I am quite new to preserving tomatoes etc and am a bit stuck about jar sizes. For my usual pasta sauce it takes 2 x 400 Gm tins of chopped tomatoes and that seems to come out at 700ml once cooked. Most jars I have seen are 500mls which makes it too little or too much to get to that sauce amount. Are there slightly bigger jars? Dumb question I know but i don't want to waste the effort hubbie has done in the greenhouse Thanks
whiskey13,
Jan 4, 5:33am
I save all kinds of jars for preserving. You aren't restricted to preserving jars. Jam jars, pasta sauce jars etc. Just gather enough for the amount you need.
duckmoon,
Jan 4, 9:35pm
Are you buying the jars new.
Have a look on the Arthur Holmes website
fifie,
Jan 4, 10:24pm
Find its easier to make heaps of sauce every year for pasta etc and freeze in the ziplock bags, they stack really good and flat don't take up much room just use whatever amount you want. if you want large jars http://www.briscoes.co.nz/kitchen/storage/jars-and-accessories
lesleyd3,
Jan 5, 7:23am
Thanks I hadn't seen that 700ml size in the shop
mybooks,
Jan 6, 11:20am
Use the pop-top type jars, sterile the lids in boiling water, the jars in the oven - any size can be used and they're usually available cheaply at Opp shops.
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