A nice use for used canning lids (the flats) is when using my FoodSaver and mason jars for storing dried goods or foods temporarily in the refrigerator.
Janie, in that litany of things he does wrong there is actually one thing he does right.
There is nothing wrong with putting a dis***oth on the bottom of the canner if you have no rack. The idea is to keep the jars from touching the bottom directly. Anthing that does that is better than having them sit directly on it.
A cloth can get awkward, because as the water boils it lifts the cloth, which then swirls and clumps around itself and the jars.
This is more a problem with a boiling water bath than a pressure canner, ironically.
A down & dirty rack can be made from those old rings, btw. Just wire them together so they fit inside, and, presto, a stable rack.
Only downside is its height, which might interfere with some canning procedures. If that's the case, get some hardware cloth and cut a disc of it that just fits inside the canner.
There is nothing wrong with putting a dis***oth on the bottom of the canner if you have no rack. The idea is to keep the jars from touching the bottom directly. Anthing that does that is better than having them sit directly on it.
A cloth can get awkward, because as the water boils it lifts the cloth, which then swirls and clumps around itself and the jars.
This is more a problem with a boiling water bath than a pressure canner, ironically.
A down & dirty rack can be made from those old rings, btw. Just wire them together so they fit inside, and, presto, a stable rack.
Only downside is its height, which might interfere with some canning procedures. If that's the case, get some hardware cloth and cut a disc of it that just fits inside the canner.
There is a diagram inside my book that shows how to use old rings to make a rack.
OK, can anybody even guess why the machine blipped out the *** from the middle of dis***oth?
What a crazy system.
What a crazy system.