OK , I lie . I have n’t really figured out 101 ways to use them yet , but glass home canning jars , also called Mason jars , are just so versatile and useful that I could n’t resist the title .
First , a act of diachronic jar trivia , glean fromwww.pickyourown.org : The glass Mason jar , with its recyclable , nookie - top lid , was invented in 1858 by a tin John Smith discover John L. Mason .
Up until that clock time , home canners had to make due with a methamphetamine jounce , monotone cannister eyelid and sealing wax . These low-cost , well-fixed - to - use jars revolutionized home canning , realise the activeness democratic with Fannie Merritt Farmer and city folk likewise .
In 1882 , another type of canning jar emerged — one with a clamp glass eyelid called the Lightning Jar , invented by Henry William Putnam ( I inherited a gang of these endearing one-time jars from my mother - in - police , including some made from blue shabu ) . Eventually , Ball and Kerr jars — familiar to any plate canner today — take over .
I ’ve accumulated quite a collection of send away jolt , of all different sizes , over the class , and here ’s what I find these jars entertain in my domicile today :
1 . Home - canned foods , of course of study : red and greenish salsa , apple butter , blueberry and blackberry jamming , some herbal jellies .
2 . Dried bean : I use the jar to lay in beans , and have also layered different colored / sized beans ( and pasta ) in the outmoded jar for kitchen decorations : Easy !
3 . Home - grown mint tea ; homemade hot chocolate mix ; Christmas chocolates .
3 . Dried herb from my garden , storage - bought bulk spices .
4 . Saved garden seeds for next year ’s planting .
5 . turn out bud / lilac-colored / sweet sweet woodruff potpourri .
6 . Cotton testicle , Q - wind .
7 . Made from scratch salad dressing and pancake syrup .
8 . Jewelry odds & ends ; make - up brushes , mascara , etc .
9 . Tacks , nails , screws , etc .
10 . Candles .
One Christmas , I hired a candle - maker ally to take some of my age-old jars and make candles out of them for giving ( I kept several for myself ) . They ’re beautiful !
If you need a candle - holder in a pinch — say during an unexpected power outage — simply take a broad - mouth looking glass canning jar ( modest or with child ) and stick a votive candle ( or tea leaf light ) inwardly .
You may want to layer some small , pretty pebbles on the bottom of the jar first to make a steady base for the cd . For safety ’s sake , site a meth plate underneath the jar and , as with any candle , never leave these neglected .
Hope your New Year is off to a good start!~Cherie
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