I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and marmalade
until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full, probably of
beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they have started to
ripen by the minute.

Baz

On 01/09/2013 14:29, Baz wrote:
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and marmalade
until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full, probably of
beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they have started to
ripen by the minute.

Baz

Basically, any vegetable/fruit that needs to be boiled to be cooked
could be stored cooked in a Kilner Jar. I happen to love ratatouille,
and I see no reason why that couldn't' be cooked and stored in a KJ.
What about ready-prepared mushy peas? Curried aubergines (or other
"fruit" veg)? Apple and/or pear puree?

--

Jeff

Jeff Layman wrote in
:

On 01/09/2013 14:29, Baz wrote:
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50.
Most of the seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and
marmalade until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full,
probably of beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they
have started to ripen by the minute.

Baz

Basically, any vegetable/fruit that needs to be boiled to be cooked
could be stored cooked in a Kilner Jar. I happen to love ratatouille,
and I see no reason why that couldn't' be cooked and stored in a KJ.
What about ready-prepared mushy peas? Curried aubergines (or other
"fruit" veg)? Apple and/or pear puree?


There are some good ideas. Thanks Jeff.
Not been the best of years for fruit and veg. but there is next year to
look forward to.
I think my world champion chilli with mushrooms and extra garlic with soya
beans is a candidate. Well I like it. I will get some jarred and see.

Baz
Thanks

"Baz" wrote in message
...
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.

I'd be very interested to know how to make home-made seals for Kilner jars
that are safe to keep the contents.

Tina

"Christina Websell" wrote in
:


"Baz" wrote in message
...
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of
the seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.

I'd be very interested to know how to make home-made seals for Kilner
jars that are safe to keep the contents.

Tina

It is not difficult! In fact it is so simple, even might get your interest.

http://tinyurl.com/pnupgf2

I happen to have food safe synthetics, part of what the company I work for
uses. I work for a building company and just about everything is used in
one way or another, from gravel to bricks and from barrows to spades. etc:
etc:

Baz

In article ,
says...

"Baz" wrote in message
...
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.

I'd be very interested to know how to make home-made seals for Kilner jars
that are safe to keep the contents.

Tina

Why take the risk: proper new ones are easily available.

Janet

In article ,
says...

I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and marmalade
until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full, probably of
beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they have started to
ripen by the minute.

Baz

Iuse them mainly for bottling fruit, particularly
rhubarb (& blackcuurant mixed). You can then open and
eat a nice desert, without any forward planning.

Blackberries at this time of the year, again, with or
without apple).

For tomatoes, I always add a teaspoon of sugar and
same of salt. They are better if the skins are removed
(using boiling water). Swmbo uses them instead of tins
of tomatoes, and if only alittle is needed, then
freezes the rest.


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

"Janet" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Baz" wrote in message
...
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of
the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.

I'd be very interested to know how to make home-made seals for Kilner
jars
that are safe to keep the contents.

Tina

Why take the risk: proper new ones are easily available.

Janet

wouldn't dream of it, just interested about Baz's idea of buying Kilner jars
and finding a way to seal them safely without buying the proper seals.

How does that work, Baz? I'd really like to know.

"Baz" wrote

I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and marmalade
until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full, probably of
beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they have started to
ripen by the minute.


How about pickling some Red Cabbage and makeing some Piccalilli.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 02/09/2013 07:35, Malcolm wrote:

In article , Baz writes
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and marmalade
until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full, probably of
beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they have started to
ripen by the minute.

Use them for fruit that doesn't freeze well. We bottle whole crab apples
in syrup.

I would use then judiciously, I remember my parent laughing that they
bottled new potatoes, thought they would be lovely for Christmas. After
a couple of months there we several very loud explosions, on
investigation the potatoes has fermented and exploded. Took them a while
to clean up the mess. Incidentally I remember mum preserving rings of
apples by salting and drying, when soaked they made very acceptable
apple pies! Mind you this was during the war, when she also preserved
runner beans in a similar fashion.

I would use then judiciously, I remember my parent laughing that they
bottled new potatoes, thought they would be lovely for Christmas. After
a couple of months there we several very loud explosions, on
investigation the potatoes has fermented and exploded. Took them a while
to clean up the mess. Incidentally I remember mum preserving rings of
apples by salting and drying, when soaked they made very acceptable
apple pies! Mind you this was during the war, when she also preserved
runner beans in a similar fashion.

