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?

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?
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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.

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.
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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.

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.

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > 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.

Can't remember -- does Jarden make GH, too? I never see those here
except for an occasional case of pints at Walmart.

I use Kerr exclusively because of price and the amount of available real
estate for a label, though I think the GH is less expensive than Ball,
too.
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In article >,
The Cook > wrote:

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

> >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.

ROTFLMAOPMPSTC!!! (See my reply to Jorge in the thread.)

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> The Cook > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:12:09 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> ROTFLMAOPMPSTC!!! (See my reply to Jorge in the thread.)
>


'STC?

Bob (Just drove in from Houston, and boy, are my arms tired!)


P.S. I still have a box or two of the "gray goo" Kerr lids, and I hate
them. Recently purchased Kerr lids have red sealant, just like Ball and GH.

P.P.S. I know the joke is supposed to be "flew in", but the power
steering went out on our LandYacht about 1000 miles ago. It's quite a
workout steering without it.

zxcvbob wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> The Cook > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:12:09 -0500, George Shirley
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> ROTFLMAOPMPSTC!!! (See my reply to Jorge in the thread.)
>>
>
>
> 'STC?
>
> Bob (Just drove in from Houston, and boy, are my arms tired!)
>
>
> P.S. I still have a box or two of the "gray goo" Kerr lids, and I hate
> them. Recently purchased Kerr lids have red sealant, just like Ball and
> GH.
>
> P.P.S. I know the joke is supposed to be "flew in", but the power
> steering went out on our LandYacht about 1000 miles ago. It's quite a
> workout steering without it.
Dang Bob, you could have come by the house. I have horse liniment that
would work on those arms.

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > ROTFLMAOPMPSTC!!! (See my reply to Jorge in the thread.)
>
> 'STC?

Scaring The Cat. '-)
>
> Bob (Just drove in from Houston, and boy, are my arms tired!)

A tearful good-bye, was it? Now it's just you and the missus. Enjoy!

> P.P.S. I know the joke is supposed to be "flew in", but the power
> steering went out on our LandYacht about 1000 miles ago. It's quite a
> workout steering without it.

I've forgotten what that's like.
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