{"id":146,"date":"2016-10-09T15:26:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/?p=146"},"modified":"2016-10-10T00:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:39:37","slug":"im-so-giddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Im So Giddy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was checking out Cragislist, sorta looking for food grade barrels and \/ or gamma lids, more to get an idea of availability and cost versus buying them new when I was browsing around and came across a listing for canning jars.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s lots of overpriced vintage jar ads, but this was different – clearly from a family who are no longer canning, not some re-saler looking to make a profit.\u00c2\u00a0 50-some 1\/2 pint, 50-some pint, 40-some quart and a handful of 1\/2 gallon jars, for a total of 152 jars, all stored in 4 Rubbermaid roughneck totes for only 25$ !!\u00c2\u00a0 The totes alone, if I purchased them new would cost more than that!<\/p>\n

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I emailed them right away, and they got back to me today.\u00c2\u00a0 They wanted to make sure the jars were going to someone that actually wanted to can with them, and I assured them that this is a skill I really do want to become proficient in.\u00c2\u00a0 I rushed right over\u00c2\u00a0to get them.\u00c2\u00a0They even threw in a bag of rings and unopened boxes of lids! A 12 pack of quart jars, new, I haven’t seen for less than 30$ and I’ve see them for 50$ or more on amazon.\u00c2\u00a0 Half-Pints and Pints are a bit better at 10-15$ a dozen (but about half my half pints are the decorative cut glass looking ones).<\/p>\n

The wife, who had been the canner, looking a little frail and very sweet, said she went through and recycled any jars that had chips or seemed unsafe.\u00c2\u00a0 I still will check them of course, but even if a few were unusable for actual canning, I can find a use for it.\u00c2\u00a0 (I love me some mason jar crafts)<\/p>\n

Unless Santa brings me a Pressure Canner, I probably won’t get any use from my jars until next year, but I am absolutely giddy with excitement to have these supplies that I can fill with food to build the pantry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was checking out Cragislist, sorta looking for food grade barrels and \/ or gamma lids, more to get an idea of availability and cost versus buying them new when I was browsing around and came across a listing for canning jars.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s lots of overpriced vintage jar ads, but this was different – clearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[30,31,33,32],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-storage","category-general","tag-bargain","tag-canning","tag-food-storage","tag-preserving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}