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July, 2011:

Canning Memories Giveaway

Jul 31st, 2011
by Shannon.
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During our last giveaway, many of you shared memories of canning with grandparents and how that experience motivates you to pass on the joy of preservation to your families. In honor of those experiences we have hand-selected great products that will help make your next canning adventure one that the whole family can enjoy.

One winner will receive an assortment of products to share with guests at your next canning party including: three Ball Blue Book® Guide to Preserving valued at $5.99; three Ball® RealFruit™ Classic Flex Batch Pectin valued at $4.99; and six “Save $5.00 On One Package, Any Size or Style of Kerr® or Ball® Jars with Lids and Bands for Preserving” coupons.

VISIT OUR GIVEAWAY PAGE TO ENTER

Deadline is today, July 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm PDT.

This giveaway is made possible by the generosity of Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball ® Branded Fresh Preserving Products.

 

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Can-It-Forward Stars: Lucy Norris

Jul 29th, 2011
by Kim.
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In the days leading up to Can-It-Forward Day & our third annual Can-a-Rama kickoff, we’ll be giving a daily shout out to the dedicated group of folks who will be on location showing the ropes of everyday preserving and who have been instrumental to our mission of reviving the lost art of “putting up” food through safe food preservation and community building.

 

CAA member Lucy Norris.

That’s Lucy Norris. She’s crazy for pickles.  If you haven’t done so already, check out her book, Pickled: Preserving a World of Tastes and Traditions (2003).  When Lucy isn’t at the stove, she’s busy running the Puget Sound Food Network, a part of Northwest Agriculture Business Center, which is dedicated to the economic viability and sustainability of food and farming in Northwest Washington. You can find more of her pickled work at BrinyLife and on Twitter: @lucymnorris

What inspires her to can:
My grandmothers are my muses. They both lived through the Great Depression, and both were gardeners and home canners. I have many fond memories of my family canning garden fresh produce during hot Texas summers. Good and clean food picked at the height of flavor, freshness and color inspires me to can every year. It’s such a treat to open up a jar in the dead of winter and taste summer all over again. Through the years people from all over the world have shared their family pickle recipes with me. Their stories inspire me to experiment with unfamiliar food preservation methods and spice combinations.

Lucy will be leading a demo on pickled jalapeno peppers Sunday, Aug. 14 (2 p.m. PST). (Go here for the full schedule of the Aug. 13-14 events at Pike Place Market in Seattle.)

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Can-It-Forward Day Demo Schedule

Jul 29th, 2011
by Shannon.
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Can It Forward

 

In our third season of spreading the love for “putting up” food, Canning Across America is cooking up its most exciting endeavor to date. Mark your calendars for the weekend of August 13-14, when Canning Across America will be preserving up a storm at Seattle’s Pike Place Market.

As part of the first-ever National Can-It-Forward Day, Canning Across America members will teach the basics of water bath canning and some of the most popular summer canning recipes. The day-long event is free and open to the public and will include several how-to canning demos that will be streaming live on FreshPreserving.com 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST. Viewers will be able to ask questions and post comments in real time. 

           

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011 SCHEDULE

8:00 a.m.

Mixed Berry Jam Canning Demonstration featuring Ball® RealFruit™ Classic Pectin by Jeanne Sauvage, Canning Across America, Gluten-free baker & author

9:00 a.m.

Cooking Demonstration by Kelsey Angell of The Pink Door Restaurant featuring Mixed Berry Jam

10:00 a.m.

Canning Demonstration of Kosher Pickles featuring Dill Sandwich Slices recipe from Fresh Preserving.com made by Judith Dern, Allrecipes.com and cookbook author

11:00 a.m.

Cooking Demonstration by Diane LaVonne of Diane’s Market Kitchen featuring Dill Sandwich Slices

Noon

Canned Tomatoes Packed in Own Juice Demonstration featuring the Ball® Salt for Pickling and Preserving by Brook Hurst Stephens, Blogger, Learntopreserve.com

1:00 p.m.

Cooking Demonstration by Philippe Thomelin of Olivar Restaurant featuring Canned Tomatoes Packed in Own Juice

2:00 p.m.

Mixed Berry Jam Canning Demonstration featuring Ball® RealFruit™ Classic Pectin by Jeanne Sauvage, Canning Across America, Gluten-free baker & author

3:00 p.m.

Pepper Jelly Canning Demonstration featuring Ball® RealFruit™ Low or No-Sugar Pectin by Shannon and Jason Jason Mullett-Bowlsby, Urban gardeners, canners, DIY masters & authors

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011 SCHEDULE

The preserving celebration continues Sunday, August 14, with more free and open-to-the-public demos from Seattle’s most seasoned canners. It also marks the kick-off to Canning Across America’s third Can-a-Rama, a week of home canning parties and seasonal preserving nationwide.

Noon

Apricot-Raspberry Jam Demonstration by Rebecca Staffel, of Deluxe Foods, a Seattle artisanal preserves company

2:00 p.m.

Pickle Jalapeno Chile Peppers by renowned pickle expert