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The Cook

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:15:09 -0400, wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:31:22 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt"
> wrote:
>
>>I see that Ball/Jarden has redesigned the printing on both the
>>Kerr and Ball jar lids. In past years the Ball lids used a
>>blue outline of some fruits, but it looks like the new lid is
>>just the name "Ball" The older Kerr lid had Kerr surrounded
>>by a house outline, the new lid design, like the Ball lid,
>>just has "Kerr" on it.
>>
>>IMHO it's a step backwards.
>>
>
>We haven't bought any new Bernardin lids yet this year but, I presume
>they'll have changed as well since they're all made in the same
>factory now.
>Doesn't matter to us what's on the lid anyway. We long since gave up
>marking on the lid what's in the jar. When the info is on the lid and
>with many items looking similar, once you remove and discard the lid,
>you end up playing preserve roulette.
>We now use the computer to print little Avery self stick labels on the
>side of the jar. They stick very well on hot jars just out of
>processing, come off very easily when the empty jars are washed and,
>you can read them on the side of jars on the upper shelves of the
>pantry.
>Works for us.
>
>Ross.

What I didn't mention in my previous post is that I put my labels on
the lids. Since I (and my family) are the ones using most of the
product, the labels are gone and no longer a problem. Getting them
off the side of the jars was a major pain.
--
Susan N.

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