really old style living?

mardatha

No pet, never watched it. I canny just see meself in there :rotfl:

Hugo_Rignold

maryb wrote: »

Hugo

you mentioned that the canning lids last for years. Do you mean the metal discs with the rubber bit round the edge? I know the official advice is not to reuse those but it always seemed to me that if you opened them very carefully they should be capable of sealing again if you reused them. They are not that cheap to buy.

The collar part can be used ad infinitum as once the jar is sealed you can take it off - the disc is sealed onto the jar. The discs themselves are reusable, if you are careful with them. I get at least 3 goes out of them. It is easy to tell if they are damaged as the jars do not 'pop' on cooling.
You can get replacements on Ebay fairly inexpensively:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/48-X-KILNER-PRESERVING-JAR-METAL-REPLACMENT-SEAL-LIDS-/140340510955?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Kitchen_FoodStorage_GL&hash=item20acf240eb

but I have seen them in larger bulk much cheaper - 500 for £40 or thereabouts.

maryb wrote: »

Do you find that the jars with a screw band are better than the ones with glass lids and a separate rubber seal?

For canning you definitely need the two part lid type. Mason jars as they are called in the States.

ChocClare

maryb wrote: »

this is it

http://www.justpreserving.co.uk/steam-juice-extractor-p-20003402.html The brand I got was Beka and it is actually a German make. It was actually in Germany that I first saw them being used when I was an aupair rather a long time ago

As I say I got mine in France and even though the £ was stronger then it didn't cost anything like £95 at today's exchange rate IYSWIM!!

Thanks mary, that's brilliant. I think I'll wait until next we go to France though - it's amazing how we Brits get ripped off. I typed extracteur de jus a vapeur into google and found your machine (I think) here - at £59 approx instead of £95! Definitely interested (especially at the cheaper price - £95 might be stretching it a bit!), so will see if we can get rellies to have a scout round for us. My euros can stay in the airing cupboard a while longer...

RAS

This looks like the same thing, at a higher price http://www.vigopresses.co.uk/store/product_info.php?cPath=51_106&products_id=502

Winged_one

Sorry, real life got in the way there. NualaBuala, yes, mainly cponvenience and I was supporting them in their original Blackrock home, and they are VERY helpful knitters themselves. I keep hearing good things about Springwools though, just never get there. Cork Wools is a good cheaper option for me though, as we are usually up to the English Market when visiting parents etc.

I don't tend to can/bottle much, apart from jams and chutnies, but I was hoping to make the plot more productive this year (have to hand over the cheque tomorrow and grumbling slightly), so I was looking into bottling tomato sauces, and perhaps even ones with roasted veg etc already in them. So will follow this with interest.....

NualaBuala

No worries Winged One, have heard about this real life malarkey, keep meaning to try it! I got my teacosy wool from them and they were indeed lovely and you can't beat the location. Have never been to the English Market, sounds fab though. If I'm in Cork again I will make time.

mardatha

I loved Cork, jsut couldnt understand a single thing they said to me. And Kinsale was out of this world.. ahhh the days when I could afford holidays !

maryb

RAS wrote: »

This looks like the same thing, at a higher price http://www.vigopresses.co.uk/store/product_info.php?cPath=51_106&products_id=502

Ooh I love that site, good find! - it's got lots of treasures in the sundries bit. I love the bottle drainer. Who'd have thought of that?

Tells self no, you do NOT need anything from that site

maryb

Hugo_Rignold wrote: »

The collar part can be used ad infinitum as once the jar is sealed you can take it off - the disc is sealed onto the jar. The discs themselves are reusable, if you are careful with them. I get at least 3 goes out of them. It is easy to tell if they are damaged as the jars do not 'pop' on cooling.
You can get replacements on Ebay fairly inexpensively:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/48-X-KILNER-PRESERVING-JAR-METAL-REPLACMENT-SEAL-LIDS-/140340510955?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Kitchen_FoodStorage_GL&hash=item20acf240eb

but I have seen them in larger bulk much cheaper - 500 for £40 or thereabouts.


For canning you definitely need the two part lid type. Mason jars as they are called in the States.

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Thanks Hugo. Looking at that it would suggest that the French lids for the small terrines ought to fit the Kiolner jars as they are 70mm.
Do you have any linkies for bulk buying? I don't do enough to make it worth while but have a friend who might be interested.

Plus I've decided that my old chest freezer is a very expensive larder and I could bottle/can quite a lot of what is in there and get by with just one freezer
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I don't think I'll splash out on a canner just yet although I might be tempted if the exchange rate goes down - but you have to pay customs duty if you order from the States and that's not cheap plus of course, there's postage and packing. But even if I don't do meat, I could bottle/can a batch of bol sauce without the meat and just fry some mince and add the sauce when I'm making supper. It would still save time and it wouldn't use electricity to store it


I wondered what Mason jars were - thanks.

I was in Lidl last week and saw an electric jam maker reduced to a very good price. I saw on the side that it can be used for water bath bottling as well. Don't know if there are any left, but I think I have seen it on offer there before so it would come round again

ginnyknit

Had a look on E bay last night, out of interest and they have a 10 litre canner for 120 pounds :eek: Think it will be better now that lots of people are interested then the price should go down in a short time. I even saw canning in a British magazine that I was flicking through in the shops.

I am also realising as Maryb is, that I am using my freezer for a lot of fruit which should be jam by now. I have always had room in the freezer for bread when I find it cheap but at the moment there isnt room for a barmcake / bap / bread roll / stottie - just allowing for the people who don't know what a barmcake is :rotfl:


Anyway, jamjars to wash and peel to chop so onward ever onward guys :beer: