Repurposing Glass Food Jars

VfM4meplse

I'd be interested to know which glass jars are tough enough to withstand the heat from tealights. It occured to me that using a jar might be a good way of shielding them from being extinguished by a gust of wind, if being used outside.

Gem-gem

Someone at work bought in loads of GU glass containers. I picked up 6. I'm going to use them to put chocolate moose in when I have guest. Yay! Free dessert containers.

MMF007

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I'd be interested to know which glass jars are tough enough to withstand the heat from tealights. It occured to me that using a jar might be a good way of shielding them from being extinguished by a gust of wind, if being used outside.

My guess would be jam jars, because I assume they are originally filled with very hot liquid.
Or maybe those glass jars of pate from Lidl, assuming the pate is cooked in them during the retort process?

wondercollie

Heinz baby food jars work for tea lights. My boys made some pumpkin faced ones when they were in cubs. Painted the jar orange and then used black to make the eyes, nose, lips.

Callie22

I've used the small GU ramekins for tea lights. They have a slightly curved bottom so I put a layer of fine sand in them, and then use them outside with citronella tea lights in them. I have a few dotted about and they look so pretty when it starts to get dark.

I also reuse them to make my own posh raspberry jellies, which are just frozen raspberries and raspberry jelly. They look lovely, are portable (with a bit of cling film on them) and are way, way cheaper to make than to buy.

Chris25

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I'd be interested to know which glass jars are tough enough to withstand the heat from tealights. It occured to me that using a jar might be a good way of shielding them from being extinguished by a gust of wind, if being used outside.

My mum was a lover of Bonne Maman compotes so we used to buy them when on offer. The jars & lids are similar to the jam & marmalade ones but taller.

For the jars I haven't re-used for chutney, I've attached a ring of galvanised wire around the rim & affixed a wire handle & we've hung them (with tealights in) around the garden fence. Because the jar is taller and the top of it slighly curved inwards, they don't blow out.

Fosterdog

I keep most glass jars, I use the little gu style ones for sauces and dips, they look nicer on the table than a bottle of ketchup, just put enough in for a single serving. I also used to use them as little dishes for my pet rats, they had their big bowls for their main dried food diet but their fresh food would go in a gu dish.

I buy herbs and spices in larger packets and then put them into jars, they are bigger that the supermarket jars so you can actually get a spoon in them and they look nicer shelf.

Before I started using freshly ground coffee beans I used to use Nescaf! and the big jars would be reused for larger amounts of spices and for storing sugar with different flavourings.

I've made my own yoghurt a few times that gets kept in jars, same for jams and cranberry sauce.

Big candle jars either get reused for candles or I use them for storing things like cotton wool balls and pads, smaller ones for cotton buds etc. In the bathroom

Greenqueen_2

A couple of years ago we had a problem with creepy crawlies in the flour so I started to transfer it into big glass coffee jars for protection.

Since then I have done the same with sugar and anything else that comes in a paper bag. My jars are all shapes and sizes because I am not loyal to particular brands, but as they are stored in the cupboard it does not matter.

I am another that is trying to avoid as much plastic as possible.

purpleybat

MMF007 wrote: »

My guess would be jam jars, because I assume they are originally filled with very hot liquid.
Or maybe those glass jars of pate from Lidl, assuming the pate is cooked in them during the retort process?

i've used jam and pickle jars to put tea-lights in, just don't use too narrow ones cos I think you need good air flow.
glass jars and lids I can scrub and sterilise in the oven get used here for the multitude of jams, pickles, chutneys, relishes etc I make every year. unless the glass is cracked I've never had a problem with them in the oven. tho they can be fragile when hot.

VfM4meplse

My Gü ones have lasted for years. I use them to serve up dry snacks to my little niece (on carpeted floors alone).