I love both of them. Definitely two of favourite TV shows.

Depends on how thin they are. I had the translucent white ones from Buy-Low rip on me.

Learned this the hard way and broke a glass jar.

You're not buying garbage bags every time you go to the store though.

It's the food dehydrating as well as oxidizing. Freeze dried food is also dehydrated, but it doesn't get freezer burn.

I'm confused on the part where they said they had no options without garlic? 

Alcohol has been a part of human culture for thousands of years it's not the same as asking why someone doesn't lick lead paint.

Alcohol is quite literally a toxin. 

Life is short then you die, might as well enjoy it the way you want to.

I mean not initially. But I would start looking for a plot of land to purchase and start homesteading it.