Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/

George

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:54:02 -0600, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
>I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
>he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>
>George

Thanks George. It is so neat. I am going to start looking for one. I
may even resort to Ebay.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

George Shirley wrote:
> Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked
> but I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that.
> Go he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>

OH yes, that is very different!

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
> I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
> he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>
> George


Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
>> I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
>> he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>>
>> George
>
>
> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
Nope, but now we have more people looking.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
>> I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
>> he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>>
>> George
>
>
>Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!

I'll send you the second one I find.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

The Cook wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:

>> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
>
> I'll send you the second one I find.

Barb can have the first one I see. I have used the jar lifter I have
about a half-dozen times. She will get lots more use out of it than
I will.

Serene

In article >,
Serene > wrote:

> The Cook wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > > wrote:
>
> >> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
> >
> > I'll send you the second one I find.
>
> Barb can have the first one I see. I have used the jar lifter I have
> about a half-dozen times. She will get lots more use out of it than
> I will.
>
> Serene

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.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Serene > wrote:
>
>> The Cook wrote:
>> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>> > > wrote:
>>
>> >> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
>> >
>> > I'll send you the second one I find.
>>
>> Barb can have the first one I see. I have used the jar lifter I have
>> about a half-dozen times. She will get lots more use out of it than
>> I will.
>>
>> Serene
>
> 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.

I saw a TV show a few weeks back (reality TV) where the mom was canning
blackberry jam. She didn't use a funnel and slopped the jam all down the
sides of the jars. I just cringed!

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
news:1p3mj.6134$5h6.4006@trndny09...
>
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> Serene > wrote:
>>
>>> The Cook wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > > wrote:
>>>
>>> >> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
>>> >
>>> > I'll send you the second one I find.
>>>
>>> Barb can have the first one I see. I have used the jar lifter I have
>>> about a half-dozen times. She will get lots more use out of it than
>>> I will.
>>>
>>> Serene
>>
>> 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.
>
> I saw a TV show a few weeks back (reality TV) where the mom was canning
> blackberry jam. She didn't use a funnel and slopped the jam all down the
> sides of the jars. I just cringed!
>

LOL OMG!!!

heheheeee

Kathi

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.

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

"Puester" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
> Someone here was looking for a stainless steel canning
> funnel a while back.

I have one. The local Fred Meyer (AKA Krogers) carries
them. Of course, you have to be very quick with them because
they readily conduct heat and after about the 3rd jar the handle
is as hot as the jam your pouring. But it is very nice to use
cookware that you don't have to worry about it falling in
the dishwasher and getting melted on the heating coil in the
bottom.

Ted

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:33:02 GMT, 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.
>
>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

Check this site out, especially the funnels.

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...,40733&p=47775
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

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

The Cook wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:33:02 GMT, 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.
>>
>> 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
>
> Check this site out, especially the funnels.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...,40733&p=47775

Unfortunately they say the canning funnels are no longer available. I'm
glad you reminded me of Lee Valley though, been a while since I visited
their catalog.

George

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:14:18 -0600, George Shirley
> wrote:

>The Cook wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:33:02 GMT, 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Check this site out, especially the funnels.
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...,40733&p=47775
>
>Unfortunately they say the canning funnels are no longer available. I'm
>glad you reminded me of Lee Valley though, been a while since I visited
>their catalog.
>
>George

Darn, I just looked at the page and saw the pictures. I did not read
the whole thing. Note to self, read the descriptions carefully before
posing.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

The Cook wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:14:18 -0600, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> The Cook wrote:
>>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:33:02 GMT, 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>> Check this site out, especially the funnels.
>>>
>>> http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...,40733&p=47775
>> Unfortunately they say the canning funnels are no longer available. I'm
>> glad you reminded me of Lee Valley though, been a while since I visited
>> their catalog.
>>
>> George
>
> Darn, I just looked at the page and saw the pictures. I did not read
> the whole thing. Note to self, read the descriptions carefully before
> posing.
We have a couple of old, family owned hardware stores in our area that
sell canning supplies and equipment. Haven't visited either in awhile
but am going truck shopping tomorrow and will stop by one or both of the
stores to see what is on hand.

Miz Anne doesn't like for me to go in them as both carry Lodge cast iron
pots and pans and I tend to drool on them. With the new gas stove I can
use more of my cast iron stuff but I don't seem to have a need for my
largest dutch oven, it's bigger than my 18-quart pressure canner. I
guess I could make a huge stew but it would take the two of us months to
eat it all. Used to use it when I cooked at the family deer camp but,
alas, I'm the only one left of that bunch and our younger generation is
more interested in video games.

It's still raining here and I'm getting cabin fever, reckon I'll go down
and browse the local library a bit.

