Posted on 08/09/2009 6:58:26 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Or does the two-year thing mean “lying around unused in a box” for two years, like the little rubber piece dry-rotting? I bought up a bunch of extra lids last year at the end of the season, just because they were marked down to practically-almost-free. Dry rot never even crossed my mind UNTIL NOW. Thanks, I think.
Yes, they can crack and dry out. You have to inspect older lids, or lids you intend to reuse very carefully. When I reuse lids I throw away more than I reuse. Drying out of the lids can easily occur in dry winter conditions. If in any doubt or if one is leary of reusing lids, then new ones each year is the way to go. However, even new lids can have defects (dents, cuts, etc.) so always inspect them, too.
Thanks for posting this! We just got back from a road trip, and one of our stops was in Albuquerque where some elderly friend showed us around their garden. They showed us their canning equipment and everything they’ve, “put up”. I’m excited about canning things like marinara sauce, chili and salsa, since we don’t have much of a garden right now.
Thanks for posting this!
Sounds right on the tomato soup. Tomatoes do contain a lot of acid and a dash of baking soda will help neturlize the acid. I also use just a small amout of baking soda when I make iced tea.
I wouldn’t hesitate to use lids over 2 years old. Might have pause about using lids over 20 years old though.
Just added the link to my “favorites”. Thanks!
Believe me, you will know if it has lost the seal. I have cleaned out storerooms with canned goods that were 20 years old and some of it was still good, not that I ate it but my MIL did!
We always inspect our lids and seals, if they are older. I have never found any with cracks in them, the seal not the lid. It would be pretty obvious if the lid seal was dried out. It would have obvious cracks that would inhibit a good seal, and it would be hard, not soft and pliable.
Caring? The government forced people to do with less so we could export it... caring?
I don't understand why that is in the article. We use old mayonnaise jars all the time. So far, no problem with anything going bad. We don't reuse the old lids though, only new ones. We also use old salsa jars for jelly and jams.
Victory gardens may have reduce demand for commercial crops enough to have a surplus that was shipped overseas.
That 'ping' is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world. I love to hear a counterfull of cooling vegetables or fruit start to ping. Kind of like the thrill of popcorn starting to pop only better...much better.
Old mayo jars work well. The sad thing is I can’t find them anymore at the store they are plastic now.
BTTT
thank you for posting this!
I suspect that a lot of that was Wilsonian propaganda. The Wilson administration was adept at lying, trying to create anti-German xenophobia, and otherwise stimulate the public into accepting its war agenda.
Frank Roosevelt’s administration was even more egregious in trying to raise public sentiments with contributions to “the war effort”, like fats and greases (that were quietly discarded), scrap metal drives (whose metal was so heterogeneous that it would have consumed twice as much energy to reprocess than from ore), and consumer goods that were in abundance, but considered “too frivolous” by government bureaucrats.
Even today, be very dubious about civic projects who have as a stated purpose “to raise public awareness”. Socialists long ago learned that scarcity and the need for rationing are essential to their program of control, which is thwarted by abundance. So they are more than willing to pretend that there is shortage, or even create artificial shortages, as means to their ends.
I observed this at work in a “home water conservation” scheme many years ago. I pointed out that residential use of water in my State was less than 2% of consumption, the rest being used by agriculture and industry, especially mining. And that the mining industry had just decided to recycle its water, instantly increasing available clean water in the state by one third.
I was told by the “home water conservation” advocates that actual water savings meant very little, compared to the importance of “raising public awareness” about the “issue” of the need to conserve water. In other words, they were lying scoundrels, trying to create the illusion of shortage to get control over the public.
They were successful in this effort at the national level, eventually getting a legal mandate to require low water use toilets (that do not work well) and shower heads. Today they have considerably broadened their efforts by successfully outlawing incandescent light bulbs, requiring small automobiles, and thousands of other nuisances, all with the idea of increasing government control over the daily life of citizens.
Again, in their minds, the means are unimportant, only their ends. This is why we now have “Cap & Trade & Tax”, for example, even though it will accomplish nothing. It is very serious, and they mean to have their way, no matter who they hurt.
Likewise, and more on topic, the government wants to regulate home gardening as well. Since they are now demanding government agents inspect homes for “energy efficiency”, and demanding compliance to their standards prior to sale or transfer, it is hardly surprising that they want control over backyard gardens as well.
I know one thing, clean Jalapeno jars REALLY, REALLY well before canning anything in them. Unless of course, you want some zip added to your pickles.
Very well said.
I can so I can remain somewhat independent of the stores in an emergency and it is fun.
It is not a public service.
Most of our shortages today are caused by government. I am talking worldwide.
Where people are free, there is sufficient for all. Where there is slavery (coming soon to a theatre near you)there is scarcity.
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