How To Store Sale Pasta For The Year

Vacuum-sealing dried goods can extend their shelf life while keeping your foods free from pests.
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[@katharvey7324]

I do the same thing with my pasta. My daughter came over and opened my pantry, saw an entire shelf of different pastas, and questioned my sanity. She just doesn’t get it 🤷‍♀️. She’s a family of 6, so you’d think she would have learned a thing or two from her mother, lol!

[@KellyS_77]

Do you have a jumble jar? I usually have one jar that’s the last little bits of the pasta shapes. If there’s not enough for a meal, into the jumble jar it goes! When the jar has enough pasta in it for a meal we use the pasta. A lot of different shapes all mixed together. It’s kinda fun!

[@lynnheffron6905]

@KellySibson I've always done the same & call it my soup jar.

[@prepperpatti-rc3nl]

You would think . My hubby thinks I'm a hoarder but he's slowly coming around.

[@micasaesloca]

my daughters are the same...my son however doesnt care how i store food as long as there is food

[@littleme3597]

@@prepperpatti-rc3nl When he is hungry.....he will get it. lol

[@lovechild-rc7hw]

The 1/2 gallon glass jars with an oxygen absorbers is how I store my pasta, rice and beans. I need to invest the the vacuum sealer. I successfully got 4 pints of chicken and one pint of broth pressure canned. Yay me! Got over that fear! 😂

[@hoosiergirl1]

I've stored my pasta like this for years. It's out of the box as soon as I get it home. Rice as well. Never have had a problem with bugs or mice. It works!

[@lightgiver7311]

I was going to ask if it could last more than a year. Thanks

[@lisalee2885]

I store rice, flour, sugar, pasta, dry potatoes all in bags that lay flat in frig drawers. Also I put my yeast packets in freezer. Keeps them from expiring 😊😊

[@angelikabertrand4045]

I have for a whole year, before COVOD a plastic container with yeast pack full closed in my freezer chest. Hope it lasts long

[@littleme3597]

@@lightgiver7311 Yes. They are dried.

[@eveyep432]

Me too

[@KellyS_77]

There's just something very comforting about watching someone building up their pantry (even if that someone isn't me). We're quite toward the end of our pantry, but that's by design (because moving). The pasta on our shelf that we're eating for dinner this week was PandemicPasta bought in 2020. It was a good sale back then, so I bought quite a bit. Vacuum sealed it in a food saver bag just in the original (plastic bag) packaging since I don't have a lot of 1/2 gallon jars, and my spouse doesn't like broken spaghetti then the vacusucked bags went into a 5 gallon bucket. 3 years later, the pasta is still totally fine :) In hindsight, I wish I'd written the cost per pack on the bags, it would've been interesting to see how it compared to todays prices.

[@Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook]

I didnt vacuum seal anything and it's still fine after 6months+ ?

[@CherokeeWarriorWoman]

​@@Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook I didn't either. I just put my rice, pasta, spaghetti, oatmeal into a sealed ziploc bag with bay leaves. Also flour and cornmeal and then into a bucket, sealed and labeled the contents. Fingers crossed! 🤞

[@CherokeeWarriorWoman]

I forgot to say I have saved all of my receipts so that I can compare the rising costs. I got a notebook and put a double pencil holder in it. Big side for receipts, small zipper part for ink pen and pencil. As they get used up, erase the quantities so I know what I need to get more of. 👍

[@kimberlybanks1233]

We’re did you buy your food saver, with the attachment with it love it great idea

[@lisalee2885]

I don't use jars either...space saver for me is putting them in bags and laying flat in frig drawers. I do the same with rice, flour, sugar dry potatoes. I also put my yeast packets in freezer. I made italian Easter bread Sunday with packet from freezer that says it expired Oct 22. Bread was larger then life and delicious 😊

[@Holly-ys1me]

I have everything triple packaged. I go with the LaModerna or Goya as it is mini sized and cooks faster. It was 24 cents a package when I started purchasing it. Now it is 48 cents to 60 cents per package. I keep around 150 pounds of dried pasta. I go overboard.

