Home Canning: DRY PACK Canning in Jars and #10 Cans

A great alternate to getting stocked on 'fresh' foods. Lots of information out there on this process. You need the proper equipment, enough time set aside for the process, a clean workspace and your fresh ingredients to get a well stocked pantry that will last for years.
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Home Canning: DRY PACK Canning in Jars and #10 Cans

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Home Canning: DRY PACK Canning in #10 Cans

If you have read about, but did not know what 'Dry Pack' canning is, here's a photo tutorial. You need to have access to an LDS #10 canner to do this process:

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Dry Pack Canning
http://histakes-food-storage.blogspot.com/2008/12/dry-pack-canning.html

Image My sister-in-law got use of a dry pack canner the other day, so I took advantage and borrowed it for a minute to pack some oats and popcorn. (Shown in pictures is the packing of oats.)

First we filled the 10# cans full... we used the red bucket to easily catch whatever we spilled. ... --- CONTINUED at LINK, above ---
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Dry-Pack Canning-Using mason jars to can just about anything!
http://www.happypreppers.com/dry-canning.html

DRY PACK Canning in Jars and #10 Cans Dry-pack-canning-210x215 Get started dry-pack canning!
Dry-pack canning is selecting your favorite dry foods to store for the long term in sterilized mason jars, (as opposed to wet-pack canning as with jams, salsas, soups and the like). You can store pastas, cereals, corn, and rice, or pack meals such as pancake and biscuit mixes or complete dinners in a jar.

Some preppers choose to seal foods with the help of oxygen absorbers; others seal cans by baking the contents in an oven to create a pressure seal; still others use a vacuum sealer or pressure canner. Dry canning is a wonderful way to begin canning! ---CONTINUED---
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