Show I GLASS JARS FOR VICTORY CANNING ns fr k y R Photo Courtesy Ball Ban Bros Co Plan to can every extra vegetable from your Victory garden and donti don'ts worry if it your dealer hasn't jars with the kinds of caps you have been accustomed to using Gladys Kimbrough Home Service Director of Ball B Brothers Company tells us that very few of the time all favorite zinc caps are n left on the home front because LI zinc is needed on the battle front but smooth even top edges can be sealed with glass top seal or two- two piece metal vacuum seal closures Glass top seals s Is' Is consist of glass lid rubber ring and metal screw band The rubber is placed around the pro pro- projection projection on the bottom of the lid then lid with rubber is placed so that the rubber rests on top of the jar The bands are screwed down tight then loosened slightly before the jars are put into a canner for processing and screwed wed tight immediately after the jars are arc removed from the can can- ner nero After the jars have stood twelve or fifteen hours the bands are re re- removed removed re- re removed moved and used to seal more jars with glass lids and rubbers thus making a little metal go a long way I That's one reason Government officials officials smile upon home canners who use glass top seals Another good top seal for Mason jars is the two-piece two metal cap called vacuum seal The lid is slightly sli dome shaped lined with white enamel and has a rubber seal seal- sealing sealing sealing ing compound around the outer edge to take the place of a regular jar jarring ring dont don't don't dont let anybody fool you you you- all sealing compounds contain rubber rub rub- rubber ber If one is using old fashioned open kettle never use this method for canning vegetables the lids are boiled a few minutes to sterilize but need only to be dropped into boiling water and kept hot if it the jars of food are arc to be placed in a canner for processing After the lidis lid lidis lidis is placed on the jar the metal band bandIs bands Is s screwed tight once for all Re- Re tightening the band after the jars are taken out of the canner is likely to prevent sealing The bands are removed from the jars twelve or fifteen fifteen teen hours after the canning is done and used us d to seal more lids on other jars Jars scaled sealed with two-piece two metal caps are suitable for all types of of canning c ing except oven oven oven-a a tightly sealed jar is likely to break when subjected to the dry heat of an oven Bands for glass top seal and vac vac-i vacuum seal caps are not interchange interchange- interchangeable able because a deeper band is need need- needed needed ed for the glass lass lids but the two have one thing in common Neither is rust rustproof That's because of the zinc snort shortage ge but a quick wiping after each use with a cloth mois mois- moistened moistened moistened with paraffin will prevent se se- serious serious se- se serious rious rusting It will save time and trouble toot too if a cloth is prepared ahead of time and kept in one of those glass jars that cant can't be used for home Then when the cloth is needed set the jar in a pan of warm water until the paraffin softens The lightning jar so called be be- because because because cause it is quickest to seal requires very little metal and not too much rubber for sealing Several manu manu-l make this type jar It seals seal's with a glass lid and rubber held in place with wire bails The wires used on one nationally known mown brand are of treated heat-treated ten nigh hl sion stretch proof spring steel This is the ideal jar for lor home canning any year because it is so easy to seal The rubber is placed on the thel sealing scaling surface or shoulder the lid lids comes next then the upper bail wire is pushed up until it rests in the groove in the top of the lid Pay no nOI attention to the lower wire it takes care of itself until after the jars are removed from the canner then canner then it is pushed down against the th side of the thear thear Jar sealing ar and that's all there is to sealing It when When buying jars choose pints for peas corn and shelled beans beans and and quarts for all other vegetables Half Half- pint sizes arent aren't being made and half gallons are arc unsuitable for can can- canning canning canning ning vegetables because it takes too long for heat to reach the center of the jar jar 1 p l I i 7 u |