[@kathleennelson649]

When it was Y 2 K I called the pasta factory to know how long pasta will last,she said, indefinitely. Of course a degrading happens. Fill my tummy up with some pasta sauce, I'm good 👍 😋

[@flors8161]

Just ordered my handheld vacuum! I didn’t know it was a thing! But I learned to pressure can with you and it’s been a success- not surprised there’s more I can learn from your videos! Thank you!! ❤

[@SuttonsDaze]

That is awesome!

[@patk2502]

Just ordered more 1/2 gallon jars today! Got to protect our food from those hitch-hikers, right? Never thought about how many hands food goes through before it gets to my pantry! Thanks for the eye-opener. I do vacuum seal bags and jars but you convinced me to get a hand-held vacuum sealer.

[@theheritagehousesc]

I always put pasta or flour in the freezer for 3-4 days first to kill any bug eggs that may be in there. I store in buckets or tote containers and leave them in their packages. Never a problem so far. I use the glass jars for my kitchen pantry but everything else is stored in the basement. I vacuum seal nuts, dehydrated or freeze dried items, etc.

[@jokuhl2900]

Am learning every day. Using oxygen inhibitors for 4 gallon jars of rice this week. Making your stew recipe tomorrow, did food prep today. Husband added supports to the closet shelves we are using for my food already canned. Having a blast canning, wish I knew this 10 years ago, but always ready to learn something new.

[@debs2842]

I live in an old farmhouse. I store everything in jars keeps the mice out. My Cats don't always do the job quick enough. I use brake bleeder to seal the jars with the foodsaver lids

[@debs2842]

@@southerncatlady6680 There are lots of videos on yt on how to use. Look for (brake bleeder for vacuum sealing jars) it's quiet, no electricity and no battery to die off in the middle of your work. And good exercise too- lol.

[@kanderson8981]

One of the beauties of vacuum sealing the jars as opposed to using oxygen absorbers in the jars is you can open the jar up, use what you need and reseal the jars. Otherwise you have to use a new absorber everytime you open the jar.

[@donnamcfarland162]

Unfortunately the oxygen absorbers did NOT keep bugs out of my brown rice 🥴very disappointing!

[@candasluikart6027]

Dried beans ok to vaccime seal and rice???

[@alyssacampbell1958]

@@candasluikart6027 yes

[@marlenemartin4945]

That's true. I do not have a vacuum sealer, so I just use pint jars. (That's the perfect amount for my pasta dishes.)Then I use my oxygen absorber

[@lisalee2885]

Honestly I pour mine into whatever size Ziploc bag and lay them flat in a drawer in my frig. Do it with rice, mashed potatoes, flour and sugar. Throw my Yeasts packets in freezer.

[@anitawitt84]

I had planned on doing this with my pasta Friday, but life happened so it was yesterday. Jarred it up, sucked the air out with a regular food saver, calculated how much we need for a year (do you even know how much easier your way of doing that has made my life?!), found a place for it on the metal shelves, put the boxes in recycle. 👏🏻👏🏻 Today it’s back to work on seeds & pantry inventory. Thank you!❤

[@SuttonsDaze]

You've got this!

[@angelikabertrand4045]

I even vacuum sealed all my many veggie seed packages. I m ready for 2024 season. I want a green house.

[@sandys.1891]

Costco has a Foodsaver on sale that also contains one of these handheld pumps. I burnt out a Foodsaver machine having a canning jar vacuum sealing party one day. We replaced it w/a higher end vacuum machine but I bought the new Foodsaver specifically to vacuum my jars. So I guess I got a twofer with the sale. I love your ideas.

[@karencasebeer7466]

Love the rechargeable hand held sealer. I need to get one. I hate dragging out the whole machine to seal a few jars (No counter space). 🤔😊

[@oldnanz]

I do all my cereal this way. Oatmeal and pasta, salt. I add those moisture things and my salt and sugar don’t become bricks

[@yarnprepper]

Moisture absorbers are different than oxygen absorbers. I hope you used oxygen absorbers @OldNanz

[@oldnanz]

@@yarnprepper not for salt or sugar. I use a machine to take air out

[@yarnprepper]

@@oldnanz I misunderstood what you wrote, I thought you used the moisture thing on your cereal

[@cindybonem494]

Don’t ever vacuum seal sugar it will turn into a hard brick, all that you need to do is put a lid on it and tighten the ring. Salt is the same.

