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<blockquote data-quote="dougc905" data-source="post: 41275" data-attributes="member: 537"><p>I've been thinking of this for a while - 'canning' my bulk tobaccos similar to putting food away. Nobody seems to have broached the subject here yet so here I go.. I'm thinking of vacuum sealing by the way. Home canning involves boiling the jars and lids to heat them up, then pouring heated product into the jars and sealing. A vacuum is formed when the jar cools. Obviously, boiling the jars is bad for the tobacco's humidity so I tested a used jar dry by putting it in the oven at 200 degrees. When it was hot, I screwed the lid on semi-tight and let it cool off. Sure enough, a vacuum was formed so this may work for tobacco.</p><p></p><p>Not wanting to destroy any perfectly good tobacco and not having any bad tobacco on hand, I'm stalled. My concern is that putting cool tobacco in a hot jar will take the heated air out of the jar and not allow a vacuum to form. Heating the tobacco in the jar will solve this but may damage the tobacco. Doing this and then spritzing with (hot) water may restore humidity but inconsistently.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas? If anyone has tried this, please describe what you did and how it turned out.</p><p></p><p>Thanks! Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dougc905, post: 41275, member: 537"] I've been thinking of this for a while - 'canning' my bulk tobaccos similar to putting food away. Nobody seems to have broached the subject here yet so here I go.. I'm thinking of vacuum sealing by the way. Home canning involves boiling the jars and lids to heat them up, then pouring heated product into the jars and sealing. A vacuum is formed when the jar cools. Obviously, boiling the jars is bad for the tobacco's humidity so I tested a used jar dry by putting it in the oven at 200 degrees. When it was hot, I screwed the lid on semi-tight and let it cool off. Sure enough, a vacuum was formed so this may work for tobacco. Not wanting to destroy any perfectly good tobacco and not having any bad tobacco on hand, I'm stalled. My concern is that putting cool tobacco in a hot jar will take the heated air out of the jar and not allow a vacuum to form. Heating the tobacco in the jar will solve this but may damage the tobacco. Doing this and then spritzing with (hot) water may restore humidity but inconsistently. Any ideas? If anyone has tried this, please describe what you did and how it turned out. Thanks! Doug [/QUOTE]
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