Where have you been all of my (canning) life? At 76 I am entering my “mid-life crisis.” I cannot afford a Corvette or a Harley. So, I am learning to cook and can instead. I have been all over the internet learning a lot of things. Your 44 minute video here gave me more useful information than I have gotten in over 200 hours of viewing during the last month. THANK YOU.
Welcome to Miller Meadows George!! And thank you for your very kind words! That is really a HUGE compliment you have given me! I'm glad that you found some useful information....and hope to see you around our channel again in the future! I'm always willing to answer questions if you face any uncertainties, or if you need clarification on anything as you travel along your canning journey! Happy canning to you!
Great video re dry pack canning. Love that you included reasons why you did or didn’t do things,. I did my first dry pack of red potatos tonight, and am a hard convert. Always found the traditional method (water pack) to yield potato’s that tasted weird, but these tasted exactly like a delicious potato. Woot! Thanks also for the experimenting - I like to do that too, but rarely see others show their stuff, if they do it at all.
Thank you so very much for your wonderful comment! I do love to experiment, and find out the results and shelf life on my own. And it is a necessary thing in the canning world as the Ball company has not had funding in YEARS in order to continue to test new methods. Im so happy that you found my video helpful, and so glad that it gave you the courage to try it out for yourself in your own home. It TRULY is a game changer!! Better texture, taste, and color on everything that I have canned this way. I suggest dry pack carrots for your next adventure....they are amazing, easy, and still fairly well priced in the produce section of your grocery store. Thank you for joining us here at Miller's Meadows!
And THAT ....is a WEALTH of knowledge!! We are going to do that this year...... We have always only pickled, or dehydrated Okra to this point in time. Your mother was ahead of her time....and absolutely BRILLIANT!
This is an under rated channel. Such expertise, well articulated and demonstrated. I learned so much, i will be dry packing many veggies this season. You have a fan here. UPDATE: Yesterday i bought and dry packed 10# of russet potatoes. Cut them into 3/4 inch cubes as best i could. 2 potatoes to a pint jar, filled 16 pints. Processed them in pressure canner for 30 minutes at 13lbs. They did shrink, plus they out-juiced and the starch pooled in the bottom. I used one jar the next day(today) and made restaurant quality breakfast potatoes. Dump them into your pan, pooled starch and all.
I've been dry packing taters with skins for 2 years and LOVE them. I use my older water canned taters with skins for tater soup, crock pot meals and such. Like you ,I've canned with Mom and Grandma. I have grannies aluminum funnel like yours. I have the old jars also. I have over 3 dozen blue ball jars all sizes and ages but use for decor only. Most rims have small slivers of glass. You remind me of myself with experimenting. I've made evaporated milk, butter and whole milk shelf stable also. We harvested 55 lbs of taters this year. I gave my purple ones to the kids. I did can a couple jars and they turned light brown. My red taters done great and held their color. I will dry can carrots next time. Glad I found your channel. New sub from East Tennessee. HAPPY CANNING everyone
Hi Lorrie, Love the sound of doing canning your way. It makes a lot of sense to me. You are able to Dry can ground meat without water or broth so what is the difference that they say that you can do that and not vegetables. I am going to do this tomorrow. I have just got my potatoes out of the garden today. Thank You so much. It will save me lots of time. ; v )
Just letting you know : I canned 14 quarts of Russet Potatoes today using this method AND THEY DID GREAT ! Thank you so much . This is the 1st time I have canned potatoes & was actually proud of the finished product ! I will definitely be Dry Pack Canning more veggies now . 😍
Ellen, thats FANTASTIC to hear!! Im so very happy for you, and your success/good results with it! It truly is a game changer! Enjoy using them and exploring more dry packed veggies!
I love your video…I think the advantage to adding butter to your dry pack vegetables is that in an event we can’t get butter your butter would be in your jars….the same with canning some veggies with water so you have both…of course canners usually can broth but if water is scarce then you have it in your Jars … but want to try your dry pack method for taste… 🙏🇺🇸🙏
I do agree with you, at least it would be IN that jar. However.....having canned it with a pat or two of butter previously....it does not do much for the frying process itself. I still had to add more to prevent sticking to the pan. BUT, it sure doesnt do any harm being in there when you can them! Many of us "can" water in cases of emergency also.... Glad to have you with us here on Miller's Meadows and look forward to more of your insight in the future!
I love this! It opens so many more doors for me as I usually don't like certain things canned in water. Potatoes being the number 1 for me. You are awesome! Thank you and subscribing!
Thank you so very much for this information. So many people were not covering that I could dry pack and the water bath. I used a glass casserole dish, filled it with water on top of my jars so they wouldn’t float. Thank You for taking the time to share this video
WOW! this is a game changer. I have 50lbs of potatoes on the way and you just saved me from making what I'm would have been a big sludgy mess lol. I'm constantly surprised by your videos. You are spot on with everything. I hope you are a teacher for younger people where you live. they could learn it all from you .
Thank you so much for those wonderful words! I have been thinking of offering a community education type class....it would be a great opportunity for hands on direct help for those wanting to learn how to can. Thank you for that encouragement!! Enjoy those wonderful potatoes!!
New to canning and this method is a game changer for me! I was concerned about the texture when adding water, especially if I don’t want mashed potatoes. Thank you so much for educating this newby!
I can't tell you how happy I am to find your channel. I just happened to come across it looking for how to dry can potatoes, makes so much since when you say dry pack. I'm working on them as we speak. Just picked up green beans from farmers market, and looking forward to doing those too. Thanks for the fabulous information. I've been canning a very long time, and I had to laugh when you said you like to experiment, because I do the same thing. Happy canning!!
Late to the party but glad I stopped by! Have been canning for decades but only recently moving away from my usual (tomato, beans, greens, squash, carrots, etc). First try at potatoes was very starchy/gel like. Looking forward to attempting a dry pack. Thanks for the amazing details and follow up, cause they are what separate canning success from "learning experiences "😄
I only started dry packing vegetables a little over 5 years ago myself. For the 35 years before that, I always traditionally water packed everything. I was sold on the results immediately!! I really think that you will be also! Happy Canning!
Welcome to Miller Meadows! So happy to have you here with us! Thanks for watching and subscribing....and we hope that you continue to find useful information here in the future! God Bless!!
Thank you so very much for those kind words!! I'm usually a LOT better about replying to comments....but it seems like with the health issues Roger recently went through....I'm just having a difficult time getting back into a normal schedule. But....I'm still working on it! LOL! Hope you continue to find useful information on our channel....and thank you for joining us here on Miller Meadows!!
What a GREAT video!!! Im so happy I found you this morning!!! Very very helpful video. I am brand new at pressure canning and I did dry pack potatoes recently ( St. Patrick's Day sale :) ) They are like roasted potatoes in a jar! Delicious! Thank you for the info on all the other veggies dry packed. Im going to give those a try too! You are a wonderful teacher! I'm going to share this video on my canning group on FB. Thank you and have a nice day!
