Kilner Jar Gaskets?

Little_Feet

This is really inresponse to npsmama's plea for info on canning rhubarb and gooseberries.
I have bottled/canned for years! The best book I have found (on everything jammy but especially bottling) is called THE PRESERVING BOOK. this will provide you with a full list of timings for simmering and quantities for making syrups for each different fruit you wish to bottle. I have used the 'Quick water bath' method for nearly 25 years and it has never failed me.
The book is: The preserving Book edited by cCaroline McKinley and Mike Ricketts and my very old copy was published by Pan books in 1978 ISBN number is 5188.8
Hope that this helps. Also for preserving supplies google The Jam Jar Shop!

npsmama

Thank you so much Little Feet!

RAS

lakeland have just started offering the modern screw-top kilner again.

temporary link here

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/browsebycatalogue?c=09_k4

Ken68

Can I use a microwave to preserve fruit. Also have a lot of clip type Kilner jars. Are these suitable. How would I go about it. Perhaps could cook the plums in the steamer, sterilise the jars (minus the metal bits) in the microwave, fill up, clip up and let cool.
Have no oven or hob. Large slow cooker tho. advice and re-assurance welcome.

powershopper

go to www.kilnerjarsuk.co.uk for definitive info on jars, sealing rings, and the best method of microwave bottling I have come accross. And trust me, I have tried many!
Good luck
PS you will find the m/w method under "Usage instructions"

Ken68

Thank you Power...may the power be with you.

powershopper

just looked up the Lakeland site, they've got the old style tin top and screw kilners.............. hooray....at last...........gonna order some NOW:T:rotfl::j:T:T:j:j:rotfl::T:j

powershopper

and I still like the Ravenhead jars with the big plastic screw tops, my hands can manage them really easy...................

Little_Feet

OOH. I am excitied.
:j
I have always had great difficulty scraping the labels off old jars to reuse them for preserving. I have had success by using the dishwasher: if you remove jars whilst still red hot majority of labels come off.
I have also had some success with Cif, Flash and Methylated Spirit, but this has been limited.

HOWEVER>>>>>>>I've just discovered the answer to that horrible chewing gummy residue which is such a pain on jars....It's a product called HOB PRIDE (not hob brite). This is quite a nasty acidy solution, but heck does it work on labels. Smear it on the jar, leave for an hour, return and swipe it all off.

Now I can easily recycle all sorts of pretty jars as Christmas gifts filled with good stuff, knowing that I can scrape clear ALL the evidence of thier previous use.

Only those who use this forum regularly will probably understand why I am so pleased:T:beer:!!!!

Beachlife_2

Hi I'm new to the site but just googled Kilner Jars and found all you experts. Here's the story we've been going through our great grandfathers boxes in the loft and found about 24 really old Kilner jars, there's no date but they are probably from the 1930's (?). They are the glass variety with metal screw tops.
To be honest the metal bits are rusty but I just don;t want to dump them in case they are worth something or they have historical value.. any thoughts ?