That's exactly what they do, but when there is no food in the store, you will be celebrated just like I was in 2020 by my husband. I didn't have to go out and deal with the limits of only 2 pls of chicken etc. Im fortunately near farms and Amish and my local Amish had ball and harvest right and the ones with the white lids that are just generic piled high when everyone else was out and the kept tp the normal pricing, no gouging.
Thank you for the video. Glass food storage is my favorite way to go. I recently moved and had a mouse problem! NEVER in my 75 years have had a rodent problem before. They got into all manner of storage containers except the glass. Whenever possible, glass is my absolute preferred method of storage or literally everything. Vac Seal bags stored in heavy mouse-proof buckets works too, but glass is frequently easier.
Great tips. I refer single-piece lids which are easier to manage in a busy kitchen. You can buy plastic or metal lids from many aftermarket companies. Incidentally, a number of commercial lids fit canning jars. For instance, peanut butter lids and the green lids from Parmesan cheese both fit regular mouth jars. The green lids are great for shaking or spooning foods out of your jars!
Beautiful jars collection and beautiful kitchen :) I love your American traditional mason jars and their standard measure plus size system. It's so simplified and systematic to have standard manufacture across the continent let alone a country or culture! Raw rice, lentils, spices like dry red chili, herbs are traditionally sundried and then stored for yearly storage in India, in glass and ceramic jars. Even the jars of pickles are shown sun for 3 days to a week before they go to storage. The medicinal value of the grains is retained and also enhanced. If sun drying is not possible, just toast the grains in the oven or a pan, let them cool down before storing them in the glass jars as you have shown. You can do it in bulk or can just toast them just before cooking, works the same. The sundried/toasted grains and lentils are lighter to digest, an year old rice is better than new one for diabatic condition. As you are diabetic, please consider this healthiest way to cook rice - 1) Wash the grains, strain 2) Boil water (for 1 cup of raw rice, 5-6 cups of water), add washed rice 3) Cook the pot on open flame, do not keep lid. 4) After 20 minutes, rice will be cooked, check for a grain if it can be mashed on the finger easily. (Brown rice will take longer to cook than white rice) 5) Strain the cooked rice to drain out extra water According to Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine), rice that is allowed to absorb all the water causes diabetes and body fat accumulation. So always add at least an extra cup of water while cooking the rice. The extra water can be fed to the plants, or here in India we make a homemade drink out of it for kids, but the spice ingredients are local.
I painted vintage open knick knack shelving instead of upper cabinets. My husband i stalled under cBinet lights under them. All different sizes similar in height painted white. They look so cute giving our kitchen a cozy country look with the jars. Our local thrift store sells donated 1/2 gallon glass jars with metal lids used for specialty coffees for cheap. Such a money saver! Lately we had mice get into our basement pantry. Even into our salt and brown sugar which never happened before! So now everything is in glass or white food buckets.
I definitely didn’t know that glass jars can be such a benefit to avoid food waste! Love this! I am also an speaker at the Get Organized HQ event this year and wanted to send some love to your video. 😊
Thank you so much, I’ve been overwhelmed trying to figure out how to store food for long term storage and everybody says different things about oxygen absorbers but knowing things last quite awhile just in glass, no canning or absorbers required is so comforting
You're welcome. For longer term food storage I go use mylar bags, but others are okay for a while in glass jars. If you search 'mylar bags' on my channel you can see my talking about those as well. :)
So do I. I have also found pickle and pasta sauce jars at flea markets in my area. Those usually have their lids and can be picked up for pretty cheap, too.
@@soniafrontera6040 I have a 5 gallon glass jar I got years ago from a convenience store when they had the huge jars of pickles and would sell them one by one. I have used it for everything from spare change to Christmas balls for decor.
I buy dissolvable labels for all of my go to kitchen foods. We recently did a comprehensive inventory of our “pantry”. Realistically, we could shop there for 4 years. Our farmstead is over 150 years and the rehab began with a new roof and my giant kitchen. I equipped with vintage gadgets and appliances. My wrap around eye-level shelves (except the cabinets) have beautiful half gallon and quart jars filled with colorful lentils, garden rotini, chocolate chips, homemade cocoas, etc. I love decorating and cooking, so it works for me.
