Not only are you a wonderful teacher, but you are a genuinely caring person who wants others to benefit from your knowledge. You are very much appreciated and I find when I really have a question about food preservation for storage....I refer to your videos. Thank you for all your time, effort and talent that you share with us.

@Tryng2bgodly

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thanks to you and your hubby for trying to improve the lives of many. So caring, so generous, so smart. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and product tips. God bless you all!

@sanschmidt6727

Жыл бұрын

@@Tryng2bgodly Naw. “Hubby”. Fellow Aussie? 🇦🇺 Pam is wonderful isn’t she?!

"Dont reuse the ones that came in your new shoes!" Clearly, you know people :) Well said.

Pam, if I could give this video a thousand likes I would, this has helped me understand this process so much! Thank you and Him for ALL that you do!

@RoseRedHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you found the information useful! Thanks for your comment.

The sound of heavy rain approaching isn't really rain it's thunderous Applause as in a standing ovation 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. PERFECT! PERFECT! PERFECT!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo! Pam for President!!

@PJJIN

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t that be a refreshing change?!!😊

@Myfavorites877

2 жыл бұрын

@@PJJIN definitely!

@Sg4809

Жыл бұрын

Sadly they'd never let that happen

Excellent teaching skills. Your teaching style makes learning comfortable.

@lisakukla459

2 жыл бұрын

I empathically agree! Absolutely love this channel.

@aliasgirl9

2 жыл бұрын

If I’m not mistaken I believe I saw on one of her videos that she used to be a teacher so that would be kind of fitting.☺️

@lisakukla459

2 жыл бұрын

@@aliasgirl9 Yep, that's correct! Ya know, Caroline on Homesteading Family is also a former teacher, and it really comes through with her, too, but with a slightly different flavor than Pam. Between the two of them, it's immediately apparent who taught older folks and who taught the littles. So endearing. ☺️

@lisaruiz149

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I very much agree!!! I am so glad she's on here to teach us these things because I'm sorry, she's my FAVORITE teacher because I'm a very visual learner. Her ways help me so much and make things so much easier for my life. I'm legally blind but her ways help me tremendously.

@taral2927

2 жыл бұрын

I was so charmed at 6:28 when she said, "Cool. I love science."

Clearly she’s a top notch Teacher.

Hi Pam and Jim, I wish all of my teachers in school would have been at least 1/4 as interesting as you in making your videos. I really enjoy all of your informative information. Please be safe in this crazy world.

For sharp items with sharp edges like penne pasta, or most pastas, place it in a paper bag, then a mylar or plastic foodsaver bag, then vacuum seal. I learned the hard way when my pasta punctured the mylar bags.

@crazydee1955

2 жыл бұрын

Omg. Thank you. You saved me a major headache. I have tons of pasta to prepare for stashing in our long term storage.

@jkco4300

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazydee1955 Whatever method you try, leave it out for 72 hours to see how it holds up and then put away in the 5 gallon buckets. I think it's still a good idea to check on them once a month.

@crazydee1955

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkco4300 do you mean dehydrate for 72 hours or leave out after dehydrating for 72 hours?

@jkco4300

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazydee1955 Leave out after vacuum sealing to see if it stays that way before closing up buckets for long term. My pasta that was vacuum sealed in mylar bags punctured after 48 hours. Had I put away immediately, I wouldn't have known.

@crazydee1955

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkco4300 gotcha. Thanks.

Every time you upload I learn something new

@annswann1941

2 жыл бұрын

I do too! It’s so great to have information presented in an easy to understand way

@ChieftuckabuckawaysWife

2 жыл бұрын

Me 3 😁

Professor Pam, Thank you! You have created a new canner here. I can't stop watching all of your truly educational videos! I learn even more when I do a re-watch! You are the absolute best teacher I have ever had! Again, thank you!

@louiselill1528

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you

Good Lord Lady! As usual, you have created a video that answers my questions! I purchased equipment, food and supplies ... and had to keep thinking and rethinking (and looking up) how to prepare each type of food! NOW, thanks to YOU, I can use my brain and my Rose Red given knowledge, to proceed on my own! thank you from Nova Scotia! xo

I wish I could have found a video like this years ago!

