Dear Friends,
Yes, we're alive & well enuf, but had lots of company over the holidays.
Took Sissy & gr'niece up to Albuquerque to train station and visited a
glass/plastic jar distributor call Tricor Braun. In any case (actually 6
cases) picked up some 6 oz & 2 oz jars (I like to have several flavors of
jam/jelly open at once). The Gen. Manager had a display filled with locally
produced products. He told me the glassware was not recommended for steam
canning. I asked about bwb canning, and he said just pour the product into
jars at 190F as the locals did and the heat would vacuum seal and that was
the point wasn't it (he smirked), after all, they "knew what they were
doing." Fume, fume. I told him I would try bwb and was he interested in my
results for his customers. He said they wouldn't change a proven method, and
after all, *they* had something to lose. Fume fume fume. After mentioning my
years of experience, the USDA, my calibrated test equipment and my beloved
family members to lose, he let me load my own cases. Fume fume. Dumbass.
My question for y'all: anybody had experience with single use jars in the
bwb? They appear to be a bit thinner glass walls and the lids do have a sort
of gooey sealing strip around where the circumfrance of the edge of the jar
will be. I believe I will closely watch the boil and not let it get away
with furious boiling, only gently rolling boil.
Happy new year y'all,
Edrena