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Alarbus: Mar 31, 2010

poisonpill posted:

Everyone with a chest freezer... how are they? Worth it? what are you storing in there?

I had two prior to this, one for serving homebrew from kegs of beer, the other for temp controlling fermenting beer, or secondary serving capacity. That second one got the temp controller removed and converted back to a freezer at the start of this. Proteins, bread, butter, hops, and some prepared food.

I miss my second beer freezer, but not sure if I miss it enough for the premium right now.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 12:56

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 08:34

Ravendas: Sep 29, 2001

We just started to fill my chest freezer. Costco didn't have ground pork, so I bought 10lb from Kroger yesterday. Also ground chicken and ground turkey.

The foodsaver realllly doesn't want to vacuum seal this wet ground stuff. It starts sucking the juices out of it, runs forever, and if it attempts a seal, it doesn't seal because of all the juices. So my wife settled by putting them in ziplock bags and doing a bowl of water trick to push out most of the air.

We're also going to fill it with the bags of frozen veggies from Costco. Broccoli, the mix, some berry blend stuff.

Maybe a pair of the super premium ice cream too.

We just put in maybe 10-15lb of meat last night, and my wife's like "... we can still see the bottom. We can put so much stuff in here!"

Any other good suggestions for what to save?

# ? Aug 26, 2020 14:07

The Midniter: Jul 9, 2001

Ravendas posted:

We just started to fill my chest freezer. Costco didn't have ground pork, so I bought 10lb from Kroger yesterday. Also ground chicken and ground turkey.

The foodsaver realllly doesn't want to vacuum seal this wet ground stuff. It starts sucking the juices out of it, runs forever, and if it attempts a seal, it doesn't seal because of all the juices. So my wife settled by putting them in ziplock bags and doing a bowl of water trick to push out most of the air.

We're also going to fill it with the bags of frozen veggies from Costco. Broccoli, the mix, some berry blend stuff.

Maybe a pair of the super premium ice cream too.

We just put in maybe 10-15lb of meat last night, and my wife's like "... we can still see the bottom. We can put so much stuff in here!"

Any other good suggestions for what to save?

The trick I've found to vacuum sealing wet stuff is to watch the bag like a hawk while it's sucking the air out. As SOON as you start to see some of the liquid in the bag move toward the cut end, mash that seal button. You may trap a tiny, negligible amount of air in there, but that's worth being able to seal the bag instead of getting meat juice everywhere and a bag that won't seal.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 14:12

FORUMS USER 1135: Jan 14, 2004

The Midniter posted:

The trick I've found to vacuum sealing wet stuff is to watch the bag like a hawk while it's sucking the air out. As SOON as you start to see some of the liquid in the bag move toward the cut end, mash that seal button. You may trap a tiny, negligible amount of air in there, but that's worth being able to seal the bag instead of getting meat juice everywhere and a bag that won't seal.

Also, pull the bag out just a little and run the sealer again, if your sealer doesn't have a pulse seal function.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 14:19

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

I let the unsealed edge go in the foodsaver then let the heavy stuff hang out off the counter�s edge.

While it�s dangling down over the counter the air in the bag goes to the top. Then like the Midniter says, mash that seal button.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 15:10

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

fischtick posted:

I confess, I have an... upright freezer.

I found my little chest freezer on the street so I have no allegiance. I like upright freezers personally, because it's easier to organize as you have. Now if I want something it might be beneath a few items and there's always a shuffling to get to it.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 16:04

grillster: Dec 25, 2004

ShortyMR.CAT posted:

Thats how I found out they discontinued Kirkland light lmao

Probably because the Salton Sea was getting too low.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 16:06

Paul MaudDib: May 3, 2006; TEAM NVIDIA:
FORUM POLICE

for "juicy" stuff it often helps to freeze stuff a bit before you vacuum seal it, can't pull the liquid if there is no liquid. The other way you can do it is to put some paper towel in there to help soak up the worst of the juicy

also if it's highly juicy the liquid often screws up the seal

# ? Aug 26, 2020 17:27

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

fischtick posted:

I confess, I have an... upright freezer.

