# Vacuum sealing

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 3, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516 "2013-08-03T00:20:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/1 "2013-08-03T00:20:37Z")

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does vacuum sealed food stay good indefinitely?

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**Author:** ![UberZacht](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/uberzacht/32/111_2.png) [@UberZacht](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/UberZacht)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/2 "2013-08-03T00:49:07Z")

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Yes, until you activate it.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/3 "2013-08-03T02:31:53Z")

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what do you mean by until i activate it? doesn’t activating food consume it?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/4 "2013-08-03T02:45:08Z")

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Vacuum sealing food creates a vacuum sealed item that isn’t actually food. That item will keep forever until you activate it, at which point it becomes a food item that will only keep for so long. Canning works the same way.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/5 "2013-08-03T03:19:01Z")

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oh i see, got it. that’s pretty clever!

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**Author:** ![woofinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@woofinator](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/woofinator)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/6 "2013-08-03T03:31:31Z")

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It stays fresh unless you open it or if the planet you inhabit ends up getting sucked into a black hole.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vacuum-sealing/2516/7 "2013-08-03T04:11:05Z")

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> [@woofinator](#):
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> the planet you inhabit ends up getting sucked into a black hole.

I hate it when that happens.