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)
Apples, peaches, relish, jam, jelly, chutney, salsa, and anything else I can!
I will be canning lots of meats and jams!!
The butternut squash chutney from Homemade Living: Canning and Preserving. I made it a couple of years ago and it's great! A spoonful makes rice and lentils a meal.
Lord, whatever I can; I've already put up blueberry jam, peach cherry jam, pickles galore, and tomatoes. I have never heard of this company. Glad to hear about it!
I plan to make lots of homemade apple sauce with BC apples! (Just moved here) I also love making various lentil and homemade stews.
Applesauce is the best thing to preserve for my family.
I'm planning to make fig jam for Christmas giving and would love it to be BPA free.
We have always canned tomatoes! Dozens of jars. Plumb tomatoes are the best .
I am experimenting with green tomatoes this fall. I just saw these lids the other day and was so excited at the possibility of reusable and BPA free.
We made blueberry jam and pickles so far :) I want to try peaches and applesauce too!
I would love to try these lids for quite awhile. I've canned bean soup, sweet pickles, bread and butter pickles, tomato jam, venison, smothered chicken, figs and fig jam, strawberry jam, potatoes, and all sorts of other yummy stuff. We are headed out to a homestead from the city and looking forward to canning more extensively.
I dream of wonderful batches of homemade soup made from locally grown veggies canned up into re-usable jars with economical Tattler lids... Oh, for convenince again!
I dream of no-waste single servings for this lonely farmer!
Pressure canner, and Tattler lids, how I long for you... like a love-sick woman in a cheesy romance novel!
I want to make nectarine jam!
I 'm putting a lid on apple butter this fall.
Apple jelly.
jam, applesauce, yogurt, want to try some fruit butters! Yumm!!!
I am canning apple sauce, blueberries, pickles and pickled tomatoes! My canning grows each year as I grow more veggies and fruits in my small yard and visit u-picks.
right now i am in the throes of tomatoes and peppers. i'd use the lids for sauces, soups, pickles, etc.
Tomatoes! More apple pie filling- last year's was amazing!! Spicy pickled carrots, we love 'em!
Tomatoes, salsa and raspberry cranberry jam for the holidays. I have already canned bing cherries, apricot jam, peaches and blackberry jam.
I've been looking at the Tattler lids, but haven't been able to justify them yet! I'm glad to hear you've had a positive experience.
My favorite fall canning project is apples! I always make apple butter; most years I can spiced apples, too. It makes my husband (and my mom, who always gets some) very happy. Love the apple butter with homemade bread.
I plan on canning as many tomatoes as I can get my hands on!
Apple Butter!!
These sound awesome! I'm eager to can some applebutter, sweet potato butter, and some tomatoes to use all year!
I plan on canning apple pie filling! Great to have in the pantry & to give as a gift.