For reasons that must remain classified at this time, I had to carry a cup of olive oil downtown. The original bottle was too large and I’d put one of those pour spouts on it, so I figured I’d buy a mason jar. Unfortunately, at QFC, they only sell mason jars eight at a time.
Luckily, they had another product made by Ball, makers of mason jars. It’s called Freezer Jars, and I have no idea whether it’s new or old, but it’s awesome. They’re not jars at all. They’re heavy-duty plastic cups with lids that screw on tightly. There is no way these things are going to leak, even if they get a little crushed. The olive oil made it downtown and back without a hitch. I would have felt secure even if it had been fish sauce.
Ball freezer jars are five for $3. And they come with a free packet of pectin and a recipe for freezer jam.
Great idea. You might also be interested in the similar “Twist ‘n Loc” containers from Ziploc (http://www.ziploc.com/twist-containers/).
Man, I hope their ad campaign features Tone-Loc.
Holy cow… I actually have one of these sitting next to me right now! They’re great for transporting liquids (like salad dressing, or milk for your morning coffee) to and from work in your lunchbox.
I agree, they’re great! But hard to find in our area when it’s not canning season…
I find it hard to believe that anyone in my neighborhood ever cans anything, but canning supplies are sold year-round here. Then again, I’m probably being provincial.
I bet there’re a lot of urban canners in your neighborhood. Canning is one of those things, like knitting, embroidery, and breadmaking, that’s Hip now. (You can tell by the way people blog about it.)
Even if it weren’t hip, you can never tell who cans: on Elba, I assisted a German newspaper magnate in making orange marmalade, because he couldn’t stand to see the sour oranges outside his window going to waste. And by “assisted”, I mean he made the marmalade and canned it, and I washed all the sticky stuff.
Wendy, I’m going to steal the phrase “you can never tell who cans.”
By the way, freezer jam totally kicks regular jam’s ass. My Mom made a LOT of jam back in the day (we never bought the stuff) and when she switched to the new-fangled freezer recipe there was no going back. Regular jam to me tastes overly “cooked”, bland and too sweet. By comparison, freezer jam tastes like fresh fruit in jam form. Much easier and faster to make, too.
Awesome, I have everything I need right here. I mean, except fruit. What kind of fruit should I start with?
Strawberries. Mam made it a couple of times. But then you don’t get the fun of seeing whether the Mason jars are going to explode…