Questioning food preservation

JeanineAlyse said:

After talking with son today re the brined pork tenderloins he will be
roasting on a weekend trip with friends, it occured to me that he,
along with a few other single and infrequent cooks I know would like a
selection of "make it later" soup mixes jarred up for them as Christmas
gifts: http://www.wtv-zone.com/picks/Cooking/Soups.html

Is there anything more I could do with these pre-packed jars so as to
assure all stays freshest for a couple of months after I assemble them
for gift-giving?

The concoctions at the end of the list aren't soup mixes but the others
will keep for probably two years sealed in a jar.

Sheldon

JeanineAlyse said:

After talking with son today re the brined pork tenderloins he will be
roasting on a weekend trip with friends, it occured to me that he,
along with a few other single and infrequent cooks I know would like a
selection of "make it later" soup mixes jarred up for them as Christmas
gifts: http://www.wtv-zone.com/picks/Cooking/Soups.html

Is there anything more I could do with these pre-packed jars so as to
assure all stays freshest for a couple of months after I assemble them
for gift-giving?

Picky thanks....

two words.. vacuum sealing.

John said:

JeanineAlyse said:

After talking with son today re the brined pork tenderloins he will be
roasting on a weekend trip with friends, it occured to me that he,
along with a few other single and infrequent cooks I know would like a
selection of "make it later" soup mixes jarred up for them as Christmas
gifts: http://www.wtv-zone.com/picks/Cooking/Soups.html

Is there anything more I could do with these pre-packed jars so as to
assure all stays freshest for a couple of months after I assemble them
for gift-giving?

Picky thanks....

two words.. vacuum sealing.

One word: overkill

Streit's, Goodman's, and Manischewitz have all been selling dried soup
mixes for more years than most folks today have lived, and all they use
is plain old cellophane... and I've never seen vacuum packed dried
beans yet, never seen vacuum packed dried pasta either.

Btw, I wonder about those stories how thousands year old dried beans
found in the Egyptian pyramids are still edible... how could that be
when beans are native to the Americas.

Sheldon

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JeanineAlyse said:

After talking with son today re the brined pork tenderloins he will be
roasting on a weekend trip with friends, it occured to me that he,
along with a few other single and infrequent cooks I know would like a
selection of "make it later" soup mixes jarred up for them as Christmas
gifts: http://www.wtv-zone.com/picks/Cooking/Soups.html

Is there anything more I could do with these pre-packed jars so as to
assure all stays freshest for a couple of months after I assemble them
for gift-giving?

Picky thanks....

Store them in a dark, cool, dry place. In glass jars or heavy plastic
bags. I've a bag sealer that I use for making packets of Barb's
Nicer-Roni mix. Slicker'n snot.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-26-05

Sheldon advises....

Quoted message said:

(as to vacuum sealing offered by John) One word: overkill

Streit's, Goodman's, and Manischewitz have all been selling dried soup
mixes for more years than most folks today have lived, and all they use
is plain old cellophane... and I've never seen vacuum packed dried
beans yet, never seen vacuum packed dried pasta either.

Quoted message said:

Melba's Jammin' Barb wrote:

Store them in a dark, cool, dry place. In glass jars or heavy plastic
bags. I've a bag sealer that I use for making packets of Barb's
Nicer-Roni mix. Slicker'n snot.

Thanks so much, you two! I'd like to put together at least a dozen
jars each for two special people to have on hand, and now with more
expert advise I'll perhaps make at least one jar of each as a sort of
Christmas Grab-Bag gift setting for my Marines. What fun this will be,
thanks again!

PickyPeased

Sheldon said:

Btw, I wonder about those stories how thousands year old dried beans
found in the Egyptian pyramids are still edible... how could that be
when beans are native to the Americas.

Not all beans are native to the Americas...

The following beans are "old world" in origin:

Pigeon Peas, Chick Peas (Garbanzos), Soybeans, Lentils, Peas,
Black-eyeds Peas.

For reference, take a look at:

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/328Fall98/legII.html

Later,
Mark Muller