T.J. Stewart wrote:i buy new jars and lids for jams/jellies/fruit that we sell. I get used jars free or 12 for 2.00 used at the Goodwill for personal use.
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Libby Jane wrote:This is great! I found Weck jars at a garden store and asked about them, and I couldn't figure out why anyone would buy a jar that's so much more expensive!
So, I'm excited to hear about Weck. I'd love to switch if possible for all the above reasons, if I can know the food I store will be safe.
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Carla Burke wrote:
Dan Boone wrote:
That is the prevailing advice. I do not follow it, however. I strive to store my jars in a dry place, and old-style high-quality rings have not rusted for me under those conditions. (The new poorly-made Chinese ones sometimes do.) I also feel that the rings protect both the lids and the rim of the jars. It's very easy for small mistakes in jar handling to pop the seal of an unprotected lid, and/or to chip the rim or threads of the jar. The ring is armor against that risk. In sum, I don't feel that my food storage is secure unless there is a ring on every jar.
I happen to agree with you, on this. However, in humid climes, it can be difficult to keep *all* the humidity at bay. A few things I do, to mitigate said humidity:
Once everything is thoroughly cooled and checked for vacuum & leaks, I remove the rings, carefully & thoroughly dry the jars - especially the threads, take equal care with the rings, & replace the rings on the jars. Then, I pack the jars into totes, and dump about a cup of raw, dry rice around them, before sealing the tote.
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Libby Jane wrote:
My main concern with Weck is safety. I can tell I've canned sucessfully, and there's a seal, by the metal lids popping down. I only can acidic things, but I wait for the popping.
So, I'm excited to hear about Weck. I'd love to switch if possible for all the above reasons, if I can know the food I store will be safe.
I've never done it before, so i think i can!
iTereza Okava wrote:here in Brazil we can only get jars like the ones above ^^.
And they're not cheap (best I've seen them is 2.50 per jar). Lids are cheaper.
I love the all-glass ones, wish we had them here!!
Sue Reeves wrote: I often reuse for dry storage as I store alot of dry products in jars. And then some get put into metal recycling. It is less than 10 cents to buy a metal canning lid, so even if you used it once, this is way less expensive than a replacement rubber ring for a weck canning jar, even if that rubber ring was used 5 or 10 times....Likely this is because all Weck products are imported from Germany.
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Pearl Sutton wrote:[url=https://reusablecanninglids.com/]
Probably the answer to the question why aren't Weck jars used in the US comes back to money and marketing. The Ball and Kerr folks spent a lot of money to get the government to help them market their product as a safe system. So now the low hanging fruit financially for us broke types is their product. I'd snag Weck jars if I ever saw them second hand, but no one gets rid of them :)
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Anita Martin wrote:Bonnie, I have never seen plastic lids for Weck jars. The normal jars have glass lids (the ones that go with the rubber and metal), and then there are wooden lids for non-canning (decorative) purposes and a new addition are silicone lids. Do you have a picture of your jars?
Morfydd St. Clair wrote:
I would imagine they're nice for once a jar is open, so you don't have to juggle clips to open and close the jar. (I actually ended up with a few in a mad buying spree a few years ago, but haven't used them yet.)
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Anita Martin wrote:Bonnie, I have never seen plastic lids for Weck jars. The normal jars have glass lids (the ones that go with the rubber and metal), and then there are wooden lids for non-canning (decorative) purposes and a new addition are silicone lids. Do you have a picture of your jars?
Bonnie Kuhlman wrote:
These are the lids that came with the set I found, as well as the glass lids.
https://weckjars.com/product/xlg-keep-fresh-cover/
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