I'm just now seeing your channel for the first time, and I feel I've hit a jackpot...Growing and preserving food is a really major part of my life, and has been since 1974. I've always been disappointed by not being able to preserve potatoes in a way that results in an acceptable end product. IOW they always end up tasting gross, which is a shame because I love to grow them. My neighbor gifted us several boxes of big beautiful commercially grown potatoes this week, and I've been in a panic to decide what to do with them. Fast forward to finding and viewing your video. Great information, professionally and thoroughly presented. Long story short...we are in LOVE with this process. I feel 100% "RUclips Certified" to continue on my own. Thanks so much! I'll be hangin' around to see what's next...Thanks!
I'm so glad you found us!! And I truly think that you will be happy with the results. I really never cared for water packed potatoes myself, but up until about 5 years ago didnt know there was another option. Its truly a game changer!! Thank you for your kind words and WELCOME!! Enjoy canning up those potatoes!!
I DID IT...14 qts of organic russet potatoes. Scrubbed with peelings left on. We had the first qt for dinner last night...we like them so much I'm afraid they'll all be gone too soon so I'm dry canning the rest of them today. Thanks so much.
Update - I tried, tasted it, and will definitely doing again and again. Thanks for teaching this method. Very helpful and informative video. Just what I was looking for in understanding dry pack canning.
Thank you so much for this video. I am canning potatoes today and your video was very informative. Going to dry pack my potatoes!!!! May God bless you and your loved ones and shine his light on you always. 🙌🤲🙏💞🇨🇦
Just want to thank you for showing the difference. I will for sure be dry packing as I have never cared for the water packed because I think I changes the flavor. Thank you again for taking the time to educate us.
Your video popped up when looking for canning potatos. You really explained well. I didn't realize u can cut up potatos that small, they look tasty 😋 Thank you. I'm watching 1/30/23 from Beautiful Southern Iowa ❤️
Absolutely my pleasure! So glad you found us, and happy that I could maybe answer some the questions that you had about the method. I am truly sold on the results and shelf life....I hope you give it a try yourself and see first hand how much better they are that traditional water packed.
Great information! Thank you. I’ve been wondering about this for awhile now. I’m sold too. I have a bad and and the weight of the jar water packed is so heavy. This will be so much lighter for me.
I am so glad I found this video before canning potatoes; I will definitely be dry packing mine. Without a good storage space for potatoes, canning them is a great way to keep them. I was also very interested in a way to can beets as I have read many reviews about canned beets using water to cover and the consensus is they lose a lot of colour and flavour; will experiment with the dry pack method. Thank you for sharing- - - new subscriber here.
Dry packing works great with beets! I boil them to be able to slip the skins off...then slice or dice (shape is your choice) pack densely, PC Pints 35, Quarts 40....or hot water bath either size jar for 2 hours. You may need to hold and weight the jars down in a hot water bath as dry packed jars like to float. So glad to have you here with us....and welcome!!
I don't own a pressure canner. How long would you waterbath potatoes? Actually I mostly can in the oven so jars floating up are not a problem lol. I dry canned a jar of mixed veggies, potatoes, green beans carrots and onions. Left a few days then tried them, very good. I've learned lots from just the 2 videos watched, subscribed.
I am amazed, your technique of teaching is wonderful and I am a veggie freak and am planning on canning all of the above that you showed. Thanks so much.
So happy I found you! I watched multiple videos for weeks and didn't get the explanations you gave. I have seen too let potatoes in salt after cut for 45 minutes, to remove water. I'm now a subscriber, thank you
This was a fantastic video! You are a great teacher. I am going to try this. It did make me giggle a little, though, when you mentioned towards the end using this for pressure OR water bath canning. I can just imagine all those jars floating around in the canner full of water.
Absolutely....they bob around like a packing peanut in a swimming pool!! LOL! If water bathing dry packed items....I suggest placing your filled jars in an empty canner. Then placing a rack with some open jars of water on top of it to anchor the jars down. THEN fill your canner with water. Easiest solution I have found.
Dry pack is really a game changer for many veggies. Not all of them handle the process well however. But this is now my favorite way to can potatoes!! Hope you enjoy them too!!
I LOVE this video, I will be dry canning carrots and potatoes next week! Thank you Lorrie! I wonder if the potatoes with the skin, kept the potatoes moisture from extracting, at least where the skin is? The fully peeled potatoes had no protective skin so all sides of the potatoes extracted moisture? Just a thought…. Prayers continued for your family! You are such a beautiful person inside and out!
I think that is a great hypothesis! I do prefer them with the skin when dry packing. Your going to LOVE the dry packed carrots too I think! Thank you for your continuing prayers for Roger! He is healing, and doing very well! Blessings to you and your family!!
I have just found you, I’ve been canning a couple of weeks and tried dry packing potatoes two days ago. Your video explained everything I wanted to know about the jars when cooked. Thank you so much from Australia🇦🇺
My absolute pleasure!! Welcome to Miller Meadows! We are so happy to have you with us! And welcome also to canning!! Its so fun and rewarding! Wishing you great success in your canning journey!
Fantastic. Tons of information on the dry pack method of canning. Very well put together and a huge help for me this year. Thank you for this. I have so many pounds of potatoes from our garden and this is just what I needed! Excellent. I learned so much. I will be doing this today. I just finished a batch of relish and I'm so happy to dry pack some potatoes as well. I really can't thank you enough!!!
Thank you for the explanation and instructions! I’m in! I have dry packed with the soaking, and with salt plus butter. It would be a time saver to not do those. I was under the impression that the soaking prevented discoloration. I guess I’m mistaken. Good instructions. Very nice review!
Incredibly informative Well spoken, wow good job! Covered so Much I wanted to know, as I am going to start this method! Now I suggest you get an old presto or "national" caner. The Mirro vent pipe has the same threads (I have done so many this way) Now you habe the 5/10/15 weight! SO the real reason is.... The older caner had heavy MASS. Ok fine the Dry pack solves the "siphoning" problem. So anyhow when not drypacking the caner holds the heat and cools much slower, even then I push the head space limit and a trick is turn the fire down slowly after the time. It is 2 AM and I prolly shouldnt be commenting but I truly find your vid very informative! THANKS!
Thank you so very much for your kind words! I have many canners....including old Presto's and old Mirro's. More than I truly want to admit publicly. LOL! Hope you truly enjoy your dry packed potatoes. For us, they have been a total game changer! We love them!
Having just recently starting preserving (vacuum sealing and pressure canning), I have found your video very helpful! I am curious if you have ever dry packed raw sweet potatoes?
Hello from New Zealand! Thank you, Lorrie, for this video! I learned a lot! The jar with the cloud of starch resonated with me, as I had seen Bev from Ourhalfacrehomestead had a similar thing happen with her jars of spuds. As for the rest, I too like to experiment, but not always succeed! Lol. I'm 61, and still learning. 😏😎
I always said I wish I had a channel to SAY THIS VERY THING!!! so Happy you have posted the difference between an the fact that you Can leave the peels on!!! GREAT VIDEO.. BLESSINGS 💖
I tried this back in May (new to canning in general but always thought ‘why would you cook it before canning, just for it to be cooked again while being pressure canned?’) I opened a can of them & fried them in bacon grease…so delicious! Thanks for this!
