Side Effects - Bottle Fetish - Replacement Lids
One of the side effects of making preserves of any kind is a keen interest in sourcing nice shaped bottles, jars etc without paying through the nose for them. Am a bit sad I am afraid. In the spirit of waste not want not I always check products out that I buy - especially if in jars and bottles to see whether I can re-use them or not. Certain firms sell replacement lids so I always have a mind as to whether or not I can recycle them for next to nothing. I also buy new jars too especially bottling jars for long term storage of pantry basics like, pasta sauces, fruit in syrups, in wine, pie fillings, etc. The more preserving I do the more I want to do and the more I want to expand into other areas as well, but what I actually buy is dictated by the funds currently available to me. However, the containers once bought you will have infinitum (unless you give them away - but I tend to tell people that I want the jars back in any event i.e. that if the...