"Kathi Jones" wrote in message
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ohmygosh! so, not to say 'me too me too' but I do exactly the same as
George! The jam filled jars are gonna go in to the canner, so why not
take the empty jars out of it? And y'know what I do with the boiling
water that has to be poured out of the sterilized jars? I pour it on the
lids! Yup! The boiling water from the sterilized jars goes on to the 2
piece lids (they are in a pot of their own)- thereby heating them up and
softening the compound.
Kathi


I've been drying 'shrooms lately, and storing in mason jars sealed by vacuum
suck'em'upper dealy. Was difficult to warm lids slightly to get nice seal
without a drop of water in the atmosphere which the 'shrooms will eat up
like a treat, then spoil. I figgered out! I lay the clean dry lids on the
coffeemaker warmer for a few mins. Worked like charm!
Edrena