Been to the farm

[Allen]

I almost forgot! Wild blackberries. In a good year Salisa and I can pick a five-gallon bucket in a couple hours. Makes about 18-20 quarts.

After picking, sometimes people stare - what happened to your shirt?

"The purple stains are blackberry, the red ones are blood.

jn

And when you pick blackberries there's always plenty of blood.

[lyman]

Some people who are loaded preserve money in the bags as well. I think this would work well for coin collectors that want to keep the air from tarnishing the coins.

It seems to me this would be a useful tool for the survivalist as you can vacuum seal rice, cereal and other dry stuff to keep moisture out.

Thanks for replying.

I bought a rifle from a guy that sealed his handguns, and his ammo, (one box each)
I still have the box of 25-20 winchester he gave me sealed up

[JOHN COOK]

I have used FOOD SAVER brand vacuum sealer for about 10 years. Make soup, pour into plastic bowls ,place on a small piece 1/4 " plywood overnight in freezer . Next morning hit the bottom of bowl with hot water and out comes a block of soup and it gets vacuumed. I vacuum a lot of liquid food in this manner. Blueberries, wash in sink, spread on a towel until pretty dry, place on cookie sheet or tin foil place in freezer, couple hours and pour into a bowel and scoop out 1 cup or 2 cups and into vacuum bag. They are almost hard as buck shot and they don't get mashed. They are well worth the money.

john in SC