Explore the Archives
A Journal of the Plague Year Arizona Collection Australia Boston Bronx Community College New York Brooklyn College New York Canada Las Americas Lockdown Staten Island New Orleans Oral Histories Philippines Sacramento Community Based Organizations Southwest Stories Teaching the Pandemic The City College of New York

Collected Item: “Canning lid and jar shortage of 2020”

Give your story a title.

Canning lid and jar shortage of 2020

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

A newspaper article found in Elizabethtown, KY’s newspaper "The News-Enterprise."

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I can wholly relate to this article. First the shortages of many items such as hand sanitizers, toilet paper, and food in the first few weeks of the pandemic. But after this summer's growing season, I found myself with a lot of vegetables to can and no jars and/or lids in my local stores. I did not keep extra on hand nor did I think to get any until it was time to can. I did find some in Louisville on websites, but I refused to travel there since the numbers were very high. I eventually ordered some with no guarantee it would arrive before my vegetables went bad. But, in the meantime, I would check the stores in hopes a shipment came in before my online orders arrived. My vegetables and fruits needed to be canned or a whole season would be lost for what I could not freeze. I know it sounds silly to some people and the least of worries for others but for me, it was almost a half a year effort. It was food for my family for the next coming months. Next year this will be a funny story but for now, I will add this to my “The Year of 2020” list. I know many people will not see the humor in this but who knew canning lids and jars would be such a hot item. But it in a way does make sense since we were forced to stay home and be creative with our time until we reopened as a society.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#pandemicshortage, #summercanning, #canninglidshortage, #HST485, #ASU

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/features/wednesdays_woman/2020-has-been-many-things-and-now-a-canning-lid-shortfall/article_e88c9685-0492-5889-849f-60add96d8098.html

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Article written by Suzanne Darland of Elizabethtown, KY The News Enterprise

Give this story a date.

2020-10-21
Click here to view the corresponding item.