Is it just me? I return to this video to refresh my mind and find my heart full of joy hearing her again, never gets old. Love it, we need this in this day and age!

Thank you for being my 'Go To' source especially for food preservation. My daughter and I plan to join forces and focus more on gardening, food storage.

Let me just say…YOU ARE AWESOME 👏 I love knowing the science behind what we do. It’s very important and you convey the knowledge in such a way as not to bore me to tears! 🤓

I’m fairly new to food storage for long term so I’m learning a lot and really appreciate you and all the research and testing you do. Thank you for such great information and “cheats”.

@stellaq3306

2 жыл бұрын

‘Cheats’ …the old school word for ‘hacks’.

Awesome! This is just what I needed. Have been debating about storage vacuum, obsorbers. You are definitely the bestest.

Thanks for the spacer tip on the regular jar sealing!! You cured my problem. Thanks again for EVERYTHING you do for us all!

@gregharald1072

2 жыл бұрын

Hi 👋

I enjoy your style of teaching. Precise and easily understood.

You are a Genius!

@ruthannegalera6594

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

I buy my flour in 25 lb bulk bags then measure 5 lbs flour into paper lunch sacks fold over and tape, then place in plastic vacuum bags as you did. Label and date.

@ruthannegalera6594

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea.

@barbarabedwell1901

9 ай бұрын

No need for o2 absorber?

@famous9222

8 ай бұрын

@@barbarabedwell1901 I've never used them.

@Ninah12345

6 ай бұрын

How long does brown flour last in there?

I have to say, you have answered all my questions and more...you are my go to for prepping now and always. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.

@RoseRedHomestead

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

You are just so knowledgeable with all this. Thank you so much for teaching us. You are such a wonderful teacher. X

Thank you for that very informative video. I haven't used Oxygen absorbers or desiccants because I didn't know how to use them. I'm going to use my foodsaver today on all my flours, crackers, etc. that I have stored. I was starting to worry about my dry goods. You may have saved me a lot of $. Thanks so much. :-)

I love your video's. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom which is sorely needed.

Superbly presented. I think you not only give us the most comprehensive information BUT your delivery is so pleasant we are enticed to listen and learn! Thank you

@RoseRedHomestead

Күн бұрын

Wow, thank you! Jim

Love your method of teaching! The look on your face when you said, "I love science!" I'm right there with you! Thankyou, many blessings!

A bazillion thank you's Rose.......

I have found that when the jars sealers aren’t working sometimes it is due to residue in the gaskets. If you take the gaskets out and wash and dry everything thoroughly it helps.

didn't realize you could use a spacer to seal. How awesome is that !

What a lesson. Such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you. What a teacher.!

I love love love your cheat using the plastic tabs with Mylar bags to vacuum seal! Never felt comfortable with the way people on other channels did them. I just love how witty you are!

Great information!!

New name change? "That "Woman with a Gadget also Cheats". So thorough in this presentation............excellent.

@1954evelyn

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe This should be Pam's new channel name. LOL I loved it when she said"I'm getting good at cheating" and just kept on going. I still have a smile on my face. I love this channel so much. SO much good information.

@BrattyPatriot

2 жыл бұрын

@@1954evelyn totally agree, she's a gem

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

You are so easy to listen to. I can not believe how much of this was new to me. Thank you.

I love your tutorials and knowing that I am getting scientific facts/reasoning along with them! I wish you would write a book on food storage because you have so much knowledge with the scientific background to not only inform but educate.

@mimi27513

2 жыл бұрын

She is! Her sister is working with her. How great, right??

You are awesome and my go-to source. Your ability to explain concepts with clarity and succinctness cannot be matched. My confidence is preserving food and making preparations for the unknown future is due to the information you have provided in your videos. Thank you, my guru.

Pam, this video was GOLD! I knew about vacuum seal, O2 absorbers and dessicants, but honestly wasn't certain about when to use each and how they can be used together. Thanks so much for this precious information!

Great teaching. One other item I use to vacuum seal my mason jars is a Brake Bleeder. Very easy to use, not expensive, and requires no power other then your hand to pump the air out of your canning jars so it is perfect for a grid-down scenario. It is quicker than getting out your machine especially if you are just doing one or two jars, for example sealing up your jar of dry cereal after breakfast. Just look for "vacuum sealing with brake bleeder" and you'll find an assortment of videos.

