Half Gallon Jars are great!

[Goatherd]

...From ACE!

Actually, we have a store where I live called Trader Horn. When I was there picking up canning jars last year, I saw the 1/2 gallons size and wonder what in the world would anyone put in those! Well, now I know!

So on my outing today to get "provisions," I will be buying them and bringing them home TODAY! No shipping needed here!

Thanks!

 

[Georgiamainers]

I used to buy goat's milk from a local lady who used these jars. She had the plastic mason jar lids on her jars which are great too. I need to pick some up.

 

[Goatherd]

(Uh... what is ACE? Is that a hardware store?

Sure is! "Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man!" (I listen to their commercials)

 

[PattySh]

Buy the plastic wide mouth canning jar lids for them, so much easier than using the metal ones. I agree the 1/2 gals are great.

 

[mydakota]

Wow, I didn't realize they were rare? Are they rare in some parts of the country? I used to use them for canning my grape juice in, long before I had goats. I have half gallon milk bottles that I mostly use for goats milk now, but when I have overflow I use the half gallon jars and they do work well. I can not even imagine having to store all that milk in quarts. It would take up the whole fridge!

 

[Rebbetzin]

Speaking of canning jars...

this is a cute one...

 

[freemotion]

I use quart glass juice bottle for our everyday pouring, but the milk I save up for making cheese goes into gallon jars. When I have four, it is time to make cheese! I got some through restaurants years ago when everything was not in plastic and recently bought a few at WalMart as "cracker jars."

 

[DonnaBelle]

I wanted to say thanks for this thread. I went to Tulsa Friday for a Dr.'s appointment. We stopped at the Ace Hardware store and I got 6 of those lovely l/2 gallon glass canning jars.

Thanks for the heads up on those jars guys, they will sure beat having the fridge full of quart jars!!

DonnaBelle

 

[Ariel301]

For some reason, here, it costs less to buy a half gallon jar of pickles at the grocery store than an empty half gallon canning jar, so that's how I get mine. Fortunately I have lots of friends with children that love pickles.

 

[poorboys]

WE FOUND A BUNCH OF OLD 1/2 GALLON MILK GLASS JARS, LOVE EM, ALSO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A MARSH GROCERY THEY SELL MILK AND JUICE IN THE 1/2 GALLON GLASS JAR!!