{"id":4228,"date":"2014-08-25T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2014-08-25T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T07:00:18","slug":"q-and-a-flu-tonic-and-storing-dehydrated-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/08\/25\/q-and-a-flu-tonic-and-storing-dehydrated-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: flu tonic and storing dehydrated foods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flu tonic<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a recipe that I call my “flu\/cold tonic.” I am wondering if it can be canned for longer storage. <\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nJuice of 6 fresh lemons<\/em>
\n1 bulb garlic<\/em>
\n2 tsp. ginger powder<\/em>
\n2 Tbsp. honey<\/em>
\n3 cups pineapple juice<\/em>
\n\u00bc tsp cayenne powder<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nBlend all ingredients thoroughly and store in a glass jar. Take 1 cup 4 times a day until the symptoms are resolved.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shellie Gades<\/em>
\nEvansville, Minnesota<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry, but as it’s a mixed recipe (citrus and garlic), I really can’t say for sure. What you might do is to can up all of the juices together then add the spices, garlic, and honey at a later date. Sounds like a good cold remedy to me! — Jackie<\/p>\n

Storing freeze dried and dehydrated foods<\/strong><\/p>\n

I recently ordered the Meals in a Jar book by Stephanie Petersen and the stated shelf life for some of the recipes are as little as 5 years… I was hoping they would last longer. How long do you think meals in a jar made up with freeze dried ingredients prepared properly with a oxygen absorber should last? Thank you so much for any thoughts!<\/em><\/p>\n

Crystal Misiak<\/em>
\nMillboro, Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n

Most freeze dried and dehydrated foods will last for decades if stored properly — out of direct light, sealed well in airtight containers, and kept relatively cool (the cooler, the longer they’ll last). Mixed recipes should last equally long unless they contain ingredients such as nuts or whole grain flours that go rancid fairly rapidly. I would expect the mixes to last much longer than five years but not having seen the recipes I can’t say with absolute certainty. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flu tonic I have a recipe that I call my “flu\/cold tonic.” I am wondering if it can be canned for longer storage. \u00a0 Juice of 6 fresh lemons 1 bulb garlic 2 tsp. ginger powder 2 Tbsp. honey 3 cups pineapple juice \u00bc tsp cayenne powder \u00a0 Blend all ingredients thoroughly and store in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}