I was looking for some suitable storage jars for my spices – they needed to be airtight, of course, otherwise there’s no point using them, and the contents will go off.
Now, I don’t know why I didn’t just go for Kilner Jars in the first place (well, I tried, but there were no obvious stockists locally), so I started looking around. And I found that ASDA do hinged-lid jars of various sizes . There was a gushing review of the things from some dizzy woman on a foodie website somewhere, so I went into the store and bought a few.
They’re bloody useless! I sensed something was wrong when I noticed that as the locking mechanism moves past its highest point, the tension is released slightly. You can see the rubber seal actually leaving the glass as it does so. So it meant that my Paprika could be sprinkled out even when the lid was tight shut – which obviously means it is exposed to air, and that’s deadly for Paprika.
Another test with water revealed that the jars – all of them – cannot hold liquid, and it pours out through the seal at a fairly fast rate. A total waste of money.
So instead I bought some proper Kilner Jars with hinged lids. These are the real McCoy and – ironically – cost less that the bloody ASDA things (well, from the Jam Jar Shop, at least).