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Post by wally on Mar 23, 2020 13:58:55 GMT
Yes, I have heard the disclaimers. Does anyone dry can .. I'm thinking beans,pancake mix, basically any dry item that could go bad before we could use it up
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Post by feather on Mar 23, 2020 14:54:05 GMT
I've heard the disclaimers too. What about vacuum sealing the jars instead?
(the disclaimers are: the jars aren't meant to be heated to so high a temperature in the oven and may break or weaken. The fats within the flour/beans will slightly oxidize during heating and are not good for your health or long term storage due to becoming rancid sooner than later. For instance, rancid flour is oxidized flour, more free radicals.)
So for those that dry can, at least, heat at the lowest temperature possible to get your seal. That may take longer but then you'll have less of a chance of breaking the glass, and less oxidation of oils/fats in the food.
(I don't have the attachment for sealing jars on my vacuum sealer, and was curious about air compressors. Isn't there some part of an air compressor with a vacuum hose on it, that could be used in a pinch for sealing jars if you had the jar sealing attachment?)
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Post by Tim Horton on Mar 23, 2020 16:57:07 GMT
We mostly vacuum seal for many things. Sweetie uses a lot of used steel lids for this. Wash, boil a lid in good condition, seal while it is warm. We get a very small failure rate with this.
We also have a significant quantity of dog food that has been "canned" in the oven. Winston Churchill DeHounddog is fat and sassy..
I think the shelf life of most homemade mixes, and package mixes is dependent on the baking powder and baking soda in them.. Like said, also oils in package mixes.. We store most these ingredients separate.
Also... I have never run into an air compressor that had a vacuum capability on the suction end..
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Post by wally on Mar 23, 2020 17:28:54 GMT
Our vaccum sealer lacks a jar sealer, which would probably be the best way to seal jars. From the videos I watched ever one seems to have different temps 200 to 250 and times any where between 30 minutes to one hour..
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Mar 27, 2020 16:07:41 GMT
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Post by wally on Mar 27, 2020 18:35:42 GMT
Tom, thanks I will check into it
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Post by wvterri on Mar 30, 2020 7:04:18 GMT
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Post by Tim Horton on Mar 31, 2020 18:46:03 GMT
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