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2. Mason jar - Wikipedia

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   The half-gallon size and larger are not recommended for canning purposes. The most typical sizes used in canning are quart, pint, and half-pint. The jars typically have their brand name embossed on the side, though jars may also have a decorative design such as a quilting pattern or may be completely blank and smooth.

3. Home canning - Wikipedia

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   Preserved food in Mason jars. Home canning or bottling, also known colloquially as putting up or processing, is the process of preserving foods, in particular, fruits, vegetables, and meats, by packing them into glass jars and then heating the jars to create a vacuum seal and kill the organisms that would create spoilage.

4. Ball Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The Ball Brothers' jars, which were produced in half-gallon, pint, and midget sizes, were manufactured during 1884, 1885, and 1886. “Buffalo” jar lids were produced in a Ball Brother metal fabricating factory. The brothers decided to add their logo onto the surface of the glass jars, which were amber or aqua (blue-green) at the time. [3 ...

5. It's not just you – bottles and cartons are now harder to ...

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   But it's also why caps on half-gallon paper cartons of milk and juice and plastic soda and water bottles are harder to turn and why the body of plastic bottles sometimes twist along with the cap ...

6. John Landis Mason - Wikipedia

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   Mason's innovation was a square-shouldered jar with threaded screw-top, matching lid, and rubber ring for an airtight seal. Mason's easy-to-use, re-usable jars made home canning popular among American settlers, homesteaders, and even in urban homes. Most Mason jars were manufactured by competitors after his patent expired in 1879.

7. Canning - Wikipedia

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   Canning is a method of food preservation in which food is processed and sealed in an airtight container (jars like Mason jars, and steel and tin cans). Canning provides a shelf life that typically ranges from one to five years, [ a ] although under specific circumstances, it can be much longer. [ 2 ]