Canning Jars

[Beekissed]

Nope, never any problems. One ordinarily runs a finger around the rim of all jars to check for chips or abnormalities that would prevent a good seal, so if they had anything like that I'm sure they were discarded prior to canning.

 

[Beekissed]

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Offensive to us hill folk...try that with any other group, region or culture and you'd hear folks squalling to the moon.

 

[Nyboy]

Sorry Bee I don't think it was meant to be offensive but funny I will delete it,

 

[Ridgerunner]

In did not find that offensive at all. Sometimes you have to have fun with being a redneck hillbilly.

Many decades ago a second cousin of mine took a job teaching in a Chicago school where the class had already run off two teachers. It was a rough group and they thought they'd have no trouble running off this tiny little hillbilly girl. She had five older brothers and grew up way back in the hills, even further than I did and a decade earlier. She had no trouble whipping those kids into shape. She was a darn good English teacher too. She even published some books. Her parents were college educated and were teachers too.

After that set-up, some of the Chicago city people expressed surprise this hillbilly girl was wearing shoes. Their image of a hillbilly was a barefoot Daisy Mae chasing Lil Abner. I'm sure she went barefoot summers when she was a kid. We all did back in the hills. She was no stranger to shoes but she played along. She told them she didn't own a pair of shoes until she moved there to that cold climate. And yes, those shoes she was wearing were really hurting her feet. Wearing shoes just didn't feel natural. She played right along.

She liked to tell that story since it showed how ignorant city folk can be.

 

[Beekissed]

Sorry Bee I don't think it was meant to be offensive but funny I will delete it,

That was a joke, Nyboy! I don't know if one can even BE a hillbilly and get offended when folks make fun of you...I'll have to check the rule book on that one, but I'm pretty sure we are just too laid back to gather up the energy to be offended.

 

[MontyJ]

On the original topic...

From the National Center for Home Food Preservation:

"Most commercial pint- and quart-size mayonnaise or salad dressing jars may be used with new two-piece lids for canning acid foods. However, you should expect more seal failures and jar breakage. These jars have a narrower sealing surface and are tempered less than Mason jars, and may be weakened by repeated contact with metal spoons or knives used in dispensing mayonnaise or salad dressing. Seemingly insignificant scratches in glass may cause cracking and breakage while processing jars in a canner. Mayonnaise-type jars are not recommended for use with foods to be processed in a pressure canner because of excessive jar breakage. Other commercial jars with mouths that cannot be sealed with two-piece canning lids are not recommended for use in canning any food at home."

I only use canning jars; not because I have anything against mayo jars, but just because I can buy a case of canning jars at a moments notice, and we don't eat much mayo.

 

[MontyJ]

Oh, and I know some people who would LOVE a set of those wine glasses!

 

[Nyboy]

Ummmm house warming gift

 

[majorcatfish]

don't worry @Nyboy rednecks drink their liquor out of plastic milk jugs... those are nice wine gobbits