Jar Size for Curing

[jamaicajoe]

Hi all…can you give some guidance on mason jar size that you commonly use for curing and storage?

[Rwise]

Quarts, half gallon and gallon with the quarts being preferred.

[SoOrbudgal]

I'm gonna try an make this brief but it's another story LOL.......i'm picking up my food to deliver for my meals on wheels route this morning. In the big kitchen where it's prepared there's a flat of tiny washed used jars of pimento slices i mean tiny jars. Like 18 of them with a little note saying " for Judy and her " coleslaw " i said kinda small for coleslaw. The cooks all chime in and make the sign of taking a toke off a doobie LOL it's for her homegrown little tiny gift jars LOL. I nearly fell over. All these folks who volunteer are between 65-80+ yrs old. Yahoooo

[Bluey]

I bet a lot of those jars return as gifts back in said kitchen.

I use small jars for that exact same purpose. I hate plastic zip lock backs with a passion. It reminds me too much of black market weed from dealers...just hate it.

[shadycon]

We used to use 'Fold lock sandwich bags', but that was 50 yrs ago

[Bluey]

I cure in ¼'s and store longer in ¾'s because I need the ¼'s for the next cure.

[jamaicajoe]

I'm not understanding 1/4s and 3/4s. Can you explain?

[Bluey]

¼ or a quart refers to a quarter gallon size jar, metric equivalent 1000ml or 1 litre.

[jamaicajoe]

Got ya....thanks so much!

[golfnrl]

Quart size canning jars are preferred, but make sure they are the wide mouth kind, brand won't matter. I've used turkey bags as well, no problem there but prefer the jars. I cure in quart size and then long term store in half gallon size jars if I need to.

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes i cure an store in Quart jars

[jamaicajoe]

Thanks guys!

[Rwise]

I prefer the wide mouth jar, but I'll use the small mouth jars when I must, they do work.

[Rootsruler]

I use wide mouth gallon jars. I can usually fit around a 6 oz per jar.

[Smallgrow]

500ml and 2000ml jars here