Free Reusable Storage Canning Lids that Fit Ball and Kerr Jars
Once a jar of homemade jelly or jam is opened, reusing the same metal lid and ring that was used to can it can be difficult and messy. When my neighbor first starting teaching me to can a couple of summers ago, she asked if I had any storage caps or lids, and when I told her “no” she mentioned where I could buy the reusable lids at the best price locally, along with some of the other canning stuff I may need on a regular basis. Ball and Kerr each make their own brands of reusable storage lids for mason jars, which range in price from $4 to $6 for a box of 8.
Shortly after that conversation, I noticed that the peanut butter I buy every other week, from Trader Joe’s, has a plastic lid that fits perfectly on a Ball or Kerr regular mouth jar. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the other small jars of peanut butter on the market also fit, but I have yet to buy any to see.
Now, every time we use up a jar of peanut butter (and with kids in the house, that is pretty often) I save another a storage jar lid. I like that we recycle something that would have been otherwise discarded, use it over and over, and save money at the same time. These plastic lids can’t be used for the actual canning process, like the tattle lids can, but they are easy to throw in the dishwasher and reuse. The lids also work well for covering empty glass mason jars during the off season when they are in storage waiting for canning season to start back up. Keeping a lid on an empty jar keeps them from accidentally getting chipped and makes it a little easier to stack.
Do you happen to know of any other brands of products that the lids can be recycled for storage of homemade jam or jelly?
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The new 30 oz mayo jars work also.
Thanks For the quick tip about the mayo jars working, too!
I too noticed the plastic lids from peanut butter jars fit the canning jars, but I needed metal ones since I use 1/2 pint jars when I make yogurt. Although the yogurt incubation doesn’t really get too hot, I just felt better that the lids were not plastic during that process. Anyway I found that “Safeway Select” jar lids fit my regular-mouth canning jars. I think Safeway Select is a pasta product (My SIL saves these lids for me) Also the lid for Braum’s Hot fudge jars (ahem…) fit them perfectly. (visiting from Sunny Simple Sundays)
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What a great idea! I took a series of canning classes at a local farm and that topic never came up. I will be canning a lot fruit this year from my orchard and this will come in handy. Thanks!
Hey I found a stupice tomato at a local nursery yesterday. Yeah!