Question: do any of you reuse the canning jar lids?
My Dad always did, no real failures to seal as I recall. My wife and her family never did.
She and I are both so cheap we pinch a penny so hard Abe Lincoln hollers! So it didn't take much convincing to get her to try it.
Honestly, you can count on probably two FINGERS how many cans haven't sealed in HUNDREDS of jars. And we reuse them I have no idea how many times, seriously. We are careful in removing the lids, but we've done it with lids with pretty good marks in them from the pointy end of the can/bottle opener.
Just wanted to let you know in case you can't find lids. Also: there is a type of spaghetti sauce my mom buys at the grocery store, kinda skinny jar, that takes a regular size canning lid that she saves us.
My Dad always did, no real failures to seal as I recall. My wife and her family never did.
She and I are both so cheap we pinch a penny so hard Abe Lincoln hollers! So it didn't take much convincing to get her to try it.
Honestly, you can count on probably two FINGERS how many cans haven't sealed in HUNDREDS of jars. And we reuse them I have no idea how many times, seriously. We are careful in removing the lids, but we've done it with lids with pretty good marks in them from the pointy end of the can/bottle opener.
Just wanted to let you know in case you can't find lids. Also: there is a type of spaghetti sauce my mom buys at the grocery store, kinda skinny jar, that takes a regular size canning lid that she saves us.