Vacuum Seal Almost Any jar ~ Recycle Glass Jars for Food Storage
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- Vacuum Seal Almost Any Jar ~ Recycle Glass Jars for Food Storage
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I see the canisters are sold out on Amazon. I'm not affiliated with Avid Armor, but this is the company that makes the canisters that I have. avidarmor.com/avid-armor-3-piece-food-vacuum-canister-set/?setCurrencyId=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnsqdBhCGARIsAAyjYjRx-CikSxVaNbMKGc56BD6vo6rKofPU2S4EI-jp3qsjqOt3kn0UbwkaAif-EALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR3gvA0rHi-PQXMFtwTqSoCSg2cysEvjLLLd2ep-A12NHyNvVLPWDRYPFTs
Thank you dear!!
Will this work if I have a Food Saver brand sealer machine? It does not have a "canister setting". Will the Avid tall canister hose also fit the port?
Also... they just sold out! You have a popular video...
Do you know what the vacuum rating of those 6 sided vacuum canisters are, They look like Avid Armor.
@Nancy Frazier I spent a lot of time reading the reviews and am disappointed with what seems to be a claim that the large canister doesn't work with quart jars and also the food saver seems to be incompatible as well. These machines are very expensive and just don't impress me. Just my opinion.
Hint, after you have completed the vacuum, twist the dial on the top of the lid to release the vacuum from the container BEFORE you try to disconnect the vacuum tube.
yep, That's what I was saying while watching the video. :)
Why not just use oxygen absorbers?
That was the first what i think also :D
You have to buy oxygen absorbers. This idea allows you to use junk jars and not throw them away. O2 absorbers are great too, but not the point of this particular video.@@nancyk-ms3pc
My grandma used to do this back in the 70s and 80s with a vacuum chamber that my grandpa made from an old compressor motor and an old fish aquarium which allowed for a dozen or so jars to be sealed at once.
I'd love to see that. Any pics?
Wow!! I'd love to see that!!?? ... Welp...I guess I'm on a YT hunting expedition!!!??? LOL
You Grandpa could have put a patent on this and made millions back then! 🤑
thats AWESOME!
Awesome grandpa.
I've been doing this for a few years too, especially with the used glass jars.👍
JUST A NOTE: If you're sealing a powder (spices, milk, etc.), put a barrier on top. This keeps the powder from getting sucked out of the jar. You can use paper towel, coffee filter, muffin liner, a piece of fabric ...
Blessings! 💜
Thank you!
I cut off the sides of cupcake papers. They fit perfectly in the half-pint and pint jars, depending on the size of the papers.
Thank you!!! Omg ❤
How? Does the wax need to be cut? Just to fit the u Dee’s idea of the lid exactly? We need to know these things? Some may think it’s a no brained but it is still necessary to explain or show.
Meant underside of the lid
If the rubber ring is missing, or damaged, use plastic grocery bag. Flatten it out, lay it over the top of the jar, put the lid on, screw it down, then trim away the plastic.
I've seen several videos like this, and everyone pushes on the lid to show it's sealed. What no one has done, is to open one of them back up so that we can hear that classic suck-n-pop.
thats what i was wondering....id like to see it reopened
Try it yourself that's what learning is all about.
I would "try it" myself if i owned all the equipment needed. I would also purchase all the equipment needed, if i was sure it worked. Sealing a jar lid and then putting it in a vacuum to remove air from the same jar, makes no sense. Just open the lid so the viewers can hear the vacuum release = pop. Just "try it yourself "...
@@rip7773it does work. I seal all my jars this way and it 100% works.
I have some old used mire than once Smuckers glass jars... this morning i put my extra coffee in one and heard the pop!
I use old jars for jams and quick pickles and they always works well.
Learn something everyday. Thanks to people like you. Been saving jars for several months now. Why? You never know . Now I know one reason.
I started saving them too. 😊
Same here.
Same here!
Same here .
Yup! Me too!
Growing up on a New Hampshire farm in the late 30s and 40s during the War, my mother, grandmother, and aunts did a lot of vegetable canning during the late summer and fall, The kitchen pantry was full of food preserved in the ubiquitous Mason jars of the era. Squash, apples, and potatoes would usually keep well in the dirt floor cellar, as well as carrots which we generally left in the sand until needed. No refrigerator, but during the summer, a neighbor supplied us with blocks of ice for our icebox. Unpasturized fresh milk from the cows, and when we wanted real butter instead of the store margarine, my grandmother would make it from the cream from the cows milk. During the War, we needed ration stamps for a lot of stuff bought from stores, but the stuff we got from the farm was great in those years.
