Pickling Jars

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We have a huge glut of beetroot which I thought I would pickle - but I'm horrified by the price of pickling jars - I wondered if anyone had any thrifty advice. I make a lot of jam and tend to buy tesco value jam / lemon curd or similar and throw it away and use the jars as its cheaper than buying them from lakeland, I wondered if there might be a similar economy that could be made on larger pickling jars?
Any advice much appreciated!
Any advice much appreciated!
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For pickling I use large pasta sauce jars. Warm the jars and lids to sterilise them and put the beetroot in as hot as possible and the safety button on the lid will usually pop down and seal. Remember to tap the jar to release the air bubbles so they keep better.
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Kept the vinegar bottles too, and looking out for onions to pickle.
i use milton liquid to sterilise them and put a couple of layers of cling film under the lids - which you cant put in milton so i boil them for couple of mins
i just checked one jar i had left from last year - looks fine - no sign of mould or anything so that must work.
and yes they have to be dry before you put anything in them!!!!
I am new to this pickling lark! but did read that chutneys should not be put in jars with metal lids as the vinegar reacts to it. Do you have to invest in proper pickling jars for chutneys?