I have dry packed meat because that was how my mother did it when I was growing up. canned fish were always oil packed though. I do wonder home tuna or salmon would come out dry packed. But for some reason she always water packed veggies. Can't wait to dry pack some veggies to see how those come out. Great video.
Thank you so much Betty! Fish does really well raw/dry packed. Just like raw meat, it creates its own juice during the canning process. Tuna and Salmon are both amazing this way! Simply pack your raw fish tightly, like with any raw meat....and then remember that fish takes a longer process time than regular meat does.
@@millermeadows6359 thank you for the info. When I lived in the PNW it was easy to get fresh salmon and tuna either by purchase or going out fishing with friends. Unfortunately, on the east coast seafood is pretty sketchy being farmed, old or both. My sister, an avid fisherman, has periodically sent me a couple jars she's canned. Even though she packs in water it is still so much better than store bought.
@@millermeadows6359 I'm still new....questions. ) why use a water bath for potatoes vs pressure canner. I missed that part. How do I figure out my time? I'll be using 16oz jars at 2000 ft When I raw pack chicken or burger, cubes of pork loin... Are you saying I don't have to add water? Just follow the correct pressure and time for the size of jars? Will the meat still clump together? Blessings to you for helping us. This was a great video. Thank you.
New subscriber, here. I really appreciate your teaching style. I learned SO much and had nunerous questions answered... and I've been canning for a year and researching for two now. Thanks for all your work for folks like me! Questionfor you: Context: you mentioned water bathing toward the end of your video. Question: how many minutes would the WB time be?
Water bath 3 hours (180 minutes). I place an additional rack with weight on it to keep the dry packed jars from floating in my hot water bath canner. 🥰
I love all your canning recipes, but Im in a pickle I did 2 batches of the potatoes both turned out beautiful but second batch was not processed for the full 40 mins only 30 mins. had an emergency had to shut the heat off is there anyway to save all the jars? Was wondering if cooking them for later use would kill any bad bacteria.? Im so so sick about this please help. Ty
I'm new to your channel, you're great, thank you! I noticed many you tubers are talking about "Dry Packing" potatoes this past week, 😂. I only leave scrubbed clean skin on potatoes if they r Yukon Gold. In my opinion, Carrots need to be peeled. Blessings
Loved this video thank you. I like the look of these better than the water in looking starchy. Will definitely try these. Thanks again Veronica Ireland 🇮🇪
You were great, I think this will be my way now. I ‘m just starting to can. I did the traditional sweet potatoes and green beans and a week later all the water was gone in the jaws. Can you tell me why or is that normal? I filled them with water and pressure cook thank you.
Mrs Dash garlic and herb seasoning is a super all around seasoning. We use it on popcorn, fried chicken, Tomatoe salad, potatoe salad....its wonderful mixed into butter and honey for a toast spread.....wondermus!
Excellent information! I watched this as I was preparing my potatoes for my first round of dry packed canning. This video is a wealth of information and I greatly appreciate it!
Dry pack? Yes...it works well....but squash does get soft and shrinks a lot in the jar if not covered with water inside the jar. I PC mine according to the "old" time of 60 mins for quarts. Im not sure when the suggested time changed. I follow a chart from a 1940's Kerr Canning Book.
Sweet potatoes tend to get very soft.....and do not hold up well without water. I suggest doing a traditional water pack when using sweet potatoes. Sorry for the delay in my response....
I hope you love them as much as we do! There are certain types of veggies that do not dry pack well. Anything green and leafy such as cabbage, kale, broccoli, spinach.... Sweet potatoes and squash can be dry packed, but they are still very soft, and they shrink so much without fluid in the jar that the finished product is only half full. Corn has to many natural sugars and scorches if there is no fluid added to the jar. Potatoes, carrots, asparagus, beets, turnips, green beans....all do very well dry packed.
@@millermeadows6359 Thank you so much, I like my squash with some crunch so I never can it. I am a fan and after I finish this reply to you, I am subscribing to your channel.
I'm experimenting with a recipe for Summer Squash that has just a touch of vinegar (not enough to taste it) and pickle crisp in it. The vinegar is needed to activate the pickle crisp. But the results looked absolutely amazing from what I saw. We are just at the point of starting our garden (zone 4) so it will be a while before I actually have any Summer squash to can....but I am excited to try this!!
@@millermeadows6359I am excited to see how it turns out and you sharing the recipe. I am in zone 9 so I just put in my garden but now we are getting heavy rain and the temp is back down in the upper 40’s but so far, everything is still surviving. I may have jumped the gun???
We are having a hard time holding off our planting....but we know that it is still to risky for tomatoes and more tender crops here. We are itching to dig in the dirt though, and our seedlings are really starting to get a little leggy....so they want to be in the garden too!
WOW! Thank you so much!!! I wish I had watched your video before I pressure canned my potatoes today... The dry pack potatoes look fantastic. I will be processing this was going forward! Lessoned learned with this new canner. 🙂
Absolutely a fabulous video, not sure how you popped up on my feed, but certainly glad you did. New subscriber to your site. Thank you for all of your insightful knowledge, will be following your channel, thanks again.
I'm so happy that you tried them! I honestly will never traditionally water pack potatoes again. These are just always so amazing!! Congratulations on your dry pack success!! Good job! Enjoy them!
Just found your channel , as I have been watching various videos on dry packing potatoes . I really appreciate how you go into detail explaining why you use this method & showing the finished product of the different methods . I also watched your video on steaming fresh eggs . The 1st time I did this I was amazed & thrilled @ the results ! Both videos are great , THANK YOU ! I am always looking for methods that are proven & better than the way I am doing it ~ the kind of videos that make the Canning Police come after you ! haha ~ 😂 ❤
Yes, I seem to have a few of those on my tail, and it will probably increase with time here on youtube....but that's ok with me. Everyone has the right to their opinion. I dont insisting that anyone HAS to do things the way I do....I'm just offering my personal experience, and maybe some of what I share will be exactly the thing that other's have been looking for. I try to share all of the short cuts that I have developed in the last 40 years also, which hopefully will make canning a lot easier for many! So glad to have you here with us, and thank you for your very kind comment!
The question I have is on heat transfer. Without the water we don't know if the center of the jar has reached the temp of between 240 and 250 long enough to kill the botulism spores.
