Okay, so maybe the biblical reference is a bit extreme, but if you had used the Reynolds Handi-Vac® before it was pulled from the market, then you would agree with me that it was an incredibly useful tool, and, like me, you’d be a bit dismayed when you searched store shelves in vain for a few stray boxes of the storage bags before finally realizing there were none to be had.
This was a fantastic system. Like the larger, bulkier units you can buy at big box stores to hermetically seal your food before packing up the freezer, the Handi-Vac bags would seal off your food from freezer burn by removing excess air, thereby saving you a ton of cash in the long run because food would stay fresh longer. Unlike the big bulky units, the Handi-Vacs were, well, NOT big and bulky. You had a small, hand-held vacuum pump (there were both battery-operated and hand-powered units available at different times). Instead of rolls of plastic, you could just buy freezer bags as you normally would, press the pump to the little built-in circle near the top of the bag, and VOILA! Instant shrink-wrap. I loved them. I really, really loved them. Even Papa Prupetta loved them because he had a new tool to play with. (It’s just like that little gun they use to create bridal and baby registries in department stores. What is it about electronics that will get any man’s heart thumping??)
And now, you too can experience the love through the joy that is the Home Shopping Network. Apparently Reynolds has joined forces with Debbie Meyer, maker of Green Bags, to market the Handi-Vac system through HSN, which carries supplies through their website. This makes Mama very happy.
interview with cnn & maddy’s first race.
9 years ago
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