Thanks for sharing Walt! we need to preserve the old ways as best we can
How was the machine made and the lid for the aquarium? How was the vacuum hose placed onto the aquarium? Maybe some women know how to do this but others need help like me! 😁🤪🥴
My grandmother reused glass jars for jams and pickles and what she did was put wax paper under the lid first and never went off
I completely agree with you about storing your food in glass is best.
Storing your food in glass is the safest, cleanest and purest way to store your food.
Unless you drop them
@@zeusapollo8688
I guess I would rather take the chance of a jar being dropped than having my food contaminated by storing in plastic.
@zeusapollo8688 yes, that's definitely one way to ruin your day.
All plastics are porous to some degree and odors can eventually get through so glass is all I use even for leftovers for a day or two.
@@grounded7362 and the plastic seeping into the food like it does today.
I love when people say useful things on you tube. I've been saving all my glass jars, now I have a more permanent use for them. Thanks.
I've mentioned this before in a couple of places, but I think it bears repeating. One thing that happened with my vacuum sealed jars that I was not expecting at all happened when we had a tornado pass our house and I'm talking very close to our house. There was no damage, but it was within several 100 yd of our house. I don't even know if it actually touched the ground, but it was incredibly loud. I was checking doors and windows and concerned that they were going to pop out. As I got close to my pantry, I could hear ping after ping. My heart sank. Jars were unsealing. That was scary! After everything was over, I started checking jars. No conventionally canned jars lost their seal. And for some mystifying reason, only about 15 half gallon and gallon jars setting on the concret floor unsealed. Other vacuum sealed jars setting only a couple feet higher and all the way to the top shelves didn't unseal. I sealed them back and counted my blessings.
I watched this video several months ago, and just found the canisters for free in the reusables shop at our town landfill. I already have the Food Saver and can't wait to try this. I love glass jars because they are free, impervious to water and mice, and safer for food storage. Thanks for the video!
Awesome! I love those little free shops! 💕🇺🇸
What is a reusable shop at your town landfill? How does it work?
M e too, last year I started pitching plastic and saving glass. jars I so n eed to learn abiyt all thus stuff.
@@marionstade2174 where i live, there's a tent with tables in it at the entrance to the town dump before the point where you have to weigh in to go in and drop garbage off at the dump. ours is called the "drop and swap' . it's for people to bring things they don't want or need but are still usable, useful items and for people who need things to find them for free. ie if someone has a garage sale and didn't sell everything. it's a small town thing, i doubt its done in the cities but you never know..not every town has a thrift store, or only has one small one. i stop by ours once in a while to drop stuff off but there's not usually much there when i've gone. end of month is probably he best time
@z3dsdead I think she meant what is the "reusable store" at the landfill. Idk if our county landfill has a store, but that is a GREAT resource! I hate seeing all the things that get dumped but someone could use them!
Thanks I have these from my old vacuum sealer and from my new one. I never used them, but I will now. We also keep our glass jars so tomorrow I will be
sealing up everything!
Is it funny I’m so excited??😂
This is why I like CZcams so much. Channels like your never cease to amaze me, and there is so much to learn.
I love that your video gives excellent information and is short. If a video is over 15 minutes, I start to not feel good watching and my attention wanders. I watch videos on 1.5 speed, it helps to hold my attention. Thank you for getting to the point quickly and great visual demonstrations
Me too,i can usually tell if the person is a blabbering bullshiter within a minute.....then they get thumbs down & nasty comment .
@@johnwunder3521 You seem nice.
lol
@@221b-Maker-Street
same here, love that playback speed option!
aye, i do it sometimes at 2 speed.. especially when the person talks r e a l l y s l o w.
Whoa - what a way to save on mason jars for my canning! why am I 8 months late to this party? 🤦🏻♀️ Thanks for this!!!
Thank you so much, your clever idea has just saved me a lot of money. I always reuse jars (without vacuum sealing), you could say I'm a jar hoarder 😂
Oh my gosh i did not know that little container existed , that is so cool , thank you Jinne
Been resealing jars for years. Absolutely agree 100% glass jars are basically free. Dry goods, dehydrated and freeze dried goods, and no oxygen absorbers or mylar bags, it's all reusable. 👍
Do you do this vacuum seal method?
