Comments on: ONIONS WITHOUT TEARS

By: laundryetc

laundryetc — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:35:39 +0000

As canning or bottling isn’t as popular in the UK as in the US, our jars (Kilner) are 2 to 3 times more expensive than your Ball jars in the US. Weck jars aren’t too easy to find either, but some styles are available from Manufactum (a German mail order company operating in the UK) by or they can be bought online direct from Weck in Germany. It is also possible to buy Italian (Bormioli - Quattro Stagioni jars) and French (Le Parfait) canning jars, but again they are quite costly, so are a big investment for anyone starting out on their canning journey.

By: MK

MK — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:41:28 +0000

Looks good….I made barbecue sauce:

http://motherskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/can-jam-aliums-barbecue-sauce.html

Are Weck jars a better value for you there than they are here in the U.S.? They cost about $4 per jar on average! Ball jars cost less than $1 per jar, but they aren’t as pretty as the Weck jars

By: Pat Steer (Gaelen)

Pat Steer (Gaelen) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:10:31 +0000

Miss Laundress I see I am not the only one with an onion habit. Beautiful pickles in a beautiful jar - and yes, this canning stuff is addictive, isn’t it?

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:42:36 +0000

Wecks just make everything pretty. And I love shallots! How do you pre-sterilize a weck jar (for recipes where you must start with sterilized, not just clean jars)? I just don’t know how to deal with the metal ring–I know you can take it off but dealing with all that hot…yikes! And then water bath prcoessing later–how does that all work?

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:34:11 +0000

Gorgeous! That jar was a score.

By: kaela

kaela — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:20 +0000

Loving that jar! And the picture of your salted shallots is just gorgeous. Funny how I’ve seen the salting step in a lot of the pickled onion recipes, but it wasn’t in my recipe for shallots. I haven’t yet tried them yet, but I wonder now if they will be a little limp.

Now you have the perfect excuse to make Lancashire hotpot!

By: ap269

ap269 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:31:43 +0000

Nice jar!

By: Talia

Talia — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:12:29 +0000

I wish I could try your shallots and see how the different spices and especially the honey, make them different from my lot. I especially wish I could try them alongside a Lancashire hotpot and pickled cabbage!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:29:37 +0000

Lovely! I’m not generally partial to a sweeter pickle, but am tempted with these onions. I usually do a few jars of pickled green cherry tomatoes (for nibbling and cocktails alike) - a few onions in the mix I think would be very excellent. Thanks for the inspiration!