On 7/18/2010 11:45 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In >,
> The > wrote:
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>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:12:50 -0600, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I was reading through a couple of Ball Blue Books and some
>>> other canning books today and saw a reference to using
>>> 1 1/2 pint jars. (3 cups) Has anyone ever seen these
>>> or was it a typo? Did they mean 1 1/2 CUP (18 oz.)
>>> which exist but aren't that easy to find?
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> They were produced by Ball but I don't know exactly when, but I
>> bought several boxes probably in the 1980's. I still have a dozen or
>> so and would love to find more.
>>
>> They do hold 3 cups. They are the same height has a quart jar and
>> look like a tall wide mouth pint. I love them for pickled asparagus
>> and a good size for veggies for 2. However they do not leave the
>> house.
>
> Do you still have the boxes, Susan? Were they billed as freezer jars?
> I think those were about 3-cups, tapering to wider at the top than
> bottom so that removing a frozen block of something was easier to do.
>
>
Oh yeah, I recognize that jar now, I have one of the freezer jars
someone gave me, I use it to store dry goods in as I don't make freezer jam.

The Classico sauce jars are 26 ounce jars IIRC.