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To: MagnoliaB; driftdiver

I only can fruits and jams and juices, waterbath, but I re-use regular lids every year. When I open a jar of something, I’m careful not to bend the edges at all. If the lid has no scratches inside and still has a good amount of rubbery stuff, I wash carefully and stack them in boxes and re-use them. Some lids this summer I’d re-used a couple of times already. They sea up fine. Now since I re-use the ones that aren’t scratched or bent in any way, instead of magic markers to write contents and date, I use a wax pencil so I can rub it off! I’m not a huge canner, I did about 270 jars this year. If i get a garden going this year with extra produce I might try pressure canning.


77 posted on 02/05/2012 5:08:38 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell)
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To: little jeremiah
I've never tried to reuse those type of lids but I see how you might be able to if you just waterbath. I don't think you would be able to if using a pressure canner. The seal is so strong that most of the time rubber is left on the jar rim after opening.

Several years ago I bought a Back to Basic steam canner. It does the same thing a water bath canner does except it only uses 3 pints of water. It's so nice not to have that big pot of boiling water heating up the house when it is already hotter than the hinges of hell at canning time.

90 posted on 02/06/2012 3:35:43 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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