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    Taddler lids!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tactical_2012 View Post
    Quick question for you canners do you need to use citric acid. I picked up a ball blue book on canning and a lot of the recipes called for citric acid or lemon juice. I was wondering do you really need to use these especially in SHTF secenario and if you don't will the food last?
    A lot of added acids like for jams and such are for taste. IE: blackberry jam in the book calls for added fresh lime juice. I don't think that adds to preserving the food it just helps with the taste of it and prevent discoloration like bogie said above.

    Jams are high in sugar which is the preservative and they are done in a boiling water bath canner, which you can use your pressure canner without the lid on tight..

    When you are doing high acid canning, (pickled veggies YUM, or pickles, etc) you will be adding a significant amount of acid. sometimes half and half vinegar to water again you will use a boiling water canner for this.
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    True Value carries a great selection of canning equipment. And they run 20% store-wide coupons about every other month. At least at the Littleton store, that makes the prices of jars about the best I have seen outside yard/estate/craigslist sales.

    And Tattler reusable lids are on sale here right now

    http://pantryparatus.com/featured-pr...ttler-reg.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by hollohas View Post

    And Tattler reusable lids are on sale here right now

    http://pantryparatus.com/featured-pr...ttler-reg.html

    There is several bad scores on amazon about those lids... Do you think they are people using them wrong? I was thinking about picking up a case of them.

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    I have a case on order if you want to try a couple
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    Quote Originally Posted by rbeau30 View Post
    There is several bad scores on amazon about those lids... Do you think they are people using them wrong? I was thinking about picking up a case of them.
    I think they are doing it wrong. I have had nothing but success with them for years.

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    Perhaps I'll buy a box and check em out. The majority of the reviews were good, but there were some seemingly well thought out bad reviews that got me a little bit nervous. I suspected inconsistent usage or not following good practices by those few that had bad luck with them.

    I'll give em a try, they aren't that expensive and should pay for themselves after using them a few times.

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    Ace is the place! Late summer, early fall they are looking to make them go away and make room for other stuff. Sams Club normally has solid pricing, ship to store, and you can buy in bulk. The jars can obviously be re-used, the lids shouldn't be, make sure you stock on them as well. Canning is fun, I do it outside on a 3 burner 90,000 total BTU camp stove. House doesn't turn into a sauna.... Do a huge batch of something fresh once a week and you can really start stock pilling goodies.

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