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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

SSSShhhhhhh.  Don't tell, o.k.  I reuse my lids.  Not suppose to but I 
haven't had any failures.  Now, what I do is that I use them first for 
pressure canned and then for steam canning (kinda like a boiling water bath 
but much easier, here's a link about them 
http://www.canningpantry.com/steam-canner.html).  I use them sometimes 3, 4 
or even 5 times.  I check the rubber gasket thingy real well and if after 
washing it pops back and doesn't look like it has a permanent indent in it, 
I figure they are good to go. The last few times I use them I use them on 
salsa and then on jelly.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>


Does anyone here re-use them? (The lid part)

I know the instructions say to not reuse them, but my grandmother did all 
the time.

Anyone know of success/failure rates?