Emergency Home Preparation

Is Dry Canning Safe?
https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/dry-canning/

There's a trend to use the oven to 'vacuum seal' jars of dried goods in order to seal them for long-term food storage in the pantry. You might have also heard it called oven canning.

(SNIP) ... Dry Canning is not an approved or safe method for food preservation for a number of reasons: ---CONTINUED---

Hat Tip: to 'Rick1', over at EHP-D:



Dry-Pack Canning -- Using mason jars to can just about anything!
http://www.happypreppers.com/dry-canning.html

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. ---CONTINUED---