Mason Jar sealer
This is a cool attachment for my food saver. It will pull a mason jar down to a vacuum.
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This is a cool attachment for my food saver. It will pull a mason jar down to a vacuum.
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From my garden and the microfarm. We had about 12 (5 gallon) buckets for our group. We have been canning ALL DAY and have not done half of them. ARRRGH!!! LOL
Thanks I should have something up tomorrow or Monday night. Very tired right now.
great vid.
JosiahsBackpack
In a year or two you might look back on this comment about how you have too many potatoes to can in one day, and laugh. That’s the kind of problem to have!
That’s like hunting through your wallet looking for a 5 but all you can find are 20′s.
Wow great vid – I have a lot to learn:)
We’re all teachers as well as students.
Woa! That sounds like something you’d say!
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Seriously, I’ve learned much from your videos. I’m glad I could give a little back to you.
Foodsaver also makes plastic storage containers that work with the sealer and have worked really good for me, Less chance of breakage and they have an excellent seal on the lids as opposed to the mason jar lids.
Zguitar1
Ya, I’ve got one on order. They may have some advantages but they have some drawbacks too. On Amazon people were rating them pretty low due to cracking. I saw a picture shared by some who owned one. It had a big crack in it. Apparently the wider containers tend to crack while the narrow ones are more durable. I ordered a narrow one and will see how it works out.
I moved a lot of my dry goods into vacuum packed mason jars. In a month or so I’ll go through them and check the seals
I read that too, I use a battery powered ‘Vacu-seal’ that was meant for some companies proprietary bags, It works great on the canisters without too much stress on them and you don’t have to plug in the foodsaver every time you need to reseal them. I have used it for several months so far.
I hear you buddy. It is a good problem to have.
Do NOT put the rings back on! The rings will hold moisture (humidity) and cause rust. Just write the date/contents on the lid, as they are NOT re-usable. Sticky notes can get knocked off, and “real” lables are horrible to wash off when re-using the jar.
~Garnet
Make sure the jar rim is spotlessly clean before placing the lid on and sealing, or the seal may fail.
Garnet
Excellent idea about the labels. I’ll label the lids as you said. I don’t know about the rings holding moisture when I’m just vacuum sealing the jars. If there were canned goods and I put the ring on wet I can see your point. Of course you’re more experienced than I am so I may be wrong.
Most of my food stores are in 6 gallon buckets or just canned goods I bought retail. I’m only just getting into mason jars.
I sent you a private email earlier. Just wondering if you are reciving them. I’ve sent you a couple recently, and not heard anything back. Perfectly alright if you are too busy to respond, just want to make sure they are going through.
~Garnet
were can i get mason jars?
I buy mine at Winco where I do most of my grocery shopping. Walmart sells them online but they’re nearly 18 bucks. Winco sells them for 12. I like winco because they’re an employee owned business. No mega corporations from india or Saudi arabia can buy them out. The prices are good and the employees seem to care about the place since they own it. Wish we had more businesses like that.
Large stock of mason or canning jars, at China-mart (Wal-mart) right now.
Vention..can you use this attachment to can vegetables instead of using a water bath or a pressure cooker?
Buckhead1959
Nope. It only pulls the vacuum down to -24hg and if you wanted to do that you’d need at least -30. If you tried it, the vegetables wold just spoil and make you very sick if you at them. Now if you blanch the vegetables in boiling water then run them through a dehydrator, you can store them that way for a year or two, easy.
NO, this is not a substitute for canning
I’m building this vacuum sealer using an automobile brake bleeder pump.
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“The Alvin” Vacuum Sealer
nice curtain
sstteev
LOL, Ya I should do something about that. It’s actually an emergency blanket with a reflective side and a standard plastic side facing the room. They’re great for camping and they have eyelets so you can string them up as an overhead shelter. During the hot part of the summer I hung it up to reflect the summer heat back outside and it worked great. I hardly even turned on my air conditioner this year. Still, it does look tacky so your point is well taken. I’ll shop for some curtains.
What model foodsaver does everyone recommend? I’m look @ the V2440 model since some of the others were getting bad reviews
7 minutes to do a 20-second sealing?
You, Sir, are a BORE!
bunstuffer
Guilty as charged, LOL. But my videos are better than yours.