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NRaleighLiberal

(61,931 posts) Sat Aug 8, 2020, 11:19 PM Aug 2020

There is a shortage of... CANNING LIDS! What a weird time we live in.... [View all]

I am having a really good gardening year. One of the best things about a big garden is preserving the abundance for use off season. Nothing is better to reach for in fall, winter or spring than a quart or two of home canned tomatoes.

But as I sit here with about 50 lbs of all types of heirloom tomatoes on my kitchen counter and living room table, I can't can because there are no lids to be purchased anywhere around where I live - and there are no wide mouth quart jars (most stores have no canning supplies at all, and say that it won't be until late August into September that they will appear again).

Go figure. In my 64 years, these seem the most bizarre times to be living in.

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There is a shortage of... CANNING LIDS! What a weird time we live in.... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 OP

Can you freeze & can later SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1

No room in the freezer (we are already loaded up with pesto, sauce, berries, etc). NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #3

Yes, they are nice folks SheltieLover Aug 2020 #13

we have one freezer, but power outages are common here - which then NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #16

We have freq power outages too SheltieLover Aug 2020 #18

Oh, dear lord. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #41

Yes it is SheltieLover Aug 2020 #43

Make sure they pack them in a box where they can't be seen or heard. Blue_true Aug 2020 #28

So....look for Italian passatta jars and lids Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #2

out of stock! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #5

Try this Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #21

thanks..... NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #23

You may hate it. But did you look on Amazon? Blue_true Aug 2020 #30

our goal is 50 quarts, so we can eat them in recipes weekly from my last fresh picked to next year's NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #31

Check Ebay, expect post office delay. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #4

the prices are being kicked up outrageously. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #9

The times we live in, everything short stocked is up. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #22

That is because everyone is gardening this year LeftInTX Aug 2020 #6

COVID has created countless new gardeners NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #10

Many don't realize that a garden would have to be huge in order to support even just 2 people Kaleva Aug 2020 #57

dry them! Kali Aug 2020 #7

I think I will be OK, but thanks, got two friends getting some into the mail Monday. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #12

when I say dry I mean crunchy dry, not oily and leathery like some Kali Aug 2020 #19

I've got 132 plants cranking them out - all different varieties NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #20

OMG Kali Aug 2020 #24

all you need to do is ask - I've got thousands of varieties, probably 50K packets of seeds NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #25

ok! Kali Aug 2020 #27

well, I am pretty deep into tomato R and D and people keep sending me their NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #29

Do you run the oven roasted tomatoes through a sauce maker after roasting them, Blue_true Aug 2020 #33

neither seeds or skin bother us - and we like our sauce chunky NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #36

It is good that you can eat them that way. The seeds drive me nuts. Blue_true Aug 2020 #39

There is no way we could 30 pounds from one plant in South Texas LeftInTX Aug 2020 #61

Try something completely different. Pickle some of them. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #8

thanks for the idea. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #15

Yeah. Too much sugar in those for fermentation pickling. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #26

At least you can do winter tomatoes! LeftInTX Aug 2020 #62

At my nearest Walmart... WestLosAngelesGal Aug 2020 #11

It is a regional issue here - NO store has any. And no one seems to know why! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #14

My local grocery had plenty of wide-mouth lids this week Retrograde Aug 2020 #34

same here - I have wide mouth lids, but normal mouth quart jars! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2020 #35

What did people do before canning lids? silverweb Aug 2020 #17

Commercial canning only goes back to the early 1800s Retrograde Aug 2020 #32

We need to relearn some of these old techniques. silverweb Aug 2020 #45

I'm working on converting my entire back yard into a vegetable garden and orchard. Kaleva Aug 2020 #56

Real pickling. Water, salt and good bacteria. It last a long time. Put it in a crock. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #42

Nice! silverweb Aug 2020 #44

Ok. So I put that in for effect. I'm media trained! GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #51

A crazy world, indeed. silverweb Aug 2020 #54

I agree. But is not possible for so many people. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #63

I made fermented sugar snap peas this year and I'm going to ferment a lot of tomatos Kaleva Aug 2020 #55

Cook down to paste consistency? central scrutinizer Aug 2020 #37

To our genius NRL-I check with the library regularly. Your book is in constant circulation, niyad Aug 2020 #38

DUers noticed the coin shortage before almost anyone Renew Deal Aug 2020 #40

A lot of shortages have to do with everybody staying home. People are not out and about ... Hekate Aug 2020 #46

I never know what they'll be out of from week-to-week at the grocery store Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #47

Rice vinegar and mayonnaise were scarce for a while here Retrograde Aug 2020 #49

Bread was scarce early on, now they seem to have plenty Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #52

There's also a nationwide shortage of freezers jmowreader Aug 2020 #48

I'm unsure we've really been doing any canning this year sakabatou Aug 2020 #50

Hey, you uppityperson Aug 2020 #53

I actually thought this might happen and I bought boston bean Aug 2020 #58

How many plants does it take to get to 50 lbs of tomatoes? Just curious. Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #59

I just sold a huge bag of canning lids and rings for $5. sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #60

Hi. I've never tried it, but you can seal with wax the items that will be eaten first. It's not txwhitedove Aug 2020 #64

May I send you some? Jane Austin Aug 2020 #65