Oxygen absorbers - how to use them

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You could also iron the oxygen absorber bag shut with the unused oxygen absorbers inside. This is probably the better solution if you will be using all of them the next time you open it up. For the oxygen absorbers you plan on using during the next hour or two, have a zip log bag set aside to put them in. After they are in the zip lock bag, push out all the air and zip it closed. This will work for you temporarily, but is not a good solution for long term storage of the oxygen absorbers. Use the bottle, or iron the original bag closed for that. At this time you should also be ready to do your packing operation. Be sure all the food you want to preserve, the cans or buckets, mylar bags, heated clothes iron or Eurosealer and board are on hand.

The absorbers you are about to use should be laid out side by side so they are not touching each other. The reason for this is because as they work they generate heat and the hotter they are the faster they will absorb oxygen. (No, I don't suggest you keep them in the refrigerator.) The goal is for them not to absorb any more oxygen than is necessary before they are sealed into the storage container where you want them to do their thing.

The operation:
Open up the mylar bag and put it into the plastic bucket. Then pour the food you are planning on preserving into the bag. Be careful you don't over fill the bag. If you get it too full after the operation is complete you won't be able to get the lid on the bucket. With the bag full of food, throw the necessary number of oxygen absorbers in the bag on top of the food.

Now, lay a board across the top of the bucket so one edge of the board is half way across the top of the opening of the bucket. Lay the bag over the top of the bucket and using the clothes iron or Eurosealer, iron the bag shut. Now that the bag is sealed closed, you can put the lid on the bucket and seal the lid down. It's as easy as that, your finished with that bucket. If you are filling lots of buckets at the same time, you might consider filling ten or more buckets at once. Have all ten of the buckets at the stage where the oxygen absorbers are to be thrown in. Then quickly add the absorbers to each bucket and quickly iron the bag shut. This would save your oxygen absorbers from having to be out in the air any longer than necessary. Before you started sealing your first bucket, you'd pull the absorbers out, lay them side by side, and complete the process on each of the ten buckets as quickly as possible. With a little practice, you should be able to easily seal the ten bags in 5 minutes or less. With all the bags ironed shut, install the ten lids on the buckets, and you are done. If you are so lucky as to have access to a canning machine, the job is even simpler. Just toss an oxygen absorber on top of the food before you seal the lid on the can. It's as easy as that. If the oxygen absorbers are working they will create a vacuum. After a few hours the lids on the cans will pop down or the mylar bags will pull in around the food in the buckets.

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