Speeding Food Prep was Re: Inaccurate Taste memories?

[Guest guest]

> The only vacuum seal system for canning jars I'm familiar with is

Food

> Saver, and they charge upwards of $8 per lid. Too much for me.

Pump-n-seal works great and costs around $12. You can use regular

canning jar lids. I keep my raw butter in a jar and pump out the air

when I reseal it. Lasts much longer.

http://www.pump-n-seal.com/

Lynn

[Guest guest]

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You know, you can be downright rude sometimes.

Its not so useless if you already own a foodsaver and a canister! Why

should I pay extra for another component when I already own something

that works perfectly?

-Lana

On 11/16/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> Lana-

>

> >This is a trick I learned from a man named Charlie over on

> >PicklinNPreserving or FoodDrying, I don't remember which (maybe

> >both!).

> >

> >Take regular canning jars, twist tight and back off a small bit.

> >Place in a regular food saver canister and vac. When you release the

> >vac from the canister, you'll hear a little ping and the canning jar

> >will be sealed using its own lid. Make sure you leave enough space at

> >the top or it won't work.

>

> Wow, this is SO unnecessary! It's a neat hack, but Tilia makes a

> little plastic widget which fits over a canning jar with only the

> flat insert part of the lid on and vacuum-seals them. When the

> machine is finished, you remove the plastic widget and you can screw

> on the rest of the canning jar lid if you'd like to help keep the

> flat part in place, though it's not entirely necessary.

>

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[Guest guest]

Lana-

>You know, you can be downright rude sometimes.

I am to please.

>Its not so useless if you already own a foodsaver and a canister! Why

>should I pay extra for another component when I already own something

>that works perfectly?

If you're happy with it, great, but I'm pretty sure you could get a

harder vacuum and I'm positive you could process more jars more

quickly with the mason jar attachment, and since the attachment is

pretty cheap, I'd recommend it to anyone who's looking into buying a

vacuum sealer.

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