Tattler BPA-free canning lids giveaway
This is the season of giveaways here at HGGH. Don’t forget to enter to win Ashley English’s Pie book (before Aug 27!).
After hearing great reviews from friends and fellow bloggers, I’m excited to work with Tattler and share these lids with you. I received two packages of lids earlier this year, one wide-mouth and one regular-mouth, and have been using them for the past few months with much success.
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The method for using these lids is just about the same as using the other one piece lids, with a few slight changes due to the non-metallic nature of them (i.e. no lid lifters!)
I found that wearing my handy gloves and using tongs solved the issues. Gloves are definitely not required, but you’ll need to fit the rubber ring onto the grooves of the white lid before placing it on the jar and you simmer the lid and rubber ring, as you do with regular lids, prior to sealing so they might be warm upon fishing them out of the water.
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It’s also a good idea to stick the rubber rings sandwiched between each of the lids for ease in fishing them out, otherwise you end up with a clump of rings stuck together on the bottom of the pot.
The only other major difference between these lids and regular metal lids is that you need to tighten the metal bands after the jars come out of the waterbath or pressure canner to ensure a seal.
Exchanging pings for a BPA-free canned good is a good trade off in my book.
For more information on BPA in canning, Linda Ziedrich wrote on her blog a fine post detailing the issues at hand with and how to avoid BPA-tainting your home canned goods. Read up on minimizing your exposure in general and some things to avoid when using regular canning lids.
Ordering directly from Tattler means you’ll likely end up with way more lids than you had in mind. Many retailers are starting to carry them, but consider pulling together a group order if you can’t find them near you. Splitting a case with 10 people is a great way to save money and spread the BPA-free love.
Since I’m sending them to you myself, I have to restrict to US & Canada only. Sorry international loves. Please enter by September 6, midnight CST by leaving a comment below telling me about what foods in jars you hope to put a lid on this fall.
Kate
Thanks everyone for your patience. Out of 265 eligible entries, Random.org selected lucky number 169!
Congrats to Deb N of Daytona Beach, FL, the proud new owner of two packages of Tattler reuseable canning lids.
Reader Comments (266)
Applesauce!! One reason I love canning in the fall is for homemade applesauce.
All kinds of applesauce from Eastern Washington apples! Yum.
I pick lots of wild berries whereever I happen to be living that year, both as a food source and as a souvenier. I'm a ranger with the National Park Service, so I move around a bit, but I always the wild berries with me.
This year, I'm also hoping to can some peach salsa and bread and butter pickles!
I've never tried the reusable lids and I would love to experiment with them!
apples, and probably eggplant (but likely not in the same jars) Also, can't wait to make citrus marmalade when it's citrus season.
Tomatoes! My wife gifted me a canning kit for Christmas this year. Earlier this summer I made a bunch of super-delicious strawberry jam. At the end of this month we're moving into a new apartment which for some unexplained (but wonderful) reason has a brand-new fancy Viking stove. I can't wait to pop my tomato-canning cherry on that baby as opposed to the stupid smooth-top stove we have now.
I want to put up corn , green beans and squash and would love these lids. Thanks so much
Hoping to can some salsa and or tomato sauce. Excited about the giveaway!
I'd really love to put up some of my sauerkraut with these lids. I keep a load of it in the fridge, but space concerns means I need to can some, too.
Pickles and tomatos.
I plan on getting discount bushels of imperfect tomatoes from the farmer's market to can - mostly whole or halved.
Tomatoes! I am looking at a bumper crop this year. It's very exciting, but it also means I'll be canning a lot of 'maters, and unfortunately their acidity helps to draws out the PBA found in traditional canning lids. I would love to can my tomatoes knowing they will be safe and toxic-free for my family.
Re-useable lids! So awesome! I would love to try these! We are canning in this house all the time, and we seem to just power through lids. Thanks for the opportunity.
I'm hoping to get to apple caramel jam and pears in Lady Grey tea syrup this Fall.
I've only ever canned jam...so that's what I'd use them for, unless I get a little braver ;)
I've never canned salsa before (usually gets eaten pretty quickly around here), but a friend has been buying seconds tomatoes and has shelves of salsa for the upcoming months. I'm inspired!
Hmm so many things but my main goal is a delicious batch (or two!) of apple butter! Yum!
These look amazing--I would love to make my canning BPA-free! I'm looking forward to canning lots of apple and pear sauce this fall, and I'd like to try pumpkin butter for the first time, too.
All I have left to can this fall is some applesauce....and maybe a few more tomatoes.
I just picked up the Pickled Pantry book, and am super excited to get some kimchi love going on in my kitchen this fall!
Applesauce! I've already made quite a bit of jam this year, but For some reason I'm really looking forward to making applesauce.
Hooray for canning! I've been excited to try these lids for a while now--thanks for the giveaway opportunity! And I'm definitely excited about canning a boatload of tomato sauce, even though it's so standard. MAybe I'll expand and do some fancy spiced fig jam or something too!
I can't wait to start canning tomatoes!
I made some pear-pineapple marmalade last year that I loved, and I hope to make another batch. I am also canning pickles and jalapenos from my garden.
Quince! I made some horrible quince preserves last year and need to give that fruit a second chance.
I love to use cranberries in the fall. I'll be making a cranberry apple jam that I made last year for the first time...so delicious and also cranberry sauce.