Friday 1 April 2022

19 days later

 And a week on from my last post, I am getting better. Still have a mild sore throat and occasional catarrh/cough. My energy levels are not fully recovered and I feel quite dehydrated. Still, its better than one week ago, onwards and upwards. Thank you for all your kind wishes.

One load of washing on the line and another on the go. It is a sunny, cold but blustery day, so I hope they will at least get half dry.

I have invested in a vacuum sealer machine. We had one when we came back from Germany decades ago but couldn't get hold of the bags as they weren't 'a thing' over here then. I want to store my bags of flour, pasta, rice, beans etc longer term so the air needs sucking out. I won't be using oxygen absorbers for now as they won't be for super long storage.

More on that another time.

10 comments:

  1. This new round of Covid has been so odd with some people suffering for weeks and others hardly being poorly at all.
    Good to hear you are nearly over it all

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    1. Me too although all my tests were negative.

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  2. Glad to hear that you are getting better. As Sue said, recovery has varied so from person to person.
    I have a vacuum sealer and it's great. In fact I spent this morning vac-sealing all my flours. So much easier to store. Just a tip for flours, wrap the paper bag in clingfilm before putting in the Vacuum bag to seal. It prevents any flour getting into the sealer which can cause havoc with it.
    Also I cut the bag much longer than needed so that it can be re-used a few times. I wash them all out with boiling water and turn inside out to dry. No single use bags in this house.If you have a Lidl's handy, they have the rolls on offer 2 or 3 times a year and I stock up then. Much cheaper than FOODSAVER bags. be careful with Pasta as the pressure can crush it into crumbs.

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  3. Glad to read that you seem to be finally through the other side of it, though still tired. One load dried, and another part dried today. Rationing the heating for half an hour to finish it off and take the chill off the house ( my hands are cold so I'm struggling to move the knitting needles smoothly!)

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    1. Got one load dry, the other is on the radiators for the morning mini heat. Yes, cold hands make work difficult don’t they?

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  4. Glad that you are beginning to feel more like yourself.

    I really like my vacuum bagger. I use it for meat, but now you are making me think about using it to vacuum seal some of my dry goods.

    God bless.

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    1. I want to get air out of the packages as that is supposed to help. Also want to put brown flour away in the freezer for long term storage so want to give it a go.

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  5. It really does go on, doesn't it? Fort me, it's intermittent weariness and a bit of a pain but I am lucky that I can rest when needed. xx

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    1. Same here. I feel so lazy but do want to get on with things.

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