I am looking for pint and a half jars for canning. My friend bakes sweet breads (like banana)in them, puts lids on right out of the oven and they seal. The tube shaped bread slides right out when you want a quick snack. I cannot find these anywhere!! (my friend got them from her Mother)

-- Pam Burbank (pamalimabean@hotmail.com), January 22, 2002

Answers

Pam- I have a couple of boxes of 12 oz Ball jars, but I just looked at them and they are the quilted, jelly jar kind. These are the only 12 oz jars I have ever seen, I think.

-- Elizabeth (ekfla@aol.com), January 22, 2002.

Just went searching for jars and found several sites which might have what you're looking for. I just typed in canning jars on yahoo. Also came across a site-chefmom-that states that it's not safe to do breads and cakes this way. Bacteria from the moisture content etc...you might want to check this site out.

-- Terri in WV (mrs_swift_26547@yahoo.com), January 23, 2002.

Just went searching and found several sites by typing in canning jars on yahoo that might have what you're looking for. Also found a site- chefmom-that says it's not safe to do breads and cakes this way due to moisture content and bacteria-you might want to check this out.

-- Terri in WV (mrs_swift_26547@yahoo.com), January 23, 2002.

OOPS! Sorry about the double post-I didn't think the first one took

-- Terri in WV (mrs_swift_26547@yahoo.com), January 23, 2002.

On EBAY under fruit jars.. They even have 1/2 gal. sizes..

-- cARRIE (onemaur@olg.com), January 23, 2002.

By my calculation, a pint and a half is 16 oz x 1.5 which equals 24 oz - an odd size indeed. HOWEVER, there is an answer and it is virtually free. The yuppie spaghetti sauce (Classico, 5 Brothers) comes in 26 oz jars, and they are actually mason jars, suitable for canning. I have been using them for several years, and I don't even have to buy the over-priced sauce. I get them at our recycling center, and that is the epitome of recycling. Try it, you'll like it! GL!

-- Brad (homefixer@SacoRiver.net), January 23, 2002.

Looks like everyone is chasing off in the wrong direction as to the pint and a half jars. Key clue there is that the bread slides right out of the jars. Eliminates 99.9% of the jars out there as all but the small jelly jars would have necks. Pam's friend got them from her mother. Probably dates them only back into the late-40s or early 50s. These were freezer jars! Smaller at the bottom than at the top. About 25 years ago, purchased an old freezer which was already about that old and there were about a dozen of those jars included with it. I'd never seen them before or since. Just checked on their content size and indeed they are about 1-1/2 pint, widemouth. The glass is very thick. Won't break when freezing as the expansion is directed upward. The lids were unlined zinc so that they too would expand in case the jar was filled too much. Reason why you can't find them now is that they were replaced by plastic for freezing purposes, coincidently about 50 years ago. If you know any oldtimers who no longer put up their own food, ask them if they have any freezer jars and I suspect that they would know what you want.

Marty

-- Martin Longseth (paquebot@merr.com), January 23, 2002.

Hi, What you need are freezer jars ... widemouth without shoulders and narrower at the bottom ... makes it easy to get the bread out of the jar.

The website for Ball/Kerr products is www.homecanning.com or you can call their homecanners help line. 800-240-3340 wkdays 8:30-4:30 eastern time. The snailmail address is:

Altrista Consumer Products Company P.O. Box 2729 Muncie, IN 47307-0729

Hope this helps .... Char

-- Char Shank (ckshank@yahoo.com), January 28, 2002.

I have been searching for pint and a half jars for several years. I do not intend to bake bread in them, but have a recipe for a "layered" Friendship Soup that can be ginen as gifts. Have adapted so that it can be done in a pint jar by attaching the macarone on the outside.

-- Rhonda Vercellino (verc@ctnet.net), March 24, 2002.