SonnyE - My apologies. I still prefer vac sealing but some times the quantity of steak is minimal, maybe 2 to 4, after pulling a couple for dinner. If I have to do more, then out comes the vac sealer, I get a kick out of using it. And I go to the freezer and pull some of the wrapped meats and vac seal them as well. Just because I can! :)As for the "huge roll" it is indeed a bargain but our local Costco, 83 miles away, only sells the twin pack. And the box fits our kitchen drawer like a glove, nestled in amongst foil, parchment paper and those dreaded zip lock bags. But I do believe the Stretch Tite is easier to use and a better product that the more familiar brands. ;)
Thank You Sarge. That was more meant as tongue in cheek about the wife. She thinks Ziploc bags rule the world. :confused:
We have differences of opinion about kitchen stuff sometimes. Usually ends with her reminding me that she's been cooking for 60 years. (While it is true, a man
can get tired of two main dishes....) :D
I can see how the smaller packages could be better in the real world, easier to work with and use.
I'm more inquisitive, more daring, and I even enjoy browsing the kitchen and baking isles. I like to experiment, I'm like a kid in a candy store, and always interested in other friends ideas and methods.
It just never occurred to me to try using stretch wrap as a primary wrapping agent for meat. Although, thinking back on it, I do recall the occasional times someone packaged up something for me to take home in it.
Even given that, I guess the circuit was open, or the bulb burned out, because it never did light up for me. ;)
And maybe my difficulties with Cling Wrap are what discouraged me from doing more with stretchy plastics. That crap always sticks into a ball for me, if
IF I can get it started to come off the roll... :mad:
Being a tool guy, I naturally gravitate toward anything that involves any equipment. And maybe the slitter would be my tipping point. It has a tool to cut the wrap! :cool: :rolleyes: (The term, "Simple minds, Simple pleasures might apply here.) :D
Unfortunately, I can't even check our Costco. Seems when the wife got her Costco cards, she gave one of the
two Costco issues to the Daughter. Between the two households, they usually make enough in rewards to pay for the annual membership dues. So, I can't go to Costco. No card for me. :(
When we joined our nearby Sam's Club I made
damn sure I got a card. The kids rolled it into a business account, and now they pay the dues. But Grandpa has a card. ;)
Unfortunately, when I go to Sam's that "Kid in a Candy Store" comes out.
I went there early because we can get in before ****General Public**** can. I went to gas up the Granny Van. Then got diverted (via Text message) to get
1 gallon jug of milk, and chicken legs and thighs with the skin on to BBQ for dinner since we had the 3 Grandkid's all day.
You cannot put me in that store alone and send me anywhere near the meat. I got Baby Backs and the chicken, and the
1 gallon jug of milk. Then I went shopping....
We call it the hunnerd dollar store. It's hard to get out for less than a hundred dollars for us. All said and done, it cost me $342+ to escape. :eek:
I even got a computer display to replace the old one (2nd) that died last month. We have the 3 little grandkids quite a lot.
Often two want to do things on Grandpa's computer at the same time. When the cutest little 2 1/2 year old Mia came up and tapped my arm and said, "Elsa Grandpa?" and I had to tell her we couldn't, because her sister was doing ABC Ya! at the time on the main display.
So Grandpa
just had to get a replacement display so both can share Grandpa's lap and do their time with the computer.
Grandma didn't care because she absconded with over half my wages for driving the last two weeks for "Bills". (Usually all of it goes into savings. So the kid in the candy store was also a little retaliatory as well.)
But I'm not frivolous about my spending, I'm cold and calculated about it. And if I think she would snipe at me, I just do it and let her fume if she needs to. A Man's gotta do what a Man's gotta do.
I'm going to print out that ad so she knows what I want her to get, and why. She's a great gal and will get me special requests usually.
