Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 >>>>Ok, since this has all been speculation and the question gets asked a lot, I peered down the horses mouth and asked the Ball folks directly. Here is their response. ----------->thanks for taking the bull by the horns, heidi! programmers are such problem solvers! so...is " Ball " the name of a canning jar manufacturer? Suze Fisher Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 At 10:16 PM 8/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >----------->thanks for taking the bull by the horns, heidi! programmers are >such problem solvers! :-) That's us :-) >so...is " Ball " the name of a canning jar manufacturer? " Ball " is the name on the jar. They are listed nowhere under that name -- the name on the earlier email is a subsidiary of the parent company ... I don't know who does " Mason " but they are probably on a box around here somewhere. Ball jars are pretty famous: I'd guess in the 1800's it was a company. I have some really old old jars marked " Ball " , old wire-cap ones. >Suze Fisher Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 > >----------->thanks for taking the bull by the horns, heidi! programmers are > >such problem solvers! > > :-) That's us :-) > > > >so...is " Ball " the name of a canning jar manufacturer? > > " Ball " is the name on the jar. They are listed nowhere under that name -- > the name on the earlier email is a subsidiary of the parent company ... I > don't know who does " Mason " but they are probably on a box around here > somewhere. Ball jars are pretty famous: I'd guess in the 1800's it was a > company. I have some really old old jars marked " Ball " , old wire- cap ones. > > >Suze Fisher > > Heidi A few years ago Ball corp. manufactured a lot of beverage cans for Coors. I suppose they still do. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 Hello Ball is the name of the manufacturer. They were made in the little town of Muncie Indiana. They just recently went out of business or Mason may have bought them out. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: Heidi Schuppenhauer Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:17 PM Subject: RE: Canning Jars At 10:16 PM 8/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >----------->thanks for taking the bull by the horns, heidi! programmers are >such problem solvers! :-) That's us :-) >so...is " Ball " the name of a canning jar manufacturer? " Ball " is the name on the jar. They are listed nowhere under that name -- the name on the earlier email is a subsidiary of the parent company ... I don't know who does " Mason " but they are probably on a box around here somewhere. Ball jars are pretty famous: I'd guess in the 1800's it was a company. I have some really old old jars marked " Ball " , old wire-cap ones. >Suze Fisher Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 >>>>>>>> >so...is " Ball " the name of a canning jar manufacturer? " Ball " is the name on the jar. They are listed nowhere under that name -- the name on the earlier email is a subsidiary of the parent company ... I don't know who does " Mason " but they are probably on a box around here somewhere. Ball jars are pretty famous: I'd guess in the 1800's it was a company. I have some really old old jars marked " Ball " , old wire-cap ones. ------------->OK....so, the email you received was from the manufacturer of 'ball' jars who apparently don't use lead. so i should look for ball jars, i guess. they did say you can use home canning jars safely - wonder if that means ALL brands...? i currently am using glass pitchers from France to store my finished kefir and i don't have any idea if they're lead free, either, come to think of it. i'm trying to be extra careful to stay away from heavy metals these days as i suspect i already have some mercury toxicity going on...and don't want to add to it. Suze Fisher Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 At 07:31 AM 8/9/2002 -0400, you wrote: >------------->OK....so, the email you received was from the manufacturer of >'ball' jars who apparently don't use lead. so i should look for ball jars, i >guess. they did say you can use home canning jars safely - wonder if that >means ALL brands...? > >i currently am using glass pitchers from France to store my finished kefir >and i don't have any idea if they're lead free, either, come to think of it. >i'm trying to be extra careful to stay away from heavy metals these days as >i suspect i already have some mercury toxicity going on...and don't want to >add to it. > > >Suze Fisher You can always call the manufacturer. Really, it's fun to ask them stupid questions. One nice thing about being gluten-intolerant is you get used to asking companies dumb questions ( " Do you use flour on your manufacturing lines? Is the machinery used for any gluten-containing items? " ). Most boxes have a " call this number if you have a question " number right on the package. I really don't think glass is an issue though, except POSSIBLY highly leaded crystal. Glass is mainly silicon, and stable silicon at that. Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 > Canning jars are glass. If someone has made ones out of plastic I haven't > heard of it and I wouldn't use them. > It is only around 70 degrees here so I can leave them out. > When I give a KT > to a new home I ask them to leave the KT scoby out in its tea to wake up > before starting their brew. > They make their tea add 4 ounces of cider vinegar and the scoby with the > 8 ounces of KT tea that I stored it in when I placed it in the jar > originally. Hi Catharren, I hope the cider vinegar they use is boiled or pasteurised, as it carries its own yeasts and bacteria specific to apple cider, which are different from the Kombucha ones and could even oust them. If vinegar is used in conjunction with Kombucha it is safest to use distilled clear vinegar. Thanks about the clarification about 'canning jars'. I guess I was confused because I know them as 'preserving glasses'. kombuchaly, Margret:-) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Minstrel@... <)))<>< www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Faith is the ability to see God in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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