[stillafreemind]

Tried this over the weekend..easy as pie. Good for our family since we buy bulk flour when it's on sale. We canned flour while watching the western channel!

[two23]

I have a vacuum food sealer, there is a canning jar adapter for vacuum sealing dry goods in jars. The lids have to be kept warm to ensure a good seal. The oven method sounds easy too. Thanks for posting!

[Library Lady]

I read the article and would like to try this myself. Why wouldn’t you put the lid and rings on the jar when you put them in the oven instead of when you take them out?

[Cowman]

Please pardon my ignorance on this but doesn't dried grain have an almost unlimited shelf life? It seems to me that it would be better to store the grain and grind flour as needed.

[Auntie Mame]

Did you put the lids and seals in the oven along with the jars?

[Library Lady]

What about self rising flour and cornmeal?

[Chickensoup]

Bttt

[ArtDodger]

This is a great idea. I wonder, though, if any nutritional value is lost in the 200 degree heat of the products...Not being nit-picky, just curious..

[MissNomer]

bfl

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[metmom]

Excellent. Thanks for the article and ping.

[Iron Munro]

Great find - thanks for posting it.

[WKUHilltopper]

Does this method the article discusses also keeps dry goods for 15-20 years too?

[know-the-law]

Interesting..

I would have thought that the flour would last quite a while just being stored in a seal container...

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[ChildOfThe60s]

Sounds interesting. I store rice, oatmeal and pasta in 1/2 gallon canning jars. But I buy desiccants and oxygen absorbers to put in when I seal them.

For those of you who would like some good beef for long term storage (instead of just canned tuna and chicken) I found this source:

http://keystonemeats.com/home/

I am impressed with the quality. Basically it’s like chunks of pot roast in a can, nothing else. Some Wal-Marts carry it in Kentucky and Ohio, don’t know about anywhere else. I ordered a couple of cases directly.

You might want to call them and see if they are in retailers in your area.

[kanawa]

I’ve six 10 Kg bags of all purpose flour
and five 2.5 Kg bags of whole wheat flour.

Given a fairly dry environment, how long will flour stay good in the bag?
Are bugs a big concern?

[packrat35]

ping for later

[Hugin]

I wouldn’t try this with flour in a gas oven. Flour dust and flame are a very bad mixture.