[@vernonbowling5136]

@@cindybonem494 Hi Cindy, we leave sugar in the factory bag and vacuum seal bag and all in a large vacuum sealer bag. Never had an issue with bricking in the five years we've done it this way. GOD bless.

[@theycallmema8167]

I do this exactly as you did but I wiggle my jars and throw in a bay leaf!😊. Easy Peasy!

[@abbylynn8872]

I just use the bay leaf and star anise in a recycled cleaned OJ bottle. I figure if the rest of the world can store their pasta and rice in the bottles so can I. Haven't had a problem yet.

[@rosieb.2719]

You are such a great instructor! I just subscribed, and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. I'm also getting the foodsaver you're using here. Thank you!

[@mollysmith6055]

Happy to see you adding pasta to your semi-long term pantry. I have a love-hate relationship with the FoodSaver jar lid accessory. Sometimes it works awesome, sometimes it fights me. LOL But no matter, I WIN in the end and have safe dried goods in those lovely half gallon mason jars.

[@kathymc234]

My jar lid vacuum doesn't work. I bought a second set (LG & sm mouth adapter) & it didn't work easier.

[@ntheno9750]

I wash all jars from pasta sauce, pickles etc and store macaroni etc in them.

[@cavymomma]

"a little jarring to get recognized" LOL I see what you did there Leisa 😂

[@dees1378]

I use this method for so much. Oats, pasta, rice, lentils, beans, chocolate chips, m&m candy, jelly beans, split peas, potato flakes, dehydrated shredded hash browns, dehydrated potato slices, some bulk bought spices, and the list goes on. I got most of my jars either as gifts (used) or bought before the prices got super crazy. I also pressure can a lot of other things. I reuse plastic juice bottles for sugar. Might do the same in the future with salt.

[@barbaraaderinto3704]

Where did you get your potato flakes?😊

[@sundrop3911]

Wow, what a wonderful little gadget. I have yet to vacuum seal anything like pasta yet. At most I only keep about 6 pounds each of a variety of different pastas. So far I've had no problem except I've noticed the Aldi brand spaghetti seems to have fractures in each piece so when you cook it it breaks in those places. I just assumed it was like that when I bought it. Maybe not. I will check each box of spaghetti when i buy it in the future.Thanks for sharing Leisa.

[@terryhenderson424]

There was a time I knew 4 busy people/ families with the full sized Food Savers and I would keep my eye open for bagging, container, and attachments on sake and on ckearance. Then between all the gifting occasions during the year, at least one per person involved Food Saver stuff. One time one of the jar sealer attachments were on clearance and it was a whole new ball game for the recipient and then the others on my gift list. Food Saving in canning and canning like jars is a game changer for the fridge, the freezer, and the dry good shelves.

[@andreamassmann4103]

I used to live in an apartment with mice and I started putting things in jars. I freeze my instant potatoes, rice, sugar, flour before I use them so any critters or critter eggs are dead and I put them in glass jars.

[@victoriaanderson1468]

You both are amazing!!! Leisa, seriously, if it weren't for you, I would not have a stocked pantry!!!💖

[@SuttonsDaze]

Oh thank you!

[@marysewitsky4823]

I have jarred pasta from 2015. It’s still great. No smell, tastes great. Do you see any issue with this?

[@SuttonsDaze]

None! Pasta lasts a good long time

[@lori3488]

Thank you for showing us this! My goodness I haven’t seen creamette pasta in years❤

[@SuttonsDaze]

You are so welcome!

[@AdvocatingMamaBear]

That was the only kind of macaroni we had (or what my parents bought) when I was a kid! Brought back some memories!

[@akristakat2828]

I mark my vacuum lids with a big V. It eliminates accidentally using for canning

[@frsp3403]

I dont know about anybody else but I have had some pastas in my kitchen cupboard for years and when I have found them (I am more organized now) they are like I just bought them. I have never in my 63 years seen bugs in pasta. So when I started prep-buying last year, I started by using the half gallon jars I had, then I had an idea. I got a bunch of 5 gallon buckets from the restaurant my kids used to work for. Paid for some gamma lids. About 3, one pound boxes of pasta, like shapes, fit in a gallon ziplock. I just throw the bags in the bucket. I throw some bay leaves in the bucket too. I am very certain they will be fine in my cool basement. I can get into it anytime and pick whichever shape I feel like. Oh and I just slid angel hairs, fettuccine and spagetti boxes down along the sides. One bucket of pastas but I may start another. Using the half gallon jars on other things.

