After spending the day canning, using the hot water bath canner, I was reminded of when I was young and my grandma would make jelly. She didn't put her jelly in canning jars. She would use just about any glass jar with a lid, and instead of putting in a hot water bath canner, she would put wax over the top of the jelly to seal it. This was a standard practice to seal the jars, using paraffin. When I started making jelly I did it that way for a short period of time. Once I had invested in a hot water bath canner, I no longer did it that way, preferring to err on the side of caution. Now, I don't think anyone uses that method. In fact, I don't know where I would even find paraffin.
I trimmed up two of the sides of the monster. It wasn't much, but it was something. I'm going to have to square it up before putting the binding on it.
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