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Default what else to do with pint Ball jars....

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Kathi Jones" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.gooseberrypatch.com/goose...ll/H462?editdo
>>>> ***
>>>> ent&cartprocess=vepush&CMP=EMC-20091014
>>>>
>>>> $12.95 for one. For ONE!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Kathi
>>> Jorge, you and Miz Anne could make a bundle with that! She could paint
>>> and speckle the lids (darker blue-black, though) and you could install
>>> the pump through the lid! "Christmas is a'coming' . . . " It'd cost
>>> you maybe $3.

>> Looks like they would be a good seller at the Saturday Farmer's Market.
>> Probably could find some solid lids on line and do a batch of them. I
>> still have some Kerr and Ball pints around here. I will bring it up with
>> the Chief Artist here. Thanks.

>
> Ask the neighbors to save one-piece jar lids for you from their Classico
> (and other) products. Paint them. We're talkin' recyclin' here, Jorge,
> not new. You gotta do this as cheap as you can if you're going to
> maximize your profits. I'll go along with the usual 50-50 split.


I don't think any of my neighbors eat any sauces like that. Most of them
seem to be burning meat and vegetables most of the time. Remember, this
ain't haute cuisine country, this is SW Loosyanna, home of pig butt,
snouts, tails, and lips.