On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:45:51 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> The Cook > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:12:50 -0600, "gloria.p" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >I was reading through a couple of Ball Blue Books and some
>> >other canning books today and saw a reference to using
>> >1 1/2 pint jars. (3 cups) Has anyone ever seen these
>> >or was it a typo? Did they mean 1 1/2 CUP (18 oz.)
>> >which exist but aren't that easy to find?
>> >
>> >gloria p
>>
>> They were produced by Ball but I don't know exactly when, but I
>> bought several boxes probably in the 1980's. I still have a dozen or
>> so and would love to find more.
>>
>> They do hold 3 cups. They are the same height has a quart jar and
>> look like a tall wide mouth pint. I love them for pickled asparagus
>> and a good size for veggies for 2. However they do not leave the
>> house.
>
>Do you still have the boxes, Susan? Were they billed as freezer jars?
>I think those were about 3-cups, tapering to wider at the top than
>bottom so that removing a frozen block of something was easier to do.

The boxes disappeared years ago but about 1" from the top it says
"freezing -- fill to here." The bottom is the same as the wide mouth
pint and by the time you add the extra height it cannot taper very
much and have a wide mouth lid fit. All it says on the side of the
jar is "Wide Mouth."
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Susan N.

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