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<< Previous   of   Next >> PRNewsFoto/Jarden Home Brands  (click to enlarge) Clean out those canning and jelly jars for cheap cocktail glasses.   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, August 4, 2008 Recycle your jelly and canning jars for supercheap cocktail glasses It's appalling what some people will pay for nice drinkware these days. A mojito glass for $15.95? Are you joking? But there's a solution -- right in your cupboard: If you look just right, you'll begin to see highballs, lowballs, Collins glasses, tumblers, old-fashioned glasses. Pop open the fridge and you might see a perfectly acceptable pilsner glass, a sturdy goblet, even a decanter or three. Virtually every style of drinkware (no margarita or wine glasses -- that's stemware, technically) is before you. And it's all free. That is, once you've paid for the jelly, pickles, iced tea, baby food, mayonnaise, pimientos, huckleberry preserves, spaghetti sauce, olive paste or whatever it is you have to use up to get to your prize. That's right, I'm talking about drinking from jars. It may take three dishwasher rounds to clean them, get the stubborn labels off and remove the smell. If, after a few cycles, your jar still smells like pickled peppers, try stuffing it with crumpled newspaper and a little baking soda overnight. Josh L. Dickey Associated Press HIGHBALL/COLLINS GLASS: Most small commercial jelly jars hit the desired 8 to 12 ounce target for white Russians, bloody Marys and regular alcohol-plus mixers, such as scotch and sodas or gin and tonics. LOWBALL, OLD-FASHIONED OR "ROCKS"GLASS: Aficionados may make distinction between the three, but anyone who labels himself "aficionado" probably hasn't gotten this far. Squat, wide-mouth "expensive jelly" jars make a perfect rocks glass. PILSNER GLASS: Some folks like their light German or Belgian beers in tapered glasses, but I prefer a small 6 to 8 ounce Ball jar. Something about the way they tip and feel is very continental. MOJITO TUMBLER: A lot of food companies use the tall, slender 16-ounce jars that are perfect for the muddling process. And don't worry if they have a tapered neck -- the lip is helpful to avoid spills.

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