Pictured is stewed tomato, salsa, spaghet sauce, tomato juice, marinara, ketchup, pickles, cranberries, gooseberry jam and ancient peaches from years gone. All sourced from a pretty modest sized garden. Not shown is sauerkraut and frozen corn

  • plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The rings aren’t needed once the jar is sealed. Removing it can make it easier to tell when a seal has broken and the contents may not longer be safe.

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      11 months ago

      I can understand that. The loss of the ring to use as a pry bar to pop the top off baffles me, lol. I wouldn’t know how to open it without the ring!

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        11 months ago

        I mean the rings still exist, just not on each individual jar. Usually you can get an edge on the lid and pry it up to break the seal, once the seal is broken you add the ring back until you finish the jar.

        • Milksteaks [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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          11 months ago

          Yeah thanks for answering I actually have a bunch of ringer lid combos I use after I open them too. Also the lids are pretty easy to pop open with a key or the special thing on the can opener made for opening sealed lids