Questions tagged [jars]
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How to make seal on lever flip-top "Kilner" jars without spoiling sterilization?
I have a lever flip-top "Kilner jar" like this one:
The seals look like this:
Everybody, including Kilner the company (who made my jar), says to sterilize the removeable rubber seals for flip-top kilner jars separate from the jars, by boiling the…
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Is there a problem with leaving too much space in a glass jar when freezing liquids?
When freezing liquids in glass jars, I know it's important to leave some room for expansion to avoid breaking the jar. To some extent, the more room the safer. But is there a problem leaving too much space in a jar? In other words, I know there's an…
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How do you make the vacuum seal on a glass jar?
The main problem when preserving jars is how you vacuum your jars.
I do not want to use a special jar for preserving aliments, nor special caps for the jar. I only have the normal ones, the ones you tap the cap and it is supposed to seal. The…
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Should I reprocess my Grape Jam
I am worried about my jam being safe. I did not sterilize my jars before canning (I did wash and rinse). Can I reprocess the jam and sterilize the jars. It has been 3 days since I made the jam.
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When freezing liquids in a glass mason jar, is the regular metal lid air tight, or does a tightly-fit piece of aluminum foil make it air tight?
Some glass freezer containers have a silicon band that comes up against the glass container, to keep air out and avoid freezer burn or odors. With mason jars, there's a metal lid with a reddish band around the edge that creates a seal when canning.…
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Is it safe to tighten canning lids after removing from the canner?
I had trouble with some canning lids sealing (mostly metal lids with separate seals from Tattler, but often with Ball lids, too), so I have been tightening the rings immediately after removing the hot jars from the canner. I wear oven mitts or…
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