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I'm from New Zealand and I just leave all of our pasta in it's original bag and just put them into a food grade bucket as they are. with no oxygen absorbers and store them in our basement, pulling out a bag as required. We are eating 6 year old pasta and it is still as good as the day I put it there.

Just seen this . I subscribed because of the good manners you use and your info is 110% valuable especially in these uncertain times . Dont change a thing !!! 😁

In min 15 instead of cutting a piece of paper or parchment paper, I put the pasta in a paper bag from dollar store 100 bags for $1. Thank you so much for all your helpful videos! I really enjoy them! 💕

I read an article that stated egg noodles best stored only 10 years. For longer storage- buy eggless noodles- 25 years. Also- if grid down/ camping , etc- you would want a thinner noodle that would cook faster saving time /fuel . 😉

You can buy paper lunch bags anywhere. Place your pasta inside one, fold it closed and THEN vacuum seal in a food saver bag.

I know from experience that pasta will last at least 10 years vacuum sealed in mason jars and still taste like new. I didn't use the oxygen absorbers.

I have had pasta in old plastic water bottles nothing extra for about 15 years , still fine.

Wanted to add when I put pasta in foodsaver bags I place in brown paper bags, roll the tops down and then seal.

Thank you so much for this video. I believe I need to remove my rice and pasta from my jars for a few hours because I sealed them from the freezer :( , rewash, sanitize the jars, refill my jars and put oxygen absorbers in my jars. I'm a beginner and learning 😎

I swear by my food saver system! I've done flour, noodles, rice, beans , pancake mix, instant mashed potatoes for long term storage.

Great video! Thank you. I have not had the pleasure to watch all of your videos yet, but in regarding vacuum sealing, BUT, if you are sealing flour, I have seen a video for sealing flour, put 5 cups into a brown paper bag, place oxygen absorbers in the bag, fold it over one time and tape with blue painters tape, placing the date on the tape. Place the brown bag into the vacuum bag then vacuum and seal as normal. The brown bag is still open enough to let air/oxygen be removed but not the flour, that can damage you're machine

I've stored pasta for several years in the original packaging and on a shelf or in a box with no problems at all.

I use my canning funnel any time I'm putting anything, even dry foods into a jar. That helps keep from losing food out when filling jars.

I’m in Alaska, too. So happy to find this, as I’m just getting started dry canning. Very excited to try this.

I get a better success rate with the textured side at the bottom, probably for 2 reasons, I use rolls instead of bags so the curve from the roll holds in better when it's down, and I'm Australian so everything is upside down to me naturally

You can also put your pasta in lunch bags, fold them down and put in mylar bags works really well. You can get 100 lunch bags for $2 cheaper then food saver bags, they just got to expensive.

Looks like I’m going to be putting more pasta into jars again. I was told last year I should not do that. I had always done it. Thanks Rudy @Alaska Prepper. I like the jars better than the bags as to me they are easier to store for me. I guess doing both is good.

I removed all my pasta and cereals and put them into large and small Jars.I have been doing this for over 3 Years.

*Believe it or not, l have found various brand "Food Saver" units (with bags!) at different thrift stores....for cheap! One time l got a unit with 4-5 rolls of bags for $5!* _So do keep a watch out at thrift stores and garage sales!_

I love the fact you used original bag, parchment paper and double sealed, great job.👍👍💚

This video explains the food saver in a much easier way than any other one I've watched. Thanks for making the video!

Your method of the food saver bag with pasta is AWESOME!!! BRILLIANT!!! and I think some things do need a second seal. You thought of everything.

I really like the added benefit of the parchment paper and I never thought of keeping the food item in the original bag while vacuum packing it.

Just found your channel, liked and subscribed. Reminded me of thing or two I had forgotten. I only read about 200 of the comments, so if this is mentioned, sorry all. If you seal it as high on the food saver bag as you can, in the future, you can cut the bag open, use some out of the bag, and reseal the existing bag, just like new. When I make my own custom bags, I make them about an inch or two longer than necessary, to be able to do this.

I use the same method with my beans and rice and leave it in the original packaging. Might need to poke a small hole to allow the air to escape but it works very well and I haven't had any issues with it puncturing the outer bag.

I have a smaller food saver, and I have used it for 25 years now. My mum always gets so angry with me, when I use it, but now she has understood why I use it. I take a big piece of meat and cut it up, vaccumseal it and put it in the freezer. I do the same thing with fruit, vegetables and berries. Everything is sealed. I even have fresh herbs frozen. I used a simpler bag to seal fabric, so I can store it in the basement. Regards from Sweden.

