{"id":344,"date":"2016-11-11T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T16:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/?p=344"},"modified":"2016-11-15T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T16:24:34","slug":"note-to-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"Note to Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingwithmyfoodstorage.com\/2016\/09\/six-meals-in-jar-recipes-with-shopping.html\">Cooking with My Food Storage<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Very clear steps on how to use a vacuum sealer with a mason jar; not just for meals in a jar, but in general when I start dehydrating foods myself.\u00c2\u00a0 I also need to find the tip on how to do this with smaller jars inside a larger jar if you don&#8217;t have a jar sealer that fits smaller sizes and record that here for my reference as well.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder about the basics of how to make a meal in a jar.<\/p>\n<h3>How to make a Meal-in-a-Jar:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Two Methods<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jar-sealer.jpg\" alt=\"jar-sealer\" width=\"248\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jar-sealer.jpg 389w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jar-sealer-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><u>Method 1:\u00c2\u00a0 Use a Food Saver to Seal the Jars<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Step 1:\u00c2\u00a0 In a clean, dry quart jar, layer ingredients. Shake the powder down into the jar if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2:\u00c2\u00a0 Place the lid on the jar.\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t add the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3:\u00c2\u00a0 Attach one end of the hose to the accessory port and the other end to the jar sealer.\u00c2\u00a0 Place the jar sealer over the jar.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4:\u00c2\u00a0 Turn on your food saver and remove the oxygen from the jar.<\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Remove the jar sealer (it is easier to unhook the hose from the jar sealer first), add label and ring, store in a cool dry place.<\/p>\n<p><u>Method 2:\u00c2\u00a0 Use Oxygen Absorbers<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Step 1:\u00c2\u00a0 In a clean, dry quart jar, layer ingredients. Shake the powder down into the jar if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2:\u00c2\u00a0 Wipe the top of the jar with a paper towel to remove any powder.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3:\u00c2\u00a0 Top with a 300 cc oxygen absorber. Seal tightly.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4:\u00c2\u00a0 The lid should seal within a few hours.\u00c2\u00a0 Add label.\u00c2\u00a0 Store in a cool, dry place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from Cooking with My Food Storage.\u00c2\u00a0 Very clear steps on how to use a vacuum sealer with a mason jar; not just for meals in a jar, but in general when I start dehydrating foods myself.\u00c2\u00a0 I also need to find the tip on how to do this with smaller jars inside a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[12,33],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-preservation","category-food-storage","tag-food","tag-food-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}