Puester wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>>
>> When I teach, it's one of two items I tell my students they must
>> have. The other is a canning funnel. Everything else can be faked.
>
> Half the time I can't find my jar lifter so I use a kitchen tongs, very
> carefully.

I only use kitchen tongs to get jars out of the BWB, then I use my
Grip-Tite jar lifter. (Take that Barb!)
>
> Someone here was looking for a stainless steel canning funnel a while back.
> I've never run across one, my old one is aluminum, but I recently DID
> find a
> couple of large plastic ones on a sale table for 50 cents apiece. I won 't
> know whether they were a good buy or not till the next jamming season.
>
> gloria p
I finally ditched my old aluminum funnel, the handle, riveted to the
funnel had broken off years ago and I got tired of burning my fingers. I
switched to a plastic canning funnel, Ball brand I believe, and haven't
looked back. Easy to clean, toss in dishwasher, never gets hot to the
touch and does the job. YMMV

George