blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoOther than filling with plaster and taking a cast of your bits, what use do you suggest for large glass jars?lemmy.fwgx.ukimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1imageOther than filling with plaster and taking a cast of your bits, what use do you suggest for large glass jars?lemmy.fwgx.ukblackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI assumed the hot water was to temper/test the glass so it doesn’t shatter when you pour in the hot jam
minus-squareDevdogg@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYou have to boil it after the jam is in there, at least that’s what my mother used to do.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI think the boiling water would also be to help sanitize the container, but yeah, I’ve always boiled the container with the lid on but loose after putting the contents in and closing while hot to get the container sealed.
minus-squareoldfart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoOh, I see where the confusion comes from. Well, that’s another way to do it I guess.
I assumed the hot water was to temper/test the glass so it doesn’t shatter when you pour in the hot jam
You have to boil it after the jam is in there, at least that’s what my mother used to do.
I think the boiling water would also be to help sanitize the container, but yeah, I’ve always boiled the container with the lid on but loose after putting the contents in and closing while hot to get the container sealed.
Oh, I see where the confusion comes from. Well, that’s another way to do it I guess.