nmoira Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thank you! I've been looking for cheap, sturdy glass tumblers for our monthly Game Day. We're making a shift to non-disposable items. Found cheap plates, but glasses have been a stumper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 No idea. We drink out of Mason jars. :) This! We drink out of Mason jars. It's a "look." lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thank you! I've been looking for cheap, sturdy glass tumblers for our monthly Game Day. We're making a shift to non-disposable items. Found cheap plates, but glasses have been a stumper. I'm considering them because we're shifting away from the last of our plasticware (even though I love my gigantic plastic cups!), but I'm low on mugs, and I generally prefer glass anyway. Now if only I could find fun divided plates to replace my melamine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 FWIW, I grew up with parents who were scientists, and we used lab glassware for a lot of kitchen use-it's already marked for measurement, is safe to use over heat, difficult to break, can be used in the microwave, etc. I expect it's the same practicality. It still makes more sense, from my POV, to have beakers and graduated cylinders with multiple measuring scales and steps than to have multiple measuring cups/spoons. This reminds of A Wrinkle in Time when the mom cooks dinner over the bunsen burner. We used to fight over the cut glass jelly jars at grandma's house when we were kids. Tomato juice is much fancier when drunk from a fancy jar. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We don't like to drink out of plastic and regular glass glasses break easily, often shattering into a thousand pieces. A wide mouth canning jar (I'm not picky about brand) gives the benefit of drinking from glass and are much harder to break. When they do break it's usually a few chunks vs the tiny shards from regular glass. We specifically bought the smaller juice glass size ones for the little kids I care for. They feel grown up and i don't worry about injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I had no idea about drinking out of jars. I thought that was a moonshine thing :D It's a brilliant idea though...I'm going to give it a shot with the kids, they're outgrowing the little IKEA toddler cups and may be ready to try glass (eek!). I like the idea of putting a lid on top if a drink doesn't get finished, or using for storing leftovers. Thank you, Hive! I drink beverages out of widemouth jars all the time. We always have plenty of jars around, and they hold a decent amount. I never thought anything of it until my mother was visiting from Georgia. She thought my glass of water was moonshine. Ooops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We drink out of them because it reminds me of my place my DH and I use to go to before kids when we lived in Florida. Forgot the name but you drinked out of the mason jars and you threw your peanut shells on the ground. I also use them because it's different from everyone else here and it goes with my country kitchen look. I use mason jars for lots of stuff, there are so many things you can use them for. I will also agree with others on the breaking. While we still do our far share of glass breakings the jars seem to last longer than the regular glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I grew up a city girl but my grandparents and cousins and other extended family all were very country people. They canned and we had mason jars but nobody ever drank out of them. Not even my most backwoods family drank out of them. They were for canning and when we were done with our jars we used them to can again. Personally, I dislike them for drinking. I must be a special delicate flower snowflake but they are bulky in my hands and uncomfortable on my mouth. I would think they would be difficult for small children to grip without using two hands because it is hard for me to drink out of them without using 2 hands. I have seen them on pinterest and I was confused. We have tempered glass cups for drinking and they were not expensive. I'm sure mason jars would be cheaper but I got a ton of new tempered glassware for cheap last fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I've always wondered this, too. There is nothing wrong with them, but they are jars. The part your mouth is on is threaded, and often thicker than a regular glass. This. I find it very uncomfortable and never understood why people actually like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil' maids in a row Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's it. I've just always wondered, and I saw an ad today that made me wonder again. (It also made me really, really want an iced coffee.) Can someone explain? Because they make such cute glasses :thumbup: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea_lpz Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 They [ball / Mason] are of glass sturdier than that used for most drinking glasses. The design imparts a casual atmosphere suitable for everyday. Libbey Glass does make some durable glasses, which I rank in second place. I wouldn't use the jar-style glasses for a formal dinner. Unfortunately, I come of urban-dwelling stock, so I can't claim The Farm as my background. We have Libbey drinking glasses and I like them. They are much thicker and have some weight to them. We use the mason jars when they are free, but when canning season comes there are times none are free. I like the way lemonade, sweet tea, and beer look in a mason jar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 This. I find it very uncomfortable and never understood why people actually like it. The top thread barely touches my lower lip, and I don't even notice it. I usually drink from the part above the threads, though I don't look before drinking. I also have Coke mugs that use a thicker, heavier glass, so that isn't an issue for me either. On a side note, I've found a lot of good ideas and hacks on Pinterest. An idea may be very popular on Pinterest, but if I try something and keep using it, it's because I like it or find it useful--not because it's cool according to Pinterest users (or Hive members, as the case may be). Pinterest may inspire a purchase, but its popularity there isn't the reason I continue using it. Unless someone told me she only used jars as glasses because they're trendy, I would assume her reason for doing so is that she likes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We often drank out of recycled jars when I was a child. When you are extraordinarily poor income wise, the general premise is use what you can and don't spend what you don't have to. Despite my considerably improved economic situation, I still do have a few old jars on hand for drinking water. Why? Nostalgia for my childhood I reckon. My affluently raised husband thought I was nutters but I see him doing it now too. We do have regular glasses but none as big as the jars and I drink a lot of water. I also use recycled jars for free