Toddy, you really are getting screwed over for those jars & lids. No wonder you want to do something else.
True enough. I repurpose the used lids, they don't seal twice.
Special jar for kraut? I was using a nested set of 3 sauerkraut crocks which had never been used for anything else.
After 2 failed batches, I learned that just one crock would be enough for my experiment = fail again. I quit.
OK, so maybe I have about 10 mm headspace in the jars. On go the boiled lids and the the rings but not very tight.
Process in boiling water for what the book says. Out of the pot, tighten the band a little more and wait for that musical "tink!"
when the lids seal. You should smell the kitchen when I'm making lime marmalade.
True enough. I repurpose the used lids, they don't seal twice.
Special jar for kraut? I was using a nested set of 3 sauerkraut crocks which had never been used for anything else.
After 2 failed batches, I learned that just one crock would be enough for my experiment = fail again. I quit.
OK, so maybe I have about 10 mm headspace in the jars. On go the boiled lids and the the rings but not very tight.
Process in boiling water for what the book says. Out of the pot, tighten the band a little more and wait for that musical "tink!"
when the lids seal. You should smell the kitchen when I'm making lime marmalade.