[@karenlayton8651]

Thus is something I do with pasta and dried hashbrown potatoes. Works great. Thanks for sharing ❣️

[@juliepoolie5494]

I would shake the jars to settle the contents and get more product in the jar before vacuum sealing.

[@crystaledwards7649]

I am well aware of the bug's that get into grains because I lost all my grain prep items which was a lot of money. I had to throw it all away and pay an exterminator to come out and spray my entire house . He was telling me most call's are for fleas,ant's,and roaches but that particular year it was call's from people with infestation's of these bug's our grandmother's called weevles and they would get in cornmeal not so now these tiny bug's can eat through boxes and move into the next box. To make sure you do not have this problem and lose your prep item's store all your oats and grain's in the freezer as soon as you get home for 3 day's then remove and set on your counter top for 3 day's then back in the freezer for 3 day's to kill the eggs because they will hatch and you have another problem. Then remove and let set on the counter for as many day's as it takes for all the moisture to dry up and then you can place them in your airtight container's with a couple of whole bay leaves because bug's do not like them at all. Good Luck!

[@nydiamarcial3844]

I have that food saver…LOVE IT! I buy lots of coffee when on sale and put in the freezer. I have had coffee a year over expiration date. It is still great.

[@SuttonsDaze]

That is awesome!

[@TeresaDMouth]

I'm drinking coffee now. The grounds are sealed in the Blue Plastic Maxwell House tubs. Mine says BB2021. But it's stored properly and smells so good when I open it.

[@rosetesta7193]

What is the shelf life for pasta stored this way? I love this! I just 2 dz jars/lids. I’m ready to prep

[@utopicconfections5257]

I've been learning how to make my own pasta and for the most part have stopped stocking pasta. Thoughts on stocking ingredients to make pasta versus stocking pasta? I do have some on hand just in case. I've found making pasta to be relaxing and thought that the idea of doing something relaxing and meditative might be helpful when things get bad.

[@SuttonsDaze]

I'm stocked on I gradients, this is convenient

[@dorissale4457]

My brother in law worked for CREAMETTE company, in Minneapolis, MN

[@kimgapeach]

I have never heard of that brand before, must be a North thing. I favor the cheapest brand🤣🤣 I have also this last year eaten pasta that use by date was in 2014 and you could not tell the difference 😉

[@SuttonsDaze]

It lasts a real long time when stored properly

[@ashleighwhitlow5801]

I’ve been storing some of my dried goods that way and love it 😊 I just want to thank you for the Make It March collaboration. I started canning almost two years ago and am learning SO much from you- thank you! I canned mushrooms for the first time this month - very good 👍🏻

[@SuttonsDaze]

Shrioms!!!! ❤️❤️

[@sherryd112]

The 1/2 gallon jars can be a bit spendy but I love looking at them full of dry goods in my pantry! And vacuum sealing is the way to go. I have a break bleeder that I can use if necessary but much prefer the little food saver gizmo like yours.

[@lemoncrinckles]

Hi, Leisa. You showed that little device some months ago, maybe here, maybe Facebook. I don't recall. Anyway, I got one and have been using it. It was reassuring to watch you and know I'm using it properly. Although the lids sealed tightly, I was concerned I wasn't doing it long enough and waiting for a distinctive 'pop' or something, so I let it suction probably far longer than necessary. 😊

[@SuttonsDaze]

You've got this

[@lxmzhg]

Instead of pasta, store grains - pasta is made from grain. Grains have more nutritional value, plus they take up much less space than pasta - a better survival food. Plus grains are more versatile. Grains can be fermented or sprouted for additional healthful benefits. Plus, it is cheaper!!

[@bonniefillmore9684]

Since it is now just my husband and I, I love cooking some of the pasta or rice and then dehydrating them to make them "instant". I vacuum seal them in jars and pull out what we need for a quick meal for one or two. Just add some hot water or throw them into a casserole to quickly have a meal.

[@teresasample3948]

I use the food saver jar attachments with a brake bleeder pump... no need for electricity.... just a workout for your hand and arm..

