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This coming Saturday, August 1st, Jarden Home Brands will host this year’s fifth annual Can-It-Forward Day, broadcast live online at FreshPreserving.com from 11AM – 4PM EST from the new state-of-the-art Jarden Home Brands headquarters in Fishers, Indiana. An event celebrating the joys of fresh preserving, Can-It-Forward Day encourages gardeners & food enthusiasts across the country to celebrate what “Made From Here” means to them by fresh preserving their favorite local ingredients in peak season. The webcast will have an integrated chat function where consumers can submit their home canning questions to be answered in real time. New this year, there will also be an exciting celebrity mason jar auction unveiled during the webcast!
Summer is coming to an end and for me that means it is time to can all of those treasures from our garden and the local farmers market. Some of our favorite things to can are Strawberry Jam, Homemade Marinara Sauce and my husband cans some of the best Dill Pickles. If you are new to canning, don’t worry Ball has everything you need to make you a pro in no time. Check out the Ball® FreshTECH Automatic Home Canning System that I reviewed last year, a high tech, fool-proof way to can. The new 37th Edition Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving hits the shelf this year with its largest update since 1999. Featuring 75 new recipes, pictorial step by step guides for beginners and more, a true bargain at only $11.95.
Other great canning items from Ball are the Design Series Lids available in red and purple. Great not only for home canning, the Ball® Brand Design Series Lids With Bands are also a great option for unique crafting creations, gifts and home décor with endless mixing and matching possibilities. The new limited edition Regular Mouth pint and Wide Mouth quart jars are a celebration of the 1915 heritage featuring a vintage-inspired purple color and embossed logos on front and back. If you love drinking from your canning jars you have got to check out the Design Series Lids Fitting perfectly atop any Wide Mouth and Regular Mouth Ball® Jar, you can enjoy every drop of your favorite cold drinks, smoothies or summer tea with a splash of color.
To celebrate Can It Forward Day, Queen of Reviews has teamed up with Ball for a giveaway that will include a coupon for a free case of jars. Enter below and be sure to show Ball some love on facebook and check out the Can It Forward webcast here at Queen of Reviews on August 1st!
Elle T. says
Tough choice but pickles are a favorite. Everything is better in brine. 🙂
Lori Williams says
I love to can tomatoes!
Julia says
I don’t can myself, but my favorite thing to receive from someone who does is raspberry preserves.
kelli says
i would love to save my money and actually have fresh jam or jelly with ingredients i know about. the jars are always expensive though which is what has kept me from actually trying to can.
Shannon Baas says
Bread and butter pickles.
Alyce Poalillo says
Tomatoes are my favorite thing to can.
Brittney House says
I like the can my homemade jams and jellies.
Cynthia C says
I just finished up my spiced peach jam, so that’s my favorite right now.
Amy Pratt says
I love canning my tomatoes from the garden.
Julie Murphy says
I like to can relish
Denise S says
I like to can strawberry jam.
Lisa Weidknecht says
Jams and Jellies!
Ashley C says
Pickles! My husband loves homemade pickles!
Sandy Cain says
Love canning dill pickles, garlic pickles, bread & butter pickles….ALL pickles!
ryan campbell says
Well, I suppose it would be the only thing I have ever canned…spaghetti sauce. 🙂
Dawn Ganey says
I love canning tomatoes.
jules m. says
the only thing i have ever canned is plum jam. 🙂
Christy F. says
pickles and jams
Amanda Welling says
Blueberries! I also really love to make old fashioned jams.
Theresa Shafer says
Vegetable soup is my favorite.
Caitlyn says
Jam and pickles!
Bev Henry says
My favorite thing to can is fresh tomatos
Margot C says
I like to make and can jam; I do it every year!
Margot C says
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john hutchens says
I enjoy canning homemade salsa
Pamela F says
I like to can Bread & Butter Pickles and Strawberry jam.
cassie says
raspberry jam!
Cheryl Abdelnour says
I like canning jams and jellies.
Randi Cook says
My bf and I picked raspberry and made jam together. We both enjoyed it!
jenny s says
strawberries are my favorite canning
Ronda says
I like to can jams and jellies.
Ruy Morris says
I like to can salmon that I catch during the summer.
Debbie F says
Pickles!
The spicier the better!
Thanks
Amie George says
I can so many things. This year we canned a bunch of salsa,sauces, elk, and fish
Angelica says
That’s a toughie. I think I’d have to pick chicken, it’s fun to try out different add-ins and it’s always a bit of a surprise when we open the jars later. 🙂
Cindy Peterson says
I love canned nectarines. They are so easy to can because you don’t have to peel them..
