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Okie Farm Girl
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Mary Beth
McLoud Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - May 01 2012 :  06:11:07 AM  Show Profile
Anybody used the Tattler lids? I had never heard of them and a friend introduced me to them. I finally got to try some out last night with a run of strawberry jam. You can use them over and over! Is that wild or what? Anyway, I put pictures up at the blog to show how to use them. If you have used them, do you like them?

Mary Beth

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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl

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Angie
Buckley WA
USA
1547 Posts

Posted - May 01 2012 :  09:35:23 AM  Show Profile
Just did a huge run of chicken with them last week. So far so good. Follow the directions for use! I had apparently had one jar to tight in the canner and when I went to tighten it down after taking it out... boiling chicken broth spewed everywhere! I was SO lucky I had a towel wrapped around the jar or I would have gotten burned for sure.

My friend who also uses them told me a little trick that works great. Put the lid and ring on. Tighten down. Mark a line with a sharpie on the ring and lid. THen back off at least 1/4" or so (I might go even a little more from now on). Then when you take the hot jars out of the canner, twist the ring back to a little beyond the mark you made.

By doing this, I only had 2 jars not seal out of over 40 total. And this was with chicken which can sometimes be a little greasy.

I am very excited to have them and be able to reuse to save that cost. Of course, I will still do a couple of jars with regular lids to give away, as I always seem to do. But no Tattler lids leave the house!

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pinokeeo
True Blue Farmgirl

559 Posts

Phyllis
Oregon
USA
559 Posts

Posted - May 01 2012 :  09:52:40 AM  Show Profile
I just bought a box of these. Haven't even tried them yet, but now I'm excited to get going with them. I want to try vacuum sealing dry goods with them. I'll post when I do, to let you all know how it works.

Angie, thanks for the tip for sealing with the rings. I'll keep that in mind.

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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl

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Lisa
Georgetown OH
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Posted - May 01 2012 :  10:22:09 AM  Show Profile
Jackie Clay approves them & anything she approves, I trust.
I used them this past year for about 4 doz various canned items, & all sealed & stayed sealed.
So far, so good.
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl

978 Posts

Lora
Alexandria IN
USA
978 Posts

Posted - May 01 2012 :  10:37:47 AM  Show Profile
I can't wait to try some. What a money saver!

Lora

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Okie Farm Girl
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Mary Beth
McLoud Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts

Posted - May 01 2012 :  10:43:31 AM  Show Profile
Angie, thanks for the tip! And I hadn't thought of using them for vacuum sealing, Phyllis. Duh!! :-) Thanks for the reminder!

Mary Beth

www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
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