[@christinabryant5725]

I mix vanilla Hazelnut with my Folgers in the morning! Saves $$$ and I love the taste❤

[@livingthegoodlifeinwales]

Great video Leisa. I've just ordered myself some of the lid sealers, O2 absorbers and liners for my dehydrator as Mothers' Day presents. A true prepper, no chocs or girly treats for me.😂

[@lindaandersonperez2435]

I just ordered that hand sealer. I have machine but, this will be perfect. Tuvm

[@magsstewart5488]

$1/lb pasta is decent. If you’re going that far anyway, is there a restaurant supply somewhere along the way? I usually pay $20/25-30 lb bag. Not Creamette, but I don’t like elbows. Creamette was my moms preference, too. 😊

[@withoutlimitsbudgets64052]

Absolutely love this! I started putting my pasta into jars like this, but then I realized I had way too much on hand and not enough jars, I had to switch over to 5 gallon buckets for my pastas! I do use mylar bags and oxygen absorbers but oh my goodness I didn’t realize how much pasta I actually had in stock, but it was said and done I had nearly 200 pounds of pasta lol

[@BergenholtzChannel]

The bugs in pasta mostly hatch from the eggs in the wheat the pasta is made of. Either way, they can't live in that environment. 😊

[@brendarector4194]

Leisa, how is egg replacer powder to be Stored? Is oxygen absorber used or not? Just recently got it,but Not sure how to store. Thanks.

[@SuttonsDaze]

Keep in a closed container in a cool dark space once opened

[@dixiemaskell7434]

I have done this in the past but moved across country a year ago. I did not transport my glass jars as the moving truck was $13,000!! Unbelievable! Now finding and buying glass jars is an expensive proposition!

[@stacylgh]

Problem for me. I did a bunch of flour and oatmeal in May using my Foodsaver lid attachment and sealer. Most of the lids came off. I didn't store with the rings though. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Maybe rings? I was worried about having a false seal if I put the rings on.

[@SuttonsDaze]

A false seal is not an issue. If you find it comes unsealed later, vacuum seal again. The rings help

[@karenmartinez8176]

I also vacuum seal pasta, rice, flour, oatmeal etc. in 1/2 gallon jars. Only difference is I'll throw in a bay leaf to repel any weavel eggs and moths from hatching in them. I know freezing accomplishes the same thing but who has any freezer space. I will also tuck bay leaves here and there in my pantry, mice are supposedly repelled by the odor.

[@nickylast7405]

Yes...my grandma used to say under a dollar buy the pasta...nowadays with inflation a dollar is good I say. Buy the pasta..lol

[@brendaproffitt6555]

Please give us a video on using a vacuum sealer. Where did u get yours and which one is it. Also what can u vacuum seal in jars and for how long will the food stay good. Please help me, I want to store things in jars and do not know how!!!!!❤️ I really like ur videos and the way u explain what you are doing and why!!!! Great job😊

[@daval5563]

