My Favorite Drinking Glass.

Classico Spaghetti Sauces use the Atlas Mason Jars.  

These jars are awesome. 

I soak and wash the label off thoroughly, and I clean the lid and jar inside and out.

I am not recommending the spaghetti sauce (although all their red sauces are gluten-free, no added sugar, some lower calorie, some lower sodium) ... nor do I eat it.

I am   J U S T   into the Mason Jars.  

I like drinking out of glass rather than plastics (certain plastics leach chemicals - I'll do a blog on plastics later).

I use them for mixing my protein drinks. 

There are markings on the side of the jar that are very approximate and are based upon a 24 oz. weight.  The increments increase by 4 ounces at a time.  It's perfect for mixing my protein drinks after a good workout.  And then for calculating my water intake for the day.

 

I know that people utilize the jars for all kinds of uses (containers for leftover foods, oils, coins, detergents, paintbrushes, etc.), but I don't mix the glass ware like that.  My mason jar drink-ware is just for drinking cold drinks. I don't keep nails & screws in them on one day and then turn around and clean it out and drink out of it.  Also, the metal lids maintained on the glass will mix with whatever is in the container (e.g. olive oil) ... if it touches the lid.
                                                                      

So I carefully keep an eye on the metal lids. I wash the lids every time they are used (when I vigorously shake my protein drink) and make sure they are dried well each time. Some lids are not made as well as others and when rust keeps reoccurring, I pitch it right away. 

Survivalists: These jars are not recommended for home canning (in case you are interested for food storage ideas) because the glass is a lighter weight than the usual Mason Jars and that makes it unsafe for home canning.  However, they are more durable than the typical store-bought glassware.  And my small hands can still handle these man-hand size jars.  I love the way they feel.  I love the way they clean.  I love how solid I feel when I drink out of them.  

I know.  

People do not think it's very classy to drink out of mason jars.  It's reminiscent of "country folk" drinking moonshine out by their small-time distillery in the Appalachian hills somewhere under the light of the moon ... sitting on a stump. 

So as I grasp my "simple yet wonderful" mason jar while standing in the middle of the kitchen, I take a big gulp of my delicious whey protein drink after one gratifying kick-butt workout and I think to myself ... "You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl". 

Your Eastern Mid-Western Southern Gal