little gadget. Can you use it on other things besides food?

[Maggiemae]

@prttblues Oh, yes - jewellery, soaps, - anything you want to keep the air out of or protect!

[summerfield]

hmmm...interesting. i should like to get one of these cool machines!