glass food storage containers. Again, why pay $6-7 for a glass container to safely store leftover soup when I have free glass jars and matching lid from jarred fruits, peanut butter and spaghetti sauce? I have the Pyrex containers with the lids but those tend to go missing from the dish drainer at work and such. No one mistakenly thinks my old peanut butter jar is theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We have a whole bunch with the handles. They originally held jelly/jam. My ds liked that particular brand so we bought quite a few over the years. When we were done with the jam, we just washed the glass out and reused it. They are super sturdy. I don't think a single one has ever broken, while pretty much all our other glassware has. I think I'm down to 3 regular glasses out of the 16 or so I had originally. I do like the Mexican glassware, though. It's pretty and holds up better than most regular glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I do cause I love glass and they are thick and keep water cold and hold a lot. I have the screw on plastic lids for mine which I also love. I keep 4 of them full of water in the frige so I get my 100 ozs of water in a day and its ice cold and ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I don't understand the snobbery about glasses. Lol But maybe that's because I am poor hillbilly stock and that's what I was raised with (mason jars, at least). Not on farms, though much of my family was rural on and off. we were Inner city for quite awhile, actually. But now we mostly use them because yours truly is ridiculously clumsy and they're the only thing I haven't broken. I don't like plastic, so we avoid it. The kids love the jars and they're handy for smoothies in the blender. If someone is offended by using my jars if they come to my house, then I suppose we might not be very good friends. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Mom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 In the south in the 80's, they were "trendy" and used in "hip" restaurants. I always thought it was weird to pay to go out to eat and drink out of a jar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessa516 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The adults in our house drink out of glass cups, but the kids all love the jelly canning jars. They are just their size, easy to hold, hard to break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We drink out of tall plastic tumblers. Who else besides me can taste the plastic? I have a really hard time drinking out of the few plastic cups we have because I don't like the flavor. The DH thinks I'm just weird that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I use a stick blender to mix smoothies right in mine and then drink out of it. I do use a straw though. Not fond of the thickness, but I can deal with it if the smoothie is too thick for a straw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I love this idea. We broke half a dozen glasses last December off and on. The jars sound great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We had them at our wedding breakfast, but I don't think it was trendy yet. Maybe I started the trend? :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We had them at our wedding breakfast, but I don't think it was trendy yet. Maybe I started the trend? :p We used them at our wedding but not as drinking glasses. Cheap vases of daffodils at each table. It was a brunch reception after a morning ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 They have covers. Further, pouring a smoothie into a Mason jar is less messy than using a Kleen Kanteen. We have both. With anything thick/chunky, the Mason jar is easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Because I've got a bajillion of them lying around the house. I can (or did before I had two kids) and everyone I know gave me all the old ball jars their grandma had in the basement. I've got so many of them, that it seems silly not to use them. I don't like drinking out of plastic because of BPAs and god only knows what else. With a 'cuppow' lid I can use them as travel mugs. A wide mouth jar fits perfectly in the cup holder of my car. With the Cuppow it's like it was meant to be. If I forget my coffee in the car and it gets icky I can run it through the dishwasher and it is clean. I've never trusted other travel mugs to be really clean. And I like to drink either coffee or tea. Coffee always sort of impregnated plastic travel mugs and made the tea taste 'off'. Yet another reason not to drink out of plastic! And LOLOLOLOL at the 'rural and grew up on a farm' connection. These days it is SO hipster to drink out of a ball jar that I am almost thinking I should stop. Almost. I find them so practical and useful that I won't. I figure as long as I am not drinking kombucha from my jar I can't be too cool. Except I really want to try making kombucha..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 No idea. We drink out of Mason jars. :) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Grew up drinking out of them. Still do. No one ever breaks them. Plus, my kids use glass from the moment they can drink out of a cup. They are much safer. Now I'm a little annoyed that they are on Pinterest. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Because it is impossible to find glasses that don't chip and break just from being in the dishwasher or lightly touching each other. Do you know how many different kinds of glasses we have been through the past few years. Mason/Ball jars are sturdy and don't chip and break easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymama7 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I do cause I love glass and they are thick and keep water cold and hold a lot. I have the screw on plastic lids for mine which I also love. I keep 4 of them full of water in the frige so I get my 100 ozs of water in a day and its ice cold and ready. Where do you get plastic lids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymama7 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I think my opinion has been covered but I have to share a funny. I was at Walmart and saw plastic cups that look like mason jars with screw on kids and straws. I had to chuckle cuz the whole point for me is a avoiding plastic :) Oh one more reason not mentioned. I put citrus essential oils in my water and you are supposed to put them in plastic as the oils break it down. I use jars but actually wish I could find a cup with a lid and straw that wasn't plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Where do you get plastic lids? I use these: http://cuppow.com/ We love these! Someone else now makes the same thing out of metal, but I am waiting until I lose all the cuppows first, lol. So far we haven't lost one so it might be a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I use these: http://cuppow.com/ We love these! Someone else now makes the same thing out of metal, but I am waiting until I lose all the cuppows first, lol. So far we haven't lost one so it might be a while. Would you plase share a link to the metal lids please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Would you plase share a link to the metal lids please? Sorry, you will have to google it yourself. I've only seen it on other people's cups. I don't know the brand name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Would you plase share a link to the metal lids please? I was wondering too. The only options I could find via a quick search were on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/106813152/regular-mouth-mason-jar-straw-cup-lid?utm_source=googleproduct&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=GPS&gclid=CL3N_puMgLUCFQqk4AodKFUAOQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I have glasses that are like canning jars but have a handle (no stem like the redneck wineglass!). I won't let anyone drink out of my canning jars - I want them filled back up!