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| schoolmama |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 9:00:15 PM
I found a few of these at a garage sale - the kind that you buy bulk pickles in (or other food products)
I already have one I use to make sun tea in.
I am considering using another to make some home made fermented sauerkraut in...
Just curious what other ideas are out there. |
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| JennyJKerr |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 9:30:56 PM
A great idea for glass jars or any size is this one I got from Martha Stewart!
http://travisandjennykerr.com/kerrfect/?p=2215
I do this to everything glass! My bathroom has a grouping of apothecary jars I got for .50C-$1 at thrift stores. I etched them with Ks in different styles and now they look like something out of a Pottery Barn catalog!
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| tea_lady_tammy |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 1:40:55 PM
my hubby uses them as part of a squirrel feeder he makes with his students. We have one outside and I tell you the squirrels are constant visitors.
blessings
Tammy
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| jill skane |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 06:45:07 AM
I have painted my lids and put labels on my jars, they stay out on my hutch in maine. Better then canister sets that nothing fits in, and you get tired of looking at after a while.
jill |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 06:39:46 AM
Sometimes you can use different lids for them. The smell is not in the glass jar it is in the lid. I just started replacing the lids whenever I could find ones that fit. I tried baking soda and everything else but it takes a really long time to get that smell out.
You can find glass jars for storing at www.amazon.com
farmgirl sister#43
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| jill skane |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 05:46:07 AM
I also use them for storage of flour, sugar, also I put my cookies in them. I was as able to put mine in my dishwasher and wash them that way. My daughter in law just saw them and asked where I got them. She works at a school and thats where I got mine.
jill |
| shunger |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 05:19:24 AM
Hi, I use my gallon jars to make the sauerkraut from MaryJane's magazine; the recipe appeared last summer. It's wonderful. My husband and I bought an antique cabbage slicer at a garage sale and it worked perfectly.
Thanks for all the tips on getting the pickle smell out of jar lids. I love to have lots of glass jars around but was throwing out the pickle lids because of the odor. Suzanne |
| Violets November |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 9:20:16 PM
Peggy, decoupaging the lids is a good idea, I hadn't thought of that!
~Violet~
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| LadyInRed |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 7:01:57 PM
As I mentioned before I use my big jars for crafting pretties because they just display so nicely. But what I didn't mention is I don't like the plain white lids...so I paint them, pick out pretty floral stickers or pictures and decoupage them on the lids...then tie either a matching colored Ribbon, a piece of lace, a piece of jute or a piece of colored cord around the neck. They also make pretty door-stops that way too.
I look for them all the time at Antique Stores or garage sales.
Blessings,
~peggy
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| Violets November |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 5:34:40 PM
I have lots of gallon jars as I've been using them for years.
When my hubby and I were a very young family he brought home about half a dozen from the olive plant where he was working. Ahhhh....I thought that was so romantic!
But I use them for everything. And they look so pretty with different grains, beans, flours etc in them for kitchen use. You could spray paint the lids to match your decor theme. Or you could easily make cute little old fashion looking cloth covers to place over the lids.
As other posters already stated, herb storage, stitchin' supply storage, sun tea, iced coffee, candle jars, etc, etc, etc. Or, if you have tons, make the lid pretty, make a label and fill them or not, just depending on what you decided to do, and give them as a gift. You could make a set of canister's for some event, makes a great gift!
I let mine sit open for about a month and the pickle just goes away. This is an easy way to deal with the pickle smell unless, of course, you need or want to use them right away.
~Violet~
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| DvilleMama |
Posted - Jun 11 2010 : 9:21:21 PM
Patty, I use 1/2 gallon size mason jars for our raw cow's milk. I bought them from ACE Hardware. It was a 6pack for $10. I like the wide mouths for easy cleaning. Instead of using the metal lids that come with the jars, I invested in the white plastic ones. They are simply better for everyday use.
Lyn
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| Sourceress |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 6:54:52 PM
We get all our milk in 1/2 gallon glass bottles from a small local dairy in southern Pennsylvania. There is a deposit on the bottles, and when they're empty, we rinse them out and take them back to the co-op and get our deposit back. Ideally, we'd just trade them for full bottles, but because I don't always remember to bring them, sometimes I don't have a bottle at all when I'm getting milk, and sometimes I have a whole bunch. Maybe you could find a dairy near you that does something similar? Or even go visit a place that has a dairy like that, buy a bottle of milk, and just keep the bottle?
