Two big smooches to the FoodSaver home vacuum pack machine thingie. We resisted owning one of these things because they are advertised and sold on late-night infomercials of the cheesiest variety. Someone gave us one of these home vacuum pack machine thingies for free, and speaking of cheese, it has saved our precious stock of cheese. For weeks now, it has perfectly preserved our parmesan, brie, gorgonzola, swiss, and our personal fave, the Fog cheese that works out to well over $40 a pound when the best of the best is bought (at Bristol Farms, soon-to-be MWB pick). We're doing an experiment with some crackers; we vacuum packed 6 of them and we're going to bury it on Marla's vast country estate. Results will not be announced in our lifetime (Marla and I would have to admit there is a passage of time and for us, there isn't. So there.). But you know those crackers will be edible in 20 years so get a FoodSaver for yourself and start vacuum packing everything you own. You'll love it!