Dry canning

[ArmyOfFive4God]

I was reading instructions on dry canning to extend the life of dry goods (oats, rice, flour, etc). The instructions called for using jars with 2 piece lids & something about using old jars (but no details on the latter). This leads me to believe we can also use jars & bottles with lug lids? I have several Santa Cruz Organic juice bottles. Has anyone tried this with lug lids? This is the first time I've decided I want to try this, so I'm hoping I can do this at a low cost. I found mites in a bucket of food, so it's time to try the new.

[Twilight]

If you are calling lug lids the ones that twist on but not screw.....I have used them

over and over for years and find they make a tighter seal than regular two piece.

 

I have never used the long neck narrow mouth like the old catsup glass bottles but I know the

Mennonites saved them and used them exclusively for catsup.

[ArmyOfFive4God]

I think so, like salsa jar lids-

 

http://www.thehoneyjarhome.com/image/cache/data/Product%20Photos/43GoldLidInside-400x400.jpg

 

The Santa Cruz bottles, I have some that are 96oz, so a bit big for ketchup, IMHO, LOL!! The rest are qt sized, though. Still maybe big for ketchup, but I want to use them for dry goods. So do you think the bottles below will work? They go on with about a half turn or so, & have the tabs like the pic above. Thanks Twilight!

 

http://whoopiecookie.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/js332.jpg

 

http://www.coupongeek.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/santa-cruz-organic-juice-coupon.jpeg

[Violet]

How are you sealing these ?

[ArmyOfFive4God]

Oven. Keep in mind, DRY goods. I'm not canning perishables in the oven

[ArmyOfFive4God]

Well, I thought I found it on alpharubicon, but I can't find it now. Maybe wrong site. Was going to link it. *sigh*

[ArmyOfFive4God]

It was SRN:

 

http://selfreliantnetwork11.blogspot.com/2012/04/oven-canning-preserves-dry-goods-for.html

[PoorMusician]

Woah! Does this really work? This could save me tons of money buying dry goods in bulk.

Sugar?

Flour?

Well dried veggies?

[ArmyOfFive4God]

I've been doing this all afternoon, & I can vouch that most of them are sealing. I cannot vouch that they'll last for decades, but I don't see why not. It seems to be the general concensus on the web, though

[dogmom4]

Is this the same thing as when you vacuum seal dry goods in jars? If so what does heating the jar up do....create a seal?

[The WE2's]

I was reading instructions on dry canning to extend the life of dry goods (oats, rice, flour, etc). The instructions called for using jars with 2 piece lids & something about using old jars (but no details on the latter). This leads me to believe we can also use jars & bottles with lug lids? I have several Santa Cruz Organic juice bottles. Has anyone tried this with lug lids? This is the first time I've decided I want to try this, so I'm hoping I can do this at a low cost. I found mites in a bucket of food, so it's time to try the new.

 

ALWAYS ... put some diatemetrous (?) earth in your buckets...it will kill anything that's in the corn etc., including any eggs that hatch out. Then you can "dry clean" the corn (?) by shuffling it though a mesh screen, and then grinding it for cornmeal etc. We buy "precleaned" corn from our local tractor supply REAL cheap!

[Violet]

Putting jars in the oven can cause them to shatter when you open the door. They are not safe for the dry oven heat.

Please rethink what you are doing. You could get really hurt by flying glass and also lose your food. Using oxygen absorbers is really safe and reliable.

[PoorMusician]

Violet,

I can't use oxygen absorbers (or plastic baggies or mylar) in food without having a reaction. Is there any other option for me that doesn't involve buying expensive equipment?

[dogmom4]

How about vacuum sealing in jars?

[mom11]

We put cookies and crackers, other things too.....rice, noodles, spices etc. in pint, quart, 1/2 gallon Ball jars, any canning jars actually....SEVEN years ago. We put o2 absorbers in the jars and vacuum sealed them. We took them out several weeks ago and I didn't think for a second that the crackers and cookies would be anything but dust. I was wrong! They were still as fresh as if I had purchased them that very day. No one can believe it and they are almost all eaten up.

[PoorMusician]

My understanding was I couldn't vacuum seal without the O2 absorbers. Did I just misunderstand?

[Andrea]

Poor Musician - I just opened up a jar of oatmeal that I vacuumed sealed 8 years ago in a quart size canning jar. I used this:

http://www.pump-n-seal.com/

 

It works great and I've learned to make my own tabs from electrical tape.

[Jeepers]

My understanding was I couldn't vacuum seal without the O2 absorbers. Did I just misunderstand?

 

I don't use oxygen absorbers when I vacuum seal dry food. I use the Food Saver with a lid attachment and regular canning jar lids.

[Violet]

You can use a vacuum sealer without an oxygen absorber. As long as they stay sealed the food should be fine. I don't know who told you that you can't seal the jars without putting in an oxygen absorber.

[Trudy]

Do you get any extra protection by using the oxygen absorber and the food saver on the same jar? I thought that either one used alone got the same results?

[The WE2's]

I don't use OA when I vacume seal dehydrated foods. I use them when I make my ziplock mylar meals in a bag though.

[Jeepers]

I don't use OA when I vacume seal dehydrated foods. I use them when I make my ziplock mylar meals in a bag though.

 

That's when I use them too.

[Canned Nerd]

Either one gives the same results....removing air from the container. I save my Absorbers for larger containers/bags that are not possible to use the FoodSaver with.

[PoorMusician]

I was told the absorbers took care of the remaining oxygen inside the jar and that it was very important to have them.

 

WoooooooHoooooooooo!

[Jeepers]

Cheer up Poor Musician...It'll get better.