Preserves

[warpig1]

I have a cook book that has some nice recipies for chutneys and other 'preserves' like baby tomatoes with feta in olive oil etc. But in all the pictures they have them in the jars that seal at the top with a clip and a rubber seal that hangs out slightly (sorry dont know what they are called). Do I have to use those type of jars or will ordinary screw top ones do.

Also does anyone know where I can buy these screw top jars. Its just if I can use them I was thinking of making up batchs of various chutneys and preserves and giving them to people as gifts, obviously having tried them out on my partner first!!!!


Thanks
warpig1

[warpig1]

Excellent Zacmaster, just what I was looking for.

[sophieb]

You can get the ones with the clips in Tesco! Small and medium-�1.47 and �1.97 last time i looked!

[drchasuble]

Only the screwtop jars are called Kilner jars.
The clip top ones are made by a French company called Le Parfait.

[Lore]

Ikea sell the clip top jars too :)

[warpig1]

thanks lore, sadly no Ikea over here at the moment and I suspect they would be the most reasonable place to buy them, but am moving to Scotland soon and my first port of call will be Ikea (for various items) so hopefully I can pick them up then.

[drchasuble]

This might help. Pretty reasonable delivery charges too.
http://www.justpreserving.co.uk/index.php?cPat h=174&id=326b61da441d0ed42463f31dbca5a935

[warpig1]

Good afternoon drchasuble, hope you are well, thanks for the link, the prices are definately more reasonable than any I have checked out on the net. am going to check out some of the local hardware stores in my area, sometimes they have these things and no one buys them and they are at a knock down price, well thats what I am hoping anyway!

[drchasuble]

I grew up on a farm and we were always making jam and chutneys. I loved going down to the cellar to see all the jars. Mum did the eggs in red wine vinegar though so they looked a bit gruesome!
Good luck with the picklin' and preservin'.

[warpig1]

drchasuble, did she use preserving jar or just ordinary jars like jam jars, honey pots etc?

[drchasuble]

She used normal jam jars for jam and chutney but for pat�s, bottled veg, preserved meat and that sort of stuff she used the Le Parfait jars.
She found that the metal screw top bit of Kilner lids tend to rust and be a bit of a sod to remove. And we couldn't get hold of them anyway.

[warpig1]

Thanks, will have a look around and see what is reasonably to buy, as I will be giving these away as gifts, if successful, might go for the jam jars initially as the family won't have them long enough to rust, - hopefully!!!

[antiguru]

Using a wax paper disc mitigates the effect of the rusting. If you can't get hold of them (I think Lakeland do them), good old fashioned greaseproof paper works well to.

Happy pickling.

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/

[jennyp]

If you have a shop called the Range, you can buy them there. You can use normal screw top jars, as long as you sterilise them properly. Don't use metal screw tops with chutneys and pickles, unless they have already had them in.
Funnily enough I want to have a go at chutneys and pickles this year, as I find that bought ones are usually too sour for me, so hopefully I will be able to rectify this.

[Aggi]

I'd love the recipe for baby tomatoes with feta in olive oil please - if you have the time. Sounds delicious!!

[warpig1]

Aggi, will post it next week as am off on holiday for a few days.

[pdsheadley]

At www.kilnerjarsuk.co.uk they now have new small screw top jars made by Leifheit in Germany. They are like the old Kilner Dual Purpose jars but prettier.