On Oct 15, 8:55*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> Dave Bell wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
> >>> Is a FoodSaver vacuum sealer in your future?? *Not only does it
> >>> vacuum bags you make yourself from their rolls, but it also vacuums
> >>> and seals their cannisters and straight sided canning jars you buy
> >>> at the grocery store. *This doesn't take the place of home canning,
> >>> it's just some things are easily stored in a canning jar.
>
> >> Can you explain that to me? *I don't get it. *I have the attachment,
> >> I'd like to try it. *If I bought canning jars and
> >> lids with seals(?), it could suck the air out of there?
>
>
> > It's been a while since I've used ours that way, but as I recall, you
> > place the lid (NOT the ring) no the jar, and put the attachment over
> > *the top, down onto the threads. When you pull the vacuum, then
> > release it, the lid seals down tight against the jar. Pull off the
> > attachment and clamp down the ring.
>
> Okay, I'm going to do this, thank you.
>
> nancy
>
>
The dvd recommends when you remove the canning lid to use the side of
a spoon to pry it off and not a bottle opener. This is so you can use
the lid again and again to seal the jar(s). A bottle opener slightly
bends the lid when you remove it. And remember, STRAIGHT sided
canning jars!