Canning Potatoes // Pressure Canning // Dry Packing // Homestead Kitchen // New Skills

Hello, all! Today I am trying my hand at canning potatoes! I am doing two types of canning, tested (with water), and
********REBEL********
(dry canning). I wanted to see which style I liked better for the taste and texture of the potatoes. Please do your own research and do what's right for your kitchen!! Dry canning is not "tested safe" by the government.
I leave the skins on, which is also REBEL canning. The government tells to to peel your potatoes before canning.
Follow along as I try this new experience. I'll tell you right now... both turned out DELICIOUS and I'll definitely be doing them again with home grown potatoes.
Enjoy!

[@heathernicoleivey6131]

Love this and I love doing things that aren’t alphabet agency tested and approved but are the old ways. ❤️Thank you so much for sharing!

[@bellaellis922]

I have done them dry and with water… for many many years:) I also dry can Sweet Potatoes❤️ 🤪they are a delicious treat popped in the microwave with butter etc… Keep up the good work! Listening & learning from my Grannies & Grandmothers was the best education- now I look for generationally taught others to continue learning… that’s how now I can Milk Products. 🤯Yes Milk Products:) **disclaimer to anyone: The ABC agencies did not test everything we consume- they stopped due to less people canning & funding, now all they can say is: “We do not recommend this __(insert food/food method)__ because it has not been tested by the ABC Agency”. They actually NEVER say it’s a bad practice or not- it’s a legal thing they have to say only. I will continue in my kitchen eating delicious food in times of nature disasters/etc… you do you, Bella in MS, USA**

[@karebeark1]

Can I steal your disclaimer? It’s perfect!

[@bellaellis922]

@@karebeark1 absolutely:)

[@ashleywagner7017]

So I do dry pack then WB mine... we love them here at our house... I do small pats of butter on them and do different seasoning to just change it up a bit flavor wise. I'm gonna try doing a shredded hashbrown soon to try the same way. Great job Julie!

[@rachelwoodard9755]

Great video!! That is a lot of potatoes 😍 I love dry canning potatoes and green beans. We eat them regularly as sides with our dinners- the potatoes crisp beautifully in the air fryer And *gasp* we are alive!! 🙃

[@annecarter2479]

Great video! It's awesome to see a different way of food storage. Thank you for doing what you do! Your kitchen ... your rules. 💖

[@karenthaemert9267]

I absolutely love my dry packed canned potatoes! They fry up amazing. My potato chunks in water are mostly for making mashed potatoes. It’s so convenient. I bet yours turned out great.

[@karebeark1]

I love mine too! Rebel on!

[@tammis8136]

Deliciousness! 😊

[@JaymeCGraham]

I’ve been building myself up to do this with some of our potatoes from this year!

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

I love mine!! You should definitely muster up the courage and do it!

[@JaymeCGraham]

@@juliesrootsandshoots I might this weekend. Send me any tips! Please lol. 😂😂

[@cindeeacker5415]

Do you like one more than the other as far as taste and texture???

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

The dry canned ones crisp up nicely if you're going for fried/roasted texture. The potatoes with water are softer, more like baked potato texture. We've used them both and they were good depending on what you do!

[@terideck1464]

I’m new but I understand it is not a safe canning method to dry can potatoes

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

You are technically correct. It is not government tested to be safe, which is why I said it was "rebel" canning. As you learn more about canning, this term will come up, and there is a lot of drama tied to it. (Just so you know!) If you're interested in where I got my information, you can check out a group on Facebook called "Rebel Canning," watch the step by step youtube videos that are meant to teach you safe practices in rebel canning, or contact your local Amish or Mennonite folks who may have similar instructions. Or who may even water bath can potatoes like our great grandmother's did before pressure canners were invented, which is also tested by the government to be not safe. Please take all information you find on the internet with a grain of salt (no matter what side you choose to stand on) and decide what is acceptable in your kitchen. Knowledge is power. 🙂 Whatever you choose, I hope you enjoy this new adventure of preserving your own food!

[@barbaramccune9383]

I have dry canned potatoes and they are delicious

[@barbaramccune9383]

That whistler is the called the vent

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

@@barbaramccune9383 Haha, thank you. I guess I was having a brain fart that day!

[@karebeark1]

It hasn’t been tested so how can it be unsafe??