Tag Dry Packing

Preserving foods with oxygen absorbers.

Good and bad tasting pecans

Dry Packing Nuts

In the process of reorganizing my food storage in 2018, I found a hidden jar of pecans that had been dry packed in December 2011. (They had been stored for 7 years.) I opened them to see if I could…

PETE plastic applesauce jar with lid

Dry Packing in Applesauce Jars

Many applesauce jars are PETE plastic and have a leak-proof lid. The lid is often like a 2-piece canning lid with a lid and ring but locked together. Both the PETE plastic and the leak-proof lid should make these jars…

Four quart jars of dry packed stuffing mix

Dry Packing Stuffing Mix

The fall and winter holiday season is a great time to stock up on foods, such as stuffing mix, that don’t often go on sale at other times of the year. I like to have stuffing mix on hand for…

Dried onions in jars, one jar unsealed and the other stayed sealed

Dry Packing in Glass Jars

Dry packing in canning jars really works. The picture above is of 2 quart jars of dried onions both dry packed for 15 years. The jar on the right, and the oxygen absorber in it, have kept the dried onions…

Image of Clostridium Botulinum

Preventing Botulism Poisoning

An unfortunate case of botulism poisoning occurred in Ohio in April 2015. Twenty-five confirmed cases resulted in 1 death and 12 people still in the hospital one week later. The health department traced it to potato salad, made with water-bath…