Frozen food storage

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer (a no-no in
restaurants and with many home cooks) and the large amount of air space
above the leftover sauce could be a problem for freshness.... A jar
wouldn't fit in my microwave if I wanted to thaw some quickly.

Goomba38 said:

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this.
Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer

rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

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Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Those are not tempered glass so they are likely to shatter if shocked
when frozen. And one should never freeze any liquid in glass, liquid
expands while freezing and can easly shatter glasss containers,
especially those untempered jars. There are a huge variety of plastic
containers suitable for freezing, very reasonably priced and
reusable. But you may safely use those jars for refrigerator storage.
I use mayo jars for my pickled jalapenos... good I saved a bunch as
all mayo is packaged in plastic jars now.

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Those are not tempered glass....

Correct. They're plastic.

-sw

Serene said:

Goomba38 said:

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
this. Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer

rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of the
jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce sold in
plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just sayin'.

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the leftover
sauce?

Those jars are NOT the best quality glass in the market . Of course,
you can do it...but they were never manufactured to be reused for
recanning or freezing.

jmcquown said:

Serene said:

Goomba38 said:

[email hidden] wrote:
> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
> Prego sauce a
> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
> leftover
> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
> plastic
> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
> this. Any harm?
> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.
>
well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer

rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of the
jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce sold in
plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just sayin'.

I'm quoting from above:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Serene

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Ward Abbott said:

Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the leftover
sauce?

Those jars are NOT the best quality glass in the market . Of course,
you can do it...but they were never manufactured to be reused for
recanning or freezing.

We have four votes for glass, and two for plastic. There is no
mention of glass whatsoever, and last time I saw Ragu, it did
indeed come in plastic jars - not glass.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

As I was washing the

plastice jars

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

from two large jars of Ragu and Prego sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this.
Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Those are not tempered glass

Re-read his post, above.

Quoted message said:

so they are likely to shatter if shocked
when frozen. And one should never freeze any liquid in glass, liquid
expands while freezing and can easly shatter glasss containers,
especially those untempered jars.

Quoted message said:

There are a huge variety of plastic
containers suitable for freezing, very reasonably priced and
reusable. But you may safely use those jars for refrigerator storage.
I use mayo jars for my pickled jalapenos... good I saved a bunch as
all mayo is packaged in plastic jars now.

Yup. I think that he said that his Ragu and Prego came in plastic jars.

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Sheldon

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Serene said:

Goomba38 said:

[email hidden] wrote:
> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
> Prego sauce a
> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
> leftover
> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
> plastic
> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
> this. Any harm?
> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.
>
well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer

rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of the
jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce sold in
plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just sayin'.

No, the OP said "plastice", which was either a typo or evidence of a short
bus rider earlier in life. Either way, we shall interpret it to mean
"plastic".

If you've never seen plastic t-sauce jars, you haven't looked hard enough in
the store.

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Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego
sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this. Any
harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

I see only one problem, the jar style. If you look at the glass freezer
jars, they have a wide mouth straight top while the typical glass jar has a
narrower top and shoulders at the neck.

Even though yours are plastic, they would be subjected to the same forces as
the glass. When the sauce freezes it will expand and break the top portion
from pressure. Plastic may or may not break as it will probably bulge
outward first. I've frozen half bottles of water with good results (I fill
the rest with water and have a cold drink for a long time), I'd not take the
chance with a sauce and a full jar. It could crack or worse.

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Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego
sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this.
Any harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

I see only one problem, the jar style. If you look at the glass freezer
jars, they have a wide mouth straight top while the typical glass jar has
a narrower top and shoulders at the neck.

Even though yours are plastic, they would be subjected to the same forces
as the glass. When the sauce freezes it will expand and break the top
portion from pressure. Plastic may or may not break as it will probably
bulge outward first. I've frozen half bottles of water with good results
(I fill the rest with water and have a cold drink for a long time), I'd
not take the chance with a sauce and a full jar. It could crack or worse.

zzzzzzzzz.........

Leave some headroom (space) at the top of the jar when filling, and leave
the lids loose until the contents are frozen. Same as you would if using
glass. Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to
explain this? You just got exactly that.

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Quoted message said:

As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego
sauce a
while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze the
leftover
sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot of
plastic
freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like this. Any
harm?
The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Jesus H. Christ, people!! Can't any of you read? This is 4th grade reading
comprehension. I quote;

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and Prego
sauce..."

PLASTICE (sic) JARS

People actually post to refute that plastic was what the jars in question
were made of. No wonder there's so many problems in the world - people start
arguing without even knowing what they're talking about. And we expect
people to be able to use a freaking election ballot? Scary...

"JoeSpareBedroom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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zzzzzzzzz.........

Leave some headroom (space) at the top of the jar when filling, and leave
the lids loose until the contents are frozen. Same as you would if using
glass. Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to
explain this? You just got exactly that.

