"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "The Joneses" > wrote:
>
>> So. The commissary had a 6-bottle case of half gallon jars which use wide
>> mouth lids. They are new.
>
> New to your commissary? Fleet Farm has carried them for several years
> -- maybe 10?
>
>>They usually buy the Ball brand.
>
> Of all jars? Uffda. Are these Ball? Mine might say Kerr.
> Ball's more expensive here. What're you paying for your case of 6
> half-gallon jars? I'm thinking they're maybe $10-12 for a case of 6
> here.
>
>
>> The Ball site
>> recommends them for (non-food &) apple & grape juices and recommend "For
>> fresh preserving, follow a tested preserving recipe such as those found
>> in
>> the Ball Blue BookŪ Guide to Preserving and BallŪ Complete Book of Home
>> Preserving."
>> http://www.freshpreserving.com/fileb...%20Recommended
>> %20Jar%20Usage.pdf
>>
>> I didn't research much further as we have talked this over before, but I
>> thought it was interesting that cases are now in the marketplace.
>
> See above -- been available for years.
>
>
>> And we've
>> thought they'd be just dandy for pickles. You know where my heart lies.
>
> You're a vinegar tart, you are!
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
> on "A Prairie Home Companion," <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
> programs/2008/08/30/>
Better a vinegar tart than a radio hussy! I had a (short) letter to the
editor printed once.
I'm still a newbie after all these years and live in the upbackwoods of a
military installation. We're late to get a lot of stuff and not too many
farmers up here on the mesa.
Edrena