Many years ago I made my family eat a certain kind of pickles so I could collect 10 matching gallon jars. My husband built a shelf in the kitchen to store them. they were labeled and held flour, oats, wheat, beans, rice, sugar, etc. We then bought different pickles in matching 1/2 gallon jars. I stored staples that we keep in smaller quantities in those. The jars had lovely brass colored lids. I still have them all. Now they are in closed cupboard. I liked it better when they were on display.