Mom used to put up apple sauce in jars like that and they sealed. They were very hard to open when you wanted to get into the jar. No vacuum just the heat pulled the lid down, you saw a dip so you knew it was sealed. You had to sterilize the jars, you could just put them in the oven at 250 degrees or put in a regular canner and boil them. 73
@@katiejon17, yes absolutely. For dry goods it works great, especially for jars that don't except regular mason jar lids. One item we keep in vacuum sealed jars are our bulk dried spices, things that we don't use often, keeps them fresh almost indefinitely. We also do this for things like spaghetti sauce. My wife and I may use half a jar of sauce for dinner, we put the lid back on, put in the vacuum chamber, reseal the jar, and put it in the fridge. It'll last weeks and even months that way. The same with things like the big tins of peaches for example, whatever we don't use we put the rest in jars, seal them in the vacuum chamber if they're not mason jars. If they are then we use the foodsaver lid sealer, and put them in the fridge. Our vacuum sealer is probably the second most used small appliance in our kitchen, next to the coffee maker. But we don't use this to replace actual water bath or pressure canning for long term storage.
@@andyfunke9484 what vacum sealer do you own?
I love using the canisters to vacuum jars. I sometime even use it to vacuum mason jars. I had a canister that did not hold a vacuum even a week. Just before throwing it out I discovered that it did work for this method.
Omgoodness!! I have been trying to figure out how to vacuum seal that type of jar for like 2 months. I saw a video where someone had a home made vacuum chamber and I have been totally over thinking it since. Yay! Today you just made my life SOOO much easier!! Thank you!!!
You can also seal regular soup cans using regular size canning jar flats! Try it, it works!
WHAT!!!!!
What types of things do you seal in the soup cans? Never heard of this idea. This is wonderful!
Nice tutorial! A tip my grandmother on the farm always taught us, when opening a canned wet type food, always take a clean spoon and take the top quarter inch off the top and throw away...its just a secondary safety measure because if their was any unwanted growth, it would be on the top primarily...all the best...
i do that with jams and jellies in the fridge. never go thru them fast enough. but i know its still good to eat under that tiny bit of mold growing on the corner there! 😂
This is gold! I’ve never seen those canisters before. Thank you 🙏
Love your easy mannerism showing us viewers preps. Good job & keep up great videos coming. Thx
Wow! Need the canister for sure! Thanks so much for sharing this information with us!
Thank you for sharing this info! I am so thrilled to learn this - I have TONS of glass jars and just placed my order for this!
I have been vacuum sealing for years, and I never thought of this! Brilliant! Thank you!
If you don't have a food saver machine you can use the food saver jar attachment and a brake bleeder. This obviously would also be used if the power went out and you needed to reseal things. It's probably a good thing to purchase for people who store things in jars.
I was about to ask this question! Thank you
Also - it gives the muscles in your hands a real workout!
How? Show how to make homemade vacuum sealing devices. I’m a single woman living alone and a senior citizen. I not only want to do this for myself but able to show my grandchildren how to do so also
@@michelledavidson2102 I can't show you. You need to look it up in a video.
@@kamikazitsunami could you please kindly give me a suggestion of what I should search to find info like your idea?
I love this! I’ve been saving my glass jars too and storing rice and grains in them. ♥️♥️
Just found you and so glad I did! I’ve been saving all my jars and now know how to use them!! Thank you!
Wow, thank you Ms. Jinnie!
Thanks Jinne! I save all my jars and put dehydrated veg and miscellaneous things in them. No worries about pests that way. I'm putting these canisters on my wish list. God bless. ~Laura
I never thought about using one of the canisters as a vacuum chamber.
Thank you 👍🥳🎉
Girl just when I think I know enough you show something I would have never thought of. You are by far my favorite you tuber
Love your videos. Brief and full of great info easy to follow.
I have been doing this for a little while. It really does work well! I check the lids every so often to make sure they are holding the seal.
OMG, Jinne!...you're a genius!!! You're a wealth of information and I so appreciate that you share it with us. This is such a great idea! Thank you so much. 😊 💖
For Christmas I got a new vacuum sealer. Thanks for the information Jinne. Pray, Plan, Prep
Thanks,I was around people who lived through the last depression. Major mind set!
Another great gadget you can use is the Pump n Seal. It's completely manual, great for grid down situations or if you don't own a vacuum sealer. It runs around $40.00 if I remember correctly. If you can get past the cheesy infomercial it's a fantastic tool.
What is the name of it & can we buy it Canada (Comieda)
Your comment just sent me down a short rabbit hole. I'd never heard of Pump n Seal before but I'm gonna get me one! Thanks 👍
A brake bleeder will do the same thing at half the cost
@@networkdivalinda A brake bleeder is pretty much the same hand pump got one at Harbor freight
I love mine. I also use any jar that opens with a pop to store dry or dehydrated food. I also use the jars for refrigerator jam. They stay sealed in the fridge and yes, I have water-bathed using them for sweet relish and jams without a problem. They always seal.
Amazing! I have been waiting for something like this. Thank you so much.
