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QUESTION: I'd like to dehydrate my home grown veggies for survival rations.
I will rotate them out every so often to keep a "fresh" batch on hand.
Should I plan on rotating them out about every 2 years? Think they
will stay good that long?
I guess it will depend on packaging. My sister is trying to talk me
into using this vacuum bag that she uses, but they seem awefully
expensive. I was planning on using cases of old canning jars I got at
a yard sale and just getting new seals. Which one would keep the food
edible/palatable longer?
Thanks in advance...
ANSWER: The vacuum is to prevent oxidation, but you can flood a glass jar with
carbon dioxide (dry ice) and it will work just as well, so there
really is no difference as far as oxidation is concerned. The other
differences are that jars can be reused hundreds of times, vacuum bags
can't. Jars break, vacuum bags don't. You can't put a vacuum in a
glass jar, but rats can't chew through them..... the obvous stuff.
So my suggestion would be to do both and see what works best for you.
Glass (Ball jars) if food is properly prepared and then properly
canned and stored.
Label each jar with food type and date.
For good measure seal the lids with paraffin.
Some canned foods have been found edible after 20 to 30 years.
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