Twist ties

I feel so silly asking this but I can't find any twist ties that you'd use to close food bags once you've opened them. When I left the US I must have thrown out a hundred of these things - they came in the box with my bin liners but I never used them for that.

Here my bin liners don't have twist ties, and when we open a bag of frozen veggies I'm stuck for a way to close them.  Help?

I tie them in a knot or use a ziplock-type bag.

no most large rubbish sacks don't come with those, i use the ones that have the yellow drawstring ties; i wouldn't think they'd be that hard to come by though, maybe just ask for them at your local supermarket if you can't find them;

My husband is appalled at the amount of baggies and cling film I go through in a week.

I was just looking for other options since it seems every time I turn around I need a twist tie. Habit I guess.

Are they called twist ties here? I asked in Sainsbury's and they had no idea what I meant, even after I tried to explain it.

Haven't seen them.  Haven't needed them.  There's reusable plastic clips for closing frozen food bags.

DH just bought some home from Wilkinson's.  They're called "sandwich bags" on the box and they come in a box of 100.  The box is purple and green and the writing is white.  They come with those little twist ties...I just throw them away...I should start saving them and sending them to you!   

Oddly enough...my kitty tray liners come with twist ties...want me to mail them to you?  

wench

You can also go to Tesco and get Tesco brand sandwich bags and it comes with a pack of wire twist ties.
For our frozen vegs we usually use a clothes pin to close it up.

I told you I felt silly asking !!

thanks for all the replies

They also come with the ASDA brand sandwich bags too. 

I get them by the roll at the garden centre.  The last ones I bought were on sale, 3 rolls for £1.00, i needed them to tie up some loganberry branches, but they could be used for anything. You also might find them at the £££ Stretcher shop (or whatever there called!).

If you have someone in the states that is close to a WalMart (we aren't)they have a roll in the kitchen supply section that is twist ties. The ties are green and you pull out what length you need like a roll of string. I also worked for a kitchen supply store Coringware Correlle Revere that sold the same thing. Good luck.

Like someone else mentioned, you can buy it by the roll in the garden section of your nearby Wilkinsons, among other places. Then you can cut them to the length you want!

I was going to suggest using clothes pins as well, that is what I used in the states alot the nice wooden ones. I use them here as well, but I like the idea of going to the garden center as well.

I have used clothes pins, but they pop off the bag in our freezer - it's probably stuffed too full.

I'll look for sandwich baggies with the twisties in, never thought of non-ziploc ones tbh. Living here certainly teaches you to think in other ways.

thx to every one for the replies