[Sca-cooks] food safe temperature

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> *glass* canning lids? Are you saying that the lids themselves are of 
> glass rather than metal? I don't think I've see any of these, unless I 
> have but didn't realize they were for canning. I've seen various 
> decorative jars with glass lids, usually with a metal wire arrangement 
> which acts as a hinge and a clamp to hold them closed. These usually 
> have a white rubber ring. The jars are often square in shape. Are these 
> actually (originally?) canning jars?

They are based on older canning jars, yes. 
Lehman's sells a modern European version of the glass-rubber 
combination:

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=32&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=712&iSubCat=718&iProductID=32

and rubbers for the older jars, though they don't have the jars 
themselves:
http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=408&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=712&iSubCat=718&iProductID=408


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