Fowler's Vacola specialises in bottling jams and other foods at its manufacturing plant in Sydney. Fowler's Vacola The Fowler's Vacola jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is the most popular home canning system in Australia. The system was developed in 1915 in Melbourne, Australia, by Joseph Fowler (28 February 1888 – 24 April 1972), who migrated from England in 1912, at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria, and became very popular. The Fowler's Vacola system uses glass jars, single use rubber ring seals and pressed metal lids, much like American Mason jars first patented in 1858,
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