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Other than filling with plaster and taking a cast of your bits, what use do you suggest for large glass jars? (lemmy.fwgx.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Seems like a shame to throw away and must have a use.

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I save them up all year, and come Christmas / Lunar New Year, I bake cookies then hand out jars filled with cookies to coworkers and neighbors.

It turns out that my wife and I consume exactly enough jam in a year to balance out the jar egress for the maximum number of social connections we can sustain.

If I have a spare, I might make mango chutney. It doesn't need to be vacuum sealed if you just make one jar and eat it reasonably soon.

I suppose you could engineer them to be solar garden lights too. There ought to be enough room for the panel on top of the lid, a battery and circuit on the underside, and then you hang an LED in there.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do you happen to have a recipe for that mango chutney?

[–] Devdogg@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Ya know, for a friend...

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 1 points 9 months ago

Not exactly! I just sort of take finely chopped apples (for pectin), onions, mango, and dried raisins or dried apricots. Then I boil, adding (a little) vinegar over time until it looks like chunky jam. Then I flavor it with soup stock and cinnamon to taste. Some nutmeg too, if you like. Finally I adjust acidity and sweetness with more vinegar or some sugar -- but that's usually not necessary if I add things in slowly.

If it's too acidic, boil it longer, adding a little water if it gets dry. Vinegar (acetic acid) is a gas and will evaporate out slowly this way.

Mix frequently.