George

I never had much luck with a funnel and jam. I couldn't judge how
close to the top I was filling the jar because of the funnel and I
always made a mess when taking the funnel out of the jar. I switched
to using an 8-cup measuring cup and fill jar after jar. The hard part
this way is that the jam can splash when pouring it in.

Maybe my funnel technique is off, though. Any advice on using the
funnel? (I've got a plastic one and an aluminum one.)

Thanks,
Dave

On Jan 24, 11:54*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
> I saw a TV show a few weeks back (reality TV) where the mom was canning
> blackberry jam. *She didn't use a funnel and slopped the jam all down the
> sides of the jars. *I just cringed!- Hide quoted text -

"djb" > wrote in message
...
I never had much luck with a funnel and jam. I couldn't judge how
close to the top I was filling the jar because of the funnel and I
always made a mess when taking the funnel out of the jar. I switched
to using an 8-cup measuring cup and fill jar after jar. The hard part
this way is that the jam can splash when pouring it in.

Maybe my funnel technique is off, though. Any advice on using the
funnel? (I've got a plastic one and an aluminum one.)

Thanks,
Dave


Dave,
my white plastic funnel has a line marked on the inside so I know to fill
the jars to there. Yes it true, when I take the funnel out of one jar and
put it in to the nest, there's jam transfer on the rims, but they get wiped
anyway.

I only use the 8 cup measuring cup for pouring jelly, for obvious reasons,

Kathi

On Jan 24, 11:54 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
> I saw a TV show a few weeks back (reality TV) where the mom was canning
> blackberry jam. She didn't use a funnel and slopped the jam all down the
> sides of the jars. I just cringed!- Hide quoted text -

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
> > Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
> > I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
> > he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
> >
> > George
>
>
> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
> Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Barb,

There's one on ebay right now, but the bidding is already up to ~$30 with
shipping

http://tinyurl.com/3db54f

What we need is someone with decent metalworking skills as these are not
very complicated....he/she could make a mint off of rfp! :-)


Keith

KW wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> George Shirley > wrote:
>>
>>> Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
>>> I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
>>> he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
>> --
>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>> Laissez les bons temps rouler!
>
> Barb,
>
> There's one on ebay right now, but the bidding is already up to ~$30 with
> shipping
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3db54f
>
> What we need is someone with decent metalworking skills as these are not
> very complicated....he/she could make a mint off of rfp! :-)
>
>
> Keith
>
>
I'm working on it Keith, my middle grandson is a welder. I have some
inconel rod that would do grandly and still be kosher for food plus I
know where to get some correct diameter stainless rod.

George

In article >,
"KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > George Shirley > wrote:
> >
> > > Here are the photos as promised. Not as clear as I would have liked but
> > > I'm only an amateur photographer and not a very good one at that. Go
> > > he http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunner68/
> > >
> > > George
> >
> >
> > Dang! I thought you were going to say you found one for me!
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
> > Laissez les bons temps rouler!
>
> Barb,
>
> There's one on ebay right now, but the bidding is already up to ~$30 with
> shipping
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3db54f
>
> What we need is someone with decent metalworking skills as these are not
> very complicated....he/she could make a mint off of rfp! :-)
>
>
> Keith

Thirty-five dollars and change, eh? (I see that was the sellling
price.) "Watch out for those banana peels, George!!"


--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

In article
>,
Puester > wrote:
> Someone here was looking for a stainless steel canning funnel a while
> back.
> gloria p

My canning is funnel is the bomb! And I think I know where I got it!
Not cheap (something like $15), but I love it. The diameter of the
smaller opening is 1-1/2" ‹ most stainless funnels that look like it
have a larger diameter small opening.

--
-Barb

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> 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!)

> George

That seems redundant, Jorge. Why don't you use the jar lifter to get
the jars out of the water?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> 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!)
>
>> George
>
> That seems redundant, Jorge. Why don't you use the jar lifter to get
> the jars out of the water?
I use the tongs to get the jars I'm going to fill out of the BWB where
they've been heating up. I use the jar lifter for jars with lids on
them. Should have 'splained myself.

George

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:
> >> I only use kitchen tongs to get jars out of the BWB, then I use my
> >> Grip-Tite jar lifter. (Take that Barb!)

> >> George
> >
> > That seems redundant, Jorge. Why don't you use the jar lifter to get
> > the jars out of the water?