@Alaska Prepper. I love watching your old videos from your tiny kitchen teaching basic skills. I miss seeing you do this

Good morning and thank you AP. I love the parchment paper idea in addition to the original packaging. Stay safe everyone and keep preppin till you're pooped.

If looking to save jars, especially now with the “shortage”, 1 can reuse a 1, 2, or 3 liter plastic bottles as well, keep in a box or dark, dry area.

AP: your videos are always so positive, informational, and you are so respectful--such a nice "change" from a lot of the videos out there! Thank you for sharing your info.! Blessings to you and yours from Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN:)

I'll do 3 month supply in a bag, then either reveal or vacuum into a jar once bag gets opened. If I careful, I should be able to reuse my bags for pasta again.

Great idea with the parchment paper thanks. Ive had pasta break the seal recently when I checked my pasta...

I had to watch this again because Walmart finally got these back in stock! 🎉 Thanks, AP!

Clearance items are really helpful in stockpiling!! Always a surprise but staying flexible helps

I love my food saver machine. I've gone through 2 over the last 26 years.

Just watched your video and thought I knew it all, boy have you taught me so much more, cannot thank you enough! Keep those videos coming. I have subscribed!

Also works well to place the pasta into a brown paper lunch bag and then seal in saver bags. The lunch bag protects not only the saver bag from punctures, but also the pasta from being crushed by the vacuum.

Great information as always. I'm getting ready to do my pasta, so this was very timely. Thank you for all the help and information you give us. God bless

I use those bags to store pasta.i haven't a ruined bag YET! Thanks for the tip about the parchment paper.will do this the next time.

I bought a foodsaver a few months ago and I love it! I look for things to vaccum seal now so I can use it! The parchment paper is a great tip! Thanks! God bless you and your family Alaska Prepper!

👋 Hello A.P. and family Scott down below took the words oit of my mouth. I agree. Very educational. I don't have or never used a vacuum sealer in my life. So thank you for the class. I Appriciate you showing me how the machine works and how to use it. Thanks have a blessed day friends.

I love your videos. They are very informative.

I have done it this way after watching you and had great success. Thank you for the help. Stay safe and God bless

That’s a great idea because you keep the cooking instructions from the original bag.

When we use ours we use brown paper lunch bags like for the kids school lunches works good also.

You don't need to cut the top off the bag--just snip a small opening in it and then proceed with your food saver bag method. You can fold the top of the pasta bag if it interferes with the sealing area of the food saver bag. I've never used the parchment but that would make the food more secure. Great idea! Thanks.

Great video AP ( of course that shouldn’t surprise me. Lol) I discovered that my pasta that I had put in Mylar bags hadn’t stored well due to puncture from the pasta. I will try this again with the original package or as someone on this forum suggested a paper bag to avoid compromising Mylar or seal a meal bags. Love how everyone helps each other on this channel 😁 Have a wonderful week my friends Aloha 🌴🤙🏽🌋

New to your channel, but I usually watch on tv, and can't make any comments there. I really like to watch all that you do. You make it look so easy. Thank you. God Bless you and yours.

We get 10+ years (probably longer but it's always consumed before then) in just the original packaging. Pasta's pretty much a ForeverFood™.

Thanks for the video. I found 8 boxes of penne at WM that had the tops of the boxes crushed, selling for $0.62. Have them in bags already. I do seal mine the second time. Does not cost a thing but 15 seconds.

This was exceptional. I hated using my canning jars for pasta! As you say, it is not really coast effective and your solution is a relief! Thanks ! I have lots of food saver bags!

I use a Food Saver also. I put a small hole in the bag with a ice pick or knife point. Have sealed Raman noodles, and other noodles. No punctures. Can hear noodles crunching when drawing out air. Have several sealable totes also . Great Vid. Sending it to daughter.

Hi AP, Great video!! Since I started prepping few weeks ago, this video helps me with cost of Mason Jars. I have a Food Saver unopened box for 3-4 yrs lol. Now I have an excuse to use my food saver and the bags included. I'm not sure if the attachments are included, I hope it is. I have parchment paper and it's great to have another layer with the food saver bags. This is not hard to do. I cannot wait to start working on this with my pastas. I probably will need to buy more bags. Can I store the vacuum seal bags in a storage container? I feel totes are not as strong as the buckets. Totes can be eaten by the mice, that's what I heard. God bless you and your family. Be safe and stay healthy! Thank you!🙏🏻😊 Kind regards, Nancy

I just did 4 1 lb. boxes I bought a few weeks ago with the food saver bags. I also have the jar attachments that vacuum seal jars. I did a bag of jasmine rice in half gallon jars, that had a few weevils and all the weevils died when I sucked all the air out. HAHA

Very good tips. I enjoyed watching your canning methods. I will be buying food saver vacuum sealer. I'm a survival food prepper and your "show & tell" presentation is an informative addition to the many survival skills I'm learning. Thank you.

I line my vac bags when packing bone in meats. Rib eyes, porterhouses, pork chops, etc. for freezing. I also use a heavy book and chopping block to get level, flat packs for storing in bins, shelves, and freezer.

I opened some pasta that has been jar sealed over 8 years.. was just fine.. air sealed in a wide mouth jar..... reg elbow mac 1 pound in a qt jar.. but like twisted or bow ties.. are 12 oz per qt.. 3 one pound boxes will fill 4 Qt jars.. also just a dime size amount less then of 2 lbs of pot size spaghetti will fit in a qt size wide mouth jar..

Great info! Thanks for sharing! Couple of ideas/suggestions from the perspective of a nurse...who has to fight infection all the time. 1) It would be good to sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes. 200° in the oven for 10 minutes won't really kill much bacteria. Then, once sterilized, don't touch the tops of the jars or the lids on the inside at all. If you do, re-sterilize the jar. Removing the oxygen kills aerobic bacteria, but not anaerobic bacteria. Some microbes only grow where there's no oxygen. Another reason to keep jars and lids sterilized. 2) Don't freeze foods first. That generates water inside the container. Water fosters bacteria growth. No need to introduce that risk. Love your double seal. Love your use of parchment paper. Thanks for teaching me those 2 points. I appreciate you and what you do. Keep it up!

Thank you for how you explain everything including why you do it. It helps to understand why we need to do things. 👍

Thankyou for advising folks about freezing and then allowing the product to cone back to room temperature. I've seen a lot of prepping videos that omit this step.

Thanks AP. I like the idea of the parchment paper. I'll have to do that next time I vac seal pasta. I do however cut the bag top before sealing it. An extra layer of security is always good. Much Love

Use a collapsable wide mouth funnel to pour dry goods into jars.

I just stored some pasta in jars, it's nice to know if I need those jars for something else, I can switch the pasta over to sealer bags in the manner that you presented. Great video! Thank you!

I’ve had the canisters forever but didn’t know how to use them. Now I do. Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

Great video AP ! I WATCH , THUMBS UP , AND Learn from every video !

I do this with pasta and dried beans, rice, all dehydrated items etc. ♥ALWAYS BE BLESSED♥

Great job. Explanations were clear and concise. Good audio and camera work. Very helpful and worthwhile. Subscribed.

I never thought of double sealing the bags before... great idea!!! I will start doing that with all my vacuum sealing!!! Blessings!

Food Saver's own instructions state to place bag with the "embossed side down".

That is a very nice Food Saver, AP. The parchment paper protection sleeve is a very good suggestion. Thank you for sharing that. :-D

If you want to save your jars for canning you can use vacuum seal bags. Macaroni I don't have a problem with. Spaghetti and some other pastas have sharp edges that can put small holes in your bags. You can cut an old cereal box or any thin cardboard box. Cut it to fit anything you want to vacuum seal that has sharp edges. Wrap the cardboard around your spaghetti. Sometimes I double a small paper bag and put pasta in there first. If you play around you will find what works. If I didn't use other methods, I would have no canning jars left lol. I love watching your videos. God bless!

EXCELLENT. Thank you for this thorough explanation on using the food vacuum sealer~

Curly egg noodles seemed to seal well in a food saver bag, but in a few days the vacuum was gone. The edges of the noodles apparently made pinholes.

Thanks AP! Someday I may get a vacuum sealer but for now, next purchase will be a brake bleeder and the mason jar attachments. I have tons of jars so..makes sense. Plus you actually can re-use lids when using on dry goods. So..financially speaking its a good start plus a great back up if no electricity. Have a great night! .

I LOVE my Food Saver!!!!! They are an amazing product and they have an excellent warranty. Make sure to get it on sale (costco in the spring) and Register the product. So no issues with replacement if there is any issues. And the older jar attachments seem to fit on them all. So if you find one at a 2nd hand shop. Buy it. It's awesome!!! I don't put the ring on the jar when I use an oxygen pack AND the Food Saver. It should be really, really solid.

Watched your video n storing pasta for long term storage.Just bought and stored thin spaghetti for 63 cents with no limit, so bought a bunch and store in half gallon glass jars sealing using the food saver machine. Noticed if you break the spaghetti in half and shake the jar one can get twice the amount in the jar.

When pouring into a jar, use a canning funnel.