Thank you for your video. Isn't "fame" hilarious? I went shopping "big time" for the first time in ages it seems. The good sister took Mum for the day so I made the most of it and hit the big city, (small town) For once I didn't arrive home with a shitload of pastas and they never even crossed my mind. Pastas were one of the more affordable products to buy even when everything else was rising in price, .. now not so much but still, it's good "compared" to today's prices on everything else. For the longest time they had that long flat pasta, ... I forget what they call it, for sale for 98 cents for two pounds. I have a couple of full buckets of that stuff easy. I lay the bucket on its side and pack it in that way, then I stand the bucket up and finish filling the last four or five inches with the bags of "fluffy" pastas. I'm just packing the bags of pastas in plastic buckets and stashing them in good storage conditions. The worst I have experienced is it takes longer to cook the two years past its BBD Mac and Cheese I love. I noticed the dried Bean, Lentil, and Pea section had fresh dried product so I bought over five gallon bucket full of a variety of legumes. Filled another bucket with Basmati Rice, my fav! Expensive stuff too. I only bought 16kg, (35lb?) I normally get 16kg in a bucket but this Rice was in 4 kg bags so I only managed to fit 12kg and had room for some beans. I decided to start canning meats again after a shortish hiatus where I stocked up big time on the store bought varieties. There were eight pints of assorted "discount" sausages canned a few days ago and today it was six pints of discounted Beef and seven pints of Ham. Then I made a pot of Yellow Split Pea soup with the meaty ham bone. Yum, yum. Still, the sale on Tins of Corned Beef for $3.47 a Tin could not be passed up and I picked up a dozen of the suckers. Then the next store had Tins of Luncheon Meat for $1.50 and I got ten of those. They are selling 2.5kg (5.5lb) bags of Powdered Skim Milk for $29.99 so I got two bags to pack away in Mylar with the obligatory Oxygen Absorbers. The International section of the Big Box store was all about Spices. 400 gram bags of Mild Curry Spice for $3.47. Whole Peppercorns, Onion powder, Garlic powder, all came home with me. Anywho, I blew $400 on preps and then another $100 on five gallon Buckets and lids. Four buckets are filled and number five is started with the vacuumed Spices. The good sister showed up with two boxes of mason jar lids she bought on sale at the Dollaramma Store for $2.50. Opened one and it felt thin in my fingers so I counted and sure enough, only 11 lids. My fingers don't lie, ... But it's funny how I noticed. I tell you, those For Jar lids are looking better every day. I could just bite the bullet and get a whack of the things in the one go. I already have hundreds of dozens of lids stashed and I'm sure my lid use will change drastically after a serious SHTF event or three. I even save my old lids AND! The bestest thing to save used lids in is a Pringles tube! Wipe out the salt good eh? The regular size lids fit perfectly. I laugh about people who are "branded". It's like being "owned". OK, enough of this drivel. Keep up the great work and good luck.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Loved reading your comment! It felt like a conversation with my Aunt. Thanks for sharing. 💐

[@SuttonsDaze]

As always, love your comments.

[@janeyd.6228]

I've done pkgs of koolaid for my grandkids, along with candy & cookies. Even done jello, pudding( in jelly jars)OH & I've done cake mixes. Remember to put a coffee filter on cake or powder mixes, for the pudding & jello used jelly jars & cupcake liners. If you don't you are taking a chance of breaking your vaccumn sealer.

[@lewis9888]

I put three 4lb bags of sugar in a new 50 caliber ammo can to keep rodents and moisture out. Yes, the cans are pricey, but well worth it to me. I can use the cans for other things when they get empty. Be safe my friends.

[@marciaolson4878]

May I recommend another vacuum sealer? I have one I just love. It’s a VP05 vacuum sealer. I think you would love it!❤❤

[@quilteveryday]

I knew if I looked on you site. I would know the answers. I put pancake mix in quart jars, but couldnt get any to seal. Ordered the Food Saver hand held. Your my hero

[@michellehommes9773]

Nice haul Leisa !! I love a good deal when you find it.

[@SuttonsDaze]

Me too!!

[@debbiecurtis4146]

Speaking of pests, mice in particular, don't think those large garbage cans with the wheels and the handle will keep mice out. We needed another bucket with lid to go out in the woods and get sap, so I put 2 large mylar bags of flour into that clean can, intending to do something else with it after we got the sap boiling. Guess who forgot? So....a mouse was in there, white with flour - having eaten into both bags of flour. How do they climb up smooth plastic? If it jumped, it's an Olympic mouse. How do they get under the lid? Again, it was an Olympic weight lifter mouse.....more big bags of flour are on my list. I'm glad that it didn't get into stored grain. This is an area where the cats can't go, and I do have mouse poison in there.

[@erainasmith2532]

Hi Leisa just wondering do you sterilize your jars for storing your dry goods. Most of the jars that are come vacuum sealed for the most part are pretty clean. For any kind of canning or water bath canning it’s not an option for me I do sterilize the jars but I’m just wondering should I do the same thing for my dry goods too. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@sandrahudziec723]

I have mine in the lunch brown bags and vacuum sealed in my sealer bags and in a tote with black bag over it in closet plus jars with socks over them to keep light out there in closetplus hashbrowns oats sugar flour baking p and baking s cocoa salt all in jars beans sealed in bags some in jars cereal learn from u and jenny homestead i use spt jars salsa jars jelly jars save all my jars and alaska granny site all good vedios thank u 😊

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

Insects can lay eggs in the glue of the original box and you won't know until they hatch and infest your pantry.

[@SuttonsDaze]

Hitchkikers!

[@michelleperkins9886]

I have my pastas, jars and vacuum sealer to get mine done! Got all of the pasta for$.98 a box! Looking at having 12 jars ready for the pantry by end of the week! Whoo Hoo! I love stocking for my family!!!

