Canning Chips

Yes, that says "Canning Chips."

Here, let me explain~

We don't eat very many chips, but

when we do, they are part of a meal rather than a snack item.

They are nice with taco soup or to have nachos on occasion.

There is a small local company that makes good corn chips that we like,

but there are only a few places to get them.

So when I'm able to make it to one of the stores that carries them,

I get a couple bags and can them.

Simply use wide mouth jars and put as many chips in as possible.

Then I use the vacuum attachment to the seal-a-meal to lid them.

You could also Hot-oven Can them which is what I did 

until I got the vacuum attachment.

One bag makes 4-5 quart jars depending upon how many you eat 

during the canning process. :-)

Then they can go in the pantry and are ready when you need them.

For the two of us, we use 1 quart jar at a time.

If you have a family, it would be more of course.

The longest I've ever stored them is about a year, and 

they were still fresh and tasty.

As is the case when canning any dry-good,

it's important that your jars and lids are clean and completely dry.

Just a note, many of the items in my pantry have rims on them.

When we moved, I put rims on most of the jars just as an extra precaution.

I didn't want lids to pop if the jar was jostled just right.

I have plenty of rims so am just removing them as I use the food.