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vacuum storing
xeIt2I
No.1559
i wanted to share with you the results of my first vacuum storage experiment. here goes.
i did a smoothie
>fresh banana (small black dots level of ripeness, which matters if you know that banana is, as far as i know, the only fruit that can actually ripen after being picked)
>frozen grapes
>factory sesame paste
>factory raw organic cocoa powder
xeIt2I
No.1560
this smoothie i poured into two Twist-Off (called TO for shot) glasses. picture related.
>volume 720ml
>size of the lid threading: TO82
E7FtUf
No.1562
>>1559(OP)
Why would you store a smoothie in a vacuum?
xeIt2I
No.1563
then i slid this thing over the lid and pressed the middle button. machine powers on and starts sucking out the air instantly through the gap between the glass and the lid. 30 second countdown is being displayed instantly. i press the left button for quick vacuum, which subtracts 10 seconds because there was not that much air in the glass to suck out so 20 seconds total was fine.
i did this to both glasses. so both glasses had the same smoothie inside and were in a vacuum.
xeIt2I
No.1564
then i put both glasses on my cold balcony. temperature range was probably between 0°C and 6°C the last few days.
now comes the interesting part
>i waited 20 hours.
>checked the glasses.
>vacuum was still intact, which i was able to see because the little button in the black lid was curved into the glass.
>i opened one glass. smelled good
>i ate 80% of it. tasted good.
>i closed the glass again with the remaining 20% inside and put it out again to the other untouched glass; without vacuum!
>i waited another ~20 hours.
>i open the 20% glass and tasted it. was a bit stale and watery but i thought it was still ok.
>then i opened the untouched glass that had the vacuum the entire time.
>>1562
>Why would you store a smoothie in a vacuum?
because when i tasted it, it tasted like fresh. the 20% glass did NOT taste ok, turns out i was wrong. in comparison it tasted awful! so this is how i know this shit works. it preserves the quality to a level of freshness i would not have believed possible.
this completely opens up the possibility of making a batch of smoothies and have them taste as good as fresh, maybe for a few days.
xeIt2I
No.1566
i would often make smoothies before and then freeze them,;i thought they tasted good but that was probably because i added so much sesame paste and sesame paste makes everything taste good.
this seems like the best way to do it, unless it is even better to vacuum the ingredients UNBLENDED and then blend right before eating:
imagine me having 8 glasses standing on my kitchen table and then i fill them all with banana, grape and sesame-paste, i close them, vacuum them and store them on the balcony and when i want to eat one, then i blend it and instantly eat it.
xeIt2I
No.1567
>>1566
>UNBLENDED and then blend right before eating:
i think this is what i have to try next:
>pack 2 glasses the same way with banana, sesame paste and grape.
>first glass i blend
>second glass i don't blend.
>i wait 40 hours
>i blend both again (which is easy because with my blender, i can blend everything while it remains in the glass. i just wash the screw-on blade in between as to not muddy the difference.)
>one probably tastes fresher then the other.
i put both in a vacuum for 2 days and i eat them at the same time.
phKY2G
No.1575
>>1567
breaking news from the vacuum front: experiment has been started.
uOsspv
No.1578
Get and account and come post in >>>/gen/ anon's blogposting corner krautanon.
gN6JgQ
No.1583
Quality thread
phKY2G
No.1584
i thought of another experiment. storing grapes in a vacuum.
banana is easy to keep around since it takes so many days to ripen. also banana can be frozen with very little loss of quality, at least the bananas then end up where i live, which i don't think are that high quality. but i appreciate that they are cheap. if i had not been retarded (like you guys) when i was younger, i would have started buying more banana waaaay sooner in life.
grape is another story though. i am lucky to even find good grapes. they are expensive, sometimes they are bad quality despite being expensive. and then when i find some, time is against me. they grow mould quickly and they also lose quality quickly.
when i have access to really good grapes, basically i have to cancel all other plans i had culunarily/nutritionally because 24 or 48 hours after i buy them, they lose quality noticably. cooling gapes also doesn't seem to help, i think they might even grow mould easier in the cold moist fridge.
