Kilner Jars

Mayflower10cat

Just as Jacky says.
Hopefully, you can use them for the purpose you bought them for. I have a collection of Kilner Jars I've used for years. The first time I used them for storing a liquidy product, homemade Passata, - I was VERY dubious and truly thought I'd end up with yucky mouldy goo. However, I followed the instructions for bottling which very roughly involves heating the jars in a waterbath, adding the hot passata and closing the jars up so as they cool, a vacuum is formed and the sealed product can then be kept in the cupboard until required (then it must be refrigerated). Even so, I was still dubious when I tested the first jar some weeks later..... But hooray! The seal made that satisfying 'whoosh' then opened and the tomatoes were perfectly preserved. Good luck, hope it works for you.

Mayflower10cat

Fishcake_Random wrote: »

Just checked with Asda and they are for dry foods only. Poopies!!!! I will keep them for my baking stuff and invest in some 9p curry sauce for the jars instead. Apparantly they are great for pickles etc.
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Sorry, we posted at the same time! Oh that is annoying.

jackyann

I use lots of saved jars for pickles & jams, jellies etc. They are fine, although the kind with plastic screw lids (peanut butter) don't work well - I use jam pot covers for those.
I have bottled tomatoes using proper preserving jars, and they are very good. The only problem is that the jars are expensive, so you need to be very sure you will use them.

zippychick

ive merged this with our kilner jar thread

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pdsheadley

Peterpreserving
I have found a good site for all sorts of Kilner Jar spares just Google preservingjarparts the guy there is very helpful and knowledgable.