You can also use a hand brake bleeder from Harbor Freight in a pinch with the jar sealers. 👍

I just found your videos today. I'm new at all this. I'm learning alot. Thank you 😊

Saw this episode today. Been watching other videos. I got a newer food Saver that wouldn't work right out of the box. So my sister loaned me her older one without the instructions. Your machine is the same as hers. Watching helped figure out to use hers. Thanks.

I like the vacuum seal don't have to compromise a large bucket when using.

Thank you for this information. I'm new to prepping & just bought a food saver. I was worried that I wasted my money since I'm usually afraid to use new things.

Great video AP!! I love the idea of parchment paper, I'm one of those old fashioned people who uses the brown sandwich bags and cuts them to size for my bags... I'm definitely going to try the parchment! ♡♡♡ God bless you.

I just found your video. I’m new to prepping and I love both of your ideas!! Blessings from Texas!

The best Mylar for long term food storage is the 7 mil. It doesn’t puncture as easily.

I put salt and pasta in Purr jars. Those jars are cheaper so I used them up. Otherwise, I use those brown paper bags to put the pasta in. I’m going to do this next time with the parchment paper. Great idea…Thank you AP!

Condensation happens when stuff is cold or warm. Dehydrated stuff right out the dehydrator will do the same. Thanks for mentioning that.

Oh man I am still trying to catch up with all your videos every chance I get I watch a video😜 lol but am learning learning learning and that's all that matters ty so much idk why I had never heard of you b4 but am glad I found you now. Blessings

I plan on putting my pasta in one of those Gamma Vaults used for dog food. And I plan on putting flour in mylar bags w/O2 absorbers and then into another one of the Gamma Vaults to see how it works.

Thanks so much for sharing the vacuum bag part great tip 🥰🙏

That bowl you have next to the board with the lid on rocks!!! I have six of them and they hold exactly enough food for a reheat lunch or a desert. Love them!!

That food saver is a newer model than the one I use 😁 just goes to show you that quality equipment taken care of will last. Going to try your method thanks for sharing

Totally unnecessary to freeze pasta/grains when oxygen absorbers are involved. The critters can’t live without oxygen.

Love finding old AP videos... I started sealing large quantities of beans, sugar, salt, lentils, and rice in mylar in buckets. Now that I have about 60 buckets I have switched to smaller food saver bags like this. I dont do the parchment, I get jumbo paper lunch bags from wal mart. Lso do some jars but those are for pasta in my pantry so I can reuse the jars...

I just bought a hand cranked pasta maker. I have one already, but it is deep in a storage bin elsewhere. They are really not expensive at all. I think space wise it may be better to stock up on flour rather than pasta and learn to make your own. Very easy and you will be surprised how good if you never had fresh pasta before. You need an egg or two and if I remember correctly, a little bit of oil. I might get some powdered eggs and experiment to see if it works as well with re-constituted eggs.

I buy only thin spaghetti noodles for long term storage. Because: 1) thin cooks faster 2) easy to cut one end of the package and vacuum seal 6 pkgs that makes one neat, flat (heavy) pkg. 3) I stack the pkgs, so they take up minimum space 4) pasta is too labor intensive to make 5) it WAS cheap...$1 a regular pkg. It's now jumped to $1.89 in two wks! 🇨🇱🇺🇸✝️🙏❤️

APi have that same food saver. We had it for 8 + years.

I really like your blog! (Living in the harsh climate- where YOU do- calls for extra attention regarding SHTF!) I am responding- here- to another one of your vids that I just watched, (on storing beans in used plastic cola bottles.) When I got back into prepping, ( five or six years ago)- I was using 2 litre cola bottles, fished out of the dumpster and thoroughly cleaned- but there were problems: 1. Flimsy 2. Odd shape 3. Very small opening I was storing these bottles, in used plastic milk containers. They were hard to load, (and the milk containers took up a lot of space, (in my small apartment.) But one day- I found one of those 48 litre Coleman picnic coolers in the dumpsters- and this one had an empty 2 litre iced tea bottle in it. (These bottles, are rectangular in shape- and they will stand upright in these coolers.) Hey- I can fit- 15 of these bottles, in one of these coolers, and the opening at the top is larger. Filled with dry food/ spices/ etc. these coolers weigh an average of 55 pounds. They have handles on each end, and if you remove the food from them, they can be used to store water/ wash dishes and clothes, and you could even bath a small kid in them. These coolers, are about the same height- as a 5 gallon plastic bucket, (With a gammaseal lid on it. I now have- seven of these coolers, and six 5 gallon buckets, ( all fished out of the dumpster)- and my foam mattress covers them nicely and out of sight. This represents around 600 pounds of long- term storage. (Because I have an adult son and daughter & two grandkids.) They all think I am nuts- but I could give a rat's ass!

Excellent video! You are a fantastic teacher, thank you for the info!