Reusing Jars From Store Bought Items For Canning, Homesteading, PART 1
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- Reuse Jars From Store Bought Items, Save Money, Be Thrifty, Part 1, #Homesteading
Spot #1 to get Jar Lids:
www.nakpunar.com/
Spot #2 to get Jat Lids:
www.berlinpack...
This is SO helpful! I live in Botswana and don’t have access to mason jars. I’m so happy I found this video! Thank you!
I went to Italy with a friend, we stayed with her grandmother , in her kitchen she had a cabinet with jars of tomato sauce , peppers, and green beans, all were done in recycled jars of varying sizes and shapes. I asked she ever had any problems she looked at me said my mother and grand mother have done this all their lives! She said Americans are so wasteful ? Lol!
I have used such jars for canning 60 years ago and at that time people raised their eyebrows when they saw that I went out and picket wild apples and made juice and applesauce etc and stored it in my pantry. Yesterday I “canned” several jars of figs and they will be used this winter, coming out of the most interesting jars.....
I save all my jars, I'm an herbalist so always storing dryed herbs or making tinctures in them, I just recently entertained the idea of those prego type lids are certainly worthy of using for canning, in fact the seal even after using is better than the new canning lids, companies spend billions to convince you it's not safe so you'll continue to buy their products and waste more
You are the most hepful person to us that are experiencing lid/jar shortages This video is worth it's weight in gold.
There was never any shortages. It was just brand snobbery. They ONLY wanted the name brand and refused to try other lesser known brands!!
I bought two cases of jars from a well-known restaurant supply chain here in California that was branded with the restaurant suppliers name on them. So I canned 24 jars of ground beef. Only two jars stayed sealed. Even the other ones that sealed within twenty-four hours the lids popped up. I've been canning meat for 15 years. I had to freeze all the meat and take the jars back to the store and because of shortages there were no other jars to be had. That was a complete waste of time money energy and resources. Not all lids seal like the name brands.. I have since purchased several off-brand packages of lids. I've had some that sealed fine and others that were garbage where only a few sealed. I always wipe the rims with vinegar and I always heat my lids in hot water. I refuse to pay 50 cents each for lids. I might as well just buy the food in cans. I don't know within reality there were shortages but I do know that the stores did not have jars at the time, and couldn't find lids either. Then once the jars were made available again they were ridiculously priced.
Been doing this a long time now. First I tried pressure canning with water filled jars. Then food filled jars and let them sit a couple years. Once I convinced myself it works I quit worrying about the availability of canning jars and lids. Since I have a lot of recycled pickle jars and canning jars I bought years ago I use both.
That is awesome Tony! It is a wasteful world we live in, I came across a website that other day that was selling those pickle jars that have like a barrel look to them for 10.99 for 12 plus shipping. I laugh because I like like 40 of those I got for free.
U can use the jars for juicing if you can't for heating
This is the greatest news I've ever heard! Can you tell how exciting my life is? Lol Ive been worrying about how i was going to afford buying canning jars all this time and we can reuse. Awesome!
Reuse Reduce Recycle so many folks are stuck on the recycle point of view, you can also reduce waste by reusing those jars , just like you are showing folks how to.
I just purchased a lid sampler pack from Nakpunar. It'll be handy to have for all those odd jars hanging around.
I looked up home recipes for goo-gone to remove sticky labels, and a bit of baking soda with oil and lemon juice works well. Spread it on the stickiness, let it sit for 10 minutes or so, then rub off with your thumb, no butter knife scraping the glass necessary!
Nice! I have actually been using gel baby oil, and it works great.
I am a jar goblin! The window seals in my kitchen are lined with the same apple juice jars. I’m so excited they were specifically in this video. Now I know what to do with them. This years apple and grape juice harvest will look really pretty.
I don't know why I didn't think to search for a supplier for new lids! Thank you for showing that it can be done so successfully!
I have wondered for years if you could do this but never tried. I could have put one in with my regular batches of canning and thought to do so but just never did. Was always afraid of ruining and losing that batch. Now I know and thank you for the website to get new lids. I am so excited for this. Since canning lids went MIA this spring I've been thinking of alternatives and this thought had come to mind and here you are with a video explaining it. WOO HOO and thank you!!!!
Incredibly helpful, especially the threading tips, thanks so much!
A frugal woman I follow here mentioned this canning method. Thanks for explaining the lids on reusable food jars.
Bonn Maman jars are my favorite jars to save and reuse. They were my first experiment using recycled jars. I love the size better than 1/2 pint (too small), and a pint (too big) for jams and fruit butters. That’s what works for us.
I also use bigger jars for dehydrated stuff.
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Thank you....another source for lugs and every kind of jar is Fillmore Containers!
