How to re-use canning lids

How to reuse canning lids

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Pies are just the start, use canning lids like mini-pie tins for
chicken pot pie, quiche and other treats.

Get rid of the lid! For a canning jar that's given service, you
can make mason jars more useful with the ReCAP POUR,
pictured left in yellow. Multi-functional, it can help you get
the party started after canning season to help you shake,
pour and store. Toss the rusty lids and use it for shaking
things up in your bar. For your morning brew you can use it
to dispense the coffee beans into the grinder. For your kids
you can offer it as a sippy cup. It's BPA-free, FDA approved
food-safe and rust free. What's more, it's spill proof, freezer
proof and dishwasher safe.

Mason jar sewing kit with pin cushion. The sewing kit,
pictured left would make a sweet teacher's gift. Idea from
ItAllStartedWithPaint.com, click the image to get to the
tutorial.

Mason Jar Matchbox. Guaranteed to strike attention, the
mason jar matchbox idea is ultra clever and good emergency
preparedness as well it makes a thoughtful gift. Cut and
glue sandpaper to the lid for a strike anywhere appeal and
decorate the gift card label with a match -- this idea also
from ItAllStartedWithPaint.com:

How to re-use canning rings:

Christmas or decorative wreath. Start collecting the
rings on a heavy string and soon you will have enough for
a large wreath. When you've collected enough, you can
spray paint them green, or if you prefer to have a patina,
allow them to rust naturally. Left, FunkyJunkInteriors.com
displays a wreath made from an old collection of canning
rings.

Canning ring jack-o-lantern. Another way to use an
entire collection of canning rings is to craft a c anning ring
jack-o-lantern.

Canning ring bird cages and other holiday ornaments.
Pictured top right

Canning ring picture frames. Paint the rings in bright and
happy colors and use canning rings as mini frames to
display family pictures or memories. Have a picture
representing one year of your child's life as a birthday
decoration, or use the annual Christmas photo to see how
your family progresses through the years.

Canning ring egg circles. Make perfectly shaped fried eggs
(or over easy) with canning rings. Oil the canning ring,
crack an egg inside and fry up your egg in a perfectly round
shape for breakfast muffin sandwiches.

Bonus uses: Make dollar-sized pancakes or omelets.

How to re-use canning lids, rings and or jars:

Redneck drinking cups. Drill a hole into the center of the
canning lid wide enough to insert a straw. Together with a
straw and the other mason jar parts, now you have a "go
cup" for your favorite beverage. It's a fun idea for sun tea
or lemonade at your casual gathering or to take with you
to work.

Hanging candle jars. Add ambiance to your backyard
gathering with mason jar hanging lanterns. This idea
comes from TheLanternCompany of Eugene, Oregon found
on ETSY.com

Trinket containers. Jars that have given good service for
your canned foods may still find a myriad of uses to store
such things as nails, nuts and bolts; ear swabs or cotton
balls; thumbtacks, paper clips and rubber bands, and all
sorts of other odds and ends.

Gift candles. Give new life to old candles with this
"wicked" design idea: layer the different wax colors into
mason jars, taking time to allow each layer to dry. There's
no need to use a new canning jar and rings for this
project. Recycle and reinvent a candle appropriate for
teachers, friends and neighbors!

Mason jar mini pies. Canning lids and the rings are like
mini tart cups. It's pure genius! Try the Mini Cream Pies
recipe from createdbydiane, also see her recipes for mini
quiches, and mini chicken pot pies. These are perfect sized
treats for brunches.

Coasters. One of the most simple ways to re-use a canning
lid is as a coaster for your beverages. If you're lucky enough
to have some vintage zinc lids, you can add a bit of cork
inside to turn them into a pretty coaster as pictured right
with a classic glass bottle of Coca Cola.

Mason jar lid candles. Allsortsofpretty.com shows you how
to re-purpose canning lids to make mason jar lid candles
(hint: these are vintage zinc lids):

Shingles for small structure. If you have amassed a large
collection of canning lids, consider using the material as shingles
for a chicken coup or as a decorative element layered and
hammered together. Steel is a good siding material and you can
test to see if your lids are steel by testing them with a magnet.
If the magnet sticks, it's steel. (Steel is ferromagnetic because it
contains iron). Most ferrous metals are magnetic, but aluminum is
not.

Powder sugar shaker. Punch holes in the lid and re-affix to
the canning jar to make a powder sugar sifter to dust your
baked goods. Bonus uses for this idea include using it to
sprinkle:

Parmesan cheese or red peppers for your Italian food;
cinnamon and sugar for toast or
spices rub mixes for your meats.

Mason jar frog lids. To make flower arranging look more
"arranged" you need a frog lid for your mason jar. Pictured
immediate right, you can do it yourself and fresheggsdaily.
com shows you how. If you keep chickens, surely you have
the materials you need -- chicken wire!

How to re-use canning lids
Giving new life to old canning rings

Re-use canning lids, the correct way!
Thinking of re-using canning lids? Among the cardinal rules of
canning: don't re-use the lids and rings! Corrosion is the main risk
of re-using canning lids, as the rings rust easily and also get
bent, ruining the integrity of the unit for its intended purpose to
safely seal your food. Another reason not to re-use canning lids is
because when you use a lid on a jar for canning it forever leaves
an imprint and just won't seal adequately the next time.

There's a right way to re-use canning lids. In this article you'll
learn some surprising uses for your old canning lids.

All about reusing canning lids
Misguided preppers say it's just fine to re-use the lids if you're
very careful to inspect the lids, care for them and such. We say
no! The manufacturer clearly says, "Lids are for one time use
only" because their lawyers make them say it and for good
reason. Either they are wrong or the misguided preppers are dead
wrong! It's your choice if you want to risk death. Why bother
when you can get 8 dozen canning lids (96 lids total) for around
$21. You can also get six dozen Ball wide mouth mason jar
canning lids(72 lids total) for about the same price. Aren't you
worth $21?

Should you re-use canning lids? Plenty of people have done
it, and lived to tell about it, but that doesn't mean it's a
good idea. For risk of botulism, it's just not safe to use a
canning lid more than once. The one exception to the rule is
Tattler reusable canning lids by Stieg, pictured left. Since
1976 they've supplied FDA-approved materials, which are
dishwasher safe, BPA-free and will last indefinitely. They are
reusable for water bath or pressure canning with no food
spoilage from acid corrosion. They just take some
adjustment.

How to reuse other canning lids, then? While you shouldn't
re-use metal canning lids for the purpose of home canning
your foods, preppers have many other useful ideas so that
these lids don't go to waste. The prepping motto, borrowed
from the Great Depression, is to "wear it up, use it up, make
do, or do without." Today's modern equivalent is re-use, re-
cycle, and re-invent. We hope you will find many more uses
for canning lids.

Give new life to canning lids with these ideas...

How to Re-Use Canning Lids
There are many clever ways to re-use canning lids. The list below
is just the start. You will likely come up with many more ideas for
using an old canning lid, canning ring or the entire canning jar.

How to re-use canning lids:

Plant markers (seed labels). Probably the best idea for how
to reuse canning lids is to reuse them as markers for your
seedlings. You can use a Sharpie marker or get fancy with
colorful stamps. You can also cut out the seed packet into a
circle and affix it with Modge Podge to relay the image on
the canning lid. The idea below comes from
Creativegreenliving.com:

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