Coffee jars ....

[leicestershirelass]

with plastic lids - does anyone use them for preserving jam, chutney etc?

[Flummery]

No. I like to bang on the lids when the jars and contents are hot so I don't use plastic.

[leicestershirelass]

I knew there must be a reason why I was reluctant to use them ... got several boxes of them from well-meaning friends ... think I'll see if anyone on freecycle wants them before I resort to taking them to the recycling skip

unless anyone has another use for them ??????

[binley100]

How about pickled onions, beetroot etc they are not pickled hot.

[Flummery]

How about pickled onions, beetroot etc they are not pickled hot.

I do mine with hot vinegar.

[binley100]

oh okay...........

[rustylady]

No, because you can't get an airtight seal with them. That's why the coffee has a foil cap on the jar inside the lid.

[Scottishnewbie]

they are great for xmas pressies- truffles, marshmallows - that kind of stuff

[Flummery]

they are great for xmas pressies- truffles, marshmallows - that kind of stuff

Or for storing your home-harvested pea and bean seeds (assuming you are an addict and like to use lots as dried pulses!)

[Hilary B]

They might work for pickles, if likely to be used up soon. There will be a bit of 'drying out' due to the not-quite-airtight-ness, or you could put a cling-film over the jar before screwing the lid on.....

[jackyspratty]

I use the peanut butter jars for chutney. Make a lot of it. Never had a problem with a seal. As said a bit of clingfilm can help with this if you are woried. Use metal too, find the peanut butter lids can be reused and reused no problem with reacting to acididty etc.

[valmarg]

Well, I use coffee jars for pickled onions, piccalli, and various other pickles.

Pickled onions, I 'spice' my vinegar with mixed pickling spice, boil up the vinegar with the spices, allow to go cold, then strain through muslin.

Having brined the onions, pack them into the jars. Pour malt vinegar two thirds up the jars, and then top up with the spiced vinegar. For really spicy onions, add a couple of dried chillies.

The vinegar is cold when mixed into the jars.

I've had no problem with coffee jars.

Been making pickled onions and other pickles for many years with no detriment to health.

valmarg

[roitelet]

I use them for chutney etc. but put cellophane jam pot covers under the plastic lids to get a seal so the chutney does not dry out. Best thing about them is that they don't rust as ordinary lids do whn exposed to vinegar.

[leicestershirelass]

Thanks everyone for your responses.

[taff]

um...bit late but I do too, I just picked up 50 of them from a woman off freecycle, all the same size [that has appeal for an occasionally anal-retentive neat-freak like me]
I puta bit of greaseproof on top of the chutney.