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Local canners in a pickle over ongoing canning-lid shortage
The FORUM and WDAY ^ | March 10, 2021 | Tammy Swift

Posted on 04/01/2021 9:26:57 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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To: Lurker

Thanks for the tip on the lids. :)


61 posted on 04/01/2021 3:46:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: carriage_hill

Yep. I feel the Middle Class shrinking as we type!

But, the rich keep getting richer, so there’s that. *SMIRK* ;)


62 posted on 04/01/2021 3:49:18 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
in my haste to buy more jars and especially lids I picked up some off brand...upon reconsidering I brought them back....can't guarentee anything from China....

my supply is okay....I've been able to pick up rings and lids here and there, even when I was on vacation...

you know in places in Europe they simply heat their food up well and put a simple screw type lid on and they do not pressure can nor water bath...

63 posted on 04/01/2021 3:50:52 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: spokeshave

“When canning lids are outlawed...only FReepers will have canning lids.”

Ain’t THAT the truth! I’m surprised there hasn’t been an EO banning canning!


64 posted on 04/01/2021 3:51:08 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Solution: Gorilla glue......."

the point is you want air to be able to escape during the canning process.

65 posted on 04/01/2021 3:52:01 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

you should’ve bought em!


66 posted on 04/01/2021 3:52:54 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: metmom

“However, dehydrating garlic requires either a door to close off the kitchen or windows to open.”

Or you could put your dehydrator outside for a day. We do this when we make onion powder.

L


67 posted on 04/01/2021 3:52:56 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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To: cherry

That’s how Beau ‘cans’ his Maple Syrup which is 200+ degrees when he puts it into the quart jars, then puts on the lid and ring and turns them upside down on a towel until they cool.

They almost always all seal. If not, that jar goes in the fridge and we have syrup on EVERYTHING for a few weeks on end.

Joke at our house, no matter WHAT we’re having: “Would you like Maple Syrup on that?” :)

The man is obsessed - but if a Maple Syrup Obsession is his only flaw, I can PROBABLY live with that. ;)


68 posted on 04/01/2021 3:57:33 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Mariner

my mom one summer canned 300 qts of tomatoes....no kidding....


69 posted on 04/01/2021 4:02:06 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: Lurker

I used the oven.

Kind of hard to lug outside.

I keep looking at dehydrators and having sticker shock.


70 posted on 04/01/2021 4:05:00 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: caver
"After reading this, I got on Amazon and ordered 48 regular size lids for $14.85"

me too....not just for this year, but for future yrs.....we are going to face massive inflation...

71 posted on 04/01/2021 4:05:20 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Perhaps that was the cause of the “unique” taste of Aunt Bee’s pickles.


72 posted on 04/01/2021 4:05:23 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We buy maple syrup by the gallon and then I heat it on the stove, heat the jars and lids, then just fill them and screw the lid on. Don’t even bother to turn them upside down.

I’ve NEVER had a problem with maple syrup doing it that way.

I also do whole berry cranberry sauce that way.

I heat my jars in the oven, like they tell you not to do. I lay them on the racks and turn the oven on to only 200. That makes the jars hot enough to not crack from the thermal shock and I have never lost a jar that way and never had a problem with the seal or contents going bad.


73 posted on 04/01/2021 4:11:54 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom

“ I keep looking at dehydrators and having sticker shock.”

We found a gently used Excalibur on Craigslist for under $100. It’s the 5 tray model. We use it for making jerky a lot. Once you’ve done home made you’ll never go back.

Dried fruit goes into home made granola which goes into home made yogurt which is made in the Excalibur. Use it enough and it pays for itself in fairly short order.

L


74 posted on 04/01/2021 4:18:37 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

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75 posted on 04/01/2021 4:50:43 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Are you sure it’s a flaw? Sounds delicious!


76 posted on 04/01/2021 5:40:53 PM PDT by CottonBall (MAKE REPUBLICANS WHIGS AGAIN!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

.”’ Many manufacturers have switched their production emphasis to focus on their best-selling items”

They’re unloading their high priced inventory.
They’re high priced inventory is what’s left


77 posted on 04/01/2021 5:47:00 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: metmom
My parents used to dry onions in the garage, easier on their noses. I didn't inherit the drier...
78 posted on 04/01/2021 5:57:23 PM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The rich will just be the last ones eaten by the commies/socialists/marxists/anarchists etc. Brace yourself; the next 4yrs will be bumpy and bad.


79 posted on 04/01/2021 6:11:16 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: metmom

Thrift shop. Slightly used. 15 bucks.


80 posted on 04/01/2021 8:23:15 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (wwg1wga Godwins; what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them.. )
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