Kilner Jars

charlies_mum

Dh bought 6 in a box from an auction - they came in a box with some other things for £2. Not sure whether I will use them - anyone have them and what do you use them for ?

newlywed

I use the glass ones with a hinged lid to store flour, sugar, rice etc - anything where the packet usually splits on me and leaves a mess

dannahaz

Jams, preserving fruit, that sort of thing. You might try reselling on Ebay if you don't think you're going to use them.

Lucie_2

Same here - rice, pasta, flour, cous cous, sugar, dried beans....you name it, they're in kilner jars!

Trinny

Hello everyone

I bought four Kilner Jars with red plastic seals on them at Oxfam today. I vaguely remember my grandmother using them for fruit but apart from that i am pretty stuck.

the preserving year thread doesnt answer my question as i dont want to make Jam but i do want to store veg, fruit, and maybe make pickled stuff if thats ok to do in a kilner Jar.

Can anyone tell me how to get the best use out of the jars i have bought - they are the larger size.

Trin

elsien

I only use them for pickling things, but a quick google threw this up, if it's any use. Click on the recipes to make them bigger.
http://www.kilnerjarsuk.co.uk/rec.htm

ChocClare

Do you mean the jars with the glass lid surrounded by a rubber washer that close with a wire lever or do you mean the ones which are more like jam jars with a separate flat lid with a seal on the underneath held on by a screwtop ring? You can use either for fruit or chutney, but you can`t use them for preserving veg without a pressure canner - which you cannot buy in the UK (trust me on this - I got mine from the States after long searching!). They are only slightly different to use.

If you have an idea what you want to "bottle", then I`d be happy to tell you how if you like. Most people use them for apple sauce or bottled apples or plums, or for making tomato sauce - like passata.

esmf73

I just use mine for storing household goods in - like sugar, coffee, tea, cereal, rice etc.

ceridwen

ChocClare wrote: »

Do you mean the jars with the glass lid surrounded by a rubber washer that close with a wire lever or do you mean the ones which are more like jam jars with a separate flat lid with a seal on the underneath held on by a screwtop ring? You can use either for fruit or chutney, but you can`t use them for preserving veg without a pressure canner - which you cannot buy in the UK (trust me on this - I got mine from the States after long searching!). They are only slightly different to use.

If you have an idea what you want to "bottle", then I`d be happy to tell you how if you like. Most people use them for apple sauce or bottled apples or plums, or for making tomato sauce - like passata.

Is a "stainless steel pasteuriser" a pressure canner by another name? I have an advert in front of me for one - £190:eek: from:

www.vigopresses.co.uk

and ad says "suitable for the Kilner jar preservation of fruit and VEG......"

Penelope_Penguin

ChocClare wrote: »

You can use either for fruit or chutney, but you can`t use them for preserving veg without a pressure canner - which you cannot buy in the UK (trust me on this - I got mine from the States after long searching!).

Really My parents used Kilner jars to preserve fruit and veg when I was a child, and they used a water bath This makes sense to me - you boil the contents to kill bugs. Put the lid on and seal while hot. As the contents cool, they form a vacuum in the jar which keeps any nasties out.

Kilner jars were invented in Yorkshire AFAIK, so why would you need an Amarican piece of kit to use them

I've never done it; I prefer to freeze.

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

ChocClare wrote: »

Do you mean the jars with the glass lid surrounded by a rubber washer that close with a wire lever or do you mean the ones which are more like jam jars with a separate flat lid with a seal on the underneath held on by a screwtop ring?

ChocClare's right there are two kinds of jars. The ones with a metal clip and rubber ring are not technically Kilner Jars. I remember learning all about them on the BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are? It was Jeremy Clarkson and he is descended from Mr Kilner of jar fame. This is what a Kilner jar looks like . However when people say kilner jar they generally mean this sort.


If you are bottling fruit and veg then you will need to process them in a water bath. I'm sure a big saucepan is fine for this. Youtube probably has some demos. If you are preserving the produce by pickling or alcohol or by adding loads of sugar then you won't need the water bath. Treat them as you would ordinary screw top jars.