We used to have a coffin freezer, a hand-me-down from the Johnson administration. It died one day and took most of a half-a-cow with it. I popped it open to toss some Costco stuff in there, and as the lid closed I got a whiff of the pepperoni sticks I had on the top. "Ooooh, pepperoni" had just started to go through my mind when I managed to remember you really shouldn't smell fresh meats in the freezer. Everything was room temperature. When it came to replacing it, all we could find were uprights.

Top shelf is full of turkey stock. A thanksgiving tradition. Various stews, chilis, and occasionally some Green Bay Booyah winds up there, too.

Mid shelves are weird frozen things. Panko-crusted chicken breasts, World's Greatest Fish Sticks, Pizza Rolls, frozen pastas, and flautas/taquitos. Ice cream treats, too. We also get a ton of sliced bread and bagels from [somewhere not Costco] and freeze 'em. My highly trained palate can't tell the difference.

Lower shelves have a bunch of 1lb. chubs of ground beef, 2-3 lb. packs of chicken thighs, some of those Costco rotisserie chicken packs, and an inordinate amount of ground pork for some reason. I usually keep a couple bone-in turkey breasts in there, too. Back in late March we had Plaguesgiving with all the trimmings and that was kind of fun, for a minute.

Door is Costco butter, Costco blueberries and smoothie mixes, and a bunch of those Capri-Sun looking things that are actually frozen adult beverages. Got them on clearance somewhere and we're slowly working through them.

This guy COSTCOs. Respect.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 17:44

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

poisonpill posted:

Everyone with a chest freezer... how are they? Worth it? what are you storing in there?

Beef, pork, burgers, Normandy vegetables, fish, chicken, bacon, bread.

It's only half full though. I think I'd rather have a spare conventional fridge. Or a fridge that has the big part as the freezer and the small part as the fridge.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 17:50

Alarbus: Mar 31, 2010

FogHelmut posted:

Beef, pork, burgers, Normandy vegetables, fish, chicken, bacon, bread.

It's only half full though. I think I'd rather have a spare conventional fridge. Or a fridge that has the big part as the freezer and the small part as the fridge.

You can make it a fridge. https://smile.amazon.com/Inkbird-Max-1200W-Temperature-Controller-Greenhouse/dp/B01HXM5UAC/

I use those to make them into kegerators / fermentation chambers. You can even get a wifi one if you really want.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 17:54

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

Any reviews on Costco Mattresses?

# ? Aug 26, 2020 19:04

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

I've got a p100 3m half respirator from the california wildfires a couple of of years ago. Since they're still happening now and because of the virus, I would like to wear that to costco. It has one of those outflow vents, I can fit a surgical mask over it which I did when I went to cvs yesterday. I ask because, a friend of mine was saying costco was making people tape over the 3m respirator outflow valves. I would be covering the valve with a surgical mask. Is that good enough? Has anyone seen anything like this at their local costco? I tried to find a picture of someone wearing a surgical mask over a p100 and I couldnt find one.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 19:52

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Why wouldn�t it be good enough? A surgical mask alone is enough to enter Costco.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 19:53

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

I don't want to tape over the outflow valve. My friend who has been going to costco says that costco makes you tape over the outflow valve. I am asking if wearing a second mask covering the valve would be good enough, or if they will still make me tape over the valve.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 20:12

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Paul MaudDib posted:

for "juicy" stuff it often helps to freeze stuff a bit before you vacuum seal it, can't pull the liquid if there is no liquid.

also if it's highly juicy the liquid often screws up the seal

That's how you do it. Anything else is playing with ~~fire~~ water.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 20:19

SilvergunSuperman: Aug 7, 2010

redreader posted:

I don't want to tape over the outflow valve. My friend who has been going to costco says that costco makes you tape over the outflow valve. I am asking if wearing a second mask covering the valve would be good enough, or if they will still make me tape over the valve.

