Made a rookie mistake. I was so excited to see & purchase 1/2 gallon jars. Only as I was cutting up potatoes & carrots to can after work today, that I realize the presto will not fit them. Some day I will be able to get a big girl cannier..Also I did not know I would need engineer degree to put straps on my long barrels OR put one together from the box. Never had a new gun before from box. 😳 What if I put barrel on wrong! I may have to reach out.
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My husband came home with the half gallons all excited the other day, they dont fit in my canner either, lol... Which is probably why they were on the shelf still, oh well, ill probably try doing some fermenting in them this year...
I am going to try to fill mine with saltine crackers & a oxy pill. Just to use them. I can use them for pickled eggs too, however I have never eaten a pickled egg. So how do I know if I like? 😜
We use the half gallon jars to store bulk sugar, salt, etc. - it makes more a much more uniform container on the shelves, and isn't an absorbent material like the paper bags or cardboard boxes they come in.