On 01/10/2010 16:48, Kathy McIntosh wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
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I always have a problem opening Klner jars, the type with a glass lid.
Releasing the vacuum can be a PITA, the problem is one can easily chip
the lid or bottle rim. Has anyone found an easy fool proof way of
opening them?

I passed a charity shop the other day that had a box of a dozen Kilner
jars for sale. They were of the older type, with metal screw sections.
They were extremely rusty, and I wouldn't have wanted to put anything
remotely edible in them.

They wanted £50 for them!

The annoying thing is that I inherited a lot from my mother, however
they stopped making the lids, so I threw them away. Now they have
stopped making the glass topped ones and have reverted to the old style,
so now obtaining spares for mine is virtually impossible.

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