I’ve seen that beautiful bag dryer before. . . but yeah, as pretty as it is, it doesn’t exactly seem frugal! The E-How article is interesting, but wouldn’t water drip down on the beans and make icky? I remember reading somewhere (was it the Tightwad Gazette) about making a bag drying rack out of tinker toys-which would be frugal if you found them at yard sales.

What I try to do is this. Because I buy bulk-packages of meat, I wrap the individual meal-sized portions of meats in wax paper, then put several meals in one plastic freezer baggie. Then it’s not really getting ‘dirty,’ just frozen. Then I can re-use them by refilling.

I like to keep opened bags/paks of cheese in a large zipper bag, but again, they can be reused because the food never really touches the inside of the bag, as I keep them wrapped in their original containers, perhaps with a small piece of plastic wrap over an exposed side of hunk cheese.

Can baggies be washed in the dishwasher? I wouldn’t mind purchasing slightly more expensive ones that could be washed and re-used easily.

I also saw a comment on your previous post on this that someone said they wash baggies with their whites. Does that mean in the laundry? On hot? I’d like to know more about that one… anything to save me from washing things in the sink!