Awesome! I HAVE been saving my jars. Now I'll look for a vacuum sealer! Great idea!
Oh my gawd THANK YOU. I am a jar saver and been really tying to think of how to seal them!!
I love this. I save all my jars, never knew we could vac seal them. Thank you for the tip ! Happy New Year.
Works perfect!. Use can use any vacuum chamber. I used a 3 gallon vacuum chamber with a air conditioning system pump, on 12" tall pickle jars. I can barely open them after sealing, Ha
What kind of vacuum chamber? Great idea. I just took apart a 50 gallon water heater and figure it could make any size beyond 3 gallon.
@@paulbergen6574 A Vevor 3 gal vacuum chamber.
I have a jar fixation... it's good to know there are others... :)
You just blew my mind. How great this is. Thank you!!
I love those canisters! When I use the 1/2 pint jars for candies, I put multiple jars in there and make quick work of it.
Thanks for the video!
I've had 3 sets of those canisters for years now... As long as you keep the rim on the canisters and the seal on the lids clean they work perfectly
This is a life changer, THANK you!
This is one of the most useful videos on the internet ,thank you.
Never thought of doing that, thank you for a new storage trick. I don’t throw out glass jars, one more use for them. Thanks
Thanks. I usually reused my canning lid to vacuum seal in Classico mason jars. But I know I can vacuum seal in the regular Classico lids! ❤️ and also vacuum seal regular jars!
Awesome, thank you for sharing!
Nice canister and Excellent idea to use it to vacuum seal the other jars. I too love the Glass jars.
Good morning Jinnie. I certainly agree it's better to recycle glass jars and vacuum sea them for food storage - definitely better than letting all that glass enter the wastestream and threaten our precious natural resources. Interestingly enough, I find that Mt. Olive pickles jars are some of the best to use. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!!
Ever hear of recycling?🙄
@@dlighted8861 if you're in the USA, glass recycling is almost nonexistent. I broke a huge glass table after getting out of the hospital. I boxed up the glass & drove it around town on tour, trying to find anyone to recycle it. It's too expensive to recycle. It's also too expensive to drive it around town.
That's because the plastic manufacturers don't want you to reuse the glass. Most plastics can only be recycled 2-3 times!@@brrjohnson8131
I have a different kind of container for my vacuum sealer, it is not quite as tall, but I am going to use for smaller jars. Thank you for showing this, as I never would have thought of this!
I'm gonna take a second look for those canister jars .
What an awesome idea! Love this! Thanks for showing us!!!
i reuse jars all the time but didnt know I could do this with my vacuum sealer. great tip! thank you!!
Thank you so much for your videos. I was wondering how I could get those jars sealed. God bless you and your family.
Thank you for this great idea! I save all sorts of glass jars but figured I would have to invest in an expensive canister gadget in order to vacuum seal them. I have two food sealers, one of which is an avid armor, so I will definitely be looking for the canisters!
Thanks so much for this information.
This is BRILLIANT!! Thanks for sharing❤❤
I’ve been saving these types of jars for some time now. Now I know what to do with them. Thanks!
If you slightly warm the lids on a heating pad or the warming burner on your electric stove they usually seal better, but be careful not to burn yourself. Also you can use a brake line bleeder on this if you don’t have a food saver or use the little hand held ziplock vacuum bag sealer. I ordered the brake bleeder and ziplock hand held from Amazon . I think I spent like $30. And the brake bleeder can be used when you have no electricity. Made a video about this canister method probably 8 years ago or so. Glad to see someone else using this and recycling glass jars. You can also use your small standard Campbell soup cans and use a regular recycled canning lid in the canisters to seal in them. After thoroughly washing the cans and sterilization in my dishwasher I let them air dry more on my counter a few days to make sure they are dry so nothing dry I put in them spoils.
So just a cheap $15-20 brake bleeder?
@@inowillie Please let me know how it works. From the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Thanks for the many good ideas. I wonder if you can refurbish the seal material by wiping it preferably with something food safe, perhaps Pam. If not, make WD-40 which I don't know is food safe. Whatever, I don't know if it degrades the seal material over time. It seems a viable approach over heating the lid.
i think i got mine for like 20 bux on sale at good ol Harbor Freight ....
I went to your page, but I could not find the video. Would you mind sharing the link?
Your videos are very important and informative. I'm new to the prepping world and watching your videos gives me peace of mind and less worries knowing I did it right. God bless.
You got this!! Prepping definitely soothes the nerves, in this crazy world we live it...
Great idea! Thank you for sharing.
I put this video on pause and went and bought my own vacuum sealer machine. Thank you kindly for this WONDERFUL tip!
