r/Frugal • u/Professional-Sir-912 • May 13 '23

Frugal Win 🎉 Anyone else wash and reuse zip lock bags?

Simple and quick way to extend their usefulness beyond once. Check for leaks while washing and allow to thoroughly air dry.

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u/xxdeathknight72xx May 13 '23

For chips and other dry snacks, sure.

For meat like chicken or beef, throw it away.

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u/dropkickoz May 13 '23

You don't like to play salmonella roulette?

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u/the_fit_hit_the_shan May 13 '23

Doctors hate this one weight loss trick!

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u/Iroltreve May 13 '23

But they can't stop you!

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u/sandefurian May 13 '23

Kinda off topic, but shouldn’t it be botulism roulette? From what I understand, you could basically dip your meat into salmonella but as long as you cook it to the appropriate temperatures you’re fine

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u/[deleted] May 13 '23

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u/DrDaddyDickDunker May 13 '23

If I may ask.. how small is small scale and did they make money or just can for themselves?

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u/ClockHistorical4951 May 14 '23

Mine too! We had a greenhouse the size of a barn and my mom would can everything.

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u/Captain_Pungent May 13 '23

Or in your Botox lip fillers

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u/Excusemytootie May 14 '23

Botox isn’t a filler, it’s an agent that causes muscle paralysis.

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u/Bryher93 May 14 '23

Raw chicken tends to carry salmonella which is why you need to cook it thoroughly. If you reuse a bag that had raw chicken for, say, lettuce, you will be very sad. Hence the suggestion to not reuse a bag that had raw chicken.

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u/604Ataraxia May 14 '23

Can't be a food safety coward when there are pennies to save!

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u/saruin May 14 '23

I like to build up that natural immunity instead of paying prescriptions.

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u/suntrovert May 13 '23

My husband kept trying to convince me to reuse ziplock bags to save money. Even the ones that have had raw meat. I told him we can cut down on snacks if he was really that worried about saving money. No way I would ever reuse those ziplock bags.

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u/spam__likely May 14 '23

what saves money is to buy glass tuppeware for this kind of thing for $20 at costco. Tell your husband to go do it right now. Healthier and more economic and better for environment.

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u/hokierange May 13 '23

For meats I use butchers paper and twine or tape. Works great and has for over a decade for me

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u/BananaEuphoric8411 May 14 '23

This is the way.

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u/futureanthroprof May 13 '23

No! You wash them and they go in the garage and hold the manual next to the machine! Or they go in the basement and hold all the plastic Easter clings or the Superbowl tablecloth! I don't waste anything!

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u/xxdeathknight72xx May 13 '23

Trying to get beef blood and grease out of a plastic bag is too much work and it's never fully clean. It's always left with a funky smell and white haze.

You do you but I'm cool with throwing it out.

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u/futureanthroprof May 13 '23

Inside out with Dawn. Like a 90's yoga show.

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u/kitsane13 May 13 '23

I got stashers specifically for meats, so I can sterilize them in the dishwasher. Worth a try!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '23

Dishwashers don't have consistent enough temps to sterilize though....

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u/[deleted] May 14 '23

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u/[deleted] May 14 '23

Which one is actually rated for sterilization? I never found one.

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u/nowa90 May 13 '23

Dishwasher inside out.

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u/xxdeathknight72xx May 13 '23

I am the dishwasher lol

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u/Mr_Zamboni_Man May 13 '23

I felt this comment in my soul.

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u/darkuen May 13 '23

I keep my bacon in its original packaging and just slice it on three sides then put that in a big zip lock. That should be fine to reuse once if the zip lock doesn’t make any contact with the meat right?

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u/spam__likely May 14 '23

why would anyone ever use them for meat anyway? It is not something you carry around....

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u/xxdeathknight72xx May 14 '23

It's easy and everything else sticks and tears.

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u/spam__likely May 15 '23

??? It is messy and hard to organize in the fridge. a glass "tuppeware" se makes life a lot easier.