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6 hours ago, rotuts said:
what id the advantage , these days , to canning , say green beans , vs blanching and vacuum bagging and freezing ?
Another issue is power outages. This doesn't effect me - and I freeze veggies rather than canning them - but if you live in a place with possible serious power outages due to hurricanes or tornados or other disasters you can lose the contents of a freezer while your canned goods are perfectly safe.
6 hours ago, rotuts said:
what id the advantage , these days , to canning , say green beans , vs blanching and vacuum bagging and freezing ?
Another issue is power outages. This doesn't effect me - and I freeze veggies rather than canning them - but if you live in a place with possible serious power outages do to hurricanes or tornados or other disasters you can lose the contents of a freezer while your canned goods are perfectly safe.
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