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over winter crops?
On 8/29/2016 11:39 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote: ... Wow! That's a lot of jars, I hope they bring them back. Our kids and grands have strict instructions to bring those jars back CLEAN! So far it has worked. We have canning jars that are probably 50 years old but they keep getting filled until the day they break. we have various people looking and giving us jars, but they are often not as nice as the new ones. we've bought two cases so far when we ran out, but that expense will be reimbursed by the person who gets those jars. we try to keep our eyes open for sales too. we're trying to give away the wide-mouth jars and odd sizes to people we don't usually get them back from. so far this season we have had one break on us. this is the first time in all the years we've had one break. figured it might have gotten cracked and we didn't notice it. once in a while we get one given to us that is chipped or cracked and if it is really old we'll keep it for the bottle collection, but not use it for canning, otherwise off to the recycling it goes. i would actually like to keep a lot more for a bottle collection that are unique or the very old and heavy ones. just don't have the space here for them all... so just reuse 'em. figure some people we give them to might keep them for themselves or whatever. ah well... we've also put some in recycling that were not standard small lid sized jars. dunno where they came from. looked like old mayo jars. songbird I have a large number of Atlas jars with the standard small lid. Ran into the first bunch at a Pentecostal Church sale, five cents each. I carry a standard small lid with me when I go fossiking just to ensure they work. They were originally REAL jars from a spaghetti sauce, can't remember the name. They're still around but changed the neck of the jar so it is no longer of use for canning. They're not quite a quart but are really good for pickles and jellies. I'm looking at about six cases of pints, a couple of cases of quarts and a case of half gallon jars right now. Plus a bunch of little 1/4. 1/8, etc. jars that have come in over the years. I accuse my lovely wife of hoarding and she smiles and mentions my canning pantry. Touche! |
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