I've just discovered, to my sorrow, that Jardin (i.e., Ball, Mason, Kerr, Golden Harvest) has DROPPED the "old-style" canning lids, in favor of their "new" style. The new lids do not seem to me to be as heavyweight as the old style, which to me would seem to make them quicker to rust and thus fail. But what
really makes me upset is that the company has dropped the "Dome" design--the raised certer circle or dimple--in these new, thin lids. That "Dome" was not there for aesthetics, as you all (I'm sure) know---it was a safety feature whereby you could
tellL visually and by touch whether your product had spoiled and containing botulism -- the gases produced by the spoiled product would make the dimple "pop" up and it would be immediately obvious that the product was no longer safe to eat.
I think this feature is VITAL, and should
not be dropped. It has more than once, saved me from opening a jar that was
still fully sealed, and serving that to my family.
Does anyone know of ANY source, anywhere, of the "old-style" canning lids, that still have the center "Dome" feature? If I can find them, I'll buy up all I can lay hands on.
I've learned that the "new style" lids are being marketed with the
same UPC code as the old ones, so it will be impossible to identify them that way.
Sigh. Why does the trend in "cheapness" even have to come to something as once-relaible as our canning products? (and I don't mean 'cheap' as in "inexpensive).
Thank you, and sorry my first post to your forum had to be in such a complaining mode.
Anyone who can help me find "older-style" lids, I'd be most grateful!
