Safe Food Storage of Your Dehydrated Food

Reader Contribution by Susan Gast and Easy Food Dehydrating
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After you have dehydrated and vacuum-sealed your garden’s goodies, it’s time to store them either for use during the winter and early spring months, or for those people who wish to have on hand an emergency supply of food — this post covers both!

I love to use Mason jars. Why? They are great for storing dehydrated food for daily/weekly use. It’s so easy to screw off a lid, rather than having to cut the top seal off a vacuum-sealed pouch then having to re-vacuum seal it. Mason jars store easily in your kitchen cupboards making them a handy go-to while cooking your favorite recipe.

Use Oxygen Absorbers

With the use of Mason jars, I still use oxygen absorbers (more on those coming up in the next post). An easy way to know if the oxygen absorber is defunct is to listen for a “pop” when you unscrew the lid. If you hear that, then you know there’s still some life left in the oxygen absorber. When it’s completely dead, replace it.

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