'I live off-grid in Alaska - I make fresh food last years with canning trick'
A woman who lives off-grid in Alaska has revealed how she keeps her groceries fresh for years. She uses age-old tried and tested canning techniques to make sure she has a steady supply of all the ingredients she needs living in a harsh climate, including preserved meat and vegetables.
Lia took to to show how she stores her vegetables in jars to keep it fresher for longer. In a recent video, she said: "Today we're going to be canning up some carrots."
She walked her audience through the method she used to extend the shelf life of her fresh carrots. "So first things first, of course, to break them down, cut them up however you would like to have them in your jars," she said.
She then filled each jar with water, leaving one inch of space at the top. "You can use a de-bubbler tool, but I just tap mine on the counter," Lia explained.
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She went on to say, "Then I add more water to the one-inch headspace as needed after I've given them a good tap." Before she started sealing the jars, Lia cleaned down the rims.
"Then I added my flats and rings to my finger tight," she said to viewers. Finger tight just means using three fingers to put the ring on and stopping when the jar starts to turn."
Lia advised her audience to follow the manufacturer's directions for adding water to their canner. "Once it's filled up, put on the lid, turn on the heat, and wait until you get a steady stream of steam," she told me.
Lia added her weight after allowing the item to vent for 10 minutes. "Once it comes up to the proper pressure for your elevation then you can start your timer for the required time," she explained.
Lia told her followers that 25 minutes is the recommended cooking time for pint jars of carrots. When the timer went off, she turned off the heat and allowed the jars to depressurize naturally.
"Once that's done, you can pull them out, and leave them on your counter for 24 hours," she told me. Lia stocked up her shelves with carrot jars, after removing the rings.
Lia's "ready-to-eat carrots" are "shelf stable for years" and allow her to cut back on trips to the supermarket. Fascinated TikTok viewers took to the comments section to discuss the food storage hack.
"You are so going to be ready for dinner!" wrote one impressed follower. Another viewer said: "On my list to do. Need to order carrots since my garden carrots are smaller than pencils. I’m so intimidated by this process but want to start so badly!" commented a third person.
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