@margaret879 I feel you on the dusty kitchen fear, but man, a super tight seal is like trying to keep your girlfriend happy by never talking about your problems. Burp the jar or else it explodes all over your counter. Learned that the hard way with a batch of pickles that sounded like a gunshot when I cracked the lid. Guess the gas needs somewhere to go, and it's better out than just building up into a science experiment. Snug but loose sounds weird, but it's saved me from cleaning kraut off the ceiling.

A buddy of mine was digging a site in Pennsylvania that everyone said was picked clean. He found a little brown bottle with a rubber stopper still in it, turned out to be a late 1800s cure-all for something. The liquid inside had this weird greenish tint to it and he was afraid to open it for months. Finally got it tested and it was mostly just mineral water and some herbs. Still sealed and all, pretty cool find but not worth much I guess.