How do you open canning jars?

[goeduck]

Eddie, this one mounted under a cabinet or shelf in the pantry is the best. My wife can open any jar with it.
https://www.amazon.com/EZ-Off-Opene...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=207VE19J60ABWD8GSP1Q

Five stars from over 2800 customers!!!

Interesting, I have never seen one of those :thumbsup:

 

[goeduck]

My parents pressed cider by the truckload and gave it to church bazaars, any other charity they could think of. At one point they started to worry about ecoli and started rinsing the apples in a bleach solution. Then quit altogether. Me, for a quick snack I will pick windfall apples out of the orchard which doubles as a cow pasture. But I always look to see where the apple fell. :shocked:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

NICE! Don't let that get away.

Ive had it 2 yrs, i keep wanting to make cider and i never seem to have time. Dad had a nice orchard with a variety of trees so he used his own apples. Cider is best with a mix of apples.
he still has a few apple trees.

 

[TnAndy]

TnAndy Ive been meanin to ask you if pictures of your setup have ever been in a magazine. I couldve swore ive seen some of your pics before.
Ifn Im wrong just blame it on the meds

Alan,

Not that I know of.....but I've posted them varied places on the net before, including here, so maybe that's where you've seen them.

 

[Alan W.]

Alan,

Not that I know of.....but I've posted them varied places on the net before, including here, so maybe that's where you've seen them.

That could be where Ive seen them before. An awesome setup.
But dont be surprised if somebody puts your pics in a magazine.
When I was a construction superintendent I received a lot of trade mags. My neighbor was doing the curbing for flower beds and I saw a pic of his place in one of the mags. The landscape mag had got the pic somehow from his website and used it in an article. I gave him the mag and he was just giddy that his house and business was used.

 

[EddieWalker]

Maybe this will help:

JAR OPENER BUYING GUIDE: how to choose jar opener that works Jar and Can Openers % %

Thanks for this link. I should have thought to do a search for something like that myself, but figured everyone on here would know the best ways to open those things.

I already have a Loop Strap Wrench, but never thought of using it. It's been sitting out on a shelf with all my oil changing tools for years, so we put it in the dishwasher to get the dust off of it and I'll give it a try the next time I can't get it done by hand. We opened two over the weekend and both came off easily.

I think I might buy the under the cabinet opener. I like how it's held in place and I can use two hands to turn the jar.

Neither of us ever heard of storing the jars without the ring on them, but my wife said that she might do that the next time she cans.

Thank you for all the great advice!!!

 

[MossRoad]

If you're worried about bumping the lids while stored or transporting when there's no ring on them, you can always take the rings off after they are sealed, wash the rings and wipe down the lids and jars, then loosely put the rings back on for protection of the lid. Just don't crank them down and risk breaking the lid's seal.

 

[jjp8182]

chanellocks work good

Glad to seem I'm not the only one who uses one, yet to find a lid small or large that won't come off when using the chanellocks

 

[txdon]

In case anyone ask, Yes you can turn the lid with you hand hard enough to break the top of the bottle off and have to get stitches in your hand at the urgent care.

(That was before I got the under the counter lid remover.)

 

[the old grind]

In case anyone asks, Yes you can turn the lid with you hand hard enough to break the top of the bottle off and have to get stitches in your hand at the urgent care. .. (That was before I got the under the counter lid remover.)

So true. .. and ..

... Because I'm not Reg Park either.

(suede leather welding/fireplace gloves up to my 'chicken-guts'-elbows .. )