Kilner jar for Historical Archeology. In an episode of the BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?", the former "Top Gear" television presenter Jeremy Clarkson found out that he was a great-great-great-great grandson of John Kilner. The various names of the Kilner companies were: Kilner jar A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, screw-topped jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England. The Kilner Jar was originally made by a firm of glass bottlemakers from Yorkshire called Kilner. The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when
Beef on weck Beef on weck A beef on weck is a sandwich found primarily in Western New York State, particularly in the city of Buffalo. It is made with roast beef on a kummelweck roll. The meat on the sandwich is traditionally served rare, thin cut, with the top bun getting a dip au jus and spread with horseradish. The kummelweck roll (sometimes spelled "kummelweck" or "kümmelweck"), topped with kosher salt and caraway seeds, gives the sandwich its name and a distinctive taste. "Kümmel" is the German word for caraway, and "weck" means "roll" in the south-western German dialects of Palatinate, the