Thank you so much for this great video... I have been a person who saves and re-uses jars all my life as I just hate waste and find so many uses for glass jars... but now... I have been wondering about re-using some for canning and I am so grateful for all that you have shown us here... Those apple juice jars are darling! I have always wondered why more commercial items are not in pretty jars like that to encourage people to re-use them. How wonderful that you found the site to buy the jar caps... I will most certainly be looking into this.
To remove labels....Use a hair dryer....Labels peel right off!
Good to know!
That's exactly what I do, they just peel right off!
I Classico spaghetti sauce comes in a canning jar, not quite a quart and takes a regular canning lid.
Funny you said that I just picked up 3 from the recycling center today, will be great for tomato juice and sauce
I LOVE reusing repurposing and recycling of I can't reuse it ❤🎉😊
I have been saving many of my sauce jars and coffee jars. I just keep dry goods in them. Then in case I need to share things I can give away and keep my mason jars.
I started my garden 3 years ago it's just small but I really wanted to can. I remember my mom doing it when I was little I just never have myself. Just didn't know how to get started but I really love this because I hate throwing my jars away
On the tougher labels after a soak; this may help - even the plastic salad dressing containers with warm enough not to melt the plastic, the label will slide off, or most if a ton on adhesive, then add cooking oil and baking soda, let it sit a day or two, and it should wash right off. And as noted by many as a frugal gal too, with other names cited; I save the cereal bits after cereal has been depleted; yogurt toppings, baking crumbs across your bread and much more, so salad dressing containers that can not be utilized for canning can offer a nice visual of the variety of cereal bits along with almonds or pecans spiced as a gift, or you can imagine many other options pending your food preferences and interests.
Didn't know you could purchase new lids, wonderful video, thank you🇨🇦🕊️
Thanks! I’ve been searching for this information on the lids!
Very nice! I'm a generational canner and I've been reusing jars for years. They work great. Nice info on where to get lids. Years ago back when I was a kid the extention office use to say that the store bought lugs or spaghetti or pickle jars could be recanned in 1 time.
Ya I reuse spaghetti sauce jar lids about 3 times before they kind of don't seal that well.
I reuse the lids all the time with very little lid failure
Thank u so much for this video, I came across it 1 yr after u posted it but it has all the helpful tips as I'm wanting to start canning but here in Cape Town, South Africa Mason jars are quite expensive and not readily available. I do however buy a lot of canned goods so I will be experimenting with reusing those jars using ur tips. I'm very excited now. Thank u🇿🇦
Great video! Very informative. Newbie canner here and I would waterbath like this. Thanks for info.
Thanks SO much! -- When you can with these type lids, do you "finger" tighten them before canning? When/how do they screw all the way down? I'm confused about how this type lid seals. (I normally use lids/rings and Ball Mason jars.)
Finger tight. Just like lids and rings if you over tighten it wont seal right.just like lids and rings if the button pops up it's gone bad. Or if you see mold. Otherwise its good. Personally I prefer the straight sided pickle jars as it seems the glass is thicker. But either will work. I even used a pickle jar and a black painted pizza sauce jar as a solar cooker along with some foil as a reflector to heat up my canned foods on sunny days
I oven canned for first time this past wkend, 2nd batch rice didnot seal, all but two had no raised bump, like before popping. I was going to re heat in oven today and try again, however the tops all have raised buttons this morning, have they gone bad or are they safe to redo?
I cant find info anywhere, so thanks in advance!
@@theresamcnary1936 please watch Rose Red Homestead’s (a science professor) review of oven canning. She does NOT recommend it. The internal temp of the food failed the “kill zone” time.
After the label comes off and there is a sticky residue left, spread some peanut butter on it, leave it sit (I do overnight) the peanut butter and the sticky residue washes right off.
I will have to try that. Thanks for the tip!
thanks for the great tip
most oils work for this too. The key is patience, let it seep in under the glue, or whatever the reaction does. Dont just put it on and try tu rub it off (although that does work better than no oils).
Thank you so much for the tip on where to buy the lids. Amazon prices were unreasonable
If I need a label off I ask my hubby. He usually gets them off with a blow dryer. Any residual glue comes off with goo gone. Lovely video.
I bought more than i care to admit of those apple juice jars in the DG with the assumption that i could upcycle them and can in them again.
Your video validated that assumption, and that is pretty sweet.
I have also saved a bunch more lug lock style jars, but the lid size is the most important part. I figured i could get lids from USP or Berlin Packing, which helps a lot because now i know what size lid i would need for the apple juice jars. Thank you
Thanks so much for sharing. I wondered if I could get more of those lids. I just got some jars that didn’t have lids and use this type. Thanks again!!