It fits perfectly into my way of saving food while also making less garbage . I’m so thankful that I’ve been saving so many jars. No more need to hassle with water bathing jars. Yippy Skippy! Slappy Happy!
I have said it once I will say it 100 times love your content keep it coming 👍
I was today years old…when I learned I could seal any jar!!
Love this idea!! I save some of my glass jars, because I love using them for dry goods, but I had no idea I could vacuum seal them!! Thank you!!
What a great kitchen hack!!! EDIT: Got to share. God Bless and stay safe.
Thanks for the video. However, I have a couple of questions. My pickle jars continue to smell of dill - even after a year with baking soda. Of course, that will transfer to anything stored in them. Any ideas? Also, you mentioned that the recycled jars have to have a gasket in the lid. If it doesn't then, it can't be used? Thanks again for the help.
I saw on another video where you take a paper cupcake liner and set it on top of the product in jar, cupped around, maybe that would help like a barrier. Hmmmm
I'm by myself so I make my milk from cans of condensed and dry milk so as to fill a small jug. This leaves half for later use which I rehydrate later. I accidentally found that pickles taint the milk and conversely there's no flavor left in the pickle jar.
Never thought of this but knew exactly how you were going to do it.
I know people that do canning in old pickle and sauce jars from stores. I also said it was a bad idea. But they are still alive. I know people that reuse canning lids. They seem to work well. Might test some seals. But does make me nervous.
i have some old, like OLD, glass mayo jars that i still can in. no problems!
Wow! I never thought of that! Thank you! ❤️🙏
Thanks for the great information!
I will start doing this!
Never saw that before. Great idea. We preppers are great recyclers!! Thank you. Blessings!
I use a brake bleeder ,,,from Amazon for 20 dollars . Works great !! And saves my vacuum sealer motor
I wondered about recycling glass jars. Thanks! ❤🎉
You're awesome. Thank you for the information. I'm just now learning how to can and vacuum seal food for long term storage. Again thank you for this information.
Nice, thanks for the tip. Btw, I do reuse those jars in my pressure canner with the lids that came on them and they will reseal a number of times.
How exactly do you do that? You've just put me in a state of shock 😲 My mind is racing with all sorts of questions. What kinds of things do you pressure seal.
Just use them as you would any ball or kerr jars/lids. Follow same procedures, wiping rims, warming lids before placing them, fingertip tight. The rubber on the commercial jars is actually thicker and holds up better than the flimsy flats, though most times you can get multiple seals from them as well. Anything you would normally pressure can, soups, veggies, meats, beans, etc. @@pamellamitchell2380
Also, I am always sure to get the labels and glue from the jars and sterilize just the same way you would care for your normal canning jars. Some are tough to remove but orange oil works to dissolve the glue and remove it completely. Spaghetti sauce, pickles, olives, jelly, sauerkraut, cheese, salsa jars are all good and work in the pressure canner as long as they are glass and have lids with rubber seals. @@pamellamitchell2380
Thank you for sharing this video. I didn’t about this way of sealing jars.
I bought one at a thrift shop $2. This works great. Thank for the info!!
Can you drill a small hole in the lid of a locking container and use that to set jars into? Seems like it would work like your set up, but I don't want to ruin my lock n seal container! Haha
Those items not available anymore 😢
Been following you for years . I'm always greatful for your tips and new ideas!!!
How absolutely clever!!!!
Thank you for sharing✌️❤️🙏
You can pressure or water bath can in these too. I have for many years and they always reseal.
yes, over and over and over again as long as the seals aren't messed up on them.
Do they still sell those canisters? I haven't seen them in years
I've had these for a bit, but they do have all kinds of them on amazon... you just want it to be tall.
Wow! That’s amazing! Way to think outside of the box!!
Thank you for reminding me of this.
It looks like the canister sets are out of stock.
Thank you. I keep saving the jars thinking i should be able to use them but not sure. Thank you so much.
You are a ROCKSTAR!!!!
Ive always saved those jars and canned in them, but had no idea how to do this!! You totally ROCK!
(And the shirt is awesome 💪💖)
Jennie, I also use my pickle , smal pace and other small glass jars that the lids have the rubber seal for canning jellies and jams.
Thank You So Very Much I've Been Saving All My Pasta & Pickle Jars Now I Can Put Them To Use Thank You For ALL You Do Happy New Year! :)
Thank you for the heads up never thought of that guess I’ll be saving glass jars❤️🔥🇺🇸❤️🔥🇺🇸
Thank you very much short and sweet but very informative I will be looking into getting one
Great lesson. Didn't know anything about this. I hate throwing the jars out. Thank you so much.