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« on: May 28, 2007, 22:43 »
Where do you buy your jam jars, preserving jars etc please?

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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2007, 22:49 »
I find that once you collect a couple, they breed in the cupboard. Get people you know to save their jam jars for you.
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2007, 22:50 »
I remember using stuff called Porosan to give an airtight seal on any jar.  Dunno if you can still buy it?

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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2007, 22:59 »
i buy a particular marmalade not for its taste but i like the look of the jar, :lol:

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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2007, 23:02 »
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I find that once you collect a couple, they breed in the cupboard. Get people you know to save their jam jars for you.

I can't do that because I am a bit wierd. I have numerous food phobias and couldnt eat something from a jar that might have contained something I can't stand  :oops:

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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2007, 23:06 »
me and ernie have no phobia with food if its edible we eat it :twisted:

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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2007, 23:23 »
Ascott sell them, but they are not cheap!  Nice jars though!

http://www.ascott-shop.com/acatalog/Glass_Jars___Bottles.html

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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2007, 08:41 »
Old fashioned hardware/ironmongers shops (if you can find one!) usually sell kilner type jars and spare packets of seals (which should only be used once). Likewise traditional newsagents/stationery shops sell the packets for jam making that contain a set of greaseproof discs, covers, elastic bands and labels. Also shops like Woolworths used to do both - not sure if they do anymore.

I have always found that friends are more than happy to save their jam jars in exchange for the odd one back full of something homemade!  This is fine for jams, chutneys etc but if you want to preserve fruit or veg by the bottling method you need the proper preserving kilner type jars.

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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2007, 09:12 »
Found this company who also sell on ebay but the price is the same.

Preserving jars with lids
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2007, 09:50 »
http://www.kilnerjarsuk.co.uk/ this is a good start. Sorry not a live link dont know how to do that.
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2007, 09:57 »
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http://www.kilnerjarsuk.co.uk/ this is a good start. Sorry not a live link dont know how to do that.


I also found that, ikea are selling glass jars under preserving jars from 99p.

do you know if I can save the jars from the supermarkets and use them by heating them in the oven first and what about the lids?

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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2007, 10:01 »
Re using jam jars is fine for making jam etc into but preserving you need the real thing...
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2007, 10:09 »
Thanks for the replies.

I did some searching last night and so far have found these (a couple have been mentioned already by others too) :)

Lakeland
Just Preserving
Seeds of Italy
colouredbottles.co.uk
Freeman Harding
Ikea

(no idea why some of those links work and some don't - they were all pasted in the same way   :cry:

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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2007, 10:28 »
They will br ok if copied and pasted into the browser.

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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2007, 14:51 »
If only I could virtually 'zap' them to you, supermarkets have lots in stock here.  
I am sure I read in one of Delia's books that for pickles, you could use any old jar as long as it had a plastic coated lid.
I can send some kilner jars over with the inlaws at the end of June if anyone is interested.  Don't know if they are any cheaper here, just more widely available.
What are you making/preserving yummy?



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