Marie Bregg, founder of the Mason Jar Merchant website, had to buy the Canadian equivalent of Ball lids at retail prices to fill the flood of orders on her website. She says sales are up 1,000 percent from the previous year.
Marie Bregg, founder of the Mason Jar Merchant website, had to buy the Canadian equivalent of Ball lids at retail prices to fill the flood of orders on her website. She says sales are up 1,000 percent from the previous year.
I see what you did there!
“Can-Demonium”. That would be a good name for a retail store that sold food canning supplies.
I do competitive canning at fairs.
Stop laughing.
A dozen jars and lids goes for about 8 bucks at Walmart. Extreme shortage last fall. On Amazon they were going for nearly $40/ dozen
*FYI*
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Solution: Gorilla glue.......
Buy Tattler reusable canning lids.
They work great.
Nice to know so many still know how to can.
In the new American things are not always going to be on the shelves when you need them so keep an extra tucked away.
Bail top with rubber gaskets. I’ve got tons of them.
Same reason I use flintlocks instead of percussion locks.
And horsewhips instead of accelerator pedals.
If you’re going to be self sufficient, you’ve got to be self sufficient.
We went to buy some canning jars fro Walmart, to have them shipped to us. Good thing I didn’t just automatically hit the check out button without looking. Shipping was several dollars more than the product
Saint Vincent DePaul store always had boxes of canning jars and lids. Maybe not now but it would be worth a looksee.
Wow, the lady in the article cans 90 jars per year.
I’m more like 24. And that’s plenty.
Tomatoes and Green beans.
Plus a ferment some pickles and peppers.
90 jars.
If there was only a way they could be manufactured in the US rather than China. Last year I order a dozen lids. After missing the shipping date several times, Amazon gave me a automatic refund. I was able to by a case of 12 1qt wide mouth jars and a set of 24 lids and rings a few months ago locally but they dried up again. I was also able to get a set of plastic lids. I mostly do sauerkraut so the plastic lids are better since they don’t rust.
I have a closet full of the standard and wide mouth sizes. And just FYI, the generic ones at WalMart work just as well and are made in America.
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Last year when I couldn’t find any lids, I switched to dehydrating.
After reading this, I got on Amazon and ordered 48 regular size lids for $14.85
When you realize you need to prepare it’s too late. I bought packs and packs of jars lids and rings a few years ago when the local store put them on clearance. I got lucky because I really never thought of using them for prepping. Just making pickles and kimchi exactly how I like it.
When canning lids are outlawed......only FReepers will have canning lids.