In one of the forums at TheSurvivalPodcast.com, I saw an entry stating you can use FoodSaver’s FreshSaver pump on a FoodSaver wide mouth or regular mouth jar sealer, with no need for the hose, and more importantly for me, no need to dig out our full-sized FoodSaver vacuum sealer.
“So what”, you say?
“What the heck is he talking about”, you ask?
This realization ranks between “a pocket on a shirt”, and “sliced bread” as far as handy, at least for us. Since I vac seal a lot of dried good into jars using my full-sized FoodSaver vacuum sealer, every time I open a jar to use some of the contents, the jar sits with a loose lid for days. Yes, the full-sized FoodSaver vacuum sealer is stored out of sight, and in an inconvenient spot. It really IS a pin to get out just to seal a single jar.
Not only that, but since the FoodSaver’s FreshSaver is a rechargeable unit, we can take it with us camping, while out on the island for the day, or use it during a power outage.
Ever crack the seal on a can of coffee? That vacuum loosing its negative pressure, and then allowing the fabulous aroma hit in your sleepy face. That experience makes you want to open a fresh can every day. I’m not a big coffee drinker, and I like it.
With a wide mouth or regular mouth jar sealer, you can get this – every day. And it also keeps you coffee more fresh, and for longer, than slapping a plastic lid on it.
Other things we do with a vac sealer – throw some old Halloween chocolate bars into a jar, vac seal it, and it’ll be good the following Halloween….just like candy corn, only WORTH eating! (The National Confectioners Association estimates that 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold annually.[3]) Only three pounds of it actually gets eaten.)
I’m very happy to have found a neat little short cut for vac sealing my jars. Even better that it uses something I rarely used anyway. A GREAT re-purposing!
Go over and read the entire article, plus watch the video demonstration. In case you were wondering, I have used both the wide mouth or regular mouth jar sealers with the FoodSaver’s FreshSaver pump, both with excellent results.
Peace,
db
Excellent info my Hillbilly friend. I will be getting one of those.
Okay, interested but very confused. Help me clear the fog-
So, regarding food preservation methods, I need to vacuum seal food I want to store in the freezer for a long time…Then there’s canning which will preserve prepared, “wet” foods for a long time and then there’s this Fresh Saver pump that will preserve dry goods in glass jars? Can I use it to store non-dried food in glass jars (like raw jalapenos)?
And you like the Fresh Saver pump because it is smaller and easier to use than the full sized vacuum sealer you have? Is the Fresh Saver pump only used with jars? Can you fit it to a bag and use it to preserve frozen foods?
Vac sealing items in a jar with the Foodsaver Wide mouth jar attachment, the FoodSaver Regular mouth jar attachment, or one of the FoodSaver canisters, extends the shelf life on all things stored that way.
The Fresh Saver is not made to do so, but with some finagling, allows me to use the above mentioned FoodSaver accessories without breaking out the FoodSaver vac sealers – its just a smaller, hand held vac sealer that can be made to work somewhat. It is made to be used with specialty Fresh Saver bags that have one way vac ports built in. They are for short term storage, but do extend storage life.
For fresh items, like salad, vac sealing it extends the storage life from days to weeks.
For things like dehydrated fruits or vegetables, candy, and most dry goods, it extends shelf life from months to years.
To extend frozen food shelf life, put it in a FoodSaver type bag and vac seal it.
Hope that helps!
yes! thank you 🙂
Great information on vacuum sealer. I am currently doing some research and found exactly what i was looking for. Thanks for guide!