Apparently, canning jars are already invaluable. Back in the summer, I went out to my storage to get some jars but when I lifted the box.... it was empty. I checked the rest and two boxes had been emptied. One was those Someone had taken the time to steal my jars but leave the boxes there so I wouldn’t know until long afterward. One was little 4 oz with the handles which I never use but they were my grandmother’s and might have come in handy one day, grrr. It used to be people would beg you to take jars off their hands but I haven’t seen any at thrift stores or rummage sales for years.
Something else, while I’m on the stolen jars rant. I ended up buying a box and was happy there was a package of pectin in it so figured that brought the price down a little. Ha! Not so fast. It was only enough pectin for 2 half pints. Really?!? Since when does anyone go to the trouble of making 1 pt of jelly? Imagine if someone hadn’t paid attention to the small print. Ball, that was WRONG in many ways and you’re now on my poop list.
I never have a problem getting jars at the local thrift store.