Can You Freeze Ball Glass Jars

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Can you freeze ball glass jars. If you re freezing baby food in jars there is no need to get fancy expensive baby food freezer jars 8 oz or 4 oz caning jar will do just fine. They may not actually say tempered on them but if they are canning jars you can assume they are tempered. Ball wide mouth glass preserving jars pint 16 ounce jars set of 12. First of all if the jars do decide to have an earth shatteringly good time in your freezer the breaks tend to be clean and kept intact by the frozen liquid.

4 plastic no bpa but i try to put as much as i can in glass jars. Thank you for reminding us not to freeze in jars with shoulders even narrow ones. Yes you can freeze in mason jars. Canning jars like those made by ball or kerr are a popular choice.

You can freeze liquids in mason jars and store them for several months in the freezer. If you can to freeze cooked chicken you could do it in a jar but i think it would fare better if it was packed in there well and not exposed to a lot of air. You can freeze solids and fluids without problem in glass jars. So far my experience has been limited i don t count three or four times without breakage a success but so far so good.

For the sake of space i do often freeze foods in plastic zipper bags no. It can be a bit of an art form so i ll share the vastness of my frozen jar knowledge here today. I do so with a little help from my ilids. I know you ve heard horror stories of broken glass and inevitable death but i promise it s not that scary.

For the most reliable freezing look for jars made from tempered glass such as those used for canning fruits and vegetables. If i m freezing something largely water soup broth which expands greatly when frozen i fill the jar and set it in the freezer without a lid until it is nearly solid because on occasion i ve found a wide mouth jar cracked in the freezer. I freeze most often in reused pasta sauce jars and peanut butter jars so it definitely doesn t have to be a canning jar. If you re trying to avoid excessive use of plastic in the home glass mason jars are a great reusable option that you likely already have around.

Fresh berries beans peas and similar should be washed drained or dried and poured loosely into the jars. Canning jars are my favorite to freeze in because they re simple inexpensive and multi purpose you can freeze store and can in them. The big advantage these jars have is that they can tolerate temperature changes so once you freeze soup in one you can pop it into the microwave directly from the freezer. If you aren t careful the glass may crack or shatter as the liquids solidify.