> I use the tongs to get the jars I'm going to fill out of the BWB where
> they've been heating up. I use the jar lifter for jars with lids on
> them. Should have 'splained myself.
>
> George

OK -- now I've got it. That makes sense; the other ‹ not so much. "-)
"Look out for the banana peel!!"
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

In article
>,
djb > wrote:

> I never had much luck with a funnel and jam. I couldn't judge how
> close to the top I was filling the jar because of the funnel and I
> always made a mess when taking the funnel out of the jar. I switched
> to using an 8-cup measuring cup and fill jar after jar. The hard part
> this way is that the jam can splash when pouring it in.
>
> Maybe my funnel technique is off, though. Any advice on using the
> funnel? (I've got a plastic one and an aluminum one.)
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

If this isn't too much fuss for you, Dave: Put the funnel into the jar
and fill the jar (using the funnel) to just about where the product
level touches the bottom of the funnel then deftly move the funnel to
the next empty jar and repeat. Go back and, with a small spoon, add
more product to the jar to your desired level (1/4" from the top of the
rim for jam and jelly).

IMO, practice makes perfect. (I also use a Pyrex 2-quart pitcher for
pouring jam or jelly into the jars. I can pour jelly without a funnel,
but fruit solids in jam are too unpredictable so I use the funnel there.)
HTH.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into the fridge
(after cooling) and gets used first.

Mimi wrote:
> Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
> from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
> back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into the fridge
> (after cooling) and gets used first.

Hey That is exactly what I do) I have never called it a sacrificial
jar, but I shall now)

Ophelia wrote:
> Mimi wrote:
>> Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
>> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
>> from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
>> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
>> back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into the fridge
>> (after cooling) and gets used first.
>
> Hey That is exactly what I do) I have never called it a sacrificial
> jar, but I shall now)
>
>
I generally have several jars set up to fill and just stick the funnel
in the next one in line. I don't sacrifice it though, the little gods of
the BWB get their chance at it.

Like Mimi I haunt the charity shops around here, Salvation Army, Good
Will and the other two that belong to local charities. Those last two
give me a call when they get jars in and I will pay a little extra to
help them out. Still beats paying retail.

George

Ophelia wrote:
> Mimi wrote:
>> Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
>> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
>> from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
>> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
>> back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into the fridge
>> (after cooling) and gets used first.
>
> Hey That is exactly what I do) I have never called it a sacrificial
> jar, but I shall now)
>
>

I call it "cook's treat"

Hmmm...good point George, maybe sacrificial wasn't quite the right
word. I would never purposely sacrifice my little jars. : ) You're
right Ophelia--"cook's treat" sounds better. I might even be tempted
to double dip with a spoon--feeling justified--payment in kind for the
joyful effort expended to make ones' own jams & jellies. : )

On Feb 18, 1:36*pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
> > Mimi wrote:
> >> *Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
> >> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. *It will catch the drips
> >> from the funnel. *A wide mouth pint works great. *Plus, you can use
> >> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
> >> back batches of the same jam/jelly. *That jar goes into the fridge
> >> (after cooling) and gets used first.
>
> > Hey *That is exactly what I do) *I have never called it a sacrificial
> > jar, but I shall now)
>
> I call it "cook's treat"

Mimi wrote:
> Hmmm...good point George, maybe sacrificial wasn't quite the right
> word. I would never purposely sacrifice my little jars. : ) You're
> right Ophelia--"cook's treat" sounds better. I might even be tempted
> to double dip with a spoon--feeling justified--payment in kind for the
> joyful effort expended to make ones' own jams & jellies. : )

hehehe, righteo Mimi) I do seem to use 'cook's treat' for quite a lot of
things though <G>

>
> On Feb 18, 1:36 pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> Mimi wrote:
>>>> Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
>>>> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
>>>> from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
>>>> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing
>>>> back-to- back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into
>>>> the fridge (after cooling) and gets used first.
>>
>>> Hey That is exactly what I do) I have never called it a
>>> sacrificial jar, but I shall now)
>>
>> I call it "cook's treat"

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Ophelia wrote:
> > Mimi wrote:
> >> Using A Canning Funnel--What I do is use a "sacrificial jar" to
> >> rest my funnel in--in between filling jars. It will catch the drips
> >> from the funnel. A wide mouth pint works great. Plus, you can use
> >> that same jar for what's left and won't fill a jar when doing back-to-
> >> back batches of the same jam/jelly. That jar goes into the fridge
> >> (after cooling) and gets used first.
> >
> > Hey That is exactly what I do) I have never called it a sacrificial
> > jar, but I shall now)
> >
> >
> I generally have several jars set up to fill and just stick the funnel
> in the next one in line. I don't sacrifice it though, the little gods of
> the BWB get their chance at it.
>
> Like Mimi I haunt the charity shops around here, Salvation Army, Good
> Will and the other two that belong to local charities. Those last two
> give me a call when they get jars in and I will pay a little extra to
> help them out. Still beats paying retail.
>
> George


I use a funnel for relishes; for jams, not so much; for jellies, never.
I pour from the pitcher to which I've transferred the jam from the
stovetop kettle, my Bigass� Demeyere kettle with both bail and helper
handles. Jellies are poured directly from the kettle - the 6-quart
pressure cooker pan. Both are stainless steel.
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