That sounds beautiful and congratulations on building up to that much food on hand. It is so wonderful to know that your family has the food that they need long term if anything was to happen.
I use masking tape on the lids with the content information and date so I can easily change it. I’ve been using glass jars for over 20 years and have never had an issue with freshness.
I love using Mason Jars. They are uniform and inexpensive. I use the same same ones you talked about I get my 1/2 gallon from Ace Hardware and the smaller ones from Target. I wait for the circle deals at Target to get the jars on discount. I get my accessories from Walmart and Amazon.
I started using glass jars after COVID. I watched many You Tube videos attempting to prepare freezer meals out of the food I shopped for during COVID as well but I needed to store extra flour, oats, etc. and learned that this was the best storage for long term. Thank you for your video. I will continue to watch. I would like to learn as much as possible.
I love canning jars, and they've been a staple in my family for generations! The inside joke is you better not sit still too long, or gramma will pop you into one of her jars.🤣 I especially like to collect the 4 oz jelly jars for spice storage, and will decant each store-bought spice into one of those to extend shelf-life. As a frequent mover, while the jars may be heavy and bulky during the pack, the benefit is I know exactly how much storage space I need. All my jars are consistent dimensions, so it's easy to plan which shelves, cupboards and drawers will hold how much.
I store and decant in glass jars, too. But I'm mostly reusing jars from store bought items. We usually buy instant coffee in big jars and I've been repurposing them for storage.
It is refreshing to see organizing without plastic! I use glass jars for most of my foods, but you have mentioned some that I will be transferring to canning jars this afternoon. Thank you!
I found gallon and 1/2 gallon jars at the Amish store but you do have too buy the lids separately,and you can find odd sized replacement lids too and sleeves of regular seals yes even pickle jar lids too. I was blessed with my mothers and mother in laws gallon jars and found more at a rummage sale years ago and even have old blue jars from 1/2 gallon too pints, and the glass jar lided clamp tops for my grain storages. Plus I reuse all sauce jars for pickles,relish,jellies,and jams. They've lasted me for over 10 years.
I stoped using plastic when my old plastic storage contenders smell like it was leaking apart and did not want to store in them so I switched to glass. Since I got many for panning. But your information about washing and storing is such a great help. I washed when we ate them but didn’t know about saving food for longer. Thank you for helping so many people.
I also use canning jars for pantry storage. I like the universality of the lids, the ability to have one kind of item in various sizes for almost all my needs: canning, pantry storage, meal prep, freezing. They all go in the dishwasher, the microwave, the freezer if you do it right. I never put my rings in the dishwasher because it seems to make them rust. They don't touch the food, so I just swish them thru the sink water and wipe them dry. Keep your eyes open at yard sales. They're often on the dollar tables.
Thank you for your comprehensive presentation. You make it easy to understand the system. I appreciate you anticipating questions and worries and providing reassurances.
I use the chalkboard stickers to label my jars and right on it with the liquid chalk pen that way I can erase it and rewrite on there and it'll still look pretty!
Azure standard is the only place I've ever seen to sell the jars separately, without the lids and rings. They also sell the jars as usual with the lids and rings.
Yes! I only write on the lid any more for canning since they cant be reused canning again then I use them in my pantry or fridge. Half the time my lid says turkey stock :)
Thank you! I currently use jars for white rice for my dogs and it makes it so much more manageable. I'm definitely inspired to use more jars and get things out of plastic.
I've used canning jars for years. Staples. I also put leftovers in jars. Can use different size jars for various size people. I have started vacuum sealing jars for longer term staples. My family kids me about having thousands of jars. They often borrow full and return empty.
This is my first pantry using glass jars, and so far I love them! They fit so well on my shelves. No odd size boxes or bags. I'm hoping to keep my dry goods fresher this time out. No absorbers tho, it's a 6 month pantry so nothing long term.