I have been an active canner for 40+ years practicing traditional NCHFP guidelines. In the past 5+ years of that journey, I have gone outside of that "box" and personally experimented with dry packing many varieties of vegetables. Still alive. No food borne illness or loss on the shelves from spoiling. I would not suggest anything that I do not have full confidence of safety in. I would also like to direct you to Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva....who dry packed potatoes and stored those test jars for a year on her shelf....and then sent those jars to a certified lab for testing. Test results came back negative of any signs of Clostridium Botulism. Id say with my personal hands on practice and use of home canned dry packed vegetables over the past 5 years....and now, with Diane's documented and published lab results....I can, beyond a doubt say that it is safe and viable, as long as the proper processing times are adhered to. PC dry pack potatoes 35 mins Pints, 40 mins quarts at the appropriate pressure for your altitude. Or hot water bath either size jar for 3 hours. It is also suggested to fully heat low acid home canned goods, either traditionally water packed OR dry packed (Reaching a 212F degrees for 10 minutes by Boiling , baking, or frying) when opening jar to consume. This removes any risk of food borne illness. Here is a link to the lab report: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=364278082565280&set=pb.100069492729320.-2207520000..
Yes. I only use rings for the heat canning process. After my jars have cooled and sealed, I remove the rings and wash the sealed jars well in soapy water. And then I store them without the ring. This prevents disguising a false seal.... also, it is important in my opinion that your lid can freely pop off in storage if for WHATEVER reason there is an issue with the food inside your jar. The gasses from the rotting food will push the lid off and indicate to you....do NOT eat this. Also....if food is decaying....it builds up gasses. If you hold that flat lid on with a ring, and gasses are building up in a jar from decaying or fermenting....your jar can actually explode. Making a complete mess all over your storage area. Its much better if the flat lid can just be pushed open easily by anything unusual going on inside your jar.
I am so glad I watched this! I have about 100lbs of potatoes to preserve. I always wondered why you add salt and butter. Thank you for explaining that it is not needed!
I only share what I have noted in my own personal canning journey. Other's swear by it. But from my own observations and shelf life tests.....it does absolutely nothing to preserve, flavor, or extend shelf life. The ONLY benefit I can find is if.....after a possible "SHTF" situation....and you are lucky enough to actually even HAVE a home canned jar of potatoes.....the butter and salt may be a benefit for taste and flavor....as those things also may not be readily available. But for safety and shelf life.....it does absolutely....nothing.
So glad to have you here with us! I am always willing to answer questions and generally get to them within 24 hours. I've been canning for 40+ years and love to help out new canners! Hope you find some of the videos in our studio helpful in your canning journey!
Thank you! It is technically Dry packing..... Dry canning is done in the oven with dry goods. I hope you found the video helpful...and will continue to find new canning ideas here that will help you stock your pantry!
With frying first, to reduce moisture.....you will need to process at normal time in a canner....which will make your squash pretty soft and mushy. The benefit of my recipe is the added acidity of the brine....which reduces the process time.
I will definitely be trying this. Thank you so much, new to canning and have been checking out as many videos as time will allow. Love the quick easy steps in a world that is changing so rapidly 😮 and I am a late bloomer 😂 Blessings to you and yours 🙏
Its never to late to learn...and start adding jars to your pantry shelves. So glad to have you here with us on Miller Meadows! Hope you find the information useful in your canning journey!
@@millermeadows6359 I am and I love your no nonsense approach. I admit, I was terrified of blowing up the house 😂 Learning so much. Thank you for being a light in the darkness and sharing your invaluable knowledge with us. Peace and Grace 🙏
So glad that this platform offers the opportunity to share the knowledge with those seeking it! God Bless you in your life, and also on your canning journey!!
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Where have you been all of my (canning) life? At 76 I am entering my “mid-life crisis.”
I cannot afford a Corvette or a Harley. So, I am learning to cook and can instead.
I have been all over the internet learning a lot of things. Your 44 minute video here gave me more useful information than I have gotten in over 200 hours of viewing during the last month.
THANK YOU.
Welcome to Miller Meadows George!! And thank you for your very kind words! That is really a HUGE compliment you have given me! I'm glad that you found some useful information....and hope to see you around our channel again in the future! I'm always willing to answer questions if you face any uncertainties, or if you need clarification on anything as you travel along your canning journey! Happy canning to you!
Great video re dry pack canning. Love that you included reasons why you did or didn’t do things,. I did my first dry pack of red potatos tonight, and am a hard convert. Always found the traditional method (water pack) to yield potato’s that tasted weird, but these tasted exactly like a delicious potato. Woot! Thanks also for the experimenting - I like to do that too, but rarely see others show their stuff, if they do it at all.
Thank you so very much for your wonderful comment! I do love to experiment, and find out the results and shelf life on my own. And it is a necessary thing in the canning world as the Ball company has not had funding in YEARS in order to continue to test new methods. Im so happy that you found my video helpful, and so glad that it gave you the courage to try it out for yourself in your own home. It TRULY is a game changer!! Better texture, taste, and color on everything that I have canned this way. I suggest dry pack carrots for your next adventure....they are amazing, easy, and still fairly well priced in the produce section of your grocery store. Thank you for joining us here at Miller's Meadows!
So if PC is 40 min how long is wb
@@bonneymoseley1159you can NOT wb potatoes. MUST PC.
Haven’t Mennonite‘a wb potato’s for centuries? I am just curious 👀. Thank you.
@@beatricethomas8537you can water bath them if you use vinegar, but not dry
Great ideas. I will try! I am almost 78 years old and I learned to can from my mother. She always dry packed her cut okra for frying. Delicious!
And THAT ....is a WEALTH of knowledge!!
We are going to do that this year......
We have always only pickled, or dehydrated Okra to this point in time.
Your mother was ahead of her time....and absolutely BRILLIANT!
This is an under rated channel. Such expertise, well articulated and demonstrated. I learned so much, i will be dry packing many veggies this season. You have a fan here.
UPDATE: Yesterday i bought and dry packed 10# of russet potatoes. Cut them into 3/4 inch cubes as best i could. 2 potatoes to a pint jar, filled 16 pints. Processed them in pressure canner for 30 minutes at 13lbs. They did shrink, plus they out-juiced and the starch pooled in the bottom. I used one jar the next day(today) and made restaurant quality breakfast potatoes. Dump them into your pan, pooled starch and all.
Im so happy to hear that you are enjoying the information....and results in your own kitchen!! Thanks for watching!!
I want to dry pack sweet potatoes
I've been dry packing taters with skins for 2 years and LOVE them. I use my older water canned taters with skins for tater soup, crock pot meals and such. Like you ,I've canned with Mom and Grandma. I have grannies aluminum funnel like yours. I have the old jars also. I have over 3 dozen blue ball jars all sizes and ages but use for decor only. Most rims have small slivers of glass.
You remind me of myself with experimenting. I've made evaporated milk, butter and whole milk shelf stable also.
We harvested 55 lbs of taters this year. I gave my purple ones to the kids. I did can a couple jars and they turned light brown. My red taters done great and held their color. I will dry can carrots next time. Glad I found your channel. New sub from East Tennessee. HAPPY CANNING everyone
So very happy to have you join us Cheryl!! Hope you can find some useful information or recipes on our channel. God Bless, and Happy Canning to you!
I dry packed fingerling potatoes with whole garlic cloves they turned out fantastic... Thank you for the video.
My pleasure!! They really are amazing!!