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

We are doing a video on that tomorrow!

@denisevitagliano7500

Жыл бұрын

You are a genius. Thanks for the hack to vacuum seal the Mylar bags. Such a game changer for me.

@highonimmi

9 ай бұрын

@janetbrown. Which break bleeder do you recommend?

Thank you SO much for this video! I have been so confused about all of this...I freeze dry, dehydrate, and can my garden harvest, but have felt inadequate because I didn't understand what you taught with this video! I now feel like I can confidentiality store our harvest! You have been such a blessing to me!! Thank you!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@caseykelso1

6 ай бұрын

Ditto!

The one thing that I like above all the other videos on the same topic is the detail you go through to explain everything. There is no doubt left in what should be done. Another fantastic video!!

You have made all of this so easy for me. Much love. Can't tell you how appreciative I truly am.

Miss Pam, such an informative video this morning!!! And loved that you showed us how to vaccum seal a mylar bag, too cool!!! And before I even asked, you answered my question about your vaccum sealing jar attachments (did they come with your new machine or not)!!!! You must be getting better at anticipating my questions!!! 😅🤣 Love your channel!!!

@Myfavorites877

2 жыл бұрын

She covers ALL the bases.

@donnastrawhand1806

Жыл бұрын

Have you used vacuum sealer for jars yet? if so does the tube going to the vacuum sealer have a tight fit

Thank You, been vaccum sealing, your right on mylar bags not sealing. I use a mini flat curling iron for mylar bags. Your suggestion for 2 strips are great also.

You are the greatest teacher EVER.

Thank you for your idea of an upside down lid! I go nuts with that small blue rubber coming off every time! You saved my sanity!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Ha! FINALLY I know what I did wrong 😂 I should have figured it out on my own, but sometimes you're just blind. I tend to create an environment that is as hostile to life as possible when packaging food for our long-term storage. So both types of absorbers plus vacuum sealing. Recently, however, I had to do without my vacuum sealer and it felt like every second pack hadn't even formed a hint of vacuum. Yep, those were of course the ones in which the absorbers were next to each other. All the more annoying because I KNOW how O2 absorbers work 🙈 I, dumb, just haven't thought about it. Thanks for the informative video, that was exactly what I needed right now!

Vacuum sealing marshmallows are cool to use when showing something being vacuum-sealed (in a jar of course)...lol They expand so large. It's fun to watch.

@florencedove4068

2 жыл бұрын

I dehydrate mine. Great for snacking since drying gives a little crunch. They pop right back in hot chocolate. I also grind some up in my food processor to make granulated marshmallow powder.

I really do appreciate this video. I’m 73 and grew up on home canned foods. I am getting ready to buy a sealer and bags and both kinds of packs. I have concluded that although my husband and I have no place to store foods long term, we yet need short term emergency foods. And I get pretty tired if finding weevils in the flour or oats or rice. Because I like to make bread too! Thank you!

Thank goodness I found you. I didnt have to listen to 20 minuets of fluff and channel promotion to get to the point. Love Love Love your channel . Me and Mine are about to jump in with both feet and cant afford big mistakes . Thank you for clearing up a bunch of misinformation from the experts on u tube. Subbed.

@RoseRedHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! We like to get to the point as quickly as possible. Jim

You are amazing! You make it easy and understandable on every video. God Bless you.❤️

Perfect timing for this video! I’ve been doubting myself on how to store a couple dry goods. People say flour & rice need to go into the freezer to kill bugs but my mom never did that and if I remove oxygen wouldn’t that kill bugs? So you answered my question! I was thinking of vacuum sealing my flour just as you did so I can stop doubting myself and do it. Wish I had those handy square buckets 😃 I greatly appreciate you!

@DutchAlaskagirl

2 жыл бұрын

I have been picking up buckets either cheap or free at the bakery section of supermarkets and grocery stores. Sometimes they are round - sometimes they are rectangular or square. Sometimes they are clean - sometimes you have to clean them. And they are food-grade!

@BubbleTeaKristin

2 жыл бұрын

@@DutchAlaskagirl which country do you live? Are these buckets free? 😇 do we just ask?

@DutchAlaskagirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@BubbleTeaKristin we’re in Alaska, which is US 🤣 Some Fred Meyer (Kroger) are free, others charge 50c. Carrs/Safeway is free. Walmart charges $1.50, but they have been through the dishwasher. I’ve learned to decline the buckets from Freddies that contained garlic butter - the grease was too much. Bottom line: just ask 🤷🏻‍♀️

@DutchAlaskagirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@BubbleTeaKristin , I just saw that you are in the UK🥰. So many good memories 💕 I remember Tesco and Sainsbury. If they have a bakery department - I’d ask.

@BubbleTeaKristin

2 жыл бұрын

@@DutchAlaskagirl ah! Such a good idea 🙂 Thank you! I have family in the US, and I'm asking them to start stockpiling stuff for me, as my husband and I are planning to move there in 2022. So... If these buckets are readily available, I will let them know 🥰🥰🥰 Thanks!

Rose is THE BOSS...love her❤

Your explanations are fabulous. I knew nothing about this type of storage before watching. Got a deal on a vacuum sealer at the thrift store today. In one video, i learned enough to feel confident to begin and succeed. Im ordering supplies so i can start preparing my food to last longer. Thanks for this excellent channel!

Another stellar video, and learning experience!! You answered a few questions that I had, as I am finally vacuum sealing my dry goods as I type this to you, and I am not dry canning!!.. lol. I simply search your videos first now, above all others, if I have any questions on a certain topic. Usually, you have made a video on the very things I need to know. I value your teachings and your knowledge. You have such extensive knowledge, on so many things. You are a treasure to all of us, thank you!

What great information and explanations!!! I believe this is what is lacking in a lot of prepping information. It’s great to know what to get and what to store, but to know WHY you do things a certain way is very helpful.

‘Well whenever you need moisture absorbed’ 🤣😂🤣 this woman is awesome

Wonderful!! Thanks Pam and Jim for all you do. This was tremendously helpful! As always!🥰

This is another amazing video. You are the best science teacher I have encountered in the field of food preservation. Thank you for your efforts to educate everyone . We need help understanding the entire process; you teach not only the process but also the science! Science, what a wonderful thing.

@RoseRedHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Sharon: It is our pleasure. Jim

Gosh, this lady is SMART and a great teacher!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

I LOVE this HACK re vacuum sealing the mylar bags :) Go YOU !!!! xxxx

I freeze beans, flour, nuts, & rice in their original packaging to kill larvae that may be in them. . I take them out of freezer & set them out for 24 hours. Then I vacuum seal or place in jars. I have not used oxygen absorbers, but probably should.

@lisapop5219

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I had been doing it with flour for years but never knew that other things need it too until the unfortunate rice incident of 2020 lol. Now almost everything gets it

@alexlewis8143

2 жыл бұрын

If you vacuum seal you took out the air. There a small amount of oxygen in it

@MayaKanaKa

2 жыл бұрын

I do the same thing but when I remove them from the freezer, I set them out for 3 days. I heard that 24 hours is not enough to remove the moisture from the food.

@lindajackson618

2 жыл бұрын

When you freeze food with bugs and or larvae many go into dormancy. As they warm up the eggs hatch out. No different than winter outside. Freezing doesn’t kill.

@wendyrenna6016

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindajackson618 to kill the newly hatched eggs you freeze again for a second time. Then all the bugs are dead.

Thank you for another very informative video! You’re the best!

I am happy that you show us how to preserve foods so well. I am Japanese watching your video and doing the things you fully explained . thank you so much and I am so grateful that you have been doing all your work.

You give such clear, easily understood directions! I get more from your videos than ANY other channel I have seen on KZread! I love your calm presentation and through explanations! Thank you for sharing.

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Ginger: We are happy to hear your wonderful comments. Thanks! Jim

Awesome video as usual I learned so much. Thank you Pam and Jim

Once again I want to thank you for an excellent teaching regarding this subject! You answered some of my questions which gives me more confidence about my food preservation. I look forward to your next video! 💕

This video is worth its weight in gold. Thank you.

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So glad you liked it.

I love the food saver strips for vacuum saver! Wow I never knew!

Thank you! Another great and informative video.