You shared some really helpful tips in this video & I'm excited to hear what you share during the GOHQ challenge & to subscribe to your channel. I've never been sure how long various items will last,, so I appreciate you gave specific time guidance whether item is kept in original package or put in glass jars. Also need to relisten to what you said about when to use plastic vs metal lids. Not sure it was you, but I recently watched a video that talked about storing strawberries in glass jars in refrig. I started doing that a week ago, but used metal lid, so some of the berrries (strawberry & also cherries) have started to go bad. Probably cuz I left them in the original bags for a week before transferring them to glass jars.
Labor Day is coming, folks will be calling each other about birthday and Christmas lists, and then there the holiday get togethers themselves. Be sure to let folks know that you are looking to repurpose glass jars and bottles with good lids or tops. Yes your cupboards will likely end up with hodge pods of containers but after youve got your stuff in glass you can choose to begin to buy a a more uniform collection. - BTW A while back, one person began collecting green, glass, cold coffee beverage bottles from her own and co-worker's use tomdtore bulk spices in.
I cannot afford to buy glass jars the ones you have but I do like them a lot. For now I just recycle every single bottle jars that I used up from my pantry.
Love this video. I just started collecting jars and bought the sealer from Amazon for both regular and wide mouth. I also got some of the Arguson Farms products!
So looking forward to conference, I store 90% of items in Glass jars w/lid & ring, freezer containers from Ball & reuse my lids from PC dry items. Thanks for information
Box of 12 quart jars at Walmart are $16.74 Oct 2, just purchased a box. Then found them cheaper at Target @$14.99. Also, Lowe's Home Improvement sells jars. Rural King has 1 1/2 pint jars.
@@rosemary599 Order them and have them shipped to you. Most everyone has free shipping or at least over a certain dollar amount. I do this often. Also, prices are going up on all jars and related products so I would get what you need now. Also, get the amount of jars, lids, and bands it would take to fully can your freezer worth of food in two days, if needed for a crisis. I had to do this once for a hurricane and flooding and a second time for a huge snow storm with both lasting weeks without power. I kept those canners going on my propane stove for two full days and just barely had enough jars between my family members. It was a close call, but at least I didn't loose any food to a freezer issue.
I have also saved and reused some of the glass jars from grocery store items I've purchased. Store bought pasta sauce is one example. I "WOULD NOT" use that glass jar for actual water bath or pressure canning, but I will use it for dry items I vacuum seal. As long as the actual canning jar lids & rings fit there is no reason you cannot vacuum seal dry goods in those glass jars in my opinion. Just another way to recycle and save money in the process.
24 oz my favorite too, can't find them much since the pandemic, you think they'd want to keep them in circulation because 16 is too small but 32 oz too big for 4-6 servings
Thank you. I was wondering how to keep opened freeze dried food for any length of time. It would always get soft very quickly. I was thinking that it was a waste buying the #10 cans. I will transfer the food to my Ball jars.
I store my nuts in cool dark conditions vacuum sealed in qt jars. Still eating nuts from 2021. Haven't had any go bad. The only nut/seeds I store in the freezer are sunflower seeds and pine nuts.
Correct! Almonds last 30yrs and are found in long term storage buckets for emergencies. Manufacturers lie, I guess so u can throw them away and buy more.
I frequently cut the package label with the name of the item I’m storing and tape it to the jar. Also any cooking instructions. I use clear packing tape.
Glass Jars are so expensive in Australia. They start around $5 aud for one jar than is 500ml (1 pint is 600ml). I started buying glass jars about a year ago 😂….. I bought 4 at a time and slowly changed the pantry to have mainly glass storage…. But I NEVER thought of storing fruit and vegetables in the fridge in glass…. I’m going shopping for jars tomorrow ❤
It is true that Ball stopped making the wide mouth 24 oz jar but you can readily buy a wide mouth 24 oz made the same way as the ball jar from azure standard.
The reason you don't see pint and a half jars by Ball is because they stopped producing them. When I visit thrift stores I check kitchen wares first. Every so often I will find one of those jars tucked into a pack of quarts. If you choose this route, I hope you have success. I was able to obtain five boxes before Ball stopped producing them. They are perfect for the amount I need when storing stock. Hope this helps. Be blessed.
