Old blue ball mason jars
ekgrows
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Comments (12)Sorry, didn't mean you needed to list them all. :) Just meant give us a couple of specific recipe examples where your results have been way off so we could look up the recipe and maybe help ID what may be the cause. Surprisingly, based on posts in the past, most seem to find they get more jars than less and so prepare more jars rather then less. But some examples of general causes of a big difference between the recipe's predictions and results of much less: 1) as with coralb's post above - using the wrong size of jars 2) accidentally leaving out an ingredient and not realizing it - happens more often than you might think especially for new folks and some recent posts here on just that issue 3) mistakes in measuring as Linda Lou mentioned 4) chopping/grinding/dicing - all those terms mean very different things to some folks and particle size can make a BIG difference in the end result. This is especially common with chutneys and relishes. Chutneys are typically a very coarse chop while relishes are a very find chop or a grind. So if you grind chutney ingresients you'll get less jars. 5) over-packing the jars with solids and not enough liquid (the most common cause by far and the only one that poses a potential safety issue). People tend to over-cram either to make it look like store-bought to to avoid having left overs. Especially common when doing tomatoes whole or in halves. 6) over-cooking before jarring results is softer, more compact food particles - BIG effect on tomatoes. 7) the food quality/juiciness controls the amount of liquid A point about Sure Jell vs. the other pectins. Sure Jell is a much harder set than the other brands, especially the Ball Brand pectins. So with Sure Jell's rock-hard set you will often get less 1/2 pint jars. One reason why many of us don't like to use Sure Jell and prefer Ball or Pomona. Personally I'll use Certo if I have to before I'll use Sure Jell. But the important issue is safety of the foods and when done properly the foods should be safe even if it is a jar off. Hope this helps some and if you haven't, consider purchasing the Ball Complete Book of Home Food Preserving. Dave PS: is your BBB the new edition? There have been many changes....See MoreMason jar?
Comments (13)Lucky_P, that's it exactly. I get away with propagating in the winter sun by leaving the cap off and pulling mulch up about halfway on the soda bottles. When warm spring weather comes, I have to pull the pots out and move to the cold greenhouse where the light is diminished by the covering I use. Are you familiar with the stuff used to cover the windows on chicken and rabbit houses here in the Ozarks? It has strands of fiberglass embedded in the vinyl. Lasts a good ten years and works fine for my purposes. I could save a lot of effort by building myself a raised bed of sawdust in the shade of a building and just sink pots in that...nah!...DH would kill me if I start anything else to clutter the yard.....unless I can convince him it's something he wanted all the time. ;O)...See MoreAntique Mason Canning Jars
Comments (6)I'm still using canning jars older than this. LOL. If you have the really old ones.......blue or with the bails on them, they are collectable but anything newer is of interest mainly to people who can. Have you looked at the price of them lately? I haunt auctions, kids cleaning out granny's estate sales, and Goodwill for cheap jars. You'll have to educate yourself if you have any collectable ones and set them aside to sell as novelties.....and the rest should fetch a decent price (since new ones are about a dollar apiece) if broken down into lots and sold to folks who need to use them. I prolly have at least 500 jars and will still buy more in a good canning year....See MoreAre mason jars good for storing dry goods? Flours?
Comments (13)I love glass jars -- either canning jars or other types -- for pantry storage. It's easy to wash, and although it's not 100% bug-proof, it's bug-resistant. In my opinion, it's the most practical item for pantry storage. Details about how I use glass storage: - I have lots of old Mason jars and Ball jars in all sizes. The quarts and half-gallons are most useful. I use only clear glass for my pantry. I use my blue glass for bathroom storage (q-tips, etc.). - I am building up a collection of homemade chalkboard tags. On one side I write the name (say, Pinto Beans) in white paint pen. When I put beans into the jar, I write the expiration date on the back side in chalk (so it can be changed later). If it's something like pancake mix, I write 1 cup mix to 1 cup milk (because all mixes aren't identical). I keep the tags in a little basket, and I reuse them. If right now I don't have pancake mix, I'll put the tag away in the basket 'til I do have it again. - I like glass containers because glass "matches" other glass. If you want to add a couple more plastic containers years from now, you'll probably have a hard time matching the size /color. In contrast, you can add a different glass container, and it just looks like a collection....See Morewoodrose
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