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Post by SA Hunter on Feb 18, 2022 19:56:44 GMT 10
Food reserves are our safety net in difficult times. It's time to review our canned food stock and make any adjustments. If you need more canned food, consume what you have and then go purchase more. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. You know there are several stages to maintaining your canned food stockpile. It's not as simple as stocking up on canned goods discount and keeping it for a rainy day. That's overbuying, not preparing. Here are some typical canned food storage mistakes: preppwithtom.com/blog/7_mistakes_you_are_making_when_buying_canned_foods |
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Post by tactile on Feb 18, 2022 20:03:24 GMT 10
Don't buy from factory sales outlets...they are there (and cheap) for a reason.
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 19, 2022 2:02:01 GMT 10
Many in the US including myself prefer to can our own. Most things you can buy canned can be canned in jars at home cheaper and healthier in jars with less sugar, salt and preservatives. Many as they empty jars store them with water in them and the old lids. And jar lids are again becoming available after 2 years of shortages. I myself am canning chicken bone broth today. I keep and rotate through home canned veggies, beans and soups at all times. And a plus glass jars never rust. Downside they do not transport easily.
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 19, 2022 4:59:15 GMT 10
Many in the US including myself prefer to can our own. Most things you can buy canned can be canned in jars at home cheaper and healthier in jars with less sugar, salt and preservatives. Many as they empty jars store them with water in them and the old lids. And jar lids are again becoming available after 2 years of shortages. I myself am canning chicken bone broth today. I keep and rotate through home canned veggies, beans and soups at all times. And a plus glass jars never rust. Downside they do not transport easily. We also home can a lot... One note I can add to DD advise is if you do commit to home canning, get and learn to use reuseable lids.. Like the Tattler, and Golden Harvest (?) lids.. Tattler company started by the father, the other company started by the son.. We have used both brands and find them identical in size, fit, use, other than the name on them.. My experience was, even as scarce as steel lids became, the reuseable were in short supply, but still much more available.. I think people did not embrase the reusable lid as much is because they do have a bit of a different technique to use and people did not read directions or learn the procedure well.. This leading to a higher failure rate, thus people not using them to there potential.. My 5 cents of opinion and experience.. |
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Post by tomatoes on Feb 19, 2022 8:13:47 GMT 10
…Many as they empty jars store them with water in them and the old lids. And jar lids are again becoming available after 2 years of shortages. I …. I’ve never heard the idea of storing them with water in them. Is that just to have extra water stored - make use of the jar when it isn’t in use for other things? And do you treat the jar/water in any way to keep the water nice , or just fill it from the tap and screw on the lid? |
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Post by malewithatail on Feb 19, 2022 11:36:42 GMT 10
Buy up the cheap frozen food, carrots, etc, and dehydrate in a dehydrator unit. Its already freeze dried, so by dehydrating 1/2 the work is already done for you. T=Usually takes a day or so here to fully dry, then put into clean, washed out screw top jars. 1 Kg frozen stuff dehydrates to 1/2 a jar of food. Easier to store than frozen food, and hydrates well for stews etc. Our dehydrator has 6 trays and will take a full 1 kg pack in one go. And as we are totally off grid, doesn't cost anything to run.
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 20, 2022 0:25:12 GMT 10
…Many as they empty jars store them with water in them and the old lids. And jar lids are again becoming available after 2 years of shortages. I …. I’ve never heard the idea of storing them with water in them. Is that just to have extra water stored - make use of the jar when it isn’t in use for other things? And do you treat the jar/water in any way to keep the water nice , or just fill it from the tap and screw on the lid? Just wash the jar and fill with water and tighten the washed lid. When I open I can put the water through my Berkey filter and use to cook or whatever. Just a bit extra stored water since I have to store the jar anyway. |
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Post by dirtdiva on Feb 20, 2022 0:27:04 GMT 10
Many in the US including myself prefer to can our own. Most things you can buy canned can be canned in jars at home cheaper and healthier in jars with less sugar, salt and preservatives. Many as they empty jars store them with water in them and the old lids. And jar lids are again becoming available after 2 years of shortages. I myself am canning chicken bone broth today. I keep and rotate through home canned veggies, beans and soups at all times. And a plus glass jars never rust. Downside they do not transport easily. We also home can a lot... One note I can add to DD advise is if you do commit to home canning, get and learn to use reuseable lids.. Like the Tattler, and Golden Harvest (?) lids.. Tattler company started by the father, the other company started by the son.. We have used both brands and find them identical in size, fit, use, other than the name on them.. My experience was, even as scarce as steel lids became, the reuseable were in short supply, but still much more available.. I think people did not embrase the reusable lid as much is because they do have a bit of a different technique to use and people did not read directions or learn the procedure well.. This leading to a higher failure rate, thus people not using them to there potential.. My 5 cents of opinion and experience.. I agree completely and now love using my Harvest Guard reusable lids! |
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 20, 2022 5:36:37 GMT 10
"Harvest Guard"........ Since day 1 they were available, I have confussed the names of Harvest Guard with the Golden Harvest brand jars and lids.. Golden Harvest being a China product that was NOT that good or dependable product for us and many other people..
Our experience with Golden Harvest was we had a higher failure to seal rate, broken jars in the canner and like problems over other jar and lid brands.. So with that in mind, we do use the jars and lids for bulk, secure dry storage, and some water bath products for give aways where we are less likely to get the jar and lid returned...
Thank you for helping me get that right again..
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