[@SuttonsDaze]

That is awesome!

[@cinbob00]

I used the attachment to my foodsaver with the hose to do pasta and dried beans .love using my 1/2 gallon jars

[@mariewaldrep863]

That was a great deal for .99 cents a pound. Looks like you found some great deals.

[@debbiecurtis4146]

For the life of me, I can't get the Food Saver jar attachment to work. Ever. The bag vacuum device works like a charm. So, my mechanic husband bought me a Pittsburg pump, and we got a large piece of pvc and the lid that screws on with a butterfly screw. I use an old lid, put the ring on so air will come out, loose but not too loose, stick it in there, tighten it down, and attach the hoses to it. All home-made. I haven't done pasta yet, but with that said, I routinely cook pasta with a best by date that is months past. It tastes fine.

[@lindabeard488]

Thank you. I ordered the handheld sealer and it will be here Wednesday. Thank you again. Your voice is always reassuring us that we can do it. I’ve got a vacuum sealer and I’m going out to find sales on chicken and hamburger. I’ll let you know how I did. I’m also water bathing some jellies and jams soon.

[@johnlavrusky9380]

Where did you order it from and what is the name of it

[@pamsavant1123]

@@johnlavrusky9380 look down in the description of Leisa’s video 😊

[@randyweber6576]

Lisa, one of the things I have started doing is I have saved my 20 oz soda bottles also my 19.6 Oz soda bottles. I have rinsed them out and let them dry thoroughly. Then I purchased a new oil diesel fuel filter from the auto store and cut off part of it so that the tip would fit into the neck of the soda bottle. I then used the funnel and put rice beans xcetera into the soda bottles. Then I have placed an oxygen absorber in the soda bottle. Since there is a seal in the lid it makes an airtight seal and the oxygen absorber absorbs all of the oxygen. You will see the sides of the bottle pulled in showing signs of the oxygen being absorbed. And this is how I have stored rice and beans and lentils etc.

[@DiRidpath]

I make cooked things, like meatballs and lasagna. Flash freeze them and then vacuum seal them. It avoids freezer burn.

[@fahinahigby1152]

Yep same with my grandmother… creamette is an excellent brand. I’m a huge fan of the large macaroni. I just store my pasta in a jar along with salt. I have never had a problem with bugs. I’ve stored my pasta in large containers this way!

[@connierodenburg129]

Fahina Higby, how much salt do you put in each jar? Thanks!

[@fahinahigby1152]

@@connierodenburg129 about an eighth much or two worth. Large gallon jars I’d put a whole container of Morton salt. Periodically shake it.

[@jenniewolford1631]

if you cook it, rinse and put it in the dehydrator, you only have to have hot water and 10 to 20 mins and it is instant ready. I had no clue till i did it. When hydrated with hot water you dont have all that starch :) Can do in regular vacuum bags as long as you store them in a dark place, totes, buckets etc. you're welcome

[@GenXLostInTx]

I need to start doing this. Definitely need to stock up more on things when they are in sale.

[@j7ndominica051]

Pasta is rarely attacked by bugs. Moths prefer milled grain with a lot of powder ready to consume. Jesus, 70 miles of transportation for pig's meat. Half a kilogram for a dollar is about normal price. Used to be 1 kilo, three years ago. I just kept it in bags in a box. You could beat another inflation spike perhaps if there is one. I do like how jars make organization neater. But big jars are rare. I don't buy any juices or cucumbers. Square jars would be more compact, but they are only available small. Sugar and salt keep as is indefinitely. Coffee already comes in a vacuum brick or an inert gas. Nobody sells coffee by weight.

[@garygoza4258]

I love that little food saver. I have had mine for about 3 years.

[@scottstephenson9597]

I have that food saver vacuum sealer, but I have a VP05 vacuum saver which I prefer, from amazon.

[@jennifercunning3021]

Oh man... I came across your video, as I was floating around KZbin..... That sealer is wild! Made me search Amazon to see if it available here in Canada.... We have a more expensive one from Swilling/Henkel.... I wish I had of seen this one first

[@orthohawk1026]

I've been vacuum sealing all my pasta, rice, and legumes in jars since Covid started: My food budget is calculated at 5 weeks' worth every month, so any month that has only 4 Mondays, that fifth one for that month goes to buying dry goods that then get vacuum sealed when I get home. I now have 38 quarts of beans, 6 quarts of lentils (brown pardina and red) and split peas (some of all those I got from Palouse). I'm not sure how many quarts of rice and pasta I have.