Came back to say this is THE BEST INFORMATION VIDEO on Utube.. Amazing 👏👏
Hi Lorrie, Love the sound of doing canning your way.
It makes a lot of sense to me.
You are able to Dry can ground meat without water or broth so what is the difference that they say that you can do that and not vegetables.
I am going to do this tomorrow.
I have just got my potatoes out of the garden today.
Thank You so much.
It will save me lots of time. ; v )
Spañol porfavor gracias por la opurtunidad que nos da de aprender
Just letting you know : I canned 14 quarts of Russet Potatoes today using this method AND THEY DID GREAT ! Thank you so much . This is the 1st time I have canned potatoes & was actually proud of the finished product ! I will definitely be Dry Pack Canning more veggies now . 😍
Ellen, thats FANTASTIC to hear!! Im so very happy for you, and your success/good results with it! It truly is a game changer! Enjoy using them and exploring more dry packed veggies!
I've been canning for 30 years and I learned so much from this video! Great work and thanks for making it!
Im so glad that you found it useful!
I love your video…I think the advantage to adding butter to your dry pack vegetables is that in an event we can’t get butter your butter would be in your jars….the same with canning some veggies with water so you have both…of course canners usually can broth but if water is scarce then you have it in your Jars … but want to try your dry pack method for taste… 🙏🇺🇸🙏
I do agree with you, at least it would be IN that jar. However.....having canned it with a pat or two of butter previously....it does not do much for the frying process itself. I still had to add more to prevent sticking to the pan. BUT, it sure doesnt do any harm being in there when you can them! Many of us "can" water in cases of emergency also....
Glad to have you with us here on Miller's Meadows and look forward to more of your insight in the future!
Very well said! Dry packing versus dry canning!
Thanks for picking up on that! A lot of people even after watching this, still use the wrong term. Its easy to get it confused though....Hugs!
I love this! It opens so many more doors for me as I usually don't like certain things canned in water. Potatoes being the number 1 for me. You are awesome! Thank you and subscribing!
So glad I could introduce you to this method of canning...and so happy to have you with us! A warm Welcome to you from the Miller's!
Thank you so very much for this information. So many people were not covering that I could dry pack and the water bath.
I used a glass casserole dish, filled it with water on top of my jars so they wouldn’t float. Thank You for taking the time to share this video
I just found your dry pack carrots and thought I'd check this out. Loved your examples and comparisons.
WOW! this is a game changer. I have 50lbs of potatoes on the way and you just saved me from making what I'm would have been a big sludgy mess lol. I'm constantly surprised by your videos. You are spot on with everything. I hope you are a teacher for younger people where you live. they could learn it all from you .
Thank you so much for those wonderful words! I have been thinking of offering a community education type class....it would be a great opportunity for hands on direct help for those wanting to learn how to can. Thank you for that encouragement!! Enjoy those wonderful potatoes!!
New to canning and this method is a game changer for me! I was concerned about the texture when adding water, especially if I don’t want mashed potatoes. Thank you so much for educating this newby!
I can't tell you how happy I am to find your channel. I just happened to come across it looking for how to dry can potatoes, makes so much since when you say dry pack. I'm working on them as we speak. Just picked up green beans from farmers market, and looking forward to doing those too. Thanks for the fabulous information. I've been canning a very long time, and I had to laugh when you said you like to experiment, because I do the same thing. Happy canning!!
So happy to have you join us!!
Late to the party but glad I stopped by! Have been canning for decades but only recently moving away from my usual (tomato, beans, greens, squash, carrots, etc). First try at potatoes was very starchy/gel like. Looking forward to attempting a dry pack. Thanks for the amazing details and follow up, cause they are what separate canning success from "learning experiences "😄
I only started dry packing vegetables a little over 5 years ago myself. For the 35 years before that, I always traditionally water packed everything. I was sold on the results immediately!! I really think that you will be also! Happy Canning!
New subbie here 😊 You are a born teacher sister & I'm thankful to have stumbled upon your channel! I look forward to watching more! God Bless!
Welcome to Miller Meadows! So happy to have you here with us! Thanks for watching and subscribing....and we hope that you continue to find useful information here in the future! God Bless!!
Today 4/9/24 I've watched your channel several times it's great information. You really explain like no other.
Thank you so very much for those kind words!! I'm usually a LOT better about replying to comments....but it seems like with the health issues Roger recently went through....I'm just having a difficult time getting back into a normal schedule. But....I'm still working on it! LOL! Hope you continue to find useful information on our channel....and thank you for joining us here on Miller Meadows!!
What a GREAT video!!! Im so happy I found you this morning!!! Very very helpful video.
I am brand new at pressure canning and I did dry pack potatoes recently ( St. Patrick's Day sale :) ) They are like roasted potatoes in a jar! Delicious!
Thank you for the info on all the other veggies dry packed. Im going to give those a try too!
You are a wonderful teacher! I'm going to share this video on my canning group on FB.
Thank you and have a nice day!
OH WOW ~ Roasted Potatoes in a jar ! More confirmation that I will be using this method very soon .
Excellent video you really know how to convey the message clearly this is something I'm definitely going to do with my potatoes
Thank you so much! Glad you found the information and comparison helpful!
I'm just now seeing your channel for the first time, and I feel I've hit a jackpot...Growing and preserving food is a really major part of my life, and has been since 1974. I've always been disappointed by not being able to preserve potatoes in a way that results in an acceptable end product. IOW they always end up tasting gross, which is a shame because I love to grow them. My neighbor gifted us several boxes of big beautiful commercially grown potatoes this week, and I've been in a panic to decide what to do with them. Fast forward to finding and viewing your video. Great information, professionally and thoroughly presented. Long story short...we are in LOVE with this process. I feel 100% "RUclips Certified" to continue on my own. Thanks so much! I'll be hangin' around to see what's next...Thanks!
I'm so glad you found us!! And I truly think that you will be happy with the results. I really never cared for water packed potatoes myself, but up until about 5 years ago didnt know there was another option. Its truly a game changer!! Thank you for your kind words and WELCOME!! Enjoy canning up those potatoes!!
I DID IT...14 qts of organic russet potatoes. Scrubbed with peelings left on. We had the first qt for dinner last night...we like them so much I'm afraid they'll all be gone too soon so I'm dry canning the rest of them today. Thanks so much.
My absolute pleasure!! They really are a game changer! Glad your family loved them!
Update - I tried, tasted it, and will definitely doing again and again. Thanks for teaching this method.
Very helpful and informative video. Just what I was looking for in understanding dry pack canning.
Glad it was helpful!
You are wonderful. Thank you for the info. I just found your page and you have earned my subscription. Hugs from Esquimalt
Thank you so much for this video. I am canning potatoes today and your video was very informative. Going to dry pack my potatoes!!!!
May God bless you and your loved ones and shine his light on you always.
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Just want to thank you for showing the difference. I will for sure be dry packing as I have never cared for the water packed because I think I changes the flavor. Thank you again for taking the time to educate us.
My absolute pleasure!! Wishing you great success and happiness!
