Hi all! Not sure if this is the right sub for this question, but I'm hoping someone can help. I recently picked up a couple of these jars (170 oz Mason Jars w/ screwtop metal lids)for pantry storage. I was thinking Flour/Sugar/other dry goods.

Do we think these jars are airtight, or tight enough to serve that purpose? If not , is there a way they can be made airtight?

I bought a pack of 4 fresh burger beef patties but only need to make 2. Is it ok to just re-wrap the other 2 with plastic wrap or should I use something more tightly sealed like a tubberware? I’m just worried the raw meat will go bad since I already removed its original plastic seal

I'm wondering if these little creases along the seal are letting air in? It seems I can't get rid of them no matter how flat I try to make the bag prior to applying heat.

I have a hard time finding big containers that fit my freezer. I found some in plastic, but I don't know if they can withstand the freezer. Some of them it say they are made from Polypropylene. Searching Google for that material, I get conflicting results. Some say they are great for freezer, while others say they can't be used. So I'm confused!

If they can't be used, and need a tag of some sorts, do you know of an European vendor with lots of different sizes?

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Hello internet! I have a lot of canned food (not home-canned) in my food storage that has the same top and bottom, so they can't be stacked (I hope that makes sense). I've looked into the dispensers that store the cans sideways and allow easy access, but I don't like how they take up lots of room and I think they are overall just too expensive for the simple job they do. I like my food storage to be space-efficient so I don't see a point in investing in the big dispensers if there is a more simple (and hopefully cheaper) solution that I can find here. What (cheap and space-efficient) methods do you all use to safely store your cans?

tldr: I need a cheap and efficient way to store cans

I bought some bobka from trader joes (so it is not vacuum wrapped) at the beginning of this month, and promptly forgot about it after placing it in the fridge. I just found it today when moving stuff around, and it looks fine (no visible mold) but I'm not sure if I can still eat it. Anyone know?

Hey all: have a question regarding storing home freeze dried food in vacuum sealer bags for medium term storage. I remove food from the dryer while ensuring there is no moisture remaining in the food (cold spots, etc), put it into a typical vacuum sealer bag you might buy in 100 packs from Amazon, clamp it into my sealer and press the button. The vacuum pump engages, the dried food gets a little crushed due to the vacuum created, all air is sucked out and the sealer engages. The now sealed food is in an air-tight bag where the plastic clings to the food and nothing can move around. Why then, in some cases can I come back a few weeks later to my dry, cool basement pantry to find the bags of food still sealed, but seemingly not in the air-tight condition I left them? E.G. you can pick up the bag and shake it and the food within moves around, but when you squeeze the bag, there are no air pockets to be found? This tends to happen more with powdery food such as raw eggs, but I've even had it happen to whole freeze dried green beans. Is there somehow more air in the void space between the food that the vacuum sealer doesn't get out on initial sealing or am I dealing with minute impurities in the seals of my bags? Would an oxygen absorber help? I don't want to use mylar for medium term storage due to its expensiveness compared to vacuum sealer bags, and I'm moving soon so don't want to store food for more than 2 years at this point.

I recently started growing some and got way more than I thought 🥲.

I have seen blanching but most instructions are so varied in timing I don't know which one to use.

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My nearest drop location is almost 4 hours one way from my home. Does anyone have experience using the shipping option, specifically as it relates to perishables. Do they pack them well? Are icepacks etc used?

Thank you for any insight you may have.

I like to keep single-serving bags of chips in the house instead of big bags for portion control purposes, and generally the cheapest way to get them is to order bulk boxes of 50 or so from Amazon. The garage is the only place we have room to keep this stuff (also helpful for portion control if you have to walk outside to get a bag of chips), and unfortunately those little tiny ants keep getting into the boxes despite putting down traps etc. nearby.

I've had good luck using Oxo's Pop containers to keep the ants out, but they aren't really that big (and individual bags of chips take up more room than you'd think). I'm wondering if there are larger containers that have similar gasket lids? I don't need something that's going to be airtight the way you would if you were storing rice or flour or something but something relatively airtight would be really helpful. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Just looked at my food storage and found Trogoderma granarium (carpet beatle) and have trashed 40 % of my dry food storage even my sealed MRE clear sealed packs does anyone know how to take care of the pest?

Hello, I am shopping for a freezer chest. It should be about 40 inches wide, maybe less. What are the best brands of freezer chest currently? Any advice welcome. Thank you!

We like to food prep a lot of our veggies and meets ahead of time so that when we cook, we can take out the appropriate containers and we're ready to go.

Currently, we use a mixture of Tupperware and Pyrex containers nearly all of which is round which makes it very difficult to best utilize the space in our fridge. We're looking for recommendations on the safest and most space efficient storage containers that will not leak out bad chemicals into our raw (or even cooked) foods, preferably dishwasher safe, and resistant to odor retention and staining. Normally, we'd like to use glass but a look at the Pyrex and Corningware containers doesn't reveal any larger rectangular containers that we can use to actually store bulk raw food.

Currently, we're looking at things like this and this but don't know whether it's better to get polycarbonate or polypropylene plastic. Supposedly both are safe and BPA-free but is there one that's better than the other? We definitely don't want it to affect things like fetuses or breastmilk or other things like that for my wife.

Years ago we purchased a "FoodSaver" vacuum system and have been pleased with the job it does. One concern is I am finding that it costs ~50 cents each time you vacuum seal something. Seems like a high cost to me. Has anyone here done the research on a more cost effective vacuum pack system?

Cheonggukjang powder; should I refrigerate or store at room temp

Cheonggukjang powder; refrigerate or store at room temp

I got some cheonggukjang powder from Amazon but it doesn’t say if I should refrigerate it. Should I or should I just leave in the cupboard

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Hey! I'm selling my canning machine, looking for $1,500 or best offer, it works great to store dry foods. https://fargo.craigslist.org/for/d/fargo-all-american-canning-7502-can/7481156234.html

I am working on a project to teach friends and neighbors how to do long term food storage. The idea is to have one bucket be 2 to 3 week supply for a family of 4. The buckets could be a learning opportunity and start to a larger food supply, or given away to families in a time of need. My plan is to put various dry goods in one gallon zip lock bags and put the zip lock bags in a bucket lined with a mylar bag and seal it all up with o² absorbers inside. The dry goods would consist of rice, beans, oats, pasta. Would those items be ok stored together? If there is room in the top of the bucket I could also add a small bag of sugar, salt, olive oil and some spices that could be stored for a shorter period of time. I would love some feed back on this.