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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:55:05 GMT, Sewmaster
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After working the yard & thrift sales, the cheapest place
I have found to buy canning jars is Walmart.
I have checked all over my area for decent prices,
they have the cheapest. They also have numerous sizes.
Good luck with it, Pat. Homemade applesauce is great stuff.
We used to can hundreds of jars each year & always ate it all.



Yes, if I cannot find jars used (and I have my antennae out
for them....) then I'll go to Wal-Mart for them. Or order
them online (although the shipping will probably be high -
jars are fairly heavy).

I've made applesauce and I agree: the homemade is lovely.
I just haven't canned it yet.

We were at a friends' house this afternoon - the husband was
helping DH cut some shelving (he has a table saw and we
don't), and the wife had just made applesauce (from Crispin
apples) and she gave us a container to take home. We
ate it with dinner (had an early dinner). Very nice.

This same friend is a volunteer at her church's rummage
shop, so she's looking for jars for me too.

Pat

Do you have a Big Lots/Odd Lots store nearby Pat? I find Golden Harvest
jars almost year around in ours and they're about one-third to on-half
the price of jars elsewhere. When they have the lids on for 69 cents a
dozen I buy a case. Never had a failure with a Golden Harvest jar or lid
yet. Had two Ball wide mouth lids fail this year. Don't know if it was
me or the lid.

George