It's sticky kitchen time again. Over the last two weeks we have preserved and bottled over 40lb of beautiful fruit as whole fruit, jams, jellies, pickles and chutneys. Star item was 12lb of fabulous greengages we picked in the Isle of Purbeck.
We use both recycled jam jars and our stock of "Ravenhead Red Top" Kilner Jars, as we still have a good stock of sealing rings. Unfortunately these rings are getting expensive, so the most economic way is to use recycled jam jars. If you wish to sell any of your produce, then you must use new screw-top lids and anonymous jars. Join your local WI market (recently changed name) for new lids at only slightly more than wholesale prices, and you can then sell any surplus through their markets. They also supply proper labels and instructions on how to avoid getting into trouble with trading standards.
Search on the GMB for Kilner for some useful history, including Angela's summary
here. Here is a
sales website that offers spares, jars, and a re-plating service, together with photographs of the different types.
Bernard C.
Topic: More on the Kilner Jar, preserving, and bottling (Read 1232 times)
