Jars i would normally recycle; spaghetti sauce jars that are actually mason jars and would seem to have more value in re-use than recycling. I know a little bit about canning jars these days, since I posted on Freecycle and Craigslist looking for some, and my mom did the same -- we're planning on canning some apple sauce, beets, and a few other homemade treats. I've gotten into local eating in a big way, and so I want to put away some of the CSA produce coming our way by the harvest-time bushel. The freezer is full and so I've been doing a crash course in canning -- a course taught by my delighted mother. It's been a labor intensive but fun and fulfilling project.
The reason we need new canning jars is because my mother's canning jars are all currently tied up, containing as they do batches of 25 year old dilly beans and pickles she can't bring herself to dump. I might just be the only person under 60 who still cans because we have been snowballed with offers of canning jars, all from senior citizens. One lady, down-sizing to move into a retirement community, gave me her life's collection of 64 DOZEN jars. Sixty-four. Dozen. That's 768 jars.
So, anyway, I sorted out a couple dozen that still have their labels on -- with 744 remaining jars to choose from, who needs to soak off labels? It's a tedious task that I dislike -- and offered them on Freecycle. At first I thought no on wanted them, but finally a lady emailed to say she'd be picking apples this weekend and thought she'd take a crack at making apple butter. I warned her about the labels but she didn't mind. Our apple butter came out marvelously, and I hope hers does as well.
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