The first youtuber explaining that so well in detail and for that I'm subscribing :D hello from Australia , great info thankyou so much
Hello Kerry,
Thank you for subscribing to my channel!
To get super stuck labels off, after I have peeled all I can, i rub oil on the jar over the label and glue and let it be on top of the counter for a day or so. Then I take a brillo pad and soap and scrub it off in a cinch..
I like skin so soft too works amazing
Can you do a video showing us how you can juice in the lil cutie jars. Lol
I sure can, hoping a get some apple crop this year.
@@corkyscountrycorner1609 awesome! Thanks, I'll be watching :-)
Thanks for sharing your information about how to reuse these cans also thanks for leaving a link or a website on how to order more lids that's wonderful thanks again
Oh yes and am subscribing to your channel
This is fascinating and helpful. You are a great explainer-THANK YOU!
Great advice thanks so much!
Very informative video, thank you. I was wondering if you can give me the name of the website for the lids please? Thanks again!
www.nakpunar.com , thank you very much! I try not to pressure can with them too much, unless it is something very quick. Mostly hot water bath...pickles, tomato based items, jellies, and fruit juices. Also the jars and lids are great for storing paints and things of that nature. I mix alot of my own oil based paint colors and these make it so handy.
I just started 6 months ago. I'm excited how many I have now😊 Thanks
This was very helpful and informative!
Thanks for sharing. I've been saving the Gerber baby food jars, not sure if I will reuse them but I'm gaining confidence lol
Hello Her Healthy Home! So unfortunately I am unsuccessful with the baby food jars or like the Starbucks cold coffee jars. They have alot of little lines in rim and the caps that go on them really dont have any threads. Super strange and annoying. They are such cute jars!
@@corkyscountrycorner1609 I saw homestead tessie has a video on using them for jelly, she puts hot liquid in them then puts them in the fridge. A guy on here holds them down with pressure to seal them.
@@HerHealthyHome good to know, I have never been able to find new lids for them. Are they just reusing the old ones?
@@corkyscountrycorner1609 yes!
Baby food jars would be great for storing seeds and/or spices!!
You sound like a terrific catch ! Like how you think .
Thanks for this video. Helpful info. Shalom blessings sister
i never noticed the threads around opening of jar. thanks! also, i just put hot water in my glass jars and the label slides off. tho my tap gets extremely hot, i have put boiling water in my glass jars and same outcome. there's rarely glue left. if so i use oil to get it off. thanks again!
actually, I'd like to use upcycle some jelly jars with lug style caps into lotion and handsoap containers, but I can't locate any lids that do this. There are ton of options of mason jars, but not lug caps. I am thinking I may have to drill a hole in the lid and use a cap of some kind, just can't figure out how to secure with a nut underneath the jar or insert a threaded ring from underneath...Ideas? Suggestions? Can't find any DIY tutorials for this anywhere either.
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This video is very helpful! Thank you!
Great info!!!
hello, i am new to the idea of re-using these kinds of lids. i enjoyed your video, but i had tons more detailed questions. i saw your part 2 but that didnt really go much deeper. do you have a FB page where i could start asking some more questions. thank you.
Thank you so much excellent video, I'm saving this video ❤❤❤
I just canned crowder peas in 8 jars they sealed great, used to use mayonnaise jars but now the are all plastic ,
Thanks for the lid website. Subscribed!
Thank you for filling me in hete . My question is. How do you know what size lid is for what jar ? 🤔 do you use the lid only one time ? And can I use this system also on water-based canning ? You I fo is very much appreciated 🙏
If the lid has a safety button I reuse them with good success.
Awesome William! I also like to use the jars for my paints and stains. So much easier then prying the lid off everytime and that yucky rim.
So good to know
Can you reuse them more than once?
This was a great resource video - especially the website you shared for where to buy replacements for these lids. Some of the ones that I've been reusing for a few times have started to show wear/rusting, so thank you so much (although they did work at least 2/3 times, honestly)!
I was wondering this! Did you ever reuse the lids that came on the jars? Some are stained from stuff like salsa... But id love to reuse
Thank you so much for sharing this! I needed this video.
Thank you for your informative video! I like the lit apple jars w/ leaves. Such a shame to throw them out. Hope people are responsible and recycle them if not for canning. I've been reusing store-bought pasta sauce jars for years when I cook my homemade tomato sauce and soups. I wash them 2xs in the dishwasher. I'm also, trying homemade orange marmalade for the first time today. As always the jars were soaked, cleaned de-labeled, and run through the dishwasher first. Then boiled to sterilize the store-bought jars before filling. Do you think I have to submerge the filled jars in boiling water again before storing them?
How do you know what size lid to use (the size number) for all the different jars?
Measure the top by mm.
Hi, can you use a vacuum sealer on these? Of course the ones that are big enough?.