I keep most of my dried goods in the pantry in glass jars. Some are still in large plastic containers like popcorn kernels. But i haven't used jars in the fridge except for the obvious like sauce or soup storage. My family makes fun of me because i love to save glass jars of all different sizes lol, so I'm going to start using them in the fridge more. We have a dairy home delivery service so all the milks and juices come in glass jars. 😊
@@TheCrossLegacy 👍. I've been getting this dairy delivery for 30 yrs. My mother had the same one when I was growing up. Agree cartons are better than plastic. 😊
Thank you so much for your video's. Do you roast the carcass before you put it in the freezer or just put it in the bag then freeze. I have heard some say to reroast the bones before making broth. Would rather avoid a step if this is not necessary.
Looking for freezer video. The organized hq link in your description here links back to this video on jars, not the freezer one. I signed up for the free ticket, but couldn’t navigate their disorganized site to find it at the time, so was hoping to find a direct link to it. Thxs. My drawer freezer is my nemesis! If you can’t link to that one hopefully you will do another here.
The freezer video was part of the conference there is a link in the description to buy the access pass if you didn't watch the conference live when it was free. We are not allowed to post it for about 6 months, so after that time frame it will be on my page. I'm sorry you weren't able to find it during the event.
@nccgolden3626 I have a food saver brand one that I use and then a little handheld one we just did a video on that it will be up soon, I think it's getting edited.
@nccgolden3626 yes if they are a standard Mason jar size you can use canning kids, alot of the spaghetti jars will work. I only really seal jars that I want to last more than a year so if I am buying in bulk something for longer term storage
I don't buy cake mixes I just make cakes using ingredients so flour, sugar ext is in jars. I still have commercially canned items on my shelf we have other pantry tips videos. So if I bought a jar or can of something I keep it in the orginal jar/can.
I use both metal lids and plastic lids…..whether in the fridge, freezer or the pantry, what makes the metal lids better for long term storage….do the plastic lids not seal as tightly? Thank you…..
Metal lids are truly airtight, plastic are slightly porous so the air can pass in and out. That is why metal lids are better for long term storage. I use plastic lids for berries and some produce items in the fridge that don't need to be totally airtight (like cut avocados or apples). I hope that helps! Thanks for watching.
Would you please comment on why the 2 piece metal lids keep things fresher....is it a better seal? Also, I use a vacuum sealer in addition to the 2 piece lid and I think removing the oxygen helps.
@carolyngentry6162 the 2 piece lid is better over plastic but any metal lid is ok. We have a Vacuum Seal video coming out soon it is in the editing process
If I am storing dry goods in the glass jars for short periods of time (say only for a few months at a time), can I use the plastic lids instead of the metal lids?
I love storing in glass jars. I've typically used the white plastic from Walmart or the grey plastic lids from Ball because the metal lids end up being too tight for me to unscrew 😅 but the plastic lids can get so expensive!!! I'll try the metal lids again soon and compare difference between how long items last
I’m looking for your freezer video, the link to this years conference is this one. I looove your fridge videp and learned so much, but my freezer is the thing that really needs help! Can you point me to the link please? Thank you!
Ok so my question is- what are pantry moths!?! The only moths I’ve known eat holes in clothes 🤔🥴. Grew up in AZ, moved to TN about 30 years ago. The only food bugs have been weevils in flour, cornmeal and such. Please and thank you. ❤️😀
@@rachelburgener819Weevils crawl and pantry moths fly. We don't get either here but glass storage helps keep them contained in areas that do so it doesn't spread to your entire pantry.
Only heard one mention about NOT vacuum sealing the jars.. Will these items keep for mentioned time without vacuum sealing -- and without moisture absorbers?
Yes without vaccum sealing them. I will occasionally vac seal large quantity of herbs that I want to last over the 3-5yr mark but 99% of them I don't vac seal if I am not storing for long long term storage (over 5 yrs) If you are interested more in that kind of storage I have a couple videos I can find for you.
@@TheCrossLegacyThanks. Did you dehydrate these or just add them straight from the bulk bags to the jars. I have a few bulk herbs in large glass jars with airtight lids, but not sure how long they will last stored that way. I generally toss them after a year if I haven’t used it all.
@phoenixxfinancial they are bulk purchased. Just depends on how to store them, if they are getting light on them but up to 10 years is a pretty safe answer
