American home canners: New can jar don't fit our canners... Now what? Just got ready to can 3 "runs" of green beans and discovered...
Just got ready to can 3 "runs" of green beans and discovered the unknown quart jars I bought don't fit my steam pressure canner. They're too big. After a little internet questioning I've found the company that makes Ball, Kerr and Golden Harvest canning jar has converted quart jars to liters and they are larger. So I guess I presently have to buy a new canner? Are untried canners made larger so liter jars will fit? Anybody else as angry about this as me?
Answers: I expect you could put a metal ring on the bottom, like a vegie steamer rack and go ahead and use the canner. As long as the jar aren't touching the bottom or each other it should still work. I think if that doesn't work it would be cheaper to budge to some garage sales and pick up cases of the old size jar and just buy new lid and rings! I use the same jars over and over beside new tops every year. Good luck.
they probably dont manufacture the jar in this country anymore...just stamp thier label on them. (Made in China?)