Thank you so much for the information on where to buy lids, I have looked everywhere for lids that would fit a gallon jar. God bless you so big. Love Jude from KY ✝️🥀🐴🇺🇲
Yes following!
How do you know the size of the lid you need to purchase?
Citrasolve cleaner or other orange oil/limonene oil cleaner will dissolve sticky labels relatively quick and easy. Also bon ami cleaner has enough grit and cleaner, it works really well too, and it sticks to the sticky residue. I really with they would just make EVERY label an easy soak!!
so glad your channel came up on my feed page..new sub here
Thank you so much for all the info I been looking for it for a while.
How is this even an issue. The entire rest of the world reuses old jars with no issues, but Americans came up with a way to make the process needlessly wasteful.
I know it makes me sick, we are so wasteful
Affluent society
I watched several videos of Italian ladies canning their end of crop tomatoes in used mismatched jars that clearly were not Kerr or Ball and thought, these ladies are going to kill their families, until I saw women in Middle Eastern countries doing the same thing. None of them killed their children or their husbands. And then came your wonderful video with a clear explanation. I am thankful. l@@corkyscountrycorner1609
The government got involved and people are cattle
I used to do that years ago and they worked fine.
Rubbing Alcohol with take the the expiry date off in seconds very easily. Thanks so much for the video.
Your video is super informative and helpful. Thank you!!! 🌸❤️🌸
invaluable information. Thanks so much for sharing.
That apple juice is amazing.
Good stuff!
Awesome. I used some like that to do freezer jams. But I didn't know you could order new lids. How do you know which size you need?
Measure across the top in mm.
Can you reuse the lids that came with the jars originally?
I was thinking about getting the gigantic jars of pickles at walmart for under $5 and dumping them out and using the jar.
Can these type of lids be used for srew on airtight dry storage without heat ? Thanks for explaining i would not have known about the types for canning.🙂
Thank you so much!! And God bless!
Thank you for your video. I'm a first time canner. So the lids in this video are all single-use?
I choose products that come in a nice jar. Unfortunately manufacturers change the shape and simplify them. Longer threads make a more secure fit without pressure canning. TO-82 used to have 4 threads forty years ago, now they have 6 so you don't have to twist them as much I guess. I find that new lids sometimes have a worse fit than ones that came off the product. They have to be bent into shape, and only match some of the 6 possible orientations well because the threads are not identical. TO-66 usually fits well. I rarely see other sizes, which simplifies selection.
Hot melt glue can be removed with boiling hot water inside and a wipe with a short chain hydrocarbon (oil).
Great idea. Keep making videos.
When you water bath these is the water already boiling when you put them in to seal? I tried a batch and as I was putting them in the boiling water some lids popped off! Maybe I didn’t tighten them enough
Tks for the video... it was great !! Very informative !!
How tight should the lids be, how do I know if too loose?
Do you have to use different lids or are the lids that com on them ok?
Want to reuse the jars but some are oddly shaped and how would you get them in the canner...won't fit in the rack ??
Do these go in the pressure canner at high heat
Fabulous video!! Subscribed
Hello, so you can pressure canning them? Are they some difference between them and mason jars lids, about temperature on time for canning meat?
Wow awesome info. Thanks!!!
I want to order some lids from the site you mentioned but I'm having a hard time finding the measurement. I mostly use pickle jars.
I'm a crafter, and to get labels off of jars and stuff I use a heat gun, and they come right off. Some use a hand held blow dryer if you don't have a heat gun. It's basically the same thing. That might work on getting your labels off easier.
Nice, I will have to try that on the really gummy labels...those are a pain
@@corkyscountrycorner1609 I know right!
Oh my goodness thank you so much! This has been bugging me like you wouldn’t believe
@@Sammythatjewishnerd oh, it bugs me like crazy. Lol. I can't leave any sticky residue on anything! Lol
thanks for the help!
A swipe with some rubbing alcohol will take off all printed ink on your jars. No scrubbing necessary.
My mum would just use a rubber band and a type of circular clear cellophane for her jam, does this work for canning?
That is not recommended if you store it out side of the fridge, did she use like a wax on top of the jelly too?
No, she grew up very poor and learnt how to do things cheaply. When the jars of jam cooled down, the clear top would be concave instead of flat and she knew they were sealed. Once the jar was opened and being used, she would put the original jar lid on it.
I am sure it worked fine, fruit is very acidity, and basically just ferments. Still not recommended for guidelines but amen to our ancestors for taking care of themselves and not being so wastefully. We owe them all of the luxuries we take for granted.
How do you get the jars from recycling?
Where do you get your lug lids?
I experimented with water in salsa jars. Every single one sealed. Still sealed a year later.
My son only wanted quart mason jars to drink out of when he was at home.