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Go get some straight-sided canning jars. Look for jars with no shoulders, like the half-pint size normal mouth lids or the pint size wide mouth lids.
Jars with shoulders are not freezer safe; the necks prevent the contents from expanding as they freeze so the jar cracks. Straight sided jars are tapered on the inside so the contents can expand up into the head space of the jar safely.
Canning jars are quite thick, they're intended to be handled and used for years on end. They aren't indestructible but they'll survive handling that would crack a grocery store pickle jar. They're specifically designed to be repeatedly boiled and even pressure cooked.
The lid specs for these jars is a LONG running standard, canning lids are probably carried by your favorite grocery store at least some of the year, and you can get reusable non-canning lids to fit these jars in a variety of materials and styles.
I mean I can some stuff but aside from fowlers canning jars have low availability since ball stopped selling in aus, the more usaian standard with disposable middle rings and seals are not found anywhere atm. Also jars just aren't a good solution to leftovers or portions like cake and stuff.
I'd have a better time scrounging old dessicators with ground mating surfaces etc. Or old casserole dishes. The issue is that those aren't widely available affordabily anymore.
I'm in the US, Ball jars and their accoutrements are literally everywhere along with their parts and accoutrements. I own several dozen and I use them for lots of stuff. I am aware of a European system that uses reusable rubber seals and glass lids; I don't like those for canning because I like the metal lid that pops down to indicate the vacuum seal, plus they're kind of pricey in the New World.
As for casserole dishes, I've got them all. My late grandmother owned everything Corningware ever made, and she left them to me when she passed.
Yeah I dunno why you think how it is in the USA would be very relevant not in the usa.