Finding enough storage for raw vegetables - Vacuum storage dates

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whew..let me try it again...this is much more complicated to describe

than it is to do...lol!

 

rawfood , " barb1283 " <barb1283> wrote:

> Bob,

> I saw Food Saver and Black and Decker at Walmart and there were

jars

> to buy for them with holes in top but I'm almost sure they were

> plastic jars. Do you mean you can buy Ball jars that have holes in

> top.

 

no, you just use regular Ball/Mason canning jars...

I have Ball jars.

good....good..

I use them for everything but never saw any

> lids for them that had holes in top.

 

don't need a hole in the top...that's part of the magic - the vacuum

seals the lid to the jar without a hole in it...too cool!

 

here's the process:

 

1. Put dates in empty canning (BAll/Mason,etc) jar; putting

the " firmer ones " on the bottom, and the softer ones on top keep from

making date balls...lol;

 

2. Put the lid, no ring...just the lid...set it on top of the filled

jar...no ring.... (didja get the " no ring " part? lol)

 

3. Take the magic plastic " canning lid " that you bought...that has

the vacuum tube...and push it down over the top of the filled jar

with the lid already on it...this plastic piece has a little knob on

top...

 

4. attach one end of the vacuum tube to the top of the newly

installed canning lid...

 

5. attach other end of the vacuum tube to the sealing device knob...

 

6. start vacuum sealing machine...(the B & D once started, you can let

go of the push button....and it will stop itself..)

 

7. once the vacuum sealing machine has stopped, remove the vacuum

tube/hose from the top of the jar's temporary canning lid...;

 

8...remove the jar's temporary canning lid (not the metal one that

you had laid on there in step 2, - it should be firmly affixed)..and

the jar should be seald, vacuum-tight...presto..

 

9.. place normal canning ring on top for a little extra piece of

mind..

 

10. (here, I put a label on my jar, saying what's in it, and the

date..)

 

11. lay vacuum packed jar on its " side " , to keep from having all

the pressure on the bottom dates...

 

12. put wherever you are going to store them...cool and dark is

grand...like a refigerator...or maybe a cupboard or pantry....

 

13. repeat steps 1-4, and 6-12.

 

have fun..enjoy! Hope this helps...

 

if not, email me privately, and I can send you my phone number, and

we can discuss it further....

 

all the best,

 

Bob

 

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[Guest guest]

Oh, okay. I get it. I don't need special Ball jar lid. The regular

lids work with the sealer. Directions I'm sure come with the sealer.

So Food Saver or Black and Decker could do this most likely. Good, I

was turned off my plastic containers since I have all glass already.

Thanks!

 

rawfood , " Bob Farrell " <rjf2@t...> wrote:

> whew..let me try it again...this is much more complicated to

describe

> than it is to do...lol!

> > don't need a hole in the top...that's part of the magic - the

vacuum

> seals the lid to the jar without a hole in it...too cool!

>

>

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rawfood , " barb1283 " <barb1283> wrote:

> Oh, okay. I get it. I don't need special Ball jar lid. The regular

> lids work with the sealer. Directions I'm sure come with the

sealer.

> So Food Saver or Black and Decker could do this most likely. Good, I

> was turned off my plastic containers since I have all glass already.

> Thanks!

>--

Hi Barb..

 

fabulous..

 

all the best,

 

Bob