How Big Is Your Can?

[Subdeacon Joe]

In Cups and Ounces

 

Can Size Approximations
Can Size Number	Approximate Volume of Food	Approximate Weight of Food
No. 1 (Picnic)	1 1/4 cups	10 1/2 to 12 ounces
No. 300	1 3/4 cups	14 to 16 ounces
No. 303	2 cups	16 to 17 ounces
No. 2	2 1/2 cups	20 ounces
No. 2 1/2	3 1/2 cups	27 to 29 ounces
No. 3	5 3/4 cups	51 ounces
No. 10	3 quarts	6 1/2 pounds to 7 pounds and 5 ounce

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

As a veteran of old fashioned grocery stores owned and operated by local people, and being in the northern Utah agriculture hub with lots of ladies "putting by", I was taught this many years ago.  Knew a lot about Mason jars, too.

[Pat Riot]

I used to know these. My grandmother made sure of that. I had forgotten all but the 303 can. Not sure why I remembered that one was 16 ozs. 

 

Thanks Joe.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

So what number is the little 6 oz tomato paste can?

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

So what number is the little 6 oz tomato paste can?

 

 

#6Z

 

https://www.gourmetsleuth.com/articles/detail/can-sizes-and-equivalents
Numbered Can Size    Cans Sizes in Inches    Volume    Equivalents
#1 Picnic
 211⁄16 x 4    11 oz.    1 1/3 cups
#1 Tall     31⁄16 x 411⁄16    16 oz.    2 cups
#2     37⁄16 x 49⁄16    1 lb. 4 oz.    2 1/2 cups
#2.5
 41⁄16 x 411⁄16    1 lb. 13 oz.    3 1/2 cups
#3         33 1/2 oz.    4 1/4 cups
#3 Cylinder     41⁄4 x 7    46 oz.    5 3/4 cups
#5     51⁄8 x 55⁄8    56 oz.    7 1/3 cups
#6Z     22⁄16 x 31⁄2    6.08 oz
 2/3 cup
#8Z short (8 oz can)
211⁄16 x 3     7.93 oz     1 cup (+, -)
#10     63⁄16 x 7    6 1/2 lbs. (104 oz.) to 7 lbs. 5 oz. (117 oz.)    13 cups
#211     211⁄16 x 414⁄16    12 oz.    1 1/2 cups
#300     3 x 47⁄16    14 to 16 oz.    1 3/4 cups
#303     33⁄16 x 43⁄8    16 to 17 oz.    2 cups
Picnic (see#1 above)
 211⁄16 x 4    10 1/2 to 12 ounces    1 1/4 cups
Less Common Sized Cans          
 #1 Juice          13 oz.     1 5/8 cups
 #1 Square          16 oz.     2 cups
 #2.5 Square          31 oz.     scant 4 cups
 #3 Squat
      23 oz.     2 3/4 cups
                

[DocWard]

That sounds like an awfully personal question I'm not inclined to answer.

[Major Crimes]

3 hours ago, DocWard said:

That sounds like an awfully personal question I'm not inclined to answer.

 

Yeah, I was going to say "to big".

[BLACKFOOT SASS #11947]

As I recall we used #2 and #3 cans for home canning.  Veggies got the #2 size and things such as peaches the #3.  I remember the canning days from back in the late 1930's and 1940's.  Canning day was a LONG DAY.  After WWII home freezers became more available and home canning  somewhat lost its popularity.  It seems that after that glass jars became more vogue for home "canning"

Blackfoot

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

15 minutes ago, BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 said:

As I recall we used #2 and #3 cans for home canning.  Veggies got the #2 size and things such as peaches the #3.  I remember the canning days from back in the late 1930's and 1940's.  Canning day was a LONG DAY.  After WWII home freezers became more available and home canning  somewhat lost its popularity.  It seems that after that glass jars became more vogue for home "canning"

Blackfoot

 

 

Seal it with wax?

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

6 hours ago, DocWard said:

That sounds like an awfully personal question I'm not inclined to answer.

Doc,

    That's what I thought too!

[BLACKFOOT SASS #11947]

19 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

 

Seal it with wax?

The cans were sealed with a mechanical can sealer.  Jars were sealed with a lid with sealing ring.  Sometimes jams and jellies would be sealed by pouring melted parafin on top of the contents. 

Blackfoot

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

3 minutes ago, BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 said:

The cans were sealed with a mechanical can sealer.  Jars were sealed with a lid with sealing ring.  Sometimes jams and jellies would be sealed by pouring melted parafin on top of the contents. 

Blackfoot

Ahh that’s why specifically #2 and #3.  I knew about jars and jams and jelly.  The only thing I ever knew about cans was canning meatballs and beans for the army.  I once worked on the line where I had to assure that there no meatballs over the edge and that every can looked like it had 8 meatballs.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

 

Seal it with wax?

Lots of paraffin,  rubber gaskets, rubber disc lids, sugar, pectin, and other necessities when you're putting by..... and Momma's big cast iron pressure cooker with the pressure regulating disk on top and a built-in thremometer.

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

A quart jar!

 

When we bought our house in Sacramento (1973), it had a wonderfully tasty nectarine tree in the back yard. We made wonderfully tasty jam until an Adam Henry climbed the tree and broke the main branch in an attempt to steal nectarines. We cut down the broken tree and built a fence.

 

We, somehow. found an equally tasty nectarine and planted it at the new place. We don't yet have many nectarines; but, they are yummy and make great Vodka Smoothies!