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)
I am currently putting up applesauce and hope to be canning some blackberry chipotle sauce for use on bbq meats. I also need to can some beef to open up room in the freezers and of course corn and perhaps beets if I can find them fall. We also can chicken stock after the fall chickens are butchered and I might do pork stock as well, since I have an abundance of pork bones building up in my freezers.
Plum jam!
I would like to put up some home grown applesauce this fall, although I am still working my way through the tomatoes in my garden right now.
I am dying to make and jar some pumpkin butter with maple syrup.
so many! definitely want to make some sauces--cranberry, end of summer salsas and tomato sauce to whip out in february when it's freezing and i can't believe i ever complained about summer heat :) most definitely going to pickle some veggies, i'm thinkin beets, radish, daikon, onions, carrots, the usual. would be oh so nice to use these great lids!
I have already canned green beans, corn, tomato sauce, tomato juice, tomatoes, chili sauce, spaghetti sauce. I intend to give as Christmas gifts to my 4 children and our 8 granchildren and their families. My okra is just starting and the second round of green beans and more tomatoes. I have never tried the "tattler" but would love to try them as the cost for lids is getting horrific and I love to can!
We've canned peaches, blueberries, strawberry, raspberry and grape jam, pepper relish and four bushels of tomatoes in one form or another but still hope to do more pepper relish and applesauce!!
Tattler lids look amazing.
I like to can spaghetti sauce and homegrown corn on the cob!
I am hoping to try my hand at Apple Butter this year. Want to duplicate my Mom's recipe. I've been meaning to try these lids so winning would be great!
Homemade applesauce and canned peaches were our favorites from last year. I need to can more peaches this year, we ran out too fast!
Just heading out to forage elderberries, so I hope to make some elderberry jam/jelly this fall!
Applesauce, more jam, and tomatoes! We still haven't seen many tomatoes up here in Washington and I'm waiting desperately for them!
This fall I will be making applesauce and try pumpkin butter. My daughter is diabetic so making extra things that she can enjoy makes me happy. Thanks for the opportunity.
I would be canning applebutter and beans. Oh and some tomatoes. Right now I am canning meats...Thank you for this opportunity..
Pickly things! Pickled okra, pickled beets, pickled green beans, various pickled cucumber. Oh, and salsa!
I am trying all kind of new things this year, the garden has been killed by bug, heat and drought so what ever I find at the farmers market get put into jars :) lots of pickled stuff so far.
Peaches for sure. And some pickled peppers.
I need to can more PICKLES.
Pears. My boys love them!
Jams, Jellies, Tomatoes, Meats and Stew so far. I am so excited to learn canning!
I plan on canning beans, rose hip jelly and applesauce. :)
Salsa!! I have already put up the most amazing sweet cherry plum jam and I am moving on to pickles tomorrow.
Hoping to put up some corn relish and dilly beans with the harvest in the garden. One of my favorite times of the year!
I am canning EVERYTHING I can get my hands on. Right now I have 50 lbs of red potatoes and 2 5 gal buckets of granny smith apples to can.
Cranberry apple jam! Its wonderful in the fall.