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On Nov 26, 12:21 pm, hahabogus > wrote:
> aem > wrote in news:dc7c9b5d-c453-4c25-a11d-
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> > On Nov 26, 9:49 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> Since then, things have changed. Now I have 3 jars and nothing
> >> to put in them. But I'm not tossing them! I have that Gerber baby
> >> food jar, surely there's a use for that! A Penzeys spice jar. Now,
> >> a Stonewall Kitchen golden raspberry jam (damn was that stuff good!)
> >> jar that's joining the jar collection.

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> >> I have to start collecting stuff to put into them ...

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> > I use small jars for some marinades and salad dressings -- put all the
> > ingredients in, put top on securely, and shake like crazy. Sometimes
> > that works easier than a lot of whisking. I have used saved spice
> > jars for storing excess when I've brought in too much thyme or
> > rosemary from the garden. Haven't had a Gerber baby food jar for
> > decades. -aem

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> Being a recent grandfather 2 times over the last 5 yrs.... I have access
> to the motherload of babyfood jars.
>

I don't think we gave my son that stuff more than 20 times at the
most.
Not that it's not healthy. It is. Very much so, but it always
smelled so bad, so I'd make stuff fresh instead, especially carrots.
The Cuisinart got used every day back then.

--Bryan