Ball Blue Book, The Canning Bible

One of the most important items to own when preserving is the Ball Blue Book.  The Blue Book covers canning, freezing, dehydrating and is a planning guide.  I've been canning for years but I always use the book to make sure I remember the exact time I need to can an item.  No one who preserves food should be without this wonderful book.

Winner of the Jarden Package

The winner of the package from Jarden is Barb Wright.  Barb you have until 10 am Monday to contact me with your email and mailing address so I can send it to Jaren.  Congratulations

paulaannsmith@yahoo.com

Bread and Butter Pickles

On International Can-It-Forward Day and for my review of the green canning jars I decided to do pickles.  I made 6 quarts and 1 pint of Bread and Butter Pickles using the Ball Flex Batch Mix.  I love the flex batch mix because you can do a little or do a lot.  I thought pickles would look really good in the green jars and that is why I made them.  As you can see they turned out beautiful and would make a nice gift with a ribbon tied around the neck of the jar.

Review on Ball Dry Herb Jars

The Ball Dry Herb Jars come in a 4 pack with labels and are  4oz each.  Each jar has a snap open cap that the herb can be shaken out of..  I love that they can be stacked for space saving storage.  These are a nice addition to the Ball family of products.

Complete Details On International Can-It-Forward Day

Please click on the link below to get complete details on International Can-It-Forward Day.


http://www.freshpreserving.com/community/events/can-it-forward

International Can-It-Forward Day Giveway

Here's your chance to win the complete bundle of items from Jarden Home Brands that include the following items:

The New Limited Edition Spring Green Heritage Collection Jars  6 wide mouth quarts and 6 pints
Fresh Herb Keeper
Dry Herb Jars
Frozen Herb Starters
5 Blade Herb Scissors
Ball Blue Book

All you have to do to get your name entered into the drawing is to leave a comment on any of the International Can-It-Forward posts and tell me which item you would use first and why.  The contest starts now and ends Saturday August 16th at midnight.  I will draw one winner Sunday morning

International Can-It-Forward Day

I will be participating in International Can-It-Forward Day on Saturday August 16th.  I have the following items from Jarden Home Brands that I will be evaluating and Jarden will be giving one of my readers the same items to evaluate.

The New Limited Edition Spring Green Heritage Collection Jars  6 wide mouth quarts and 6 pints
Fresh Herb Keeper
Dry Herb Jars
Frozen Herb Starters
5 Blade Herb Scissors
Ball Blue Book

Watch my blog for a review on each item. Also watch my blog tomorrow Thursday 8/14/14 on how you can win the above package of items.