On Aug 21, 7:56?am, "jmcquown" wrote:
Serene wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Serene wrote:
Goomba38 wrote:
wrote:
As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
the leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
of plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
sayin'.

I'm quoting from above:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Serene

Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars.

Me neither... in fact I was shopping yesterday and looked because I
don't buy jarred sauce and was curious to see if things changed like
with so many other jarred products, but all jarred sauces were still
in glass jars... perhaps a regional thing. And the way the OP typed
and expressed himself it was easy to gloss over. I did notice that
Claussen refrigerated pickles are now in plastic jars, bummer.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 7:56?am, "jmcquown" wrote:
Serene wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Serene wrote:
Goomba38 wrote:
wrote:
As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
the leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
of plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
sayin'.

I'm quoting from above:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Serene

Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars.

Me neither... in fact I was shopping yesterday and looked because I
don't buy jarred sauce and was curious to see if things changed like
with so many other jarred products, but all jarred sauces were still
in glass jars... perhaps a regional thing. And the way the OP typed
and expressed himself it was easy to gloss over. I did notice that
Claussen refrigerated pickles are now in plastic jars, bummer.

Sheldon


Weird. Here (Rochester), Ragu & Prego are in plastic, and Claussen is in
glass.

On Aug 20, 11:09?pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
zzzzzzzzz.........

Leave some headroom (space) at the top of the jar when filling, and leave
the lids loose until the contents are frozen. Same as you would if using
glass. Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to
explain this? You just got exactly that.

Does not necessarily solve the problem. Too much headspace = too much air.
Some plastics will still bulge. Some plastics are not made for freezing and
do not perform as well and can crack.
Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to explain
this? You just got exactly that.

Correct, regardless the shape of container and filling precautions the
container can crack/shatter... liquids like sauce have a higher
viscosity, a frozen ridge will form where the top surface meets the
container and so will expand outward at a greater rate than they
expand upwards. I don't know why anyone would want to freeze foods in
cylindrical containers anyway, they waste too much precious freezer
space... I use those new so-called disposable rectangular plastic
containers, they stack like bricks with just enough sapce for good air
circulation... and they are quite reusable, just don't attempt to
remove the lids while still frozen solid. The lids seem to be made of
a different plastic from the bodies and are more prone to breakage
when frozen.

That said I've never experienced a breakage problem freezing bottles
of vodka.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

... I use those new so-called disposable rectangular plastic
containers, they stack like bricks with just enough sapce for good air
circulation... and they are quite reusable, just don't attempt to
remove the lids while still frozen solid. The lids seem to be made of
a different plastic from the bodies and are more prone to breakage
when frozen.

Yup. Have some of those too. Know what you mean...

That said I've never experienced a breakage problem freezing bottles
of vodka.

LOL. I've heard that alcohol freezes at a much lower temperature than water,
so your vodka must be the "good stuff"
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
the leftover
sauce?

Those jars are NOT the best quality glass in the market . Of
course,
you can do it...but they were never manufactured to be reused for
recanning or freezing.

My mother (a leftover-saving addict) has been using glass pasta jars
to freeze stuff in for years. I almost never use "store bought"
pasta sauce but I have lots of stuff in the freezer in those used
jars of hers. I don't recall any of them ever breaking other than
when butterfingers here dropped one.

--

Regards,
Robert L Bass

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