On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:12:09 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> George Shirley > wrote:
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> George Shirley > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Red compound or gooey grey compound?
>>> Gooey grey, I don't think I'll buy anymore.
>>
>>
>> They quit using the gooey grey compound a few years ago. Compound is
>> red now.
>We seldom see Kerr anything around here, most of it is either Ball or
>Golden Harvest.

We have all three around here. The local grocery has both Ball &
Kerr. Kerr are more expensive.