[@margaretnation7464]

In my opinion an learnin (ha ha). I think mylar bags are a waste of money for anything UNDER 5 YEARS. I'm good with the oxygen absorbers for certain foods. I would rather spend that money on supplies. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

[@homesteadonthehill9147]

I do a lot of my pantry storage this way.

[@janecadett3937]

I use a Pump n Seal that has the same kind of tops. It’s a manual vacuum and its inexpensive.

[@dalegaa4094]

I also have a set with a manual pump and like it a lot. Sure beats using Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers for a lot of things.

[@Cadiangrunt99]

thanks that was useful

[@fonimer]

Shake the jar. You can fit more pasta. Grab the jar by the bottom and twist back and forth rapidly. You will make more space in the jar.

[@allonesame6467]

I Love Canuary, Too! Thank you Leisa!

[@CasaDeLoco_BoredBob]

Glad that the jar sealers are back in stock and not crazy stupid prices anymore!

[@SuttonsDaze]

Right?!

[@CasaDeLoco_BoredBob]

@@SuttonsDaze I did find an alternative wide mouth one that was decently priced and available when things got really crazy that worked with both the hose and the hand held pretty good if you used it right (had to screw the sealer on) but the manufacturer never had a regular mouth one but that's ok because I pretty much stick with wide mouth unless it's some of my older jars that I haven't replaced yet.

[@debnewsom5899]

Is it ok to store pasta in regular food saver bags?

[@SuttonsDaze]

Nit for long term

[@yaddayadda....9080]

Where Would I get one of them vacume sealers for jars from please??….aww I want one..I love my gadgets….am in uk….

[@wendyneal4900]

Great video, Leisa! I think I’ll do this for Christmas presents for my adult children. Vacuum sealed pasta, with a few cans of tomato sauce and/ or crream soups, along with some canned chicken and freeze dried ground beef and some seasonings could provide them with a few weeks of food storage. They will probably just give me the eye roll, 🙄 but life and experience has proven that I’m probably more correct than they are in their expectations. Thanks for the video! I love using 1/2 gallon jars for vacuum dealing foods!❤

[@mollysmith6055]

Don't discount this gift! My daughter and her little family have to be gluten free so I think a gift of air-sucked pasta along with a jar of RTU sauce would be very thankfully recieved.

[@christinesoper3492]

Why do you not vac seal cereal with fruit or nuts?

[@SuttonsDaze]

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[@angelikabertrand4045]

I store mine on 5 gallon buckets, with mylar bags and oxygen packet. I invested in a sealer. Than put the lid on done.

[@carmenn5609]

I'm brand new here and when I saw the smaller gadget for sealing jars, I was sold. I'm clueless on jars and lids so I'm going to assume that you mention sizes and lid sizes. I've not finish watching the video, stopped to write my comments.

[@crystald3655]

Some insects can live in vacuum sealed jars and bags.

[@marilyn5208]

Can't live without oxygen. Bacteria can though.

[@crystald3655]

@@marilyn5208 Some can live in a low oxygen environment. And you can't remove 100% of the oxygen from a jar or bag.

[@lynnstorm4590]

Can you do this with plastic jars ??

[@SuttonsDaze]

It might cave them in and plastic is not rodent proof

[@debbiealtman5373]

Great ideas,

[@maracusumano4820]

I have so much trouble with this. Can't seem to get the white cap off without pulling the lid off. Ugh

[@SuttonsDaze]

Use two lids

[@maracusumano4820]

Will give it a try, thank a bunch!!

[@litheanne1563]

Another channel was vacuum sealing jars of sugar, they said the sugar did not harden/clump. Would you please tell me why it may or may not clump?

[@terriroberts1387]

I have found a good back-up is to invest in a brake bleeder kit, then if the power goes out. You can still seal your stuff

[@chrisgilmore4591]

Found three packs of gravy mix that a mouse ate through today. Peppermint cotton balls placed all over for a temporary fix. I hate those nasty little critters. They go after my handmade soap too.