Foodsaver Sealing Mason Jars~Rice And Long Term Food Storage
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Add to your Long Term Food Storage with a Foodsaver Vacuum Sealer. Sealing Mason jars is the simplest way to store food. Rice is one of the easiest foods you can store. I also give you a list of things you can vacuum seal with the Foodsaver.
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Have done rice, a couple other grains, dried milk, sugar, and several types of beans. You can also do dried herbs. Got the jar attachments and went to the local auto parts store and got a vacuum kit for bleeding brakes. Hook it up, toss a packet of oxygen absorber to get rid of the oxygen in it, and hand vacuum them to about 18 pounds. Works great and suppose to keep for around 10 years. Have enough for six months if need be.
thank you for the excellent video..i would probably need a lot more than what you prep for..I make sure that if the economy collapses and my children are without jobs they can come home with their families and work the farm..i have enough prepped to feed my family for an entire year..that is 5 children, spouses, and the grand babies....that way they can work and not pay rent..get back on their feet and we all will have enough to eat..thank goodness they are all part of the plan..its not just a end of the world scenerio that people plan for...I thank you and all others that produce these videos.
The intro with Proverbs 21:20 was just what I needed. I'm 75 and live alone and was wondering if it was foolish for me to store food. I got my answer, thanks!
Never foolish to store food... never :)
this video was a blessing. it answered all of my questions clearly and simply. i cant thank you enough.
Texas men have the sweetest accent🥰
Kathy Brewer
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Will try to do that.
thanks for your comment
Good point on the rice in salt shakers. My mother used to do that all the time and I do it as well. I put a unsalted cracker in my sugar canister. It doesn't get too humid where I am in Nova Scotia, but enough where the rice in my salt is necessary.
I would say... look around and see what you are doing, what you have learned, what you know... and say to yourself "does everybody else know how to do this?"... if not... do some videos. Some of the things I do vids of are stuff I figured most folks know about, but find out they don't.
I'm having a ball teaching others to do stuff.
I had to learn the hard way, no internet, no CZcams when I started homesteading. I made lots of mistakes. Maybe I can help others NOT make so many mistakes.
TexasPrepper2 there are a lot of us out here who truly appreciate people like you, who put yourselves out there to help strangers. So thank you!
@@cullencasa7217 Thanks so much :)
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge to help others. Really appreciate it much. God bless!
Easiest tutorial, thank you! Have one question please. Are we supposed to sanitize the jars before the whole process?
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Since they are not going to be exposed to heat, I would sanitize yes
Hi I just wanted to tell you. I watched this video back in 2014. I Just opened a jar a few days ago and it was PERFECT! Please continue to prepare. Bad times are coming. HE told me to prepare 4 years ago among other things. Everything HE told me has come to pass. I pray you and yours are going to be ok and He’ll keep you safe
Good to know.
Glad to hear you have Eyes 2 C... and... ears to hear :)
Also... even though mice don't particularly LIKE mylar... I HAVE seen them chew through it. So... another reason to go with jars.
Great tip on re-purposing commercially packed jars.
Thanks again !
Great video! I thought I was the only one that did this LOL. I just did a quick count, I have just over 1,000 quart jars sealed like this, pretty crazy. I had about three jars out of all of them that wouldn't seal, perhaps factory defects. I'd also suggest putting in an oxygen absorber, I tried Jasmine rice with and without an oxygen absorber and compared them after a year or so and there was a huge difference, the one with the oxygen absorber smelled real fresh like I just canned it up, the other one had very little smell. If you use and oxygen absorber there's no need to freeze the food. I'd also suggest buying a pressure canner as well, when the jars are empty you can refill with wild game or fish or veggies from the garden. It's a system that will keep and preserve food pretty much indefinitely, but you need the pressure canner and a good propane stove to keep the system going otherwise you'll run out of beans and rice LOL
Pressure canner? Absolutely. I have 3 😎
I've used O2Abs when I had some.
Great idea, thanks!
Great idea Silas !!! at the same time you are recycling, and saving money. Will try it. Thanks
Absolutely true... a 100 cc packet will do for a quart jar.
