The regular lids are about 2 1/2" in diameter.

Leigh

ksrogers,
Thanks for the info. You are correct they aren't quite a quart. I didn't think about the cracking or shattering since they are so heavy but you may have a darn good point. If I can find suitable lids I may try them with a BWB. It could be a diaster if they shatter under pressure!

Heck no I won't send them to recycling! I'll find some use for them. I can use some to start my sweet potato slips next year and maybe to start an avocado seed, pineapple top or whatever. :-)

They used to take a regular lid & rings---I've got about a dozen of them like that which I use regularly.

Those sauce jars are made of heavy duty glass, unlike the thin stuff that mayo et als comes in. I have never had one break in either a BWB or pressure can canner.

The fact that they are smaller than a full quart doesn't bother me in the slightest. Not anymore than using those 1 1/2 pint canning jars.

Leigh

It's frustrating because even though I'm all for recycling, reusing in the original form is still a better use.

Carol

A "home economist" mentioned to me that many new "rules" weren't very economical and she wondered what happened to the "economist" part. There seems to be much focus on disposable goods and not much on reusing things.

Annie

They must think we're too stupid to figure out they've raised the price.

Carol

But, in today's litigatious world, it's understandable. If one of those jars broke in your canning kettle, and you hurt yourself fishing it out---either cutting yourself, or burning yourself, or what have you, we all know who's going to pay through the nose. The guy who put the sauce in that jar, is who.

Leigh: That size change on the jars took place within the past two years, on a phased-in approach. Once the new standard was established, they first used up their existing stocks, and then went with the new jars. So it depends on the company how fast the changeover took.

Meanwhile, the through-the-back-door price hikes that occur by making products smaller has been going on, steadily, since 1974. When, for instance, was the last time you saw a 1-pound coffee can? They're now down to 12 ounces. Most #2 1/2 cans now contain only 14.5 ounces instead of 16.
And so on.

All of which is just one more reason why it makes sense for us to grow and preserve as much of our own food as possible.

I'm just wondering how it's affected the anal-retentive cooks who have to follow recipes slavishly. Do they realize that "add one can tomato sauce" may not be the same can that the recipe-writer used???

Annie

I hate the idea that they changed the size.

I'd like to add one thing here. Your jar may very well say Atlas, however they are not canning jars as we know them. They were made specifically for Classico. I have dozens of the Bortolli pasta jars which say Atlas and Mason on the same jar. They are all 24 oz. and have the measures on the side. I love them and even use them in my pressure canner.
Bortolli now uses the lug closures. We're now out of luck saving those.

Melissa

Maybe not. Lug lids are available, and can be used with only a simple change in procedure.

You have to be sure to wipe the thread area extra carefully, because, you cna't get to this area after processing.

I can about 1/2 of my jams in "lug" type jars. These are the ones I use for gifts. The jars and lids are cheaper so I don't care about getting the jar back.

I wouldn't reuse (except of course to store something in the fridge or on the shelf). It's too much trouble making this stuff to risk the failure rate.

Carol

I find that 24 oz. size very well suited for my small household, so I put tomato sauce and applesauce and things into them and reuse those jars much more than my normal quart canning jars. Have also bought Miracle Whip in that size jar recently, I like that size and of course not having to buy the jars separately.

One of my not approved methods that works really well for me, I know all the advice is not to do it, is just to use the original lug lid again. It has to be in great shape and clean of course. I have done that with pickle jars and little jam jars my aunts collect for me, etc. So with the Classico jars, try using the lid again if you are as cheap as me. My ingredients are mostly free so I don't mind if something unseals, or I eat that one first. But I have excellent results with reused lug lids, have always had them seal as far as I recall, much better than I can say for brand new Golden Harvest lids.

The only type of lid that doesn't reseal, in my experience, is for baby food jars. They have some special lid to keep you from using the darn things that way again. Made a mess trying to can some applesauce in baby food jars last fall. Had to use my few precious 4 oz. canning jars instead for my friend's baby. Gave them along with a note that if the jars weren't returned I wouldn't can anything for her every again. Her hubby loves our salsa, and she loves my cinnamon pear toppings, so she gave them all back!

Marcia, who is disgusted with our throw away society

I hate throwing stuff away that could be reused. I'm terrible about hauling stuff to the recycler, because that's a lot of work. But I reuse or give away anything that can be reused. I've run out of uses for old jars around here!

They have plants around the country, so a web search may turn up one somewhere near you.

As for lids Big Lots carries the standard Golden Harvest brand lids for 99 cents for 12. I haven't seen the wide mouth lids though.

I found this company for Jar lids, both lug and CT (standard thread). They ship to Canada, which is rare to say the least. Excellent service.

Anyone know where to get replacement lids for babyfood jars? I have some from Fillmore Container that sort of fit, but the original lid has plastic inside that molds to the threads on the jar when it's heated. The ones I have are a standard lug lid and it's kind of hit and miss whether they seal.
The sales rep said they would work, but now I am wondering if Canadian babyfood jars and American babyfood jars are not the same.

For powdery mildew there are several anti-fungal sprays that quite safe to apply.

Carol

Clyde.

http://www.vasiquattrostagioni.it/english/Quattro_stagioni_linea.htm

Here in the part of Canada where I live, the same regular and wide mouth jar lids that are standard in the U.S. are the common ones, but you do see Gem lids for sale occasionally, and I understand they are quite common in the Prairies. Yes, there was quite a kerfuffle when the company that now owns both Ball/Kerr and the Canadian Bernardin stopped making them --- folks who had hundreds of Gem-sized jars were pretty cheesed off!

I have about three Gem jars that I got at a garage sale, and have never used because I haven't had lids, but one day I'll get some and give them a try. (Clyde, if they don't fit your jars, maybe I can buy some from you!)

Zabby