This Saturday, August 17th, is National-Can-It-Forward Day and Ball® is celebrating BIG. This year's event will star Food Network's Chopped host, two-time Emmy and James Beard award-winning chef and cookbook author, Ted Allen.
Ball® has been producing canning jars and other supplies for over 100 years. In fact, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its "Perfect Mason" jar, Ball® is issuing vintage-inspired blue Heritage Collection pint jars in limited quantities.
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| We've had a bumper crop of blackberries this year and these jars will be perfect for blackberry jam! |
The jars are period-correct blue and are the first in a series of limited edition jars that Ball® will be issuing. I have a set of the first in the series to give away to a lucky reader!
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How to enter
Just leave a comment to this blog post, telling me what you would put in these beautiful blue jars if you win and enter your information on the Rafflecopter form by midnight EDT, Saturday night, August 17th. A winner will be randomly selected from all eligible entries by Random.org and announced on Monday, August 18th.
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National Can-It-Forward Day Online Festivities
10:00AM-10:45AM: Jam making and water bath canning demo by Jessica Piper, Ball® brand educator
10:45AM-11:00AM: Craft Corner with Jordan DeFrank, FamilyFun magazine
11:00AM-11:45AM: Pickles Demo and Pickle Waterbath Canning Demo by Rick's Picks
11:45AM-12:00PM: Craft Corner with Jordan DeFrank, FamilyFun magazine
12:00PM-1:00PM: Special Guest Host Ted Allen canning and cooking demo
1:00PM-1:15PM: Cocktails in Ball® Jars hosted by Mason Jar NYC
1:15PM-2:00PM: Jam making and water bath canning demo by Jessica Piper, Ball® brand educator
During the broadcast, they'll have special giveaways each hour and a special Can-It-Forward Day offer for purchases at their online store, freshpreservingstore.com.
Like them on Facebook then post your Can-It-Forward Day stories and photos on their page. You can also join the conversation on Twitter with #CanItForward.
Even more ways to participate...
Access Can-It-Forward Day Web TV
Host a Home Canning Party
Participate in Person
Now...leave a comment here on this blog post and fill out the Rafflecopter form for a chance to win these cool blue jars! Good luck!
"Bejeweled"
46 comments:
Time to can some jellies
Pantry and freezer storage!
Dried beans and vinegar hot peppers for cabbage and greens.
Green beans for sure. They are beautiful in the blue jars.
It may not be fancy, but canned tomatoes will likely be the use. I love that Ball is now making BPA free lids--really makes it the perfect solution to healthy canning!
Don't know whether I'd put anything in them or not. But I collect blue glass and these would be a perfect addition to my collection!!!! :)
If I won these ltd blue jars I would can some applesauce & put in them. They are nice !
I'd definitely put extra garlicky refrigerator dill pickles in these (I use an swear by the recipe on A Way to Garden).
I like to put my dehydrated fruits, veggies and herbs in the blue jars.
I would put my homemade spaghetti sauce in them made with tomatoes and herbs from my garden.
I just finished making wonderful apricot jam. Will be picking blackberries in the mountains soon. Nothing tastes better than a summer blackberry pie on a rainy winter night.
My peach tree is producing lots of peaches...love to can them!
I have several of the very old blue jars...and I use them! So I would use these for countertop storage of anything that looks good in the jars!
Yummy tomato sauce with my home grown fresh herbs. Beautiful Ball Blue Jars bring back warm memories of my mother canning food for use during the winter, growing up in the mountains of Southwest VA.
Jalapeno Pepper Jelly! It is wonderful on all types of meat and sandwiches and just plain Mmmm Mmmm Good! :)
Tomato Sauce! Maybe some peaches too!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love reading this FB page and blog. I get so much from it. Those blue jars are something I have not seen in years. I blast from my past when my grandmother used to can. I would love to can my fresh tomatoes and have sauce in the winter.
I will put tomatoes in the pretty blue jar! How nice of you to have a give away.
I put goodies in them (i.e. fancy little foil wrapped chocolates and such) and give them as gifts for my kids to give their teachers!
HI,SUCH A NEAT GIVEAWAY!
I'D SOMETHING YUMMY IN THEM+GIVE THEM AS GIFTS TO OTHERS! THANKS!
msstitcher1948@yahoo.com
I already have raspberry conserve in my Ball jars. This fall I'll be canning my famous green apple mincemeat. It makes delicious pies.
I would love to have the blue jars; better start looking for them now in case I'm not selected. I can think of a thousand uses for this beautiful color. How nice of you to do this!
Oh, without a doubt, I'll use the dewberries I gathered that were growing wild on our farm. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
Give as gifts. AD55
love the blue jars... I think they would just look stunning filled with pickles and sauces and odds and ends.
I love the blue jars. I think the beautiful color would be perfect for the dehydrated apple and banana chips to keep in the fridge.
I love the blue jars. Right now I am canning zucchini relish, but I think some apple butter would look pretty in these jars.
I'm canning pickled beets right now-these (jars) looks so pretty!
I remember my mother slaving over steaming pots canning fruits and veggies. I recently gave some of those blue jars to my niece who has decided to continue the tradition. If I were to win, the jars are headed her way.
i would put dried fruit and veges in them and set them on my shelf in the kitchen for all to see
Since I'm finally getting tomatoes out of our garden, I need the jars to can loads of tomatoes.
Oh, a jar full of beautiful freshly harvested golden yellow corn would look gorgeous.
I think fresh fruit like peach halves, apples, pears would look so pretty. These jars deserve something that look as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside.
Cherry jelly should look great in those jars!
I love these!! I would do apple butter and peach jam!!
Our wonderful garden bounty would be enjoyed far into the cold days of winter with this great giveaway. Sign me up!
With beautiful blue jars like that I'd try something with a clear syrup and great shapes like the tiny plums we have growing or the pears that are almost ripe!
Oh those are so pretty! I have a few old ones that were in my grandma's jar stash. I think jam would look the prettiest in those jars -- I still have some plums to jam up this summer :)
I want t can some gorgeous tomatoes and also make pickles.
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I would put my home made dried herbal tea in them
The jars are so pretty ... I think I would use them to store my dried herbs.
Such a pretty color of blue!! I think I would put a candles in the jar. Maybe with some rocks or sand.
Thanks!
Katherine Donovan
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I am not sure what I want to put in these jars! I think they're too pretty to be put in my shelf and canned. I think they would need to be displayed on the counter, so maybe flour, sugar, etc.?! Thanks so much! Brandi F
I'm thinking homemade seedless blackberry jam would be just about right for those jars. How fun!
I would love to put some salal berry jam in the ball blue jars!
I never made pickles before but would love a chance to try with these beautiful jars. Just bought vintage ones at an antique festival yesterday. Just love them. Those will become candleholders.
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