This video is for those that don't have (or don't know about) 02 absorbers. Sometimes I put one in the jar even if I vacuum them... just for insurance.
I've never had too much luck at using the canning jars. I noticed some things that you did, that I did not. Clearly you read the directions. I did not. Thanks for posting this.
Great video, I had bought a 50 lb bag of rice as well but I wished I had watched this video prior. My bag was invested with the bugs and the wife would not use. I tried to tell her that 3rd world countries considered this normal. A fellow at my church told me to simply soak the rice prior to cooking. all the bugs, eggs,larvae will float. drain and cook. I do this even with my frozen rice to eliminate dead larvae and bugs. wife now is ok with buying rice in bulk. This storage technique is awesome and I have the food-saver as well.
Thank you! We've had a Foodsaver for years, but I forget/didn't know about all the things you can do with it!!!
You make some good points. But... if you look at a "Dollar" type store, you can usually get quarts for 8 to 10 dollars a case. Garage sales are also a great place to find jars, cheap! As far as for earthquakes... if I was concerned about it, I think I would place some thin cardboard between the jars (i think they USED to do that at the factory) to "pad" them. Also, using a stretch wrap around the cases (like they do now) should stop them from knocking into each other.
thanks for the comment
A number of years ago I purchased a 4 lb plastic container of silica gel crystals. They were inexpensive and in the pet section of Meijers a major grocery/dept. store here in Mi. They are listed for use to put in the bottom of cat litter boxes. They will work just fine wrapped in coffee filters. I will make sure to dry them in the oven first. thanks for the suggestions in this video. one of many fine suggestions in all your vids.
Great Video! I like to use #10 cans at the LDS cannery(and no they don't try to convert you) and do ball jar vacuum for chocolate chips and small candy bars.
Thanks for the tip Silas, I usually clean and keep any glass jars.
Check your lids weekly. New lids have less “rubber” sealant and are not as good as the old lids were. I have had to reseal quite a few jars, the strange thing is they seem to seal better if the lids are used, which makes me think the lids need to be heated to soften the “rubber” to make a good seal the first time. I plan on heating the lids in hot water, dry them off and put on jars and seal them right away.
Probably a good plan...
To preheat the jar lids without hot water, use an elelctric heat pad. place lids on heat pad and preheat to soften the lid seal. Just a little insurance.
Great idea !
thanx
In searching for a FS I found that most people, like you, think the 2800 model FoodSavers are better than the new 3000 models. I searched high and low and found the 2865 at Bed Bath and Beyond with the separate canister button. It works like a charm! Thanks for the info!
Great video! I do this the same way and the 50 pound bag of rice is only $19. I can not have enough of these in quart jars.
thank you so much for all your hard work man. I comment regularly and watch every video.. keep up the good work man!
Love how you explain everything! Thank you so much.
Thanks for the comment... some say I talk waaaaaaay too much :)
Thank you for this video I forgot I have the small mouth attachment to my food saver and I am going to buy the wide mouth . I am washing quarts now and going to put my dried beans and peas in them 👍🏻😃
I like using jars because its good for creating portions either for the kitchen or bring somewhere.
yep, my mom gave me canned tomatoes and green beans from 09, they are perfectly fine. she always taught us, if they look good, and the seal hisses when opening them and they smell good they are fine. I have had tomatoes go bad on occasion, and get dumped but it is very rare.
the only thing that I have found that doesn't keep is fruit like you mentioned, peaches don't seem to keep really long, have had jelly go funny tasting after a few years even when sealed.
Good video brother, well done. I appreciate the simplicity of your videos. Thanks, Wayne
Great video!
Tip: When filling jars, especially with rice & small beans, tap jar on wooden surface to compact contents even more. Get more in jar & less air for FS to extract.
Tip: Can use undamaged used canning jar lids tor vac seal dry goods. If problem sealing, place used lids on towel covered heating pad to soften sealing compound a bit. I save all used canning lids for non-canning re-use.
Tip: For powdery items, cut circle from coffee filter/paper towel & place over contents b4 sealing.
