Posted by Robert Dilley on February 29, 2004 at 17:02:06 from 216.211.57.101 user rdilley.
In Reply to: Re: Jelly references - jam session posted by Peter H on February 29, 2004 at 14:17:27:
It is quite common here in Canada to find jam in tins (or cans, as we would say). It comes with a plastic lid that can be used once the can has been opened. Maybe clumsy people like cans better as less likely to break if dropped?
However, I doubt if plastic lids were available in AR's day and, as Peter H notes, modern coatings inside cans to make them safe for storage would have been lacking, too.
We had a TARBoard discussion some time back, initiated by my suggesting that the Fram jam would have frozen (not everyone agreed). Still, maybe that's why it was in tins -- and why lots of it in Canada is!