I love her to bits but I can’t figure out how she though this was a gold idea. It puts fumes into the food
For like 40 bucks you can buy a sealer. It doesn’t work well though. Best to not use plastic at all. I hate plastic.
Have you tried telling them instead of us?
much better to use even plastic boxes meant for storing food, or even ziplock bags. there are plenty glass containers too. metal clips with the neodynium magnets, even is safer.
A few years ago my octogenarian mom became incapable of sealing ziplock bags. It drove me insane because I would repeatedly go to open something like chips or crackers that I had put in ziplocks only to find the seal partly open and the contents stale. I got in the habit of just going through everything in the pantry every couple of hours and resealing all the bags. I thought this was age-related until we hired a mid-20s home helper for her and the helper had the same problem. I don’t know what it is – ziplock bags aren’t that hard to use properly.
Ziplocks are not all that secure. I had like a huge amount of aspen oyster mushrooms in ziplocks, here in the upper midwest, and they molded, even though they were dry. Same with other stuff. The humidity just seeps in somehow.
There has to be something to add to soak up moisture like the corporos do with that silica bullshit.
Silica bullshit? That stuff is about as save as sand, which it is essentially made of, just with a ton of pores added. And yes, plastic let’s water through, tho very very slow compared to other things we are used to. Not sure if that had anything to do with the mold problem you had, even a tiny hole (or the zip lock itself, closed) are FAR more leaky.
Did she used to sell small amounts of drugs sealed in a cigarette cellophane by any chance?
Let her know we make real handy, low tech solutions now. Decent example: https://www.oxo.com/oxo-gg-9-piece-clip-set.html
Bonus, it doesn’t kill you (or con, I guess?)
Leftovers from the Dinosaur BBQ hmmm
That’s crazy. Like the fuq
Yeah, that’s a terrible idea. Just get an actual vacuum bag sealer.
Ive just folded the tortialla bag in half, store em in tupperware with a lid cuz you can reuse it. But anything is better omg
or even rubber bands which are inexpensive.
Or simply use a Ziploc bag. Or a reusable resealable bag. Or a chip clip. Or a piece of tape.
Just eat it all in one sitting
Not all bags are compatible with those. You might end up with a goey plastic mess.
Good point. Replacement with a resealable bag would be a better option.
Delicious burnt plastic fumes
Forget fumes, there’s a 0% chance that none of that is making its way into the bag and onto your food.
For all the comments in here, I’m surprised nobody’s pointed out there’s a good chance she’s simply not aware of the health effects. If she’s receptive, this could be a good chance to educate her.
You can’t communicate health concerns about stuff to old people like this, I can’t. It’s never worked, and more often than not they strangely hate you for it.
omg
your ma has sealed up the cellophane from a pack up butts before, bet. Thats a real easy way to do it, and how we passed weed back in the days haha. That could be where she picked up the habit? Dont matter im dying haha
Why would you seal food this way!? Freaking hilarous, im so sorry haha goodness some folks.
Why worry about “microplastics” when you can inhale the fumes in your home and consume macroplastics in your food!? Mmm, tastes like burning…
Tell her to use hair straightener tongs like a normal person
dont give her ideas, first she heats the tongs til its red, then straigthen her hair.
Boomers are fucking crazy with their food! My mom literally can’t stop microwaving styrofoam with their food inside it! No wonder cancer rates are absolutely RAGING
That, and 347 pesticides in use in the US today.
Cancer rates are going up because people aren’t dying from other things first
You’re wrong, its also going up in young people
No. Both other causes and cancer are going up, because we’ve more toxic shit everywhere, and less healthcare than ever.
More toxic than 40 years ago? Yeah no, not even nearly. They also did not have more healthcare.
or any of the plastic ,“even biodegradable” dont microwave more than a minute.
There many different kinds of plastic, many of which are perfectly safe to put in the microwave for a few minutes.
Yummy, free cancer tortillas!
