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Other than filling with plaster and taking a cast of your bits, what use do you suggest for large glass jars? (lemmy.fwgx.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Seems like a shame to throw away and must have a use.

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[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The hot water is to kill bacteria, of course you remove the water before you put the jam in. I have apple jam from 2022 canned using this method and it still holds, no mold and good taste.

I'm wodnering what seems so odd in this procedure because that's how I've been taught to do it