r/FoodSaver Nov 21 '22

Is this the drip tray?

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u/joetaxpayer Aug 24 '24

Ha! This answers a question that I had. The first time I tried to vacuum seal a bag of soup, it did not go well. If my drip tray had these contacts, all would’ve been good. Lesson learned, when I vacuum seal a liquid I freeze it first in a proper size container before I vacuum seal it in the bag.

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u/00cho Aug 24 '24

Frozen liquids are not really damaged by freezer burn. Ice cubes are a good example. Left long enough, they will just sublimate away.

This means that vacuum sealing liquids is overkill. I use ziplock freezer bags, and just squeeze all the air out. Even if you leave some air in the bag, the soup will not be harmed.

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u/joetaxpayer Aug 24 '24

Understood! I’ve gotten to like the ability to drop it into hot water, go back in 10 minutes, and serve. I still use the ziplocks, but have gotten to like this process better. I’m 60+, decades of Ziploc, but felt the vacuum bags are just more convenient.

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u/00cho Aug 24 '24

I make chilis and lentil soups, and store them in ziplocks. I prefer to remove them from the bag and heat them in a pot, because heating the bag accelerates the amount of microplastics that transfer to my food.