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Mason Jars instead of Mylar Bags (Dry Goods)?
Anyone ever use mason jars for long term DRY food storage? I'm just getting tired of the mylar bag thing, for various reasons. Mason jars look to be presenting a more simple solution to the little beans and rice I have. Put the oxygen-suckers in the jar, close it, your done!
This will not be boiled and all that.
I have plenty of different rice, spices, beans, etc stored in larger mason jars for years. Some being used and restocked often, while others last for years. None of them has gone bad. I think as long as you keep it dry, you will be ok.
Furthermore on my 5 gallon buckets, I don't use Mylar... We use enough of the rice and beans to keep cycling them.
I used to do this when making little gifts for people (yeah I am and was poor). You put together a homemade cake mix or soup mix with dehydrated foods/buillion/etc. Print up some nice instructions, perhaps put cloth between the jar ring and lid for decoration and voila! Something kinda interesting.
I used the really small O2 suckers since most of the time I was packing quarts and pints for this purpose. works like a charm!
Don't see why that would be a problem as long as you stored them in a dark area.
I love to keep many varieties of rice around the house and keep 10-15 different kinds in mason jars. Some I've had for 5+ years, they are still good. I just keep them in cabinets in the garage.
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This ^^^^Originally Posted by netsecsys
As long as one does not mind the breakage aspect and the goods are kept in the DARK then jars are great. The no light thing applies to canned goods double. Not talking shades and lights out but darkness.
I wound up using a double layer of cardboard on the window of my storage room.
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Why does light affect cans? I understand direct sunlight, creating heat, but even non direct light?
Someone in another thread (I think it was Badger) mentioned that his pantry never goes above 60 degrees. I now live in a single story house on a concrete slab, so no crawl space. I don't have AC, and with my awnings, the house only gets to about 75 during the hottest of days as long as all the windows and shades are closed. How do you go about creating cooler storage areas?
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It's just what you said..Heat.. Most canned good storage instruction of "not under sunlight" usually follows the not near heat sources such as hot water pipe, sunlight, etc, etc, etc.
Aside from heat, does it have anything to do with the light causing things to grow as well?
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