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Re: bottling v. canning

On Mon 10 Aug, Allan Day wrote:
> On Mon 10 Aug, M. Mathena wrote:
> 
> > Allan,
> >  What is the difference between bottling and canning? Why is the cost 
> > of canning so high?
> > Monica
> > 
> > 
> Is it the language problem? When we talk about bottling that's in glass
> jars, canning is in tinned metal containers which have to be bougnt and
> after sterilisatiom sealed with a special tool/machine. This never
> caught on in this country. A further problem is that any that do not
> sterilise or seal properly will 'blow', whereas with bottling you can
> test for this, you can see the contents and use up any rejects before
> they go bad. During and after the war we used to bottle in jamjars using
> 'Snap' enclosures (proprietary) with spring clips or another make
> Porosan which you pressed down to complete the seal. We don't see those
> around these days, but special Kilner jars can still be purchased.
> 
> How about putting some of this on veggie-list, it might interest
> somebody and it's awful quiet at present.
> Allan (& Pam)
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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