do you save glass jars? - Page 3

 



Of course I do; Where else would I store my urine?

 



I don't save glass jars, but my dad does. He loves to grow vegetables in
his garden. Rather than giving away his vegetables, he uses the jars to
store some sort of vegetable stew concoction. He showed me once what he
does. He sautes his vegies until they get soft, then with the tomatoes,
he makes a rustic kind of sauce. He dumps the sautéed veggies in the
sauce, then he boils the jars and stores the vegetables and sauce in
them. I tried eating a bottle's worth one time that my dad gave me and I
didn't like it, but my sister goes, so sometimes he will give my sister
some. It goes good over rice.

I don't have the space to store lots of jars, nor am I into gardening.
Every once in a while I make home made pickles so I have a one gallon
glass jar for that, but all the other containers I get when I buy
groceries at the supermarket end up in the recycling bin when I am done
with them. Like you said, these days, most things come in plastic
containers anyway. The reason for that is plastic is a lot less costly
to transport than glass and it may generates less pollution in the long
run, plus its easier to handle in the stores.

 

says...

The last time I thought of saving a glass jar was derailed by
effort that would have been required to remove the adhesive from
the label.  Although I have a few glass jars that had coffee in
them originally, and easily removable labels.  I use them for
sugar, salt, etc.

But, generally,  I save the plastic containers.  I have over 100
litres of water stored in juice bottles, in case of an
earthquake.  Plus items that can be used for starting plants.  
Plus various cups and lids, etc.

Where I live, ice cream comes in 2-litre plastic boxes, with
snap-on lids.  Which many people save for re-use.  For example, I
have a bunch of spare computer cables, power cords, etc, coiled
up (with twist-ties from a bulk roll found in the gardening dept
of the supermarket) and stored in ice cream boxes.  Plus other
bits and pieces.

The last time I relocated, (which was just down the road) I went
ahead and dumped a substantial number of plastic food containers.

OTOH, my household pests are just a few insects.  Although I had
to deal with a few mice a couple winters ago.  Snap, splat,
problem fixed.


--
Get Credit Where Credit Is Due
http://www.cardreport.com/
Credit Tools, Reference, and Forum