[CottonBall]

“Your canning jars you can put dry beans and other dry things like flour, corn meal, etc. I’d put them in the freezer for 3 days to “prep” them. That’s what I do with flour I buy at the store. The Orkin man gave me that tip years ago.”

That was my first canning experience. People on granny’s old thread walked me through it. I first froze beans and grains for three days To kill any eggs. Then heated them in the oven to a really really low temperature to drive moisture off. Then put the jars into the oven and got them hot, added the ingredients and then put the lids on. When I took them out and let them cool a vacuum was created, sucking down the lids.

It actually worked!

[Aliska]

That was good advice, didn't know about the second part. It is surprising they would seal since they weren't a very high temp. That's how I can tomatoes though, hot cooked tomatoes in hot jars with sterilized lids and rings.

Yes, please keep me on the ping list and thank you.

[metmom]

I put my beans and spices in jars and freeze them and just keep them there.

They’ll come out if the the grid ever comes down.

How long to you heat them in the oven and what temp to drive off the moisture?