Quarts, jelly, half pints and pints, mini teenies, quilted and plain.
Even nearly a dozen of the legendary 1- 1/2 pints wide mouths. Ball,
Atlas, Kerr and Mason, Presto and Golden Harvest. Wide mouths and
small, squat or tall - I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful
old things. I haven't seen this many jars in one place since my Auntie
was alive.

I even got a box of 12 unused Weck jelly jars with fubber rings and
glass tops still in the box as a bonus.

I got them off Freecycle - when she offered them I responded with the
story about you guys and about my little jelly ribbon last summer and
how much fun it is, and she gave me every jar. I gave her a jar of my
B+B pickles from last summer. The awesome good batch, not the pretty
good batch.

They are going through the dishwasher right now but I need your help -
is there any good way to store them other then wrap in paper, stick in
a box and hope for the best?

I'm going for a Grip-Tite next, ha ha! I need a bigger funnel too. And
a bigger kitchen.

snow

wrote:
> Quarts, jelly, half pints and pints, mini teenies, quilted and plain.
> Even nearly a dozen of the legendary 1- 1/2 pints wide mouths. Ball,
> Atlas, Kerr and Mason, Presto and Golden Harvest. Wide mouths and
> small, squat or tall - I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful
> old things. I haven't seen this many jars in one place since my Auntie
> was alive.
>
> I even got a box of 12 unused Weck jelly jars with fubber rings and
> glass tops still in the box as a bonus.
>
> I got them off Freecycle - when she offered them I responded with the
> story about you guys and about my little jelly ribbon last summer and
> how much fun it is, and she gave me every jar. I gave her a jar of my
> B+B pickles from last summer. The awesome good batch, not the pretty
> good batch.
>
> They are going through the dishwasher right now but I need your help -
> is there any good way to store them other then wrap in paper, stick in
> a box and hope for the best?
I store mine in the original jar boxes with the cardboard dividers. If
you didn't get any of those you might just try wrapping them in a couple
of layers of newsprint and put in a box with a lid. Don't forget to mark
the box as to type and size of jar. I forgot that once and spent an hour
hunting through boxes for the size jars I needed. You were very lucky,
our Freecycle down here seldom has anything other than people asking for
baby clothing or furniture. We did give away 54 ceramic molds we got
with a kiln that an elder lady gave us for DW's school.
>
> I'm going for a Grip-Tite next, ha ha! I need a bigger funnel too. And
> a bigger kitchen.
>
> snow
>
Ha! Lots of luck on that Grip-Tite. Funnels are easy, go to the nearest
Dollar store or Big/Odd Lots and take a peek. As long as they are food
grade plastic they should work. Of course I have the wide mouth canning
funnel, think I got it at Walmart IIRC. The other funnels I use for
putting spices I grind into them itty bitty jars.

<snip> I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful old things.
<snip>

Snow, you have been blessed!!!

I feel the same way--no matter how dusty, dirty or yucky...

: - )

In article >,
wrote:

> Quarts, jelly, half pints and pints, mini teenies, quilted and plain.
> Even nearly a dozen of the legendary 1- 1/2 pints wide mouths. Ball,
> Atlas, Kerr and Mason, Presto and Golden Harvest. Wide mouths and
> small, squat or tall - I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful
> old things. I haven't seen this many jars in one place since my Auntie
> was alive.
>
> I even got a box of 12 unused Weck jelly jars with fubber rings and
> glass tops still in the box as a bonus.
>
> I got them off Freecycle - when she offered them I responded with the
> story about you guys and about my little jelly ribbon last summer and
> how much fun it is, and she gave me every jar. I gave her a jar of my
> B+B pickles from last summer. The awesome good batch, not the pretty
> good batch.
>
> They are going through the dishwasher right now but I need your help -
> is there any good way to store them other then wrap in paper, stick in
> a box and hope for the best?

Just me, but I'd skip the wrapping paper and put them in a box, same
size in a layer, and put a nice piece of carboard between the layers.
Have you any dividers left from new cases? I try to keep those for jar
storage. Don't be kicking the box around. '-)

Congratulations on the score.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
<http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor>
December 27, 2008, 7:30 a.m.: "I have fixed my roof,
I have mended my fences; now let the winter winds blow."

wrote:
> Quarts, jelly, half pints and pints, mini teenies, quilted and plain.
> Even nearly a dozen of the legendary 1- 1/2 pints wide mouths. Ball,
> Atlas, Kerr and Mason, Presto and Golden Harvest. Wide mouths and
> small, squat or tall - *I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful
> old things. I haven't seen this many jars in one place since my Auntie
> was alive.

You have my envy! ;-)


BTH

On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:26:11 -0500, wrote:

>Quarts, jelly, half pints and pints, mini teenies, quilted and plain.
>Even nearly a dozen of the legendary 1- 1/2 pints wide mouths. Ball,
>Atlas, Kerr and Mason, Presto and Golden Harvest. Wide mouths and
>small, squat or tall - I love all 90 of the dusty filthy wonderful
>old things. I haven't seen this many jars in one place since my Auntie
>was alive.
>
>I even got a box of 12 unused Weck jelly jars with fubber rings and
>glass tops still in the box as a bonus.
>
>I got them off Freecycle - when she offered them I responded with the
>story about you guys and about my little jelly ribbon last summer and
>how much fun it is, and she gave me every jar. I gave her a jar of my
>B+B pickles from last summer. The awesome good batch, not the pretty
>good batch.
>
>They are going through the dishwasher right now but I need your help -
>is there any good way to store them other then wrap in paper, stick in
>a box and hope for the best?
>
>I'm going for a Grip-Tite next, ha ha! I need a bigger funnel too. And
>a bigger kitchen.
>
>snow


It's a good thing I don't know where you live or I would be over to
snitch the 1-1/2 pint jars.

Great haul.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Congrats on the bounty of jars!

For storage, assuming you don't have the original boxes, you might try a
local liquor store or grocery store for boxes. The liquor styores in
particular often have boxes with cardboard separators. You can stack the
jars in the spaces if necessary -- I'd put a bit of newspaper between them
as padding.

I'll be thinking of you next time I fork over $$ at Walmart for jars.

Anny