I've used Kerr, Ball, and Golden Harvest, never found a problem with them. Oh yeah, Kerr, Ball, and Bernadine(sp?) are all made in the same factory and all are owned by Altrista Corp. George Margaret Lauterbach wrote: > > I've had good brand canning flats that were visibly defective. The rubber > seal on one side drew to a narrow line. I'd be suspicious of cheap flats. > DH recently bought cheap envelopes. Instead of a strip of glue about 3/8 > inch wide, the glue was 1/8 inch wide. They don't seal and hold. Margaret L > > At 08:54 AM 7/16/01 -0500, you wrote: > >In OG magazine the classified section has an ad for canning lids in > >bulk. Gardener's Kitchen www.canninglidsusa.com > >I just went there and the links to their order page don't work so > >you'd have to call them or write. > >(I was just curious about how much a bulk buy would save over > >grocery store prices.) > >Gardener's Kitchen > >Box 322-OG07 > >Monument Beach, MA 02553 > >Martha, (Texas) > >Visit our Paso Fino Club: www.TxPFHA.org > >Visit our farm:www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5505/index.html