The viral trick to vacuum pack food without the need for a canner

Surely you have realized that many foods that you buy in the supermarket are vacuum packed and that has a single reason, they are better preserved, for longer. Until now, a machine was needed, but it seems that it is not necessary.

Cooking and tricks to make food taste better, take less time to cook, use less electricity are the order of the day. However, replacing a vacuum packaging machine is something new.

Well, new and viral, since in TikTok The video that we show you below has more than 2 million views in a matter of days and shows how you can easily vacuum pack without the need for any machine.

The user of TikTok @staceybdixon he shows step by step how he does it and the method is as simple as it is clever and although the end result may not be exactly like what can be achieved with a machine, it does seem to work well.

To do this, simply use a bag of frozen, in it put meat or whatever you want to store vacuum. He closes practically the entire zipper of the bag and puts it in a bowl of water.

The water pressurizes the bag and pushes the air towards the only remaining exit and to finish she takes the bag out of the bowl and closes the bag. Then, with the help of his hands and a cloth, he dries it and stretches its contents so that it occupies less space.

This trick has been proven by several users when it comes to freezing chicken and vegetables and it is physically feasible. However, some points must be taken into account.

For this trick to work, Tamika D. Sims, director of food technology communication at the International Food Information Council, has commented:

“The method is correct to remove air from a plastic bag but you have to be 100% sure that the bag does not have any holes or is permeable to water, so that it does not enter inside“.

In other words, the trick can work and as long as it is handled with hands and a clean environment, that vacuum bag reduces the growth of bacteria inside.