Great video. Should you sterilize your jars before vacuuming packing them with rice? Thks again
@@lindagregory4558 IMO, Well washed, rinsed and air dried is all that's needed to be done to jars used for dry storage. As a general rule, microorganisms need moisture in order to survive/thrive and reproduce to cause spoilage.
Next, we can't maintain a sterile environment in our kitchens. Spoons, funnels, containers for the food to be put into the jars would have to be sterile.
Even the dry food, using beans for an example, isn't sterile when it goes into the jars. It is recommended dried beans should be rinsed well, before soaking/cooking to remove dust from the harvest.
Hope this helps.
I haven't officially started prepping yet. (I have about a week worth of dry goods in storage so far) But think you for what you just showed. I was wondering how to dry pack foods that would lose flavor and texture if they were pressure canned! You are brilliant! :)
A break bleeder works for sealing jars as well,but you still need the jar sealer lids from a food saver.
Dude... that WAS a score on the 1/2 gallon jars... WOW !
I have a hand held unit that gets all the air out of the jars and I love it. FoodSaver FSFRSH0051 FreshSaver Handheld Vacuum Sealing System, White on Amazon
Excellent, I'll have to look into getting one of these...Thanks again.
love all your videos, the food storage and blackberries are great info. love the green house too. my two year old loves videos too, puts him to sleep every nite
thanks very much for the demonstration!
Great video! I will use your method. 5 gal buckets don't seem like a good idea to me, smaller containers do.
THIS IS ON MY TO DO LIST BROTHER THANKS FOR SHARING GOD BLESS
Thawing, the jars were sweating, and I wash the jars in my dishwasher, and the lids, cause you don't know who or how they was handle, thanks for your tips!
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing.
I use the food saver method on rice, beans & dried bread, but I also put in absorber too. All is well for 5-yrs now.
"Some" but not all Walmart stores bakery section will sell you the food buckets they have emptied for a $1.00, any size.
Good to know about the buckets... thanks!
My wife detests plastic. So, Mylar in buckets are out. Have been doing jars as above since our 2014 wedding.
Thank you.
Plastic causes sterilization in men. As plastic was created by accident as they were trying to create a hormone to make women more fertile. Ironic thing is that it does the opposite with men and does make women hormonal. Thus more sex crazed females and in a quite a few cases, worse parenting. Just like how c-sections get rid of the chemical response "love" that happens when females give birth vaginally. Also causing Tons of emotional instability, lack of positive emotional growth, no more empathy or care for others. = gigantic lack of personal and community growth. A planet of self absorbed pricks. Sad really. Thankfully it hasn't gotten that far and some continents do not approve of c-sections unless there is no choice.
Smaller hips = less likelihood of survival
Aw fer crissake!!
Nice thing about the jars is being able to use what you need and reseal the jar for continued storage. Same for vacuum bags. Only downside is if you're limited on storage space. Then, larger containers may be your best choice.
So true, thanks Larry!
Got one, never used it. I will now. thanks.
I lOVE my Food Saver with the Mason jar dealer!! I have around 200 pints and 175 qts of chocolate, legumes, couscous, flour, etc etc etc ..
good for minimum 3 yrs as well as pasta. as I have discovered also, kept my flour after leaving flour in freezer for a week to kill any potential nasties worked fine.
Great video, thanks for sharing
Great tips Oldtimer !
I reuse lids when I have them, and I do tap them a little (on a towel, the granite counter would not be too kind to the jars).
Didn't think about paper towels or coffee filters for powdery stuff... Excellent !
I went to bed bath and beyond, and I ordered the large mouth jar sealer, but they didn't have the hose attachments, so I made my own out of tubing and a little fitting from my fish pump and valve tubing connector, and I bought the 20 dollar hand held vacuum pump at Walmart, I bought wide mouth jars with the rings and lids, on the jars but I had some that unsealed, but I bought extra lids and rings, and they sealed great, I let the rice get to room temperature because of the sweating in the
Some of us coming into prepping are only prepping for one person, so all the options are open. Huge bags of stored products would do me no good since they start to degrade once you break the seal. That's why I would either use smaller Ball jars and/or smaller sealed bags in Mylar. Just my thoughts.
