What Do You Do With Your Used Glass Jars?

[prairiedruid]

Of course, if there had been any mold or anything in there, then I would shoot them out a canon at the moon instead.

Was wondering why there were a couple of jars on my roof. Thought it was hail.....

 

[FurCoat]

If you ever watch a youtube video of what is really happening inside a dishwasher, you'd stop putting too much faith in them for anything. Basically just sprays off your dishes.

I'm with you on that one. Dishes are hand washed here. Dishwasher used for storage.

 

[FurCoat]

We can everything, because we live off the garden; sauces, salsas, jams, pickles, green beans, etc... I have my grand parent's collection of jars as well as I have picked up people's jars after they passed away, obituary scores. I keep a lot of them in the barn as they get used. But, when it is time to use them, I run them through a wash in the sink and rinse with Clorox water, and waterbath them before using for foods.

For tobaccos, I will turn the oven on 200F, and soak them in there for a bit before refilling with tobacco. 140F for 10 minutes is the minimum for killing the worst of the bacteria and mold spores. That is pasteurization minimum as well. Plus, a little heat helps set the seal.

I too have my grandparents canning supplies. My grandfather taught me to garden. Picked some up from friends that didn't take up canning. Seems to be a dying art. I will go as far as boiling the jars if I'm storing tobacco in them. Off topic...I can the left over juice from the tomates. Pour in a pot, sprinkle in some corn starch to thicken and you have soup Campbell's can't touch.

 

[trubka2]

Was wondering why there were a couple of jars on my roof. Thought it was hail.....

Shoot, sorry! Guess I need more powder to get them into orbit.

 

[woodsroad]

I crush the jars immediately after one use. Glass shards are then melted down in my glass furnace and recast as new jars. As soon as the jars have cooled sufficiently (140, as Cosmic said), they are filled with tobacco.

I do the same with wine bottles, eye glasses and syringes.

 

[warren]

I fill 'em with more tobacco. Don't know what else I'd do with them. My jelly "jarer" up and died on me a few years ago.

 

[ashdigger]

I generally turn mine into Molotov Cocktails.

 

[PipesRock]

Wash and reuse with new lids. I found a bunch of my empty jars a few weeks ago so naturally I "had to" buy more blends.

 

[fightnhampster]

I reuse them. I washed them out by hand with soap and water. I rinse them out really, really well. Let them air-dry.
I reuse the bands, but I do buy new lids.

This may just be a quirk of mine, but I don't trust the dishwasher with my tobacco storage. Occasionally i have seen film left in some glassware that I use when I have held it up to the light. Streaks and such. I don't want that sitting in with my tobacco for years, and years.

So yes, I'm willing to have film on the plates, utensils, and glassware I use on a daily basis, but not my precious tobacco containers. ?

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I am also a tobacco whore, very promiscuous, so I regularly have about 20+ things open that I am dipping into. If I didn't use glass jars what I have open would certainly dry out beyond what I prefer.

That has been the case for a decade, and I don't see that changing in the future, so I will always need some jars on hand. ?

I mostly use 8 oz jars, but I do have some 4 oz that I us too.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

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I can’t believe you’re chucking those jars in the trash! ?
Quick wipe with some alcohol and they’re like brand new jars ?‍

 

[mikethompson]

If a jar is cleaned properly, there is no reason to get rid of them. Washed and sanitized properly, with a new seal, they should be as good as a new one.

 

[F4RM3R]

I sell mine on the black market for 3x the price

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I sell mine on the black market for 3x the price

Hey, you jest, but with the scarcity of jars right now, you might be onto something! ?

 

[J.GANDY]

Hey, you jest, but with the scarcity of jars right now, you might be onto something! ?

For real! I went to 3 different stores this week, nothing but ball jar accessories and those plastic lids no one seems to want. Not one jar.

 

[condorlover1]

All of mine come pre-filled with my favorite blends!

 

[jpmcwjr]

I trust my dishwasher. YouTube can go get f******. It's a good one, and it knows my secrets.

But sometimes jars get refilled without washing, rinsing, wiping or swiping. Oooops!

 

[pappymac]

I too have my grandparents canning supplies. My grandfather taught me to garden. Picked some up from friends that didn't take up canning. Seems to be a dying art. I will go as far as boiling the jars if I'm storing tobacco in them. Off topic...I can the left over juice from the tomates. Pour in a pot, sprinkle in some corn starch to thicken and you have soup Campbell's can't touch.

Boiling the jars will definitely sterilize the jars and make them safe for reuse.

 

[woodsroad]

Boiling the jars will definitely sterilize the jars and make them safe for reuse.

Boiling does not sterilize. There are mold spores that can survive boiling water. Sterilization requires steam, higher temps and pressure. A home pressure cooker will do the job. Is it necessary, though? Nope.
John, however. is a rebel. A man living on the edge. I wouldn’t go there. He’s a bad a*** MF, just stuffing new baccy in old jars. Brutal.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Oh, damn, caught out again. I try to look docile and all friendly, but am more fiendly.

How's this for bad a** m.f.?:
I had mold in a bag of Planta Full English six months ago. I threw away the moldy bits, resealed the bag, and just opened it last night. Voila! A half pound of fine aged tobacco which I have been smoking for a day now. OMG!!!

If I am hereafter absent, you'll know the mold got me...

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Who knew that the jars were the thing that would disappear, while we were worried about the tobacco.. It's like a Twilight Zone episode.