Shrink bags

[dayna]

I wanted to use shrink bags when I process my next batch of meat rabbits.

Do you use them? Where do you get them? What size do you use? I was hoping to find them on amazon but am not having any luck, maybe I'm searching for the wrong thing?

This is what I'm talking about.

http://www.cornerstone-farm.com/equipme ... shrink-bag

 

[JessiL]

I am curious to hear about this too, as we will hopefully have our first harvest in only a few short weeks. We used vacuum-sealed Food Saver bags when we processed our own broiler chickens last year, and those worked well for that application. But they seemed expensive and some of the bags did not seal right away, so I'm interested in hearing about other options (plus we don't actually own the sealing unit, we borrowed it from a friend).

 

[dayna]

Yeah I'm worried that the seal won't hold. I know that some of the smoke meat a friend gave me already has lost the seal and it had no bones.

 

[TMTex]

It looks like a good idea, dayna. I'd also be interested in hearing about it.

I've had good luck with Cabela's Game Saver system http://www.cabelas.com/product/FoodSave ... 727606.uts and recently used the 1 qt size Reynolds Handi-Vac bags http://www.hsn.com/products/debbie-meye ... gs/6912260 with quartered rabbits.

The shrink bags look like they'd do the same thing for less.