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Posted by freegard Australia (My Page) on Fri, Jan 29, 10 at 22:40
I was cleaning my store room and looked at the different sizes in fowlers I have I know I gave away size 36 -3lb & 65 -5lb and I still have 42-2.5 lb, 28-1.5lb,31-2lb,27-2lb,20-1.5lb, 14-1lb 3-4oz , 10 -8oz,19 -1lb olive jar and milk bottle-1pint are there any other sizes, the lady that gave me all mine including the two bwb's small compact stove top and s/s electric
mason jars here are around 35-40 dollars a dozen |
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| I recently purchased some Weck canning jars. They are the small size, good for jelly/jam/juice. They have a similar clamp that goes over a rubber ring and used in BWB type preserving. It was my hope to do some juice preservation, but am running into issues concerning my citrus that I wanted to work with. We also have hard water which also would come into the thinking. I did one batch of cranberry/lime/mandarin but still not completely certain as to the safety features. What do you use the bottle (left side of picture) for. Is it a cannable container ? The clamps on the Weck jars were quite simple to use, although I wasn't sure beforehand, because of working with hot stuff, and trying to manipulate the clamps on - but it worked out OK. Our jars are quite uniform in size, without as much size to choose from. Mainly come in quarts, pints, and half pints, with a few smaller which I find useful for freezing peeled green peppers in citric acid and salt - for use in taco fillings, etc. Nice collection. Bejay |
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| Interesting collection. I've seen Weck jars of course but never seen anything like the ones in your picture. Dave |
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| The fruit juice bottle is one pint and I use it for fruit syrups and cordials it goes with the bwb method and I also use it for sauces anything with a high acid content have not used it in a pc but they are very similar to weck jars we can use glass ,s/s or tin lids ,I either use glass or s/s |
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| I was given some old jars while we were living in the Netherlands. They had the same type of clamp going over the lid, but the lids are glass and they use a rubber ring. Not sure what to do with them. I don't have anywhere to display them so for they are in a box in the attic. |
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we do have the glass lids and these do use a rubber ring like a thick rubber band not like the weck jars,that is what is renewed each time unless you use the tin lids and they are single use her is a pic of the parts  |
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| I have a number of the old (I think WWI to sometime around WWII) Kerr Economy jars, which are essentially the same as the Fowler jars you posted. I'm not sure when production ceased, but instructions for their use were in the 1941 Kerr Home Canning Guide. As you can see from this ebay listing, the Kerr Economy jars have a metal lid and the same sort of clamp as the Fowler jars. They are very heavy glass with a high-raised script and very attractive. Of course I don't use these old jars for canning. Carol |
Here is a link that might be useful: Kerr Economy Jar
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