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Paraffin
Does anyone use paraffin to seal jams and jellies? That was the way my Mother did it so I used to do it. I used any and all types of small glass jars for J/J as well as little Ball jars but re-using the lids!
Re: Paraffin
paraffin is no longer recommended. I just can all my jellies and jams and know for sure the foods are sealed.sanderson wrote:Does anyone use paraffin to seal jams and jellies? That was the way my Mother did it so I used to do it. I used any and all types of small glass jars for J/J as well as little Ball jars but re-using the lids!
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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Paraffin
Yes - I don't use paraffin either. And, I also don't use anything but regular canning jars. I want to be as safe as possible.
Re: Paraffin
Make candles with the paraffin.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Paraffin
I did a couple years ago! The "prepper" version: tuna cans, coils of corrugated cardboard and paraffin with a bit of lavender to mask the tuna smell.
I have some left over and just wondered if anyone used it for J/J any more. Thinking more about it, why would I want to add a petroleum wax to my food?? I don't!
PS Sterno candles. That's the word I was looking for. For actual cooking without propane.
I have some left over and just wondered if anyone used it for J/J any more. Thinking more about it, why would I want to add a petroleum wax to my food?? I don't!
PS Sterno candles. That's the word I was looking for. For actual cooking without propane.
Last edited by sanderson on 8/8/2014, 8:27 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Added PS)
Re: Paraffin
I have to get on my soapbox here. I don't like paraffin because it is a by-product of oil. Who wants to rub crude oil on their anything? I just double-checked myself to make certain I wasn't ranting accurately. A google search led to finding this:
- par·af·fin
- [ párrəfin ]
- fuel oil: a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum and used as a domestic heating fuel and as fuel for aircraft.
- treat with kerosene: to treat something by saturating, impregnating, or coating it with kerosene or paraffin wax
The way it sounds here is even worse than I thought. No paraffin here for anything that touches my body, inside or out.
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