Just a note. The rubber rings from tattler, etc. work wonderful with used flats for vacuum sealing. Also, don’t forget to take jar attachment apart and wash if it isn’t sealing. Happy food preserving!

This hack to vacuum mylar bags is brilliant!! So many other YT's dont know of this hack. I just shared this hack on another page.

I just love going to class with Rose Red Homestead :-)

Love, love, love your channel! You are always so very informative and a great instructor. It's obvious you put a lot of research (and experience) into all your videos, and I feel I can trust your Information which is critical in food preparation and storage. THANK YOU!

Thank you!!!!! You take all the fear out of preserving food!! Can't tell you how much your videos have meant. Because of you, I purchased a 23 qt Presto pressure canner and have canned 42 pints of beef and pork roasts so far, and have 15# of grass-fed ground beef in my refrigerator waiting to be canned with some onions (love that short-cut). And everything was canned without my old "fear of pressure canning"! I also just purchased a sealer and the attachments so I can start preserving that way - but was hung up on the oxygen absorbers and desiccants. What a timely video this was! Knowledge is power - and I thank you for passing your knowledge on to us. Keep the basics coming!! You are very appreciated. (I also think it's wonderful that preserving is something in which both you and Jim have an interest!)

@maek9771

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you perchase the attachments for vacumn sealer?

Love to watch you explain on how you do things and very patient and educational. Thank you for all you do ❤

I loved it when you said “ I am getting better at cheating”. You are just a smart lady.😄. Thank you I love your channel.

Wow, what an excellent tutorial! It answered ALL of the questions I had. Thank you.

Really, really great tutorial!! So much learned here. I love all the information but I especially love the hack to get the milars to vacuum seal AND most of all the regular mouth vacuum seal attachment. I bought two and neither of them worked. Now I know!! How exciting! Thank you , thank you!!

great teacher so easy to follow and learn

Your instructions are fanominal. I can imagine you as outstanding when you were teaching. 💛👍🙌

Great video.. lots of good information. Thanks

😃😃😃😃😃I feel you "really know" what you are talking about. Your demonstrations are spot on and I like that little cheat thing for your freeze dry bags. Wished I could get a food freeze dryer some day but with God's help ,maybe. Thank you miss Rose from the folks in the upland south.

Thank You You're Wonderful. God Bless You and Jim

Thank you! I want to add that the flour in the bucket is a good reminder to protect dry goods from mice, especially through the winter.

Thank you... another spectacular session of true learning.

So much valuable info and clearly explained. Thank-you!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Wow! That was great information. Pam, I recently discovered your channel and I have been binging on it ever since. You truly have a gift of teaching, and I'm blessed that you share so much of your knowledge.

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! So glad you found us.

I used my Food Saver to seal Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers in them. I only did one seal on the bag. It didn't work. So, I should have double sealed them. I ended up using a hair straightener to reseal the Mylar bags after adding some new oxygen absorbers. Thank you for the very best videos on food preparation. You are the best!!!

Where were you when I was in school? Your explanations & demonstrations are so clear & concise! Maybe more important you make me want to learn! Thank you!

i love this channel! your a great teacher, just the facts- no hype

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Well Missy, you have just answered the questions I was preparing to ask you today. I'm so very grateful for your continued teaching. Thank you!!!!

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Ms Rose this is one of the best channels ever! Thank you!

Wow!!!!! The best presentation I have seen yet on this subject!!!!! You are a pleasure to watch and thank you for the info!!!!! You must be a Teacher!!!

I’ve been wanting to get oxygen/moisture absorbing packets for my non canned items. This is great timing! Thanks Pam..

I was just going to ask you to do a video on vacuum sealing to listen to your wonderful advice! You read my mind, Ms.Pam! I vacuum wrap almost everything that's not in my glass jars and for the freezer, especially my flour, sugar etc . I then use aluminum cans to store them in.

Love learning the science of food preservation from your videos

"Don't use the ones that came in your new shoes"....I had to laugh out loud as she read my mind as I save all of those silica packages! ha I just love her! Too bad you can only do 1 Thumbs Up!

Great tutorial. You explained everything perfectly. I did get a chuckle out of food grade silica gel packs and the ones that comes in your new shoes! 🤣🤣🤣

@RoseRedHomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!