Your video popped up when looking for canning potatos. You really explained well. I didn't realize u can cut up potatos that small, they look tasty 😋 Thank you. I'm watching 1/30/23 from Beautiful Southern Iowa ❤️
Nice to have you join us and thank You for watching
Finally a video that explains how and why to dry pack potatoes. I have been hesitant to do this because I can’t find a good tutorial. Thank you!
Absolutely my pleasure! So glad you found us, and happy that I could maybe answer some the questions that you had about the method. I am truly sold on the results and shelf life....I hope you give it a try yourself and see first hand how much better they are that traditional water packed.
I just found this video and I can't wait to try dry canning some of these vegetables .
Im going to be doing potatoes, carrots among other fruits and vegetables. Thank you for your video.
Great information! Thank you. I’ve been wondering about this for awhile now. I’m sold too. I have a bad and and the weight of the jar water packed is so heavy. This will be so much lighter for me.
So glad that it answered some of your questions about the method!! Wishing you the very best and many blessings!
Thank you so much for this great video ❤, new subscriber watching from B.C CANADA 🙏🇨🇦
My absolute pleasure! Welcome to Miller Meadows! Hope you find more useful information with us in the future!
You already answered my questions at about 22:00min in! Thanks for your explanation
I am so glad I found this video before canning potatoes; I will definitely be dry packing mine. Without a good storage space for potatoes, canning them is a great way to keep them. I was also very interested in a way to can beets as I have read many reviews about canned beets using water to cover and the consensus is they lose a lot of colour and flavour; will experiment with the dry pack method. Thank you for sharing- - - new subscriber here.
Dry packing works great with beets! I boil them to be able to slip the skins off...then slice or dice (shape is your choice) pack densely, PC Pints 35, Quarts 40....or hot water bath either size jar for 2 hours. You may need to hold and weight the jars down in a hot water bath as dry packed jars like to float.
So glad to have you here with us....and welcome!!
I don't own a pressure canner. How long would you waterbath potatoes? Actually I mostly can in the oven so jars floating up are not a problem lol.
I dry canned a jar of mixed veggies, potatoes, green beans carrots and onions. Left a few days then tried them, very good.
I've learned lots from just the 2 videos watched, subscribed.
I am amazed, your technique of teaching is wonderful and I am a veggie freak and am planning on canning all of the above that you showed. Thanks so much.
So glad to have you join us. And will help in your canning journey as much as possible!
I enjoyed your video and plan to try dry pack canning potatoes in a pressure canner. Love the time savings!
So happy I found you! I watched multiple videos for weeks and didn't get the explanations you gave. I have seen too let potatoes in salt after cut for 45 minutes, to remove water. I'm now a subscriber, thank you
Glad it was helpful, We might be longer than other channels but we feel people need all the info!
This was a fantastic video! You are a great teacher. I am going to try this. It did make me giggle a little, though, when you mentioned towards the end using this for pressure OR water bath canning. I can just imagine all those jars floating around in the canner full of water.
Absolutely....they bob around like a packing peanut in a swimming pool!! LOL!
If water bathing dry packed items....I suggest placing your filled jars in an empty canner. Then placing a rack with some open jars of water on top of it to anchor the jars down. THEN fill your canner with water. Easiest solution I have found.
Bless you and family. You are always go to for help with recipes 🙏❤️✝️
Oh my gosh! This is such an informative video, I keep viewing it over and over again.
I’ve been canning for years and wow I can’t wait to try dry canning, thankyou
Dry pack is really a game changer for many veggies. Not all of them handle the process well however. But this is now my favorite way to can potatoes!! Hope you enjoy them too!!
I LOVE this video, I will be dry canning carrots and potatoes next week! Thank you Lorrie! I wonder if the potatoes with the skin, kept the potatoes moisture from extracting, at least where the skin is? The fully peeled potatoes had no protective skin so all sides of the potatoes extracted moisture? Just a thought…. Prayers continued for your family! You are such a beautiful person inside and out!
I think that is a great hypothesis! I do prefer them with the skin when dry packing.
Your going to LOVE the dry packed carrots too I think!
Thank you for your continuing prayers for Roger! He is healing, and doing very well!
Blessings to you and your family!!
I have just found you, I’ve been canning a couple of weeks and tried dry packing potatoes two days ago. Your video explained everything I wanted to know about the jars when cooked. Thank you so much from Australia🇦🇺
My absolute pleasure!! Welcome to Miller Meadows! We are so happy to have you with us! And welcome also to canning!! Its so fun and rewarding! Wishing you great success in your canning journey!
Fantastic. Tons of information on the dry pack method of canning. Very well put together and a huge help for me this year. Thank you for this. I have so many pounds of potatoes from our garden and this is just what I needed! Excellent. I learned so much. I will be doing this today. I just finished a batch of relish and I'm so happy to dry pack some potatoes as well. I really can't thank you enough!!!
My absolute pleasure!! Wishing you great success!!
So happy I found your channel!
Great information. Will be trying this.
I am looking for information on canning cooked rice. Have you tried it?
Thank you for the explanation and instructions! I’m in! I have dry packed with the soaking, and with salt plus butter. It would be a time saver to not do those. I was under the impression that the soaking prevented discoloration. I guess I’m mistaken. Good instructions. Very nice review!
Love this video. Can't wait to watch more. Now I must go can some potatoes. Unsoaked/peeled/dry packed.
Hope you had great success with your potatoes!
So much fun info. Thank you for sharing everything you've experimented with.
Hello. Great video. Im wondering what kind of potatoes are the best to can. Do the potatoes end up being mushy? Thanks again.
Wow… I’m excited to give this a try! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge❣️
Incredibly informative Well spoken, wow good job! Covered so Much I wanted to know, as I am going to start this method! Now I suggest you get an old presto or "national" caner. The Mirro vent pipe has the same threads (I have done so many this way) Now you habe the 5/10/15 weight! SO the real reason is.... The older caner had heavy MASS. Ok fine the Dry pack solves the "siphoning" problem. So anyhow when not drypacking the caner holds the heat and cools much slower, even then I push the head space limit and a trick is turn the fire down slowly after the time. It is 2 AM and I prolly shouldnt be commenting but I truly find your vid very informative! THANKS!
Thank you so very much for your kind words! I have many canners....including old Presto's and old Mirro's. More than I truly want to admit publicly. LOL! Hope you truly enjoy your dry packed potatoes. For us, they have been a total game changer! We love them!
Having just recently starting preserving (vacuum sealing and pressure canning), I have found your video very helpful! I am curious if you have ever dry packed raw sweet potatoes?
Great video, great new method for me that is. I'm sold too. trying potatoes & mackrel tomorrow.
I think your really gonna love it! Taste and texture are so much better than traditional water pack! Enjoy!
Very thorough really appreciated the comparisons between methods.
My absolute pleasure!!
Well done video and explanation of this method with examples. New subscriber.. planning on trying this today with my green beans 🙂
Thank You.