so i'll buy some grapes soon. not too many, when it comes to grapes, i like them so much that i always go overboard and buy too many and then i have way more then i can reasonably eat, so i usually freeze them. but not this time. next time i have the chance, i am getting some, pluck them from the vines, wash them just with water in the noodle-strainer and then i vacuum them and put them out on the cold balcony. maybe they stay high quality longer. that'd be so cool, i'd probably no longer store them any other way.
phKY2G
No.1585
zwDmzw
No.1697
conclusion of the lastest vacuum experiment incoming!
i forgot to properly count the days but i made 2 identical smoothies in the glasses. of course i chose the kind of glasses that fit my blender.
one glass i blended, the other one i did not blend. i left them in a vacuum for a few days so i can compare their freshness. i'll do this in a few minutes and then i know which will taste fresher. the one that was blended for a few days or the one which i just blended now.
zwDmzw
No.1698
zwDmzw
No.1699
>>1697
>conclusion of the lastest vacuum experiment incoming!
both smell good but the pre-mixed batch has lost all it's color and became gray, the one i just mixed still has all the red from the grapes and raspberries.
zwDmzw
No.1701
ok i tasted both. late-mixing is the way to go.
the one i just blended for the first time tastes considerably fruitier and fresher. that is good to know.
means ideally i would load a bunch of glasses in a meal prep without blending, vacuum them and only unvacuum them to blend them right before eating!
zwDmzw
No.1702
here is the vision of how i wanna do it:
preparation
>buy 5kg of banana
>wait a week so the bananas can ripen to the tiny black dots stage
>THEN buy 5kg of fresh grapes and a 1kg frozen raspberries (sesame paste i don't need to buy, i usually have it at home in bulk already)
assembly
>then i put out 10-20 glasses
>first remove the grapes from the stems and directly place the removed grapes into the noodle stainer, wash them every time the strainer is full and distribute them into a few glasses so they are 2/5th full
>then i pour a bit of sesame paste in every glass
>then i put half a cup of raspberries into each glass
>AND ONLY NOW as last step i peel the bananas, break each into ~4 pieces to help the blending and place them in the glasses. the reason banana is done late is because without the peel it is sensitive to oxidation so i want to keep the time between peeling and vacuum short.
>once the bananas are peeled and distributed into the glasses i close the glass with a twisty-lid and vacuum each glass
that way whenever i am hungry all i have to do is grab a glass and blend and eat it with a spoon. it is fast food once i have prepared it. i could do this as little as once per week and i would eat these wonderful convenient fresh fruit meals every day. i do it similar now but with lots of freezing, thawing, refreezing, oxidation and early-mixing ruining the quality.
t7EogL
No.1713
current vacuum experiment: I made a lot of juice with the 100€ amazon slow juicer a few hours ago! is a good juicer for the price. too bad it's a bit louder then other models. but no matter how loud, this is way better then the juicer i had before. it was such a chore to clean! this one is easy to clean and also doesn't produce as much foam. i pitty the fool who does not own a juicer and buys bags of fruit to make juice on the regular. juicing is what you would do, if you respected yourself and wanted to treat yourself to something that heals you to levels you did not believe you had in you before you felt them.
i had a 3kg bag of cheap apples probably as genetically grown as you can get.i think i paid 3€ or 4€ for the entire 3kg bag and they were very fresh and juicy. grapefruits were also cheap; not-organic 3 small grapefruits for 1,30€.
when i made it fresh i drank about 1200ml fresh juice immediately.
i had enough juice to fill 3 big glasses. each almost 1 liter full of juice made from apples, grapefruit and lime. i closed the lid, put the little vacuum hat on and it sucked out most of the air.
i should do the experiment one more time after it, with some glasses that are just closed without the vacuum because last time i did this, the ability to instantly taste the difference painted too clear of a picture to leave any doubt and after this round i will still have doubt no matter what.
t7EogL
No.1714
>>1713
just opened one of the glasses. still tastes good. low quality fruit but still better then any other drink you could buy at the store.
my body is craving the juice. there is nothing like this. alive low quality juice beats pasteurized high quality juice every time. processing harms the good stuff.
people who buy drinks from the store have no idea how much better it is to have an alive drink. factory juice is cooked to make it shelf-stable. if you knew what was good you wouldn't want shelf-stable.
feels kind of wasteful to throw away all that good pulp but i don't believe it is wasted. sewerbacteria is eating it and re-encorporates it into the lifestream.