I had been using the pint-sized bottles that the whipping cream came in on my kitchen window sill to hold various implements and plants I was rooting and so forth, but I hated not giving them back for the deposit. Then I found hot cocoa mix from a small company in Vermont packaged in the exact same glass bottles. There is no deposit on the ones that come with the cocoa, so every time I have an empty bottle from the cocoa mix, I wash it out and swap it for one of the ones from the dairy, so I can take those back and get my deposit back. $1.75 isn't that much, but it adds up pretty quick.
Lis
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 11:29:46 AM
Patty, try your local resturants, some will save them for you for free, or sell at low price.
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| biker farm girl |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 10:54:00 AM
Does anyone know of a source for 1/2 gallon glass jars? They are easier for me for the amount of goat milk I get, and easier to pour from, but rare. |
| LadyInRed |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 01:51:36 AM
I use Baking Soda also ...to rid jars of their smells. I use my gallon jars for all kinds of things.
I store my Cleaned Lavender in one, as I make Lavender Eye Pillows. I store my Flax Seed in One. And I use one for all colors of Ribbon for crafting...It looks so beautiful on display. Just a couple ideas.
Blessings,
~peggy
Lady In Red |
| JojoNH |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 04:51:41 AM
Getting out the pickle smell:
Fill up your sink with hot water and use a lemon based dish soap. put the jar in on it's side and the lid in and let soak. Turn the jar if needed ( it have deep sinks so it fills up over the top of the jar)
I soak mine over night, clean the next day when I wash my dishes and no smell! Hope that helps.
Joanna #566
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 04:29:41 AM
Fill with all your cookie cutters and put a pretty cloth top on the lid with a ribbon.
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 6:34:29 PM
A solution of dry mustard and water will also help to remove smells from the seal - this works with plastic containers as well.
Blessings, Sheri
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| crystalgayle |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 5:51:29 PM
I use mine to sprout edible seeds.
I cover it with cheese cloth and a rubber band. It keeps the seeds from molding, but also allowed me to dribble just a bit of water through the top to keep them moist.
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| Sourceress |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 7:42:19 PM
I usually scrub my galllon-sized former pickle jars out really well with baking soda, and depending on how bad the smell is, maybe let it sit with baking soda in it and the lid on for a while. It takes some patience and a lot of washing, but you can get the smell out. Also, just letting it sit open and air out for a couple of weeks after you've scrubbed it out, and then maybe washing it again (because in my experience, if you leave a jar or something sitting open for a couple of weeks, it *will* collect dust and little bugs and dog fur and Goddess only knows what else :-) ) seems to help. I am big on airing things out though.
Lis
*the Sourceress*
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| tiff-tiff |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 7:38:58 PM
Thank you Teresa! I'm going to try this asap! Mine have been used for storing used oil (cooking and automotive). I've been too worried about "pickling" my flour, sugar, rice . . . :-)
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| grace gerber |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 2:42:54 PM
Oh I too use them to place things in to keep mice away - silly mice. In my line of business - Fiber Arts I also use them to make my dye mixtures and also to hold my natural dye material after I gather them. During the Holiday time I also place my many types of cookies in them. Great for viewing but also great to keep in the freshness. I still have some Russian Tea Cookies from December that is fresh and yummy...
Congrat's on the great find...
Grace Gerber
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 2:43:08 PM
Tiffany, its the rubber coating on the inside of the lid that holds the smell of pickles. Take a damp piece of newspaper, but some fishtank filter charcoal in the jar and put lid back on, it will take several times to draw the smell out over a couple of weeks, but it will work. To test and see if it is smell free, rinse well and dry, then put a slice of apple in it, or a peice of bread, put lid on for a day, then check.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
| tiff-tiff |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 10:24:08 AM
Any ideas on getting the pickle smell out? I put some homemade chex mix in one and it all tasted like pickles. I cleaned it out several times with soap and water . . .
Tiff
Farmgirl #164
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 08:22:47 AM
I have lots of them I use for fresh raw goat's and cow's milk. They are perfect for that. Also I store dried herbs and veggies and fruits in them. Grians too. I also have the half gallon jars.
I am always looking for more. I guess I need to go yard saling soon.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 08:14:20 AM
use for storeing:
flour
sugar
tea bags
rice
br sugar
oats
grains
dry beans
cereal
dry noodles/pastas
etc
etc
etc...
in my world, gallon glass jars are worth there weight in gold, and they are mouse proof,lol
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