Hello from New Zealand! Thank you, Lorrie, for this video! I learned a lot! The jar with the cloud of starch resonated with me, as I had seen Bev from Ourhalfacrehomestead had a similar thing happen with her jars of spuds. As for the rest, I too like to experiment, but not always succeed! Lol. I'm 61, and still learning. 😏😎
I always said I wish I had a channel to SAY THIS VERY THING!!! so Happy you have posted the difference between an the fact that you Can leave the peels on!!! GREAT VIDEO.. BLESSINGS 💖
I tried this back in May (new to canning in general but always thought ‘why would you cook it before canning, just for it to be cooked again while being pressure canned?’)
I opened a can of them & fried them in bacon grease…so delicious! Thanks for this!
So glad you had success with them! We really love our dry packed potatoes! And fried in bacon grease is the BEST!
I have dry packed meat because that was how my mother did it when I was growing up. canned fish were always oil packed though. I do wonder home tuna or salmon would come out dry packed.
But for some reason she always water packed veggies. Can't wait to dry pack some veggies to see how those come out.
Great video.
Thank you so much Betty! Fish does really well raw/dry packed. Just like raw meat, it creates its own juice during the canning process. Tuna and Salmon are both amazing this way! Simply pack your raw fish tightly, like with any raw meat....and then remember that fish takes a longer process time than regular meat does.
@@millermeadows6359 thank you for the info. When I lived in the PNW it was easy to get fresh salmon and tuna either by purchase or going out fishing with friends. Unfortunately, on the east coast seafood is pretty sketchy being farmed, old or both.
My sister, an avid fisherman, has periodically sent me a couple jars she's canned. Even though she packs in water it is still so much better than store bought.
@@millermeadows6359 I'm still new....questions.
) why use a water bath for potatoes vs pressure canner.
I missed that part. How do I figure out my time? I'll be using 16oz jars at 2000 ft
When I raw pack chicken or burger, cubes of pork loin...
Are you saying I don't have to add water?
Just follow the correct pressure and time for the size of jars?
Will the meat still clump together?
Blessings to you for helping us. This was a great video.
Thank you.
Wonderful utube. I learned soo much. Thank you. I will try this for my veggies.
Wonderful video. Very informative. Thanks for sharing
New subscriber, here. I really appreciate your teaching style. I learned SO much and had nunerous questions answered... and I've been canning for a year and researching for two now. Thanks for all your work for folks like me!
Questionfor you:
Context: you mentioned water bathing toward the end of your video.
Question: how many minutes would the WB time be?
Water bath 3 hours (180 minutes).
I place an additional rack with weight on it to keep the dry packed jars from floating in my hot water bath canner. 🥰
I want to try rutabaga this way . Any ideas
I would pack them exactly like this, as dense as possible....then process quarts of rutabaga PC 35 mins, Or hot water bath 90
I love all your canning recipes, but Im in a pickle I did 2 batches of the potatoes both turned out beautiful but second batch was not processed for the full 40 mins only 30 mins. had an emergency had to shut the heat off is there anyway to save all the jars? Was wondering if cooking them for later use would kill any bad bacteria.? Im so so sick about this please help. Ty
Oh my gosh this channel is so underrated! I just found this video and you definitely have a new subscriber
Thanks for subscribing....and Welcome!! We are happy you are here!
Thank you sooooo much. I learned a lot from your video and will try dry packing my vegetables. May God be with you and your family.
My absolute pleasure! Glad that it was helpful to you! Many blessings to you and your family also!
Very very good and love the comparative examples
Thank you so much! And thanks for joining us here on Miller Meadows!
I'm new to your channel, you're great, thank you! I noticed many you tubers are talking about "Dry Packing" potatoes this past week, 😂.
I only leave scrubbed clean skin on potatoes if they r Yukon Gold.
In my opinion, Carrots need to be peeled. Blessings
Just found your video today, i will be dry packing som potatoes tomorrow. Thank you
My pleasure! Wishing you great success!!
Loved this video thank you. I like the look of these better than the water in looking starchy. Will definitely try these. Thanks again Veronica Ireland 🇮🇪
So glad to hear your going to give them a try! I really think you will love them!
You were great, I think this will be my way now. I ‘m just starting to can. I did the traditional sweet potatoes and green beans and a week later all the water was gone in the jaws. Can you tell me why or is that normal? I filled them with water and pressure cook thank you.
Mrs Dash garlic and herb seasoning is a super all around seasoning. We use it on popcorn, fried chicken,
Tomatoe salad, potatoe salad....its wonderful mixed into butter and honey for a toast spread.....wondermus!
Excellent information! I watched this as I was preparing my potatoes for my first round of dry packed canning. This video is a wealth of information and I greatly appreciate it!
Thank you so very much Heather! I hope that you are as pleased with the results as I have been. Dry packing them has been a total game changer!
Have you ever pdry processed Butternut squash? If so do you process it for 90 mins like the book says? It seems like an excessive processing time.
Dry pack? Yes...it works well....but squash does get soft and shrinks a lot in the jar if not covered with water inside the jar. I PC mine according to the "old" time of 60 mins for quarts. Im not sure when the suggested time changed. I follow a chart from a 1940's Kerr Canning Book.
@@millermeadows6359 thank you dear. This is what I did as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm going to look for that book😉
Can I do sweet potatoe fries like this. You do a great job explaining. thank you.
Sweet potatoes tend to get very soft.....and do not hold up well without water. I suggest doing a traditional water pack when using sweet potatoes.
Sorry for the delay in my response....
Just saw your video and I will certainly be dry packing my veggies this year! Thank you!
I hope you love them as much as we do! There are certain types of veggies that do not dry pack well. Anything green and leafy such as cabbage, kale, broccoli, spinach....
Sweet potatoes and squash can be dry packed, but they are still very soft, and they shrink so much without fluid in the jar that the finished product is only half full.
Corn has to many natural sugars and scorches if there is no fluid added to the jar.
Potatoes, carrots, asparagus, beets, turnips, green beans....all do very well dry packed.
@@millermeadows6359 Thank you so much, I like my squash with some crunch so I never can it. I am a fan and after I finish this reply to you, I am subscribing to your channel.
I'm experimenting with a recipe for Summer Squash that has just a touch of vinegar (not enough to taste it) and pickle crisp in it. The vinegar is needed to activate the pickle crisp. But the results looked absolutely amazing from what I saw. We are just at the point of starting our garden (zone 4) so it will be a while before I actually have any Summer squash to can....but I am excited to try this!!
@@millermeadows6359I am excited to see how it turns out and you sharing the recipe. I am in zone 9 so I just put in my garden but now we are getting heavy rain and the temp is back down in the upper 40’s but so far, everything is still surviving. I may have jumped the gun???
We are having a hard time holding off our planting....but we know that it is still to risky for tomatoes and more tender crops here. We are itching to dig in the dirt though, and our seedlings are really starting to get a little leggy....so they want to be in the garden too!
WOW! Thank you so much!!! I wish I had watched your video before I pressure canned my potatoes today... The dry pack potatoes look fantastic. I will be processing this was going forward! Lessoned learned with this new canner. 🙂
Excellent presentation!!!!!
