And originally, they used champagne bottles for canning. It was when the inventor of the process (or one of his associates) moved to England that they switched to metal cans.Yeah, I knew that, but I was thinking that it was done in glass jars, not metal cans. However, just to be safe, I suppose I should have said two hundred and ten years ago instead of two hundred years ago.Now you're safe Occam. And they still called it canning even though it was done in glass jars! :cheese: Cap't Jack