Jars for Picling

Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?

Glass canning jars. You can get TONS more info over on
rec.food.preserving. That's a great crew there, and they know everything
there is to know about making pickles.

Serene

--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef

"Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan

Any grocery store.


Ball Jars.


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(AKA Dimitri)

Dimitri wrote:

> "Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:833484tegnhdp0sr2ssn9serbjviqb3eig@4ax.com...
> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> > Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> > jars are the best. Any ideas?
> >
> > Alan
>
> Any grocery store.
>

They also sell them in most of the hardware stores around here.

"Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan

Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also WallMart,
Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.

Kswck wrote on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400:


> "Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:833484tegnhdp0sr2ssn9serbjviqb3eig@4ax.com...
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want
>> to make Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to
>> use plastic and maybe that is something that none of us
>> really know. So, maybe glass jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>
>> Alan

>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also
>WallMart, Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.


You know, I'd no idea what was a "Ball Jar"! I had to go to the net to
find it was the same thing as a Mason Jar, the normal jar for preserving
produce or delivering moonshine. Just for completeness, they are
sometimes called "Fruit Jars" from a common impressed design.
Apparently, Mr Mason invented them and Mr Ball first made them.

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"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Kswck wrote on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400:
>
>
>> "Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:833484tegnhdp0sr2ssn9serbjviqb3eig@4ax.com...
>>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want
>>> to make Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to
>>> use plastic and maybe that is something that none of us
>>> really know. So, maybe glass jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Alan
>
>>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also
>>WallMart, Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.
>
>
> You know, I'd no idea what was a "Ball Jar"! I had to go to the net to
> find it was the same thing as a Mason Jar, the normal jar for preserving
> produce or delivering moonshine. Just for completeness, they are sometimes
> called "Fruit Jars" from a common impressed design. Apparently, Mr Mason
> invented them and Mr Ball first made them.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

A Ball Jar is a glass Mason jar, originally made in Ballston Spa, NY. I
think they are mostly made in Corning, NY. now though.

Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? �I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. �I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. �So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. �Any ideas?

For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
typically have metal parts.

What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
for beginners. You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
plastic wrap. You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.

Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.

"Sheldon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. ?Any ideas?

For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
typically have metal parts.

What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
for beginners. You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
plastic wrap. You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.

Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.

If there is a restaurant supply store near you, you can get large food safe
plastic pails as well.

On Jul 20, 7:15�am, "Kswck" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Sheldon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:59782048-a864-4f2f-908c-97f438777e3c@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Alan wrote:
> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
> > Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
> > jars are the best. ?Any ideas?
>
> For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
> possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
> typically have metal parts.
>
> What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
> for beginners. �You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
> jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
> pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
> plastic wrap. �You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
> look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
> buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.
>
> Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.
>
> If there is a restaurant supply store near you, you can get large
> food safe plastic pails as well.

There are sources on the net too, I bought a couple of resealable 5
gallon buckets from Honeyville.com, I keep my bulk buckwheat and pin
oats in them... they cost $5 each and they charge $5 shipping no
matter how large an order. The thing I neglected to mention is that
unless you have a walk in cooler make sure the size container fits in
your fridge... and you really need a separate fridge for keeping
fermented pickles. I don't think it pays to make your own cooked
style pickles, you can buy better ones for less money and no work from
any stupidmarket... the 1 gallon jars they come in are worth more than
the pickles inside. In fact that's how I got some of my 1 gallon wide
mouth glass jars, I bought a case of six at $2.99 each and the pickles
were so awful I tossed them out, I really just wanted the jars... I
don't know how anyone can enjoy those limp vinegary pickles, not after
eating the real deal... fermented pickles are cured in salt brine, no
vinegar, and they are *crisp*... and with flavor there is no
comparison... and in fact making fermented pickles tests ones mettle
moreso than winemaking... compared with curing pickles winemaking is
babyish, that's why there are so many vintners and so few pickling
operations. Anyone can learn to make excellent wine within a few
months, the learning curve for pickle curing is much longer. No wine
in a corked bottle is any better than cooked pickles off the
stupidmarket shelf... if you don't drink your wine (or beer for that
matter) from a wood barrel you haven't a clue how wine (or beer) is
supposed to taste, same with pickles. No bottled wine is any better
than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
babble... most folks taste with their wallet (figures, most guys keep
their wallet in their back pocket, right next to their asshole),
anyone who judges wine by price is a TIAD imbecile. Like cured
pickles wine is fermented too... packaged wine and packaged pickles
are exactly at the same level, the lowest rung of the ladder.