Cheap Source For Curing Jars
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petert
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I've been scouring Wamart for the past month...The quart or larger jars they have with a screw top are $3.49 each. They don't stock "canning" jars in the fall..I know a store manager and she told me this.
During canning season they sell 1 pint jars for that price.
I'd like to find a source for those 1/2 pickle jars! Spagetti sauce jars are a good idea...But a little small.
so have done some shopping over the last 6 mo's found these prices
costco none
winco has 1 dz = 7.50 (reg mouth only) large mo= 1dz = 9.99
walmart has 3 -4 sizes from 4 oz to 32 4 oz set =$5.99 reg mouth dz = $9.99
have heard that local thrift stores/goodwill have them ast sizes for .25+
costco none
winco has 1 dz = 7.50 (reg mouth only) large mo= 1dz = 9.99
walmart has 3 -4 sizes from 4 oz to 32 4 oz set =$5.99 reg mouth dz = $9.99
have heard that local thrift stores/goodwill have them ast sizes for .25+
massah
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Not all walmarts are the same...mine still has a big ass stack of them...maybe HER store doesn't have them...but I know plenty of people are still doing canning around here
Metasynth
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Bullshit, I bought 2 cases of 12 jars like a week ago at walmart...One case of pint jars(5.50) and one case of quart jars(6.00)
Gastanker
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Ace hardware sells 12 packs of 32oz wide mouth jars for $12.99 - http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4418860&cp=2568443.2568448.11927733.11927746
Pretty sure home depot carries cheap jars as well.
Pretty sure home depot carries cheap jars as well.
massah
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or just buy Classico spaghetti sauce...particularly the tomato and basil(works great as pizza sauce), and the spinach and cheese...awesome storebought sauces most of the time...and by most of the time I mean I've had weird issues with them where a random jar has like 0 flavor...but other times its delicious 
Metasynth
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or just buy Classico spaghetti sauce...particularly the tomato and basil(works great as pizza sauce), and the spinach and cheese...awesome storebought sauces most of the time...and by most of the time I mean I've had weird issues with them where a random jar has like 0 flavor...but other times its delicious
I like Classico, but I'm not paying 2+ dollars per jar just becuase it has some sauce in it too...lol...Plus what happens when you need like 15 jars? Thats a lot of spaghetti!
massah
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Damn right it is...i might be full afterwards too...depends on how much i've got the munchies
Metasynth
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Damn right it is...i might be full afterwards too...depends on how much i've got the munchies
Haha, I can polish off almost a pound dry (1 regular package) of spaghetti by myself, but MAN do I feel full afterwards! Haha...But yeah, i need like 20+ jars, I already have 10+ jars filled, and we're not even half way through! I just feel like that would be a horrible waste of pasta sauce.......
But Walmart, OSH, Target...these are all good sources of cheap jars....Last year I just hit up the dollar store and 99 cent store, they had some jars that worked out pretty well, but no substitution for mason jars.....
Metasynth
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oh...and that's why for the last year you should have been saving your jars!
Haha, I guess you're right....But with one fell swoop I picked up 24 jars for $11.50 at walmart, and I didn't have to wash and store them for an extended period of time....I can afford the 12 bucks for conveinance, thats less than I make an hour.....
petert
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Dude...All I'm saying is that I've been to four Walmarts 3, bigg ass stores and a small store...I live in a Ag Valley..shit loads of apples, pears, peaches cherries...and that store didn't have shit. Just a quart and a half glass cookie jar for 3.49 (made in China of course). I asked the manager and I told you what she said...
Don't call buullshit on me..I'm just telling you what I found and was TRYING to help anyone else out who was looking for jars!
Besides..who the fuck cures in pint jars? And your trying to telling me they sell jars that are twice the size (pint to quart) .50 cents more a dozen?
dbkick
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walmart is NOT a friendly neighbor, buy mom and pop!
Metasynth
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Yes, I'm telling you they charge $0.50 more a dozen for the upgrade from pint to quart...lol...I bought the pint jars because they only had one case of the quart jars at the time...haha, they still fit like a half oz+ depending on density...
