Are you supposed to leave the clear circle plastic seal things in the canisters?
1720487
Yes. That is your canister seal. It makes the canister air tight and keeps your food fresh and bugs out.
1720488
I did not remove the seal around each lid. It keeps the canister more air tight. In fact, I think the seals in these canisters work better than some of the others I have had. The sugar hasn't clumped even in all the high humidity we have had this year. I am very pleased with this set. Just to be on the safe side, while I wash the body of the canisters in the dishwasher, I do hand wash the lids.
1019623
I seal anything with some liquid that could get sucked up in another bag first. I either use a cheap zip-lock bag & push the air out of it, or a regular food storage bag and do the same push the air out and twist it, then put it in the Waring bags & seal it. This keeps the liquids from being vacuumed into the machine, or at least you can see it seeping out & can stop before they start seeping up to the vacuum. I usually get a pretty good seal before that happens. This makes cleaning your resealable bags easier.
1475807
Ooooo, maybe Jennifer is right. I have sealing disks, but I also bought extra parts so I can't remember if the extra parts came with the bottles or the extra parts. Sorry I can't remember!
502937
No, .You must also use the tattler(plastic) lids with them, which work with regular metal bands, I remove them after the jars are sealed.
1918104
No, but they have plastic covering the adhesive backing. The tin seals up pretty well.
598591
If your are pressure canning, I would leave the water level the same. Just make sure no water is above the lids on the first level. Good luck !!!
629084
No, it is sealed securely and therefore "clean." I've never had a problem with these spatulas getting "crud" in the area where they're connected.
834034
The ones I have start out pink/red and turn white. I store my opened package in a glass mason jar, and write on the lid what cc they are. If you let them sit in the packaging they came in, I have heard that the oxygen will eventually seep in and they will go bad. Also, you know when you use a canning jar, the lid will self seal because the oxygen gets eaten up.
1463907
If you get them sealed properly they are very good at keeping a good seal. There is a little plastic tool on the front that one uses to seal with. I love mine;=.
2096716
No. I keep mine in a plastic cpntainer tightly covered with its lid in the pantry and its fine.
656995
Yes, just empty the canister when you hear a high pitch noise coming from the unit. It will stick to the canister though.
1079926
with a bag sealer....same way you close the food storage bag after placing the correct amount of absorbers in.
304244
I did store mine the same way. Works the same when getting it out from sealed bag.
770466
I suppose the small ones are okay to leave in the container they come in. I know when we bought some medium size ones we had to transfer them because they were pretty crammed in and moist. I needed to remove any food they traveled with because it would get moldy in that atmosphere.
2097827
On 3 of the 4 canisters I can pick the entire empty canister up by the lid, the seals are so strong. However, on the second largest, the seal is weaker, but it is still airtight. That canister arrived slightly out of round, but a gentle squeeze rounded it out nicely. That's my experience; hope it helps you.
1672938
Nope. The directions say to only put the lids on when they're done and you're putting them in the fridge.
2038414
Yes, the bottles should all be sealed. We are transitioning to a slightly new bottle design, so some are sealed with plastic all around the outside, others have a seal under the cap.