Minor thing, but a hassle.....

treeguy64

treeguy64

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OK, when I was a kid, Baggies came out with ziploc closures. It was no big deal: You put things in the plastic bag, pressed the thin, raised closure sides together, and that was that. They made for excellent seals.

In the last decade, I have found that all of the new "improvements" in the ziploc closures have made them a hassle. The colored strips, the double strips, the zippers,..... all seem to NOT close the bags airtight, anymore, unless you take great care to line everything up: Without taking that extra time, you push gently on the bag, and air comes right out! The old bags stayed sealed.

Am I going nuts, or have any of you found the same, as above?

Thanks!
 

Absolutely,the new ones are horrible. I also noticed that they aren't as strong as they once were. Some of you will say I'm really cheap but if the bag has been used for saving something other than meats or greasy items I wash them out and reuse them. These days you are lucky to get one use out of them.
 

RadishRose said:
Yes, but I'm trying to replace my use of one - use plastics with re-usable containers and I'm doing well.
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I also try to use hard plastic containers, but I've found that my refrigerator fills up too quickly with them.

Baggies leave more space. I also wash baggies and reuse them. (Anticipating some replies: No, washing them has no effect on their seals. The seals are poor when new, and stay that way. )
 
treeguy64 said:
OK, when I was a kid, Baggies came out with ziploc closures. It was no big deal: You put things in the plastic bag, pressed the thin, raised closure sides together, and that was that. They made for excellent seals.

In the last decade, I have found that all of the new "improvements" in the ziploc closures have made them a hassle. The colored strips, the double strips, the zippers,..... all seem to NOT close the bags airtight, anymore, unless you take great care to line everything up: Without taking that extra time, you push gently on the bag, and air comes right out! The old bags stayed sealed.

Am I going nuts, or have any of you found the same, as above?

Thanks!
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Yes, the new ones are a hassle. But I've gotten so green-conscious lately, I think I'm going to do away with baggies altogether. I keep a box around just in case, but I've started to store food in Pyrex bowls with plastic tops. Also, Pyrex and glass aren't fat-soluble (like plastic is) so the food won't be contaminated with plastic.

That wasn't really your question, didn't mean to lecture, but that's been on my mind a lot.
 
I really prefer glass over plastic, but then there's the weight issue, and the compressability of plastic bags.

I just got an idea: I recently replaced my heavy, large Pyrex mixing bowls with stainless steel. Amazingly good move, for me. Now, I think I'll check, online, to see if there are stainless steel storage containers that are the same size as the Rubbermaid units. No compressability, yeah, but no plastic leaching, either.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
Some of you will say I'm really cheap but if the bag has been used for saving something other than meats or greasy items I wash them out and reuse them.
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You're NOT cheap, you are frugal, in my book that is a big difference. I re-use all bags if possible, bread bags, store bags, even the thin plastic ones for veggies. I re-use plastic food containers for freezing meals and 1c and 2c of beans and rice and other staples.
 
I use an off brand of plastic bags from Aldi's. I get the 1 gallon storage/freezer bags. They were kind of hard to get used to. There's a trick to them I had to learn but I got it. I use them for chopped veggies and spinach leaves, onions and also some fruit.
 
When I can buy ziplock baggies, those having a "slider" tab line up the side closures and track across them nicely, giving you a quick and easy seal. Of course, these little "trolleys" can go off their tracks, and you'll then have a bag that won't seal. The thin, low quality baggies that they give you with a deli purchase are especially prone to sealing problems...
 
I agree.

Now don't ask me why this is, but I've found that the cheaper store brand ziplock bags work the way I want them to, the way you describe. But the name brand more expensive ones don't. Also, I HATE the slider kind. I never buy those.

My preferred kind is the Walmart brand.

A caution though...some of the really cheap store brands are awful. I bought some from the dollar aisle of a local store, and they were terrible. Other than that though, The walmart brand, the Kroger brand, both are great.
 
treeguy64 said:
OK, when I was a kid, Baggies came out with ziploc closures. It was no big deal: You put things in the plastic bag, pressed the thin, raised closure sides together, and that was that. They made for excellent seals.

In the last decade, I have found that all of the new "improvements" in the ziploc closures have made them a hassle. The colored strips, the double strips, the zippers,..... all seem to NOT close the bags airtight, anymore, unless you take great care to line everything up: Without taking that extra time, you push gently on the bag, and air comes right out! The old bags stayed sealed.

Am I going nuts, or have any of you found the same, as above?

Thanks!
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Remember the days when tin foil was at least decent? And don't even get me started about Saran Wrap. LOL!
 
MarciKS said:
Remember the days when tin foil was at least decent? And don't even get me started about Saran Wrap. LOL!
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I never liked Saran Wrap.
When I was married, I came home from work & my wife surprised me by wrapping herself up in Saran Wrap.
She got really angry at me when I asked, "Leftovers again?"
 

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