I don't see why that wouldn't be good enough, but if they disagree you should throw a grown up temper tantrum imo.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 20:23

Propaganda Machine: Jan 2, 2005; Truthiness!

redreader posted:

I don't want to tape over the outflow valve. My friend who has been going to costco says that costco makes you tape over the outflow valve. I am asking if wearing a second mask covering the valve would be good enough, or if they will still make me tape over the valve.

Can they even see it under the other mask?

# ? Aug 26, 2020 20:24

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

Propaganda Machine posted:

Can they even see it under the other mask?

yeah it's hard to hide!

# ? Aug 26, 2020 20:29

The Midniter: Jul 9, 2001

You could always just wear a regular, disposable surgical mask for the time you spend inside Costco, and then swap to your P100 mask when you're back outside to leave. That way you won't have to play Costco Mask Judgment Roulette.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 21:16

Carrion Luggage: Nov 24, 2006

redreader posted:

yeah it's hard to hide!

Could always wear an appropriate mask for the ask. You are primarily wearing a mask to help filter the exhale, this is the reasoning behind wearing them to begin with.

Your mask filters in the inhale and not the exhale, which is not at all serving the original purpose of the mask.
In order to do both just cut up a mask like everyone else is wearing and affix around the exhale vent of your mask.

Also if you NEED to wear a mask like this to go into public because you are at a high risk of death is you catch covid then stop going into public to go shopping and find a better, safer way to complete you task.

PLEASE.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 21:50

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

redreader posted:

yeah it's hard to hide!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5yjjOcs83U

# ? Aug 26, 2020 22:20

Duck and Cover: Apr 6, 2007

Carrion Luggage posted:

just cut up a mask like everyone else is wearing and affix around the exhale vent of your mask.

There you go I fixed your post so that it was just answering the question and lacked the unnecessary lecturing.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 22:44

Lazyhound: Mar 1, 2004; A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous—got me?

Man, I wish my local Costcos had a mandatory mask policy, it�s super-gross that they�re putting their staff at risk to avoid offending the shittiest people alive.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 22:48

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

Duck and Cover posted:

There you go I fixed your post so that it was just answering the question and lacked the unnecessary lecturing.

Lol

# ? Aug 26, 2020 22:52

shadow puppet of a: Jan 10, 2007; NO TENGO SCORPIO

Just got back with some serviceable Instant pho and a ton of Kirkland infant formula.

A samples guy was standing behind a plexiglass barrier with a small sad plate of tiny Kirkland frozen pizza slices. I asked for a sample. He said it was display only. I wanted to say those grapes are probably sour anyway but that poor guy had to spend all day fending off the sort person that handles rejection badly

The pizza SUPERSTAR pizza was down to just two boxes left and I took that to be directly related to my power as an influencer.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 23:16

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

My Grillos pickles started fermenting for some reason. These are not the fermented kind of pickles. But they're boiling away in there.

# ? Aug 26, 2020 23:23

grillster: Dec 25, 2004

I just want chicken bakes to dip in my Bitchin sauce.
That's all, CostCo... please bring back the chicken bakes...
I don't know how much longer...
I can go on... Not eating two of them in the car after shopping there...
Such a bargain...
Please CostCo

# ? Aug 27, 2020 00:49

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

They're being rolled out. Should be everywhere by the end of next month

# ? Aug 27, 2020 01:04

grillster: Dec 25, 2004

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay

# ? Aug 27, 2020 01:05

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

I just went and wore a normal mask like a normal person, as one goon suggested. I forgot to put on my normal glasses so I'm wearing my prescription sunglasses inside like a celebrity or weirdo. You can also see where I sewed a wire onto my cat hair covered mask.

Anyway, Chicken ramen, 4 different kinds of protein bars/snacks, more yasso greek yoghurt bars, a chicken, 2 loaves of bread, more chicken ramen, some frozen fruit/fage 0%/spinach for smoothies, and they had some prepared lamb legs for roasting! Lamb's the best so that should be good.

# ? Aug 27, 2020 01:11