LaurenRitz
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I think they were Kerr. I would have to dig the box out of the garbage.
WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?
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Have dehydrator going with apple slices 
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Worked well, will test the old one with the new hardware soon
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flowerbug
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@akroberts mentioned in another thread about pressure canning about learning and we all had to start somewhere so i wrote a reply there thinking it was this thread instead. so now i'm putting this reply here because it fits more under canning in general.
as far as i'm concerned the most important thing any canner should know is what is acidic enough to be safe for BWB instead of pressure canning. after that then it comes down to tastes and texture preferences and those can vary so widely as to be somewhat useless as general advice.
the next things i'd consider pretty important is checking jars for chips and cracks, and rings for dents, i don't have issues with lids but i do scan them for issues as i'm getting them ready to be used.
the other things is to wipe the rim clean with a clean cloth before putting the lid and ring on and to not overtighten the lid/ring - hand tight plus a quarter turn is about how it goes, but it may not be a full quarter turn at times. it's all by feel.
then once the jars are sealed we put them back in their boxes for storage and if i have plenty of extra rings i leave the rings on to protect the jars/seals/rims. we also put some cardboard layers between the cases when we stack them.
they are stored in a dry location, sadly not a full pantry but at least it is a temperature controlled enough space so that it will not freeze.
other than that, have fun, be careful, asking questions is perfectly fine,
that's about it...
as far as i'm concerned the most important thing any canner should know is what is acidic enough to be safe for BWB instead of pressure canning. after that then it comes down to tastes and texture preferences and those can vary so widely as to be somewhat useless as general advice.
the next things i'd consider pretty important is checking jars for chips and cracks, and rings for dents, i don't have issues with lids but i do scan them for issues as i'm getting them ready to be used.
the other things is to wipe the rim clean with a clean cloth before putting the lid and ring on and to not overtighten the lid/ring - hand tight plus a quarter turn is about how it goes, but it may not be a full quarter turn at times. it's all by feel.
then once the jars are sealed we put them back in their boxes for storage and if i have plenty of extra rings i leave the rings on to protect the jars/seals/rims. we also put some cardboard layers between the cases when we stack them.
they are stored in a dry location, sadly not a full pantry but at least it is a temperature controlled enough space so that it will not freeze.
other than that, have fun, be careful, asking questions is perfectly fine,
that's about it...
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Wife successfully tested the old one with the new hardware. Be afraid, be afraid of the wife's imagination unleashed
LaurenRitz
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I always stored bottles with rings on. Simpler that way. I also got people sniping at me that I was Doing It Wrong.
Made no sense to me, until I moved to an area with high humidity. Rings rusted on, even if they were fully dry.
Some habits are very much environmental-- that doesn't make them Wrong.
Made no sense to me, until I moved to an area with high humidity. Rings rusted on, even if they were fully dry.
Some habits are very much environmental-- that doesn't make them Wrong.
akroberts
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Some people only know what is best for the area they live in not anyone else. I've received emails with people telling me what I can and should plant in the garden according to their zone not mine. It's annoying to have people telling you only what they do for their zone and not take someone else's zone into consideration.
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Oh heavens, memories of interacting with my late ex MIL. I learned canning by watching generations of the women folk in my family year after year. The ex MIL had "her" way. I was never doing it right when she offered to "help teach us". The ex (her daughter) tolerated the situation because her mom was the "get out of my way and let me do it right type" so the ex would mess up early in the process and her mom would finish it. The free help ended after a situation where they both had to leave the house for some reason and I got the job done in half the "planned" time. Same with gardening. Halfway through the second season, I put my foot down and said unless you want me to "help" in your garden, stay out of mine. Rest in peace you old bat. Lol
flowerbug
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true, we don't have rust issues unless we put them in the fridge or freezer for long enough. i've yet to run out of rings (and we've been doing this at this place for almost 30yrs). normally when buying new jars you get rings and lids with them and those few cases a year we buy seem to be enough for us to keep going along.
flowerbug
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oh man, don't get me started... i pretty much cannot garden with or around Mom for very long because she'll start in on things and no i'm not incompetent, etc. so... yeah... i'm already revved up and i'm not continuing this rant because it would be as long as this website (or i feel sometimes it should be
)... of course i'm not perfect, i just hate being supervised, etc., etc.... grrr! *
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