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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> On Aug 21, 7:56?am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> Serene wrote:
>> > jmcquown wrote:
>> >> Serene wrote:
>> >>> Goomba38 wrote:
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
>> >>>>> Prego sauce a
>> >>>>> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
>> >>>>> the leftover
>> >>>>> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
>> >>>>> of plastic
>> >>>>> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
>> >>>>> this. Any harm?
>> >>>>> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

>>
>> >>>> well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
>> >>> rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

>>
>> >>> Serene

>>
>> >> No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
>> >> the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
>> >> sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
>> >> sayin'.

>>
>> > I'm quoting from above:

>>
>> > "As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

>>
>> > Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
>> > I missing?

>>
>> > Serene

>>
>> Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars.

>
> Me neither... in fact I was shopping yesterday and looked because I
> don't buy jarred sauce and was curious to see if things changed like
> with so many other jarred products, but all jarred sauces were still
> in glass jars... perhaps a regional thing. And the way the OP typed
> and expressed himself it was easy to gloss over. I did notice that
> Claussen refrigerated pickles are now in plastic jars, bummer.
>
> Sheldon
>


Weird. Here (Rochester), Ragu & Prego are in plastic, and Claussen is in
glass.