On 4/16/2014 3:42 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:
> In article >
> George Shirley > writes:
>> On 4/15/2014 9:44 PM, wrote:
>>> I just checked the Claasico website. The jars are NOT recommended for canning. I actually prefer using
>> the 12 oz size as drinking glasses. 
>>>
>> You're right, the newer Classico Atlas Mason jars have thinner glass
>> than canning jars and the threads and top of the jar are no longer to
>> true Mason jar standards. I've never eaten Classico but a couple of
>> friends used to give me the ones they received and they made a decent
>> canning jar back then. After I noticed the change I quit getting them
>> and they went to recycling. Still have a couple of dozen of the older
>> jars, the 26 ounce with the true canning jar thickness and threads plus
>> the flat top needed.
>
> The sad thing is that I used to eat a lot of that sause, probably
> 2-3 jars a month. But back then I wasn't even gardening much, and
> they all went to the recycling. Once the gardening ramped up, I
> started saving the jars. I got up to two jars before the stuff on
> the store shelves transitioned to the new jars.
>
> Oh well.
>
>
Win a few, lose a few Drew. Maybe the sauce company will make enough
money to start using REAL Mason jars again.
Here's a hint: I go to a lot of church sales, ie. church people get
together, empty their closets, pantries, and garages, stuff gets sold at
the church, money goes to church. I once bought a little over 200
canning jars, running from quarter pints to quarts for ten cents each
and the church ladies counted them. I think someone's grannie died and
left those jars behind because some of them were really old jars. Plus
there were at least three boxes of lids and rings in the batch that they
threw in. At another sale I found a brand new pressure canner still in
the box for ten bucks, it went to a friend's daughter who was wanting to
learn to can her own food. Keep looking.
George, smelling all the herbs that are in the dehydrator today