Obsessed about Reusing
We don't through away anything.
(unless it rots, of course. We're not that disgusting.)
I have a thing for jars and chopsticks.
I view a newly emptied jar like a mother views a newborn.
I wash it tenderly and reapply the lid, a variant of cutting the umbilical cord.
Ok, perhaps that's too extreme....
posted by Chris @ 7:20 PM
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What do you use your "newborn" clean, empty jars for? I know they make great storage for all sorts of things. Do you send them to the recycling center when you get too many? My grandmother always saved the small to medium size to put her homemade jams and jellies in, and then she sealed them with parrafin. I don't ever remember buying any jars, except for fruit or vegies that had to be put through a coldpacker or pressure cooker. The mayonaise and pasta sauce jars often use the standardized sealing lids for narrow or widemouth. They will usually withstand the boiling water bath of a coldpacker, though the glass is usually two thin for the pressure cooker. Jars with the original lids work great for freezer jams and leftovers, just remember to leave 1 1/2 to 2 inches of headspace for the expansion otherwise your precious "little ones" will burst open when the contents freeze. My sewing room also is full of jars of all sizes to hold pins, buttons, small rolls of ribbon, elastic, and other notions. If you are lucky and have a few gallon jars they are great to keep crackers fresh and crispy(and free of most bugs, mealmoths are one exception), also great for large packages of cereal that don't get eaten quickly, cornmeal, etc. I live where the sun shines about 362 days a year, so I make a lot of suntea. Two quart and gallon jars are great for this use. My husband snatches up most of the small jars we accumulate for his shop to hold washers, screws, odd nails, and the wide variety of fasteners he uses. The greatest thing about glass jars is you can see exactly what you put in them, you can write on the outside with a Sharpy marker(which will come off with a little nail polish remover-acetone when you change the contents). The one drawback is that they can be broken fairly easily. But, no worries because they are recyclable. Jars are right up there on my list of favorite things to save and reuse, along with buttons and zippers.
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