Take what you need out of jar than just reseal it over ! that's how most people do it !
Nice! Thanks.
Every time I watch one of your video's my ToDo list gets bigger and/or I'm running out to Tractor Supply or Home Depot.
I usually spend the money BEFORE I do the video :(
still use rice in our salt shakers in my house, lol.
missy0390 us too! except during humid monthes then we use dry beans lol
Denise Martinez why?
missy0390 wyy?
He explains this in the video, rice acts as a natural dessicant, as in it absorbs moisture, and putting it into the salt shaker prevents clumps.
Me as well lol
Because you have had some failures, I will probably heat mine up next time... so thanks for the comment.
However, I did some 2 years ago, and so far I haven't seen any failures... but I will monitor them a little closer now... so... thanks again...
This is great, new subscriber just for this video :D
Still put rice in my salt shaker! I also use my older previously used lids to dry pack-great way to recycle them. I do keep the rings on as a protector. I use the O2 absorbents vs freezing, but it is a preference. Nice video.
I do this every time I buy rice... if you use a chopstick to "settle" the rice a little in the jars, you can fit it into right about 24 jars... I also fill them all the way to the top.
I am having the same problem with the volumes on some videos too. I thought it was just me :)
thank you for this advise its working great pantry full.
Excellent... glad I could help!
You are awesome. I appreciate your videos very much.
Good instruction. On the coast near Beaumont there is a humidity problem. It helps to purchase the rice and transport it from store to home after a dry norther hits. Same thing for removing plastic bag of rice from freezer and letting it sit at room temperature to dry. It condensates very bad but it will get there with a little patience. Enjoyed the video. One thing I'm curious about, people who "oven can" rice, do they still need to freeze it first? I'd appreciate someone responding. Thanks
It will work trust me we've been living without air conditioning and frozen food for a long time
Love the scripture at the beginning-so true.
Amen.. thanks
I did some potatoes in jars like this, but did not see any indication that there was any powder sucked into the machine. Now... from what I read... there IS a problem with that happening if you use the BAGS to vacuum seal. I have heard from several folks that had powder get in their machine using bags... Another good reason to go with the jars...
Thanx, gotta be prepared! Peace
Love the scripture at the beginning. Blessings.
+Nicole Woodall
Blessings to you too...
Both! There is a place called "Restaurant Depot." They supply restaraunts in the area. All you need is ANY business license to shop there.. No membership fees. I have bought 50 lb slabs of roast beef and pressure canned ( with the All AMERICAN MODEL 921CANNER) I bought 20 lb bags of Hershey's Cocoa to seal up!!
It seems like the lack of oxygen caused by the vacuum would also kill the bugs or maybe act as a secondary kill.
grandma used the tapping method... she would rotate her canned goods. I remember we would go down into her root cellar and we would rotate and tap tap tap the top... screw the top on tighter ... do that for about six months every month or so... when you have a few minutes just tap tap tap screw that lid on tighter... make it a routine... tap tap tap.. real hard and tighten the lid you will hear the jars pop pop pop pop it is sealed. those lids are important do not bypass the lids .. yes it keeps it safer. Anything can break a seal but the lid keeps that unit in place The fancy electronic sucking machine is nice BUT it actually keeps you out of your cellar you feel safe you feel like you really did something lolol BUT there is nothing like getting in there INSPECTING your store house and the results of your devotion.
Cost? If the jars were going to be thrown away after using the product, then yes, it would be waaaay too expensive. But, you would be reusing them... and maybe you would be reusing them at a time when you really need some canning jars for sustainability... Just make sure you have a lot of extra lids for later... just a thought
I have the vacuum sealer and i love it. And i use it every time i go grocery shopping .ordered the jar sealers ,still waiting on delivery.
It's so good!
I still put rice in my salt and pepper shakers. I also put it in my garlic powder.
Something happened to my audio a few days ago. Couldn't hear a thing. Finally found solution. Had to adjust the volume (bottom left) on video display panel. It was set to zero. How/why don't know. I didn't set it there.
Once adjusted, volume normal on all video's since.
Hope this helps.
