I'm thinking that your preserving jars are like our canning jars (I suppose that's a rather strange Americanism- to can things in jars), and if that's the case, then I totally agree with you. They're the best for food storage. Here, I can buy a flat of 6-12 jars for under $10, and I put everything in them- sugar, flour, rice, dried beans, tea, etc. I haven't found any of the kind with the flippy-clicky lid, though (I know what you mean by that, though- my fiance calls them bail-tops, or maybe bale-tops- never seen it written down).
ALSO, we do a LOT of home canning, my fiance and I, and I highly recommend it. Do not be afraid of the domesticity! Last fall we put up several bushels of apples into sauce, and we shook down the crabapple tree in the yard for crabapple preserves. Plus, every time we go to the grocery store we check over the bins of bruised or imperfect produce, and take it home and can it. We've gotten strawberries, cherries, blueberries . . . haven't bought jam in years, actually.
Oh, and Rob makes a mean pickle relish out of the inevitable bumper crop of zucchini that comes out of the garden .. .
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ALSO, we do a LOT of home canning, my fiance and I, and I highly recommend it. Do not be afraid of the domesticity! Last fall we put up several bushels of apples into sauce, and we shook down the crabapple tree in the yard for crabapple preserves. Plus, every time we go to the grocery store we check over the bins of bruised or imperfect produce, and take it home and can it. We've gotten strawberries, cherries, blueberries . . . haven't bought jam in years, actually.
Oh, and Rob makes a mean pickle relish out of the inevitable bumper crop of zucchini that comes out of the garden .. .