Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
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>> In late 2006 I used a couple of 12-packs of Kerr lids when I was
>> pressure canning green beans. Opened the last jar yesterday and noticed
>> that the lid was hard to get off with the church key and, when removed,
>> had left a lot of sealant on the jar. Remembered that happening with
>> most of the Kerr lids used on the green beans. From this I am going to
>> postulate that the sealant was not the usual sealant on jar lids as I
>> have never had that happen before. The jars were all sealed but just had
>> the problem of the sealant sticking to the jar when opened. Any opinions
>> or ideas?
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> Red compound or gooey grey compound?
Gooey grey, I don't think I'll buy anymore.