CERTO brown bottle

[woody]

No, it isn't around here.

I use Sure Jell fruit pectin.

 

[capsoda]

Hey Woody, Sure Jell is ok for some things but it tends to leave jellies and preserves a little to watery for my taste.

 

[bottlenutboy]

i dont know what my mum and dad use when they make jelly....but its usually great except for this one time not too long ago momma made some and it was all watery more like syrup instead of jelly it also molded while it was still sealed in the jar too.....go figure...

 

[woody]

I take that back.

I use Ball Fruit Jell pectin.

 

[Yooper14]

The certo jars are real common almost anywhere you go. They are neat looking though. I've noticed that there are oodles of color variations. I have a small shelf of them that I keep for the neat color. They go in a smooth progression from light yellow all the way to dark brown, with everything inbetween. Too bad people don't collect them, but there's so many out there you'd never get much for them even if people did take them...

 

[dirtmover]

I just dug one of those up this past weekend - it's used to make jams/jellies my dig is dating in the 40's if that helps any.keep digging []

 

[LC]

When I was a Kid, I would go with my Mother when the berries were ripe, and we would pick Rasberries Blackberries, and Dewberries. My Mother would always can them or make jellies or pies. She could really make them good too! I remember one year, a neighbor gave her all the grapes that she wanted to pick. She made Grape Jelly, and put up quite a few quarts of Grape Juice as well. And to my surprise some time later as I retreived a quart of grape juice, I found that it had fermented and turned to wine. Well, that summer me and my friends did a lot of camping out, and needless to say, we took care of all that faulty grape juice. My Mother was amazed how out of the blue all that grape juice was used up! I told her about it years later, and we both had a good laugh about it. Thanks for making me think of some of the good old days Spencer!

 

[morbious_fod]

I always wondered what those bottles were. Now I know. Glad I didn't buy any.

 

[Brains]

Interesting that you would bring up the color variants, i have a 7-up green one. Looks just like a certo, measurement lines and the indent in the back but it just doesnt say certoon it. Paid $5 fot it[&:]

 

[Yooper14]

Brains,
I was thinking that too...after my post I went to my collection and looked, and I do have a green one as well - well, it appears to be like a certo...it has the 1/2 cup arrows and line, but not an indented "label area" like the certos. Wonder if it was a "wannabe" certo. Interesting.
Yooper