If you put rubber bands around your jars keeps them from clanking for things like a washer jiggling
I've seen many sources say not to freeze rice, and that vacuum sealing is enough to kill any unwanted bugs.
That is probably true... vacuuming will probably do the trick
I'm just doing an added measure out of caution.
But, the product has to be room temp before you put it in the jars
If it's cold, it will probably condensate and get water into the jar... not good
Also, thanks for the info you've given on this topic here. Answered a lot of question's I had. The character that run's this channel charges too much, in my opinion.
Thank you!
Wondered if you could freeze the rice after it was vacuum packed. Looks like that would eliminate the condensation problem.
I bought both jar attachments for 13.00 on amazon, well worth the money and cheaper, I got the same ones in this video.
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Thank you.
I forgot, I have seen this before....but still needed the recap.
Nice video! If you only want to create a 6 month rotating supply would you need to use a foodsaver? Or, can you just freeze the rice and then put into jars with some bay leaves in them?
I know when stored barley, I opened a jar and there was little bugs in it, and I asked for help on a prepper site and I was advised to freeze it first
Freezing and heat (oven canning) kills the germ in any grain in the event you are wanting to sprout them. Otherwise bay leaves and oxygen absorbers/vacuum sealing.
This is a great idea. I never did get into the 5 gallon bucket and mylar bags for beans and rice. I just have myself to prep for and couldn't imagine having to open a whole 5 gallon bucket full of something. Here in Florida with the humidity it doesn't take long for even dry goods to go bad, thanks for the tip. One other question, for the past couple of days when I go to watch a video, they all seem to start with the volume turned off. Is anyone having the same problem, or did I do something?
Thank for sharing
If you create a vacuum bugs will die They cannot live in a vacuum no oxygen. So no need to freeze it first
I ask the question before I looked in the comments. I saw the coffee filter suggestion. If you have anymore info please pass it on. Thanks
I still put rice in my salt shaker , even though I don't cook with alot of salt , I prefer grinding my own salt & peppercorns ..God bless you 🙏🏻
Josette
Thanks for sharing
Hello Josette. My name is Josette as well and I live in the Bahamas and I have only ever heard of two other women with my name. So I just wanted to say hello and 😊
Did this about 4 years ago. Found that most seals fail within about 2 years and all failed within 4 years.
I found out what I did wrong 4 years ago, I didn't heat the lids. It is recommended that you wash the lids, let them dry really well, like for a day, then heat those in the oven before you vacuum seal them. Also, you can use a lid that was used in water bath canning as it already has the jar indention but can seal again with vacuum sealing.
When I buy flower, rice, cornmeal I always freeze before using 24 hrs
I just put it in the jars plastic on top screwed down top worked great really no need for doing anything else my stuff still, good after 3 yrs same deal with pasta.
Look at Oldtimer Lee's comment here about vacuuming powdery foods.
i noticed that some of the jars are more full than others, you would be able to fill that final half full jar if you scooped off the excess in some of the jars and put it into that last jar.
I don't remember, but I probably topped most of them off before I vacuumed them...
I love my food saver works awesome for storing dehydrated & grains & rice.. Right.. :")
Yes it does!
I don't use absorbers because the vac sealer pulls out most of the oxygen.
Could weight, but don't see necessity of taking that step. Weighing would only be important if using same recipe over & over again & need exact amount in each jar.
Jars: Takes time & patience to find good deals on used jars. Thrift stores usually over priced. Yard sales & estate sales usually better. Put word out to friends & family. Aunt Betty may have some stashed in basement. My best find - 120 1/2 gal for $20.
good job!
One quart of dry Belen's are four cups. Where each cup cooks up to be a quart or four cups cooked!
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How do you prepare your jars? Sanitize?
I went with Mylar where possible because: Unless you get in on the 50% off sale at Lowes or find a yard sale, jars are $1.00 or more a jar. That adds up fast and I could have spent that money for more food instead. Also, jars break easily. I don't live in a big earthquake area, but I am not terribly far from the outer lines of the New Madrid fault. Earthquakes can happen anywhere. Jars aren't as easily transported as Mylar and take up a lot of room. Need to save my jars for canning. :)