Does not necessarily solve the problem. Too much headspace = too much air.
Some plastics will still bulge. Some plastics are not made for freezing and
do not perform as well and can crack.
Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to explain
this? You just got exactly that.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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zzzzzzzzz.........

Leave some headroom (space) at the top of the jar when filling, and leave
the lids loose until the contents are frozen. Same as you would if using
glass. Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to
explain this? You just got exactly that.

Does not necessarily solve the problem. Too much headspace = too much
air. Some plastics will still bulge. Some plastics are not made for
freezing and do not perform as well and can crack.
Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to explain
this? You just got exactly that.

But even if it does bulge and crack it still won't cause TEOTWAWKI. It's
just a plastic jar and if he loses one jar of something, oh well.

Ms P

Serene said:

jmcquown said:

Serene said:

Goomba38 wrote:
> [email hidden] wrote:
>> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
>> Prego sauce a
>> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
>> the leftover
>> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
>> of plastic
>> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
>> this. Any harm?
>> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.
>>
> well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Serene

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
sayin'.

I'm quoting from above:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Serene

Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars!

jmcquown said:

Serene said:

jmcquown said:

Serene wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>> [email hidden] wrote:
>>> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
>>> Prego sauce a
>>> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
>>> the leftover
>>> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
>>> of plastic
>>> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
>>> this. Any harm?
>>> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>> well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
> rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

Quoted message said:

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> Serene

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
sayin'.

Quoted message said:

I'm quoting from above:

Quoted message said:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Quoted message said:

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Quoted message said:

Serene

Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars.

Me neither... in fact I was shopping yesterday and looked because I
don't buy jarred sauce and was curious to see if things changed like
with so many other jarred products, but all jarred sauces were still
in glass jars... perhaps a regional thing. And the way the OP typed
and expressed himself it was easy to gloss over. I did notice that
Claussen refrigerated pickles are now in plastic jars, bummer.

Sheldon

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jmcquown said:

Serene said:

jmcquown wrote:
> Serene wrote:
>> Goomba38 wrote:
>>> [email hidden] wrote:
>>>> As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu and
>>>> Prego sauce a
>>>> while ago, I wondered, could one of these jars be used to freeze
>>>> the leftover
>>>> sauce? I know there will be leftovers, and although I have a lot
>>>> of plastic
>>>> freezer containers, I don't have one that's great for sauce like
>>>> this. Any harm?
>>>> The top screws on tight enough. Thanks.

Quoted message said:

>>> well.. other than glass being breakable in the freezer
>> rjdjr1 said they're plastic.

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>> Serene

Quoted message said:

> No, the OP said they have plastic freezer containers. No mention of
> the jars being plastic. In fact, I've never seen spaghetti sauce
> sold in plastic jars. Doesn't mean there isn't such a thing, just
> sayin'.

Quoted message said:

I'm quoting from above:

Quoted message said:

"As I was washing the plastice jars from two large jars of Ragu"

Quoted message said:

Seems clear to me they said they were washing plastic jars. What am
I missing?

Quoted message said:

Serene

Sorry I missed that. I've never seen Ragu in plastic jars.

Me neither... in fact I was shopping yesterday and looked because I
don't buy jarred sauce and was curious to see if things changed like
with so many other jarred products, but all jarred sauces were still
in glass jars... perhaps a regional thing. And the way the OP typed
and expressed himself it was easy to gloss over. I did notice that
Claussen refrigerated pickles are now in plastic jars, bummer.

Sheldon

Weird. Here (Rochester), Ragu & Prego are in plastic, and Claussen is in
glass.

Edwin Pawlowski said:

"JoeSpareBedroom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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zzzzzzzzz.........

Quoted message said:

Leave some headroom (space) at the top of the jar when filling, and leave
the lids loose until the contents are frozen. Same as you would if using
glass. Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to
explain this? You just got exactly that.

Does not necessarily solve the problem. Too much headspace = too much air.
Some plastics will still bulge. Some plastics are not made for freezing and
do not perform as well and can crack.
Do you need the clouds to part and the friggin' voice of god to explain
this? You just got exactly that.

Correct, regardless the shape of container and filling precautions the
container can crack/shatter... liquids like sauce have a higher
viscosity, a frozen ridge will form where the top surface meets the
container and so will expand outward at a greater rate than they
expand upwards. I don't know why anyone would want to freeze foods in
cylindrical containers anyway, they waste too much precious freezer
space... I use those new so-called disposable rectangular plastic
containers, they stack like bricks with just enough sapce for good air
circulation... and they are quite reusable, just don't attempt to
remove the lids while still frozen solid. The lids seem to be made of
a different plastic from the bodies and are more prone to breakage
when frozen.

That said I've never experienced a breakage problem freezing bottles
of vodka.

Sheldon