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I had two failures this week. Both new lids. When I checked them after, both had bubbles in the seal. I check the used lids pretty...

Test driving the new electric pressure canner this morning with various sized jars. We shall see

if i were doing that i'd be the same, meat is expensive enough to not want to risk it.

i've not been having issues with any new lids in many years. oh, after the last shortage of Ball lids, there were a few boxes that had...

Lids from WB canned jelly/jam/fruit, seal but don't get the "deep ditch" ring in the rubber. I've reused those for same. But meats in...

Yeah, i get a better seal rate with used lids. I need to get in the habit of inspecting the new lids the same way.

when we were buying a lot of commercial jams in the 18oz jars those jars and lids worked fine for canning and sealing up for several...

Ditto!

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this morning's adventure in bean sorting and shelling was an unlucky bounce when the bean i was looking at was dropped and managed to...

new generic type lids or name brand lids? i've never seen bubbles in the name brand lids.

I had two failures this week. Both new lids. When I checked them after, both had bubbles in the seal. I check the used lids pretty...

Test driving the new electric pressure canner this morning with various sized jars. We shall see

Yes I will be posting pictures lots and lots of pictures.

Yes I will be posting pictures lots and lots of pictures.