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Would you plase share a link to the metal lids please? I found it. It's called ecojars. They come in silicone and stainless steel. http://www.ecojarz.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Who else besides me can taste the plastic? I have a really hard time drinking out of the few plastic cups we have because I don't like the flavor. The DH thinks I'm just weird that way. I agree. I refuse to drink milk out of plastic. belch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeneralMom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I did not grow up on a farm, but oce I started fermentig, canning, and making my own kefir/kombucha/yoghurt, they were always aroud. I usually use a straw when I drink out of them, but they are practical and are very hard to break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We'd broken a bunch of glasses at the same time we were emptying out mason jars so it happened naturally here. In time I replaced the regular glasses but still keep a number of the mason jars out. The 8 oz jelly jars are perfect for a quick drink of water and I like the pint size for iced tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I store pantry goods in them, as well as can, so we always have them around. And the lids make them portable if we're on the move. Bonus: quart jars fit perfectly in my front seat cup holder. Nothing better than tackling errands with a quart of iced coffee when it's hot out. ;) I grew up (not in the country, but in the 70s) drinking out of those little jars the shrimp cocktail and odd cheeses came in. Momtoone: there are lots of tutorials out there for adding straw holes, etc, to the regular lids, and many of them have links to where you can buy glass/stainless/acrylic straws. (I found acrylic ones on clearance at Crate & Barrel last year for around $4 for 8) Finding gaskets seems a bit irritating. I think sheet metal gaskets would work (the lids being sheet metal and all) but I can't really find any to look at. I just bought a pack of Scunci jelly hair bands that I think will work fine with a bit of exacto knife action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I was wondering too. The only options I could find via a quick search were on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/...CFQqk4AodKFUAOQ Ok I want to know HOW they did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I found it. It's called ecojars. They come in silicone and stainless steel. http://www.ecojarz.com/ Cool! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 well i know longer drink out of them but to give you some southern history - poor poor poor folks like my family - you couldn't affort drinking classes - my husbands mom and my mom washed out the mayonaisse jars and the small jelly jars (thats what food was packaged and bought in back them) and they became our drinking glasses. I remember when the church gifted my parents with dishes and glasses late 70's they were some type of colored orangish/brown. My mom still uses them LOL Oh and when i was kids they were our special christmas dinner glasses. We htought we were so fancy for living in a trailer with holes in the floor not so much but those dishes and glasses were so nice to use back then so for me yeah they are sign of my poverty but to be honest the glass is much thicker and better made then drinking glasses made now so I can see why people still use them. I seriosly doubt the bought glasses of today will still be around like those my mom and mother in law still own for the 70's. We mass produce some cheap crap now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ok I want to know HOW they did that. Looks like a big grommet. Also, the re-usable plastic lids are cheap and available at Walmart. Drill a hole in them and you're done. Even on amazon they are $4 or so for 8: http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Wide-Mouth-Plastic-Storage-8-Count/dp/B000SSN3L2/ref=pd_sim_k_7 And it's not like the beverage has to touch the plastic part much at all. I can't believe some of these products... $8- $12+ each? For one? In some listings, it appears even to be just a lid. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Grommets for putting holes in metal lids (I have NO idea if these are big enough, but this would be what you are looking for): http://www.amazon.co...ref=pd_sim_hi_5 ETA: Picking these up at JoAnn's or Walmart in the fabric/craft area would be a good idea so you can actually look at them. I think I might have to try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Looks like a big grommet. Also, the re-usable plastic lids are cheap and available at Walmart. Drill a hole in them and you're done. Even on amazon they are $4 or so for 8: http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Wide-Mouth-Plastic-Storage-8-Count/dp/B000SSN3L2/ref=pd_sim_k_7 And it's not like the beverage has to touch the plastic part much at all. I can't believe some of these products... $8- $12+ each? For one? In some listings, it appears even to be just a lid. :confused1: I will not use a plastic lid. I will check out grommets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Historically, probably the same reasons we do today: they are inexpensive, double and triple duty (food storage, glassware, storage for nails and screw and nuts and bolts, shades for outdoor light fixtures, etc), and portable (have a lid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LND1218 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Plastic is bad. Glass jars break. Canning jars last through thick, thin and kids, and are easy to find for cheap at garage sales. This is why we now use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Just out of curiosity, what does a person opposed to plastic use for straws? I think the metals ones would make the roots of my teeth ache. Do paper ones hold up if you leave it in ice water for a period of time? I have successfully drilled a hole in a metal lid. Wish I could find a file now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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