Absolutely a fabulous video, not sure how you popped up on my feed, but certainly glad you did. New subscriber to your site. Thank you for all of your insightful knowledge, will be following your channel, thanks again.
Thank you so much! So glad to have you with us....and WELCOME!
Done! On second batch. They are delicious!
I'm so happy that you tried them! I honestly will never traditionally water pack potatoes again. These are just always so amazing!! Congratulations on your dry pack success!! Good job! Enjoy them!
Just found your channel , as I have been watching various videos on dry packing potatoes . I really appreciate how you go into detail explaining why you use this method & showing the finished product of the different methods . I also watched your video on steaming fresh eggs . The 1st time I did this I was amazed & thrilled @ the results !
Both videos are great , THANK YOU !
I am always looking for methods that are proven & better than the way I am doing it ~ the kind of videos that make the Canning Police come after you ! haha ~ 😂
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Yes, I seem to have a few of those on my tail, and it will probably increase with time here on youtube....but that's ok with me. Everyone has the right to their opinion. I dont insisting that anyone HAS to do things the way I do....I'm just offering my personal experience, and maybe some of what I share will be exactly the thing that other's have been looking for. I try to share all of the short cuts that I have developed in the last 40 years also, which hopefully will make canning a lot easier for many! So glad to have you here with us, and thank you for your very kind comment!
Awesome ! Thanks so much . My potatoes turned out great .
So glad to hear that!!
The question I have is on heat transfer. Without the water we don't know if the center of the jar has reached the temp of between 240 and 250 long enough to kill the botulism spores.
I have been an active canner for 40+ years practicing traditional NCHFP guidelines. In the past 5+ years of that journey, I have gone outside of that "box" and personally experimented with dry packing many varieties of vegetables. Still alive. No food borne illness or loss on the shelves from spoiling. I would not suggest anything that I do not have full confidence of safety in.
I would also like to direct you to Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva....who dry packed potatoes and stored those test jars for a year on her shelf....and then sent those jars to a certified lab for testing. Test results came back negative of any signs of Clostridium Botulism.
Id say with my personal hands on practice and use of home canned dry packed vegetables over the past 5 years....and now, with Diane's documented and published lab results....I can, beyond a doubt say that it is safe and viable, as long as the proper processing times are adhered to.
PC dry pack potatoes 35 mins Pints, 40 mins quarts at the appropriate pressure for your altitude. Or hot water bath either size jar for 3 hours.
It is also suggested to fully heat low acid home canned goods, either traditionally water packed OR dry packed (Reaching a 212F degrees for 10 minutes by Boiling , baking, or frying) when opening jar to consume. This removes any risk of food borne illness.
Here is a link to the lab report:
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Great video, full of new ideas at the end. I'm getting ready to post a dry pack video and will link your channel. New friend here😊
Thanks so much Dorene!! I will check out your channel!! Thank you so much for your kind words and support!
I noticed you don't use bands. Do you take the rings off and only use rings for processing?
Yes. I only use rings for the heat canning process. After my jars have cooled and sealed, I remove the rings and wash the sealed jars well in soapy water. And then I store them without the ring. This prevents disguising a false seal....
also, it is important in my opinion that your lid can freely pop off in storage if for WHATEVER reason there is an issue with the food inside your jar. The gasses from the rotting food will push the lid off and indicate to you....do NOT eat this.
Also....if food is decaying....it builds up gasses. If you hold that flat lid on with a ring, and gasses are building up in a jar from decaying or fermenting....your jar can actually explode. Making a complete mess all over your storage area.
Its much better if the flat lid can just be pushed open easily by anything unusual going on inside your jar.
Also, so informative. Thanks for your detailed comparisons.
My absolute pleasure!
Such a good video, and covering so many details. Just love it especially as a new canner. Thank you for this and have subscribed.
Thank you! And welcome to Miller Meadows!! Hope that you continue to find helpful information here to help you along on your canning journey!
My 1st time finding you on here.. Thank you for the video for the video. Very informative. I'm gonna try dry packing. They look amazing!
I hope you are as happy with the method and results as we are!!
came back to ask..do you dry can sweet potatoes I've have slot to put up..thanks
Yes I do. I pack raw, and PC pints 65, quarts 90.
@@millermeadows6359 many thanks for answering so quickly..
We try but working and farming is tuff sometimes. Thank you for watching.
Hi, can you dry pack the traditional way? meaning water bath?
I am so glad I watched this! I have about 100lbs of potatoes to preserve. I always wondered why you add salt and butter. Thank you for explaining that it is not needed!
I only share what I have noted in my own personal canning journey.
Other's swear by it. But from my own observations and shelf life tests.....it does absolutely nothing to preserve, flavor, or extend shelf life.
The ONLY benefit I can find is if.....after a possible "SHTF" situation....and you are lucky enough to actually even HAVE a home canned jar of potatoes.....the butter and salt may be a benefit for taste and flavor....as those things also may not be readily available.
But for safety and shelf life.....it does absolutely....nothing.
New to your channel and canning....much learned from your site. Thank you so much for all you do to bring each of your teaching videos.
You are so welcome!
Glad I came across your video, love the comparison. Have only been canning for about six months.
So glad to have you here with us! I am always willing to answer questions and generally get to them within 24 hours. I've been canning for 40+ years and love to help out new canners! Hope you find some of the videos in our studio helpful in your canning journey!
@@millermeadows6359 How kind, thank you so much.
Q so much for sharing all this with us. I really got a lot out of this video . Can wait to dry pack
Glad it was helpful!
Lorrie can you dry pack Sweet potatoes like you do your white potatoes
Just found your channel and this video has made me a subscriber.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you so much for joining us here on Miller Meadows! Hope that you continue to find useful information here in the future!
Great video, going to try dry canning for sure. Thanks for sharing your recipe on how to do this😊
Thank you! It is technically Dry packing.....
Dry canning is done in the oven with dry goods. I hope you found the video helpful...and will continue to find new canning ideas here that will help you stock your pantry!
Thank you for the video have you tried fry packing yellow or zucchini squash
With frying first, to reduce moisture.....you will need to process at normal time in a canner....which will make your squash pretty soft and mushy. The benefit of my recipe is the added acidity of the brine....which reduces the process time.
I will definitely be trying this. Thank you so much, new to canning and have been checking out as many videos as time will allow. Love the quick easy steps in a world that is changing so rapidly 😮 and I am a late bloomer 😂 Blessings to you and yours 🙏
Its never to late to learn...and start adding jars to your pantry shelves. So glad to have you here with us on Miller Meadows! Hope you find the information useful in your canning journey!
@@millermeadows6359 I am and I love your no nonsense approach. I admit, I was terrified of blowing up the house 😂 Learning so much. Thank you for being a light in the darkness and sharing your invaluable knowledge with us. Peace and Grace 🙏
So glad that this platform offers the opportunity to share the knowledge with those seeking it! God Bless you in your life, and also on your canning journey!!