Remember, if you are going to try this, the salt then was different to
the bulk of what you get today, it was either rock salt or sea salt
without the additives that we now have.

On 01/09/2013 18:48, Baz wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote in
:

On 01/09/2013 14:29, Baz wrote:
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50.
Most of the seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.
I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).
That will take 10 jars maximum.
What else can I store in them? My auntie makes all the jam and
marmalade until such times when she can't anymore.

I can give them away, and I will, no problem, but I like the idea of
preserving what I can. If I give them away they will be full,
probably of beetroot or onions. Maybe tomatoes, seeing as how they
have started to ripen by the minute.

Baz

Basically, any vegetable/fruit that needs to be boiled to be cooked
could be stored cooked in a Kilner Jar. I happen to love ratatouille,
and I see no reason why that couldn't' be cooked and stored in a KJ.
What about ready-prepared mushy peas? Curried aubergines (or other
"fruit" veg)? Apple and/or pear puree?


There are some good ideas. Thanks Jeff.
Not been the best of years for fruit and veg. but there is next year to
look forward to.
I think my world champion chilli with mushrooms and extra garlic with soya
beans is a candidate. Well I like it. I will get some jarred and see.

Baz
Thanks

One other suggestion. Go round the canned and/or bottled fruit and veg
shelves of a large supermarket or two (maybe a Lidl or Aldi too, as they
often have different ranges to the usual). See what they have
available. If you are growing similar things, or will be next year, you
could try the same thing if anything appeals to you.

The chilli sounds interesting, but I think you should be banned from
using a lift after eating it in case some poor soul gets stuck in there
with you!

--

Jeff

"Christina Websell" wrote in
:


"Janet" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Baz" wrote in message
...
I went to the car boot market this morning to get me spring cabbage
plants
and bought a box of 30ish 1 and 2 pint kilner jars for £3.50. Most
of the
seals are nacked, but no problem I can make some.

I'd be very interested to know how to make home-made seals for
Kilner jars
that are safe to keep the contents.

Tina

Why take the risk: proper new ones are easily available.

Janet

I have not found any for imperial jars.

wouldn't dream of it, just interested about Baz's idea of buying
Kilner jars and finding a way to seal them safely without buying the
proper seals.

How does that work, Baz? I'd really like to know.




It works very, very, simply indeed.
You need tools, (a pair of compass and a craft knife) and FOOD SAFE
rubber or neoprene sheet, 2 or 3mm thick.
You use the compass to draw a circle and use the craft knife to cut it
out. You shorten the radius to suit and do the same to create an "O"
ring.
Now that is not difficult is it!
That is the long way round. I doubt you would be interested in putting a
scalpel blade into a set of dividers.

Baz

Jeff Layman wrote in
:

::

There are some good ideas. Thanks Jeff.
Not been the best of years for fruit and veg. but there is next year
to look forward to.
I think my world champion chilli with mushrooms and extra garlic with
soya beans is a candidate. Well I like it. I will get some jarred and
see.

Baz
Thanks

One other suggestion. Go round the canned and/or bottled fruit and
veg shelves of a large supermarket or two (maybe a Lidl or Aldi too,
as they often have different ranges to the usual). See what they have
available. If you are growing similar things, or will be next year,
you could try the same thing if anything appeals to you.

I have done that. My favourite is beans, whole or in a pod, canned and
sweetened. I have been told in this group that it has the potential to
harbour nasty bugs. My great aunt(who lives with us and is chief cook) used
to make Kilner jars full of them. Unfortunatly now in her 80's she can't
remember how. She is still the best cook I know.

The chilli sounds interesting, but I think you should be banned from
using a lift after eating it in case some poor soul gets stuck in
there with you!


Funny you should say that.....

Baz

Baz wrote:

I am going to do some beetroot, onions, tomatoes and some cucumbers
(gerkins?).

I may have missed mention of botulism; surely everybody knows that non-acid
foods need the temperature of a pressure canner to be sure?
I had to dig out my EnglishAmerican reference to find out that we call
them "Mason jars," after the dominant (but surely not only) manufacturer.
What are use are similar to the pictures of Kilner jars, with a separate
ring (usually removed after the contents cool) and lid with rubber seal,
which is not to be re-used.

--
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G