Resealable Rice and Pasta Bags

[Nitefly]

You buy some pasta. It comes in a bag. The bag says you can reseal it. But the bag is lying.

If the sticker itself isn't as useless as a 30 year old woman trying to resist cheesecake, then you need to be a level 85 bag opening ninja to not to get a nice long tear toward the bottom of the bag.

Why do you lie to me, infernal bags?

This was an important observation and a necessary post.

 

[godinman]

Get a jar for your pasta.

I should explain further, you should then decant the pasta into said jar, eliminating the need to use the resealable bag system.

Go on, treat yourself.

 

[Theophany]

Reading GD tonight has restored my faith in humanity. Aside from being utterly useless at bagged pasta and clingfilm, I feel like we have a chance after all.

 

[phil675]

Do you really need to seal it? I attempt to fold the packet over to stop air getting in but the low quality packaging often isn't very co-operative. I can't say I've ever eaten my pasta and thought 'oh no I didn't seal it properly'.

 

[qqg3]

I can't say I've ever eaten my pasta and thought 'oh no I didn't seal it properly'.

Indeed, it is a dry foods-stuff that won't be in the cupboard (opened) for anything more than a few days. A jar? Is that really nesscessary?

 

["andy"]

scissors and knives where invented for this sort of thing

 

[qqg3]

scissors and knives where invented for this sort of thing

Cavemen would disagree, I don't think they had access to plastics or pasta for that matter, I think knives served a more utilitarian purpose.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Get some jars Nitefly, looks nicer too

 

[Tony Williams]

You can reseal it, I am hardcore though I say "oh yeah" and VAC SEAL it. if it ended up in the toilet, I could still rinse it and open and eat it. *OcUK thumba up*

 

[arknor]

OP must have fat fingers or maybe hes just clumsy.

I can open and close even the cheap pasta/rice packets with ease without a single tear

alternatively you can probably use scissors a lot of bags have a scissor line indicated on them

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

I use cloths pegs for all my dried foods closure needs, works well for pasta, rices and most pulses*.



* I'm yet to confirm that cloths pegs are compatible wit Mung Beans, Black Lentils or Trill.

 

[Doohickey]

Get a jar for your pasta.

I should explain further, you should then decant the pasta into said jar, eliminating the need to use the resealable bag system.

Go on, treat yourself.

That involves buying a jar specifically for the pasta. It defeats the allusion given by the packaging that you don't need a jar, you can just reseal the packet. It's lies.

Otherwise, the packaging should clearly suggest obtaining a jar to decant the pasta into.

 

[Blue160]

Glad it's not just me with the resealable bag fails (and cling film come to that).

As mentioned above jars are the solution to your pasta/rice based problems. They don't work for cling film though.

 

[panyan]

I can't say I've ever eaten my pasta and thought 'oh no I didn't seal it properly'.

+1

a friend of mine is obsessive with those food clips and has a go at me every time i offer her digestives that ive twisted the top of the pack

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Eat the entire contents like a man. Then kick your ass for not eating a steak.

 

[Trifid]

I use cloths pegs

I was starting to worry if it was only me...

 

[Crowort]

I ones I hate most are on tortilla wraps. At least the Tesco ones are a nightmare to open and reseal without ripping the sealing bit off the bag. Pasta and rice it is more of a mess issue than keeping it fresh like the wraps.