I toss a pack of canning jar lids into my cart each time I’m at Walmart. I’ve used lids that are 30 years old and still seal well.
Me too.
Did you notice that a packet of 12 went from $1.50 to $1.68 recently.
I buy canning jars at garage sales for 10 cents each. I have 20+ cases (12 per case) of jars now.
I never knew the lids could be reused - do you have to do anything special other than resterilize them?
I do the same . I also stock extra parts for my canner .
There are also these.....
Tattler Reusable Canning Jars lids.
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/
They work on the same principle as the old style bail canning jars. I bought some and tried them this year. Not all the jars sealed well, I think I had two failures, but should the regular Ball kids be unavailable, it’s better than nothing.
Re: CANNING JARS and LIDS
Some Classico brand pasta sauces are packed in real Atlas mason jars with standard screw tops.
Usually the 28 ounce and sometimes the small 5 ounce that contain pesto and sun-dried tomato are in reusable mason jars.
We have used these jars for canning for many years and never had a problem with breakage or sealing. Size-wise the 28 ounce work out about like a one quart and we use the small ones for chili sauce, relishes, etc.
As an experiment we have even reused the original lids and they work fine. We used them for pickles, tomatoes and other veggies. So now we also save any lids that aren’t damaged. In a SHTF scenario they will be better than nothing.
Find some friends or neighbors that use Classico and ask them to save the jars for you. We have even convinced some relatives who buy prepared sauces to switch brands so they can save the jars for us.
Some markets will also let you post a message on the Community Bulletin board. We posted a message on Craigslist looking for people to save the jars but never got a response. The markets near us sell a lot of Classico so there are a lot of possibilities. It depresses me to think of all the jars that are thrown away!
Twice a year Classico has a buy-one-get-one sale where I live and we always buy a few for quick meals and for the free canning jar! I think they sell for around $2.25, so at B1G1 it’s a little over $1.00 each - about what the cheaper sauces cost and we get another canning jar to boot.
The sales are usually around February and September where we live.
You can also call the company at 1-888-337-2420 and they will send you some coupons. The last coupons we got were $ .50 each and we used them to save even more at the B1G1 sale.