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zipporah

wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
>
> I'm new to bottling, but it might solve one of lifes problems, so I'm
> interested to try it. I really dont want to go out and buy a load of
> the proper jars until I've tried it once to see if it is the solution.
> Yes I've read the FAQ. Hence my probably predictable question: if I use
> jam jars, sauce jars, etc for just the first run, what sort of failure
> rate could I expect? A fair rate of failures to seal could be accepted
> for the one test run.
>
> Failure to seal is easy to spot on these jars, and I wouldnt let anyone
> else have access to the jars, so I dont expect a safety problem.
>
> Or is this a bad bad move?
>
> thank you,
>
>
> NT
>

My mom's been doing this my entire life (and though I rarely preserve
anything, I do it now too). We just use good sterilization procedures
and, as you already know, expect that now and again, one of them isn't
going to seal. We typically reuse jars from spaghetti sauce, pickles,
etc so long as the jar and lid are both in very good condition.