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Originally Posted by busterb
Help me out here! You pay for the heat to cook , what ever. Then have to boil the jars, bottles. Then place back in boiling water?
Heat the house up and run the AC to cool the house.
I'm lost.
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If you are storing food long-term, the additional cost per quart for running the freezer (not to mention the price of buying a freezer) is greater than the initial cost of jars and the energy used to heat the water and preserves.
This website explains it better:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/FOODNUT/08704.html