Posted on 02/12/2022 3:00:52 PM PST by blam
Never used them myself but never heard anything bad about them. Have heard from people that use them and like them. I reuse the regular lids at least once. If I have a few lids that don’t pop down, they go in the fridge and I use the contents within a couple of weeks. If they get a really deep indent on the gasket, I toss them.
I started immediately after Barry the Muslim was installed, sold house, stocked up, was already out of debt except 2 mortgages, now I have 3 paid for houses and looking to buy another
I have some Tattler lids and canned up some applesauce many years ago.
I found some old jars when we moved. I’m just hanging onto those jars just to see how long they could last. About every year I check one.
Twelve years and counting and the seal on the Tattler lids is still good.
They over all had a few more failures initially, but you can catch those right away. I still prefer Ball lids, as they are the easiest to use and most reliable, but it’s good to know the Tattler hold up so well.
Almost, but have you seen the price of canning jars lately???????
Up about 40-50% in cost.
Interestingly, my sister who is a die hard democrat and liberal, also preps to a great degree.
But it was part of our upbringing as we had very little when I was growing up and when my parents found good deals somewhere that were bulk, they would buy it.
We always had a stock of canned veggies in the basement, and home canned tomato juice and stewed tomatoes. Every year we would also freeze up broccoli, cauliflower, and applesauce, That’s where I learned all my canning skills and have just kept at it.
There’s also the factor of NY winter. Neither my sister or I relish the idea of schlepping a load of groceries in through the snow and ice and slop.
So we always stock up and just need milk, eggs, bread, and a few fresh veggies on occasion.
She doesn’t consider herself a prepper or hoarder either, unsurprisingly.
I don’t talk about it with folks I don’t know, and have all my supplies out of line of sight from the basement windows.
I started in earnest when 0bama was selected - and I ain’t done, yet. I’m further along than some, but behind others.
I’ve owned land, lived away from others and grown food, hunted and fished since the mid-90’s when I got out of the Army. Worked hard and always packed a lunch. ;)
Army skills, and those I’ve amassed since such as growing food, canning, making just about EVERYTHING from scratch, sewing skills, composting, making my own wine and liquors, conserving where I can, raising small livestock, AND GETTING OUT AND STAYING OUT OF DEBT go a long way to circumventing ANYTHING Mother Government throws at you.
“The revolution of thought for consumers is to break away from the matrix, buy land in a rural community with a decent internet connection and grow food and hunt. “
Do it, if you can! I bought a DUMP of a farm in 1993 and turned it into a paradise with a 1/4 acre garden, fruit trees, greenhouse and chickens. If this ‘Inner-City Milwaukee Kid’ with ZERO ‘farm’ skills can do it, anyone can!
P.S. Being DEBT FREE is KEY! Live BELOW your means. Work on reducing debt as you’re stockpiling canned beans. I’m as serious as a heart attack on that ONE prepper piece of advice.
Thanks. Yes, good to know. JIC
How can you tell when they fail? With the metal ones, you can hear and see that the button pulled down.
Well, the contents would be bad for one thing, and it depends on how hard the lid is to get off.
If they cannot be pushed off with your thumb, that’s a good start.
What I do to open them is to use a butter knife and very gentle slide it in between the lid and gasket and then twist it a little to pry it off.
IMO, they are worth looking into because if the supply of metal canning lids ever dries up again, you can fall back on them.
The best advice I've seen here in a while.
That's how I was able to retire at age 50....28 years ago.
You can get a handheld Baofeng radio on Amazon for $25.
Golden Harvest lids, $63 for 288 of them and they don’t take up much room. Tattler are near a dollar each. Stock up on Golden Harvest and buy some Tattlers just in case.
I know Golden Harvest are good for at least one use. If the gaskets don’t have a deep indent, I use them again.
What internal temperature to remove the danger of spike proteins in the livers? Never can be too careful...
I have seen the Golden Harvest ones but was not sure how well they worked.
On occasion I will try some other brands, like I did with some Anchor Hocking ones, and they did not work well for canning IMO.
However, for simple storage use, they are perfect.
Golden Harvest is almost all I’ve used. The jars are a little thinner then Ball/Kerr but the lids look to have the same red rubber gaskets. Both have been fine. One thing I won’t ever try is walmart’s store brand. Laughed and said, Yeah Right, the first time I saw them.
Thanks, blam! That means a LOT to me, coming from YOU! :)
You beat me! I retired at 56, but then accepted this full-time Farm Wife Gig (complete with big old Diamond Ring), so really, no ‘retirement’ for me, LOL!
That’s OK. I LIKE to stay busy.
My Dad retired at 55 and his father at 56; both debt free and sittin’ on a pile-o-cash. I learned from The Masters. ;)
I ended up ‘having’ to buy the Golden Harvest brand last year when canning jars and lids were at a premium and I needed more because I really, REALLY upped my Garden Game last year. I’m STILL recovering, LOL!
No problems, whatsoever. They were available at my local Farm & Fleet. Pallets and pallets of them! It was as if the Heavens opened and an Angel touched down when I spotted them, LOL!
I loaded up.
I have to admit I don’t know what I would do with a hand held ham radio....can you communicate with another HHHR?....and at what distance?...prices are very reasonable.
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