Can i use canning jars for freezing

Basically, check with your local facility before trashing! But it eventually gets broken, so like you said, just check with your local facility. Freeze your liquids on the diagonal as in prop the jar at a 60 degree angle and then refill the remainder once the first layer is frozen. I freeze water for camping in single use plastic OJ jugs that are 15 years old and they are still going strong. Also WALMART sells a 4 pack of white polypro reuseable plastic lids that fit the two common sizes of mason jars and they are under 3 bucks for a 4 pack.

They are indestructible. No silicone gasket but great for homemade pickles and any sour, salty items that will quickly rust out the not so reuseble canning rings and seals. Neither can the more fancy iLids. From the moment you drop it into the container to when the truck dumps it on top of other glass items to the rough and tumble of the conveyor system and big drops.

But glass is almost not worth worth recycling in most communities due to low prices for mixed collet and the cost of sorting out the green brown and clear glass. Plus broken glass badly contaminates single streamm recycling systems. Now let me show you the really cool homemade glass tiles I make using a smallish glas kiln in my garage.

All with recycled glass jars and bottles. Just a tip for the lids, plastic peanut butter lids fit perfectly onto mason jars. We cannot however recycle broken household glass window, mirrors but this is do to the different qality of this kind of glass often coated with plastics, etc. Hi there!

I did want to say, I have toured my local recycling facility, Recology, and they say it is okay to throw broken glass into the recycle bin. They say the glass get broken in transit anyway. Search for:. Lifestyle Beginners! Skip to Content. Last Updated on September 15, Mason jars are the handiest little kitchen items to have around. That means there's no curve around the neck of the jar, which makes it easier for them to stand up to low temperatures and expanding liquids.

Don't Completely Fill the Jar To freeze your soups and stews safely, it's important to leave a little space at the top by the lid. It's recommended that you fill the jar enough so that there's at least one inch of space between the liquid and the top.

Cool Those Contents Don't just move a piping hot chili in a jar into the freezer. Glass can crack if the temperature changes very quickly. That's the same reason you wouldn't put a casserole lid in a sink filled with water right after it's been in the oven.

Freeze First After lowering the temperature, move the jar to the freezer, but keep the lid off. I have run into an odd issue with the last three jars of soup that I froze in freezer safe wide mouth canning jars. When I unscrew the ring and lift the lid they make a loud popping noise, it sounds a lot like popping a champagne cork. The soup looks and smells fine, but I have been afraid to eat it. Any ideas on why this is happening and whether it is safe to eat?

Not likely in a frozen situation, but possible upon thawing that you could see it, especially if it was something that contained anything that could begin to get rancid of go down the spoiling route quickly. This would be more likely to happen if the product was cooled to slowly and a component had already started to go bad.

I hope this help to shed some light on your issue. Which jars are good for freezing prepared smoothies in? As for thawing smoothies, what are your suggestions?

They are both freezer safe. Thawing smoothies get can a little tricky depending on the original texture and what your expectations of the thawed product. It depends on how much sugar is in your jam, and if you fill it to the shoulder. I froze spaghetti sauce and homemade soup for the first time in regular Ball jars. The lids on the soup have remained flat but the lids on some of the spaghetti sauce jars have bent a little from the pressure of the contents freezing.

Will this cause problems? Will the contents still be ok to eat? Hi Mel, Well, I wish I had the chance to tell you to plan to pressure can it right off the bat! I can not, in good conscience, recommend this practice. In light of those factors, it would need to be somewhat time-consuming. First: Did you use a chili recipe that is safe for canning? If not, keep it in the freezer. If it is a canning safe recipe, did you use jars that are safe for the pressure canner?

Hi Lisa, first off, thank you for your service to help others freeze safely mason jars. I purchased the freezer safe ball mason jars wide mouth. I have peeled the skin and cut into small pieces. What is the best way to do this? Hi Ayesha, While it might be safe to freeze all types of veggies and fruits, some of them will hold their texture much better than others. By any chance, do you have experience freezing goods in the quart size, wide mouth Ball mason jar?

I was very surprised by the chart that indicates it is not freezer safe. Would appreciate any thoughts on this, thank you. Hi Julia, The problem with those quarts is the presence of shoulders on the jars. People have frozen in them but the need to leave so much space empty in the jar for expansion before reaching the shoulders can be space prohibitive. I just bought pint glass jars to freeze second batches of my sauces, opened the package, and then saw on that jar chart that says they are not freezer safe.

Is it because of the shoulders? Because I feel like the wide mouth pint jars have shoulders too, but they are deemed as freezer safe. Wow, I just saw the previous post about the shoulders. Still wondering why the wide mouth pint jars are ok to freeze in.

Hi Laurie, Thanks for your question. Understanding which jars are safe for freezing can get confusing. Thank you. Hi Peggy, did you put the broth in the freezer warm, or was it completely cool first?

Other question is whether you used a wide mouth mason jar? You can also buy a vacuum sealing accessory to pull out the air from a mason jar to store cereal, rice and dry goods like nuts if you have a FoodSaver.

Hi Michael, I checked the Food Saver website and they say: Even though your mason jars are freezer-safe, glass can still become very fragile when cold. Doing this after will protect the substances from freezer burn. Hope this helps! Such a timely post! Shonna, yes, allowing everything to completely cool before freezing can definitely make a difference—that drastic temperature change can cause cracking sometimes. I still do have the very occasional crack when a jar is old, but very rarely!

I made a batch of borscht from beets and carrots from my neighbor! So grateful!! There is tomato as well as red wine vinegar in my soup recipe, the jars sealed wonderful little clicks and pops!

Should I break the seals, and then freeze the jars? Suset, oh, that is a bummer! I wish you luck! Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me if Robyn replies to my comment. Looking for how to freeze anything in a mason jar? View product. Can you put mason jars in the freezer? How do you know if mason jars are freezer safe?

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I followed the directions and my mason jar still cracked in the freezer. What went wrong? Can I freeze cooked pasta, rice, or grains in a mason jar?