Saturday morning (Shutdown Day Two) we went to Morris to pick strawberries. We came home with four gallons, two of which went straight into the freezer. Half-a-gallon went into the frig for fresh eating (strawberries and cream is one of my favorite things), and the rest went towards a batch of jam.
A couple of weeks ago I ordered some Tattler reusable canning lids, after hearing lots of good things about them. So I tried them out with the jam. At first I was clueless and tried putting the ring on the jar first (as with the jar on the left), then fitting the lid over top. That didn't work too well. Then I happened to pull out a ring and lid together (as with the lid in the bottom center) from the scalding pot. Duh. That made things much easier.
I must say using the rubber rings was way cool. Harkens me back to ye olden days, when rubber rings and glass lids were the norm. So far, so good on the seals. No pinging sound, but that's okay. The harkening makes up for the lack of ping. I'm ever fond of a good hark.
5 comments:
I can't wait to hear about the reuse in a year, I've been interested in these, too! I know Mama Pea has also been very curious about these!
reusable sounds good. I have a daughter in Morris, good town.
I'm very interested in the Tattlers, so thanks for this post. They are on my "must but" list, as soon as they get to the top!
Erin's right. I've had these on my "To Order" list for I-don't-know-how-long. Must. Order. Them. Now. Thanks for the reminder!
Strawberry jam is our favorite. In case you run out of storage space. I've seen how cramped your fridge gets.
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