Susan T says
I love to make strawberry rhubarb jam and tomatoes for winter
Barrie says
My favorite things to can are tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, and dill pickles!
Vera S says
My very favorite things to can would be pickles and also tomatoes. 🙂
cjjmesser says
I like to can strawberry jam
Darlene Carbajal says
My grandma loves to can homemade salsa. She uses mayonnaise jars to can them, but I think these will be better. Haha.
Amanda wilson says
Love to can strawberry jam after we go picking in June
Dandi D says
My favorite things to can are pickles, tomato soup and apple butter.
jill rivera says
I like to can black berry jam from my black berry bush.
Julie L says
I love to can pico de gallo!
Patricia Crowley says
I love making and canning apple butter!
kelly heath says
my favorite thing to can is pickles!!!!!!!!
maryann says
i love canning salsa or jam
Joan O says
My favorite thing to can is tomatoes but I love canning many other things as well.
Erika Chilton says
My favorite thing to can is jams & jellies. 🙂
shelley c says
I like to an salsa &pears from our trees.
Danielle Marie says
i really love canning boysenberry jam so yummy.
Lauren says
I like to can applesauce.
Sadie B. says
I love to can peaches.
Kristen says
I love canned tomatoes.
LaTanya says
peaches
Denise L says
I love to can Raspberry Conserve made from raspberries from my garden.
Amanda Kinder says
My favorite would have to be pickles!
Marlene S says
Zucchini Relish
Kerrin T says
My favorite thing to can by far is sausages
katie k says
I love dill pickles
LaMoyne Badgley says
I love canning & can everything I can get. Tomatoes are my favorite.
Jessica says
I like to can strawberry preserves.
carol johnson says
I love to can venison
Austin Baroudi says
Jams and jellies!
Sarah Cool says
I love canning jams
Tracy Shafer says
I love canning pickles!!!
Tina W says
I love making homemade pepper jelly
Jennifer NIelsen says
Peaches! Every year we do to the local fruit stand and buy boxes of peaches for $8 each. Then we spend the day as a family canning them.
Luna says
Pickles, definitely!
susan byrne says
Pickles!
Candie L says
My husband likes to can Chow-Chow. Thank you
Kim Reid says
I like to can tomatoes, thanks!
Kelly D says
I like to can relish.
Robin says
I like canning tomatoes.
Stephanie Galbraith says
I think it would be fun to can some pickles.
Erica B. says
Tomatoes
Marilyn Nawara says
I like to can tomatoes.
Deborah W. says
My favorite thing to can is tomatoes and tomato juice.
Joy says
My favorite thing to can is pickles 🙂
Seth @ Giveaway Guy says
I like to can jams.
Carol Godfrey says
My favorite thing to can is pickled okra!
Vera says
I like to can strawberry preserves.
Desiree Dunbar says
Fruit for me.
Amy Z. says
I love to can pickles.
Jan Hammersmith says
I love to can pickles
Kim H says
I can salsa
Samantha Daleo says
I don’t know how to can anything yet but I have always wanted to learn how to can jellys and jams.
Anna F. says
Jams and jellies. I love Peach Jam. 🙂
EMMA L HORTON says
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courtney gibson says
Strawberry Jam
laurie murley says
I like to can green beans
melissa Resnick says
salsa
Lisa V. says
I’m pretty new to it, so it would be tomatoes and salsa.
Jen Harriman says
Oh I absolutely love pickled beets!
Paula Hafner says
I like to can pickles and salsa. I also like to dry can things like bulk flour and cornmeal.
Robin kuhles says
Jelly, tomatoes and salsa
Laurie Emerson says
My favorite thing to can is tomatoes from our garden.
Danielle Magee says
Homemade jelly
Lorrie says
Sauces and jellies.
Renee G says
I like making jam and pickles.
Valeen N says
I love to can homemade apple pie filling! Yummy!
anne says
I like canning pickled peaches!!
Joann F says
My favorite is tomatos!
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Betty C says
I like canning tomatoes and pickles.
Francine Anchondo says
Pickles
Heather Hollands says
I like canning dilly beans.
Breanne says
I like to can jam.
Laurie Nykaza says
We love to make apple butter its so good.
Claire Quaile says
We love canning Jams! We are about to try canning peaches!
Samantha says
I love to can strawberry jams!
Leah Shumack says
Strawberry Jam is my favorite!
Carolyn Daley says
My aunt makes mango jam every summer because my grandmother gets a lot of mangoes on her tree!
Alyssa Mrozek says
COTTON BALLS!
Sand says
Jams and apple and pumpkin butters.
Brian E. says
Thank You for the giveaway…we can hot peppers, salsa, & marinara sauce !