Just wanted to throw in that I read glass baby food jars are going away, too. I bought about 30 of them just recently so I could have extras in our garage.

Yes, sadly, glass baby food jars are going the way of metal coffee cans and the plastic Leggs pantyhose egg. Just wait, in about 5 years people will be hawking the things on Ebay.

I believe it is in J. Wayne Fears excellent book "Outdoor Survival" that there appears an excellent "Coffee Can Survival Kit" which as I recall is actually fairly well stocked with some sustaining food items in addition to other handy items.

I just hope they don't stop making plastic film canisters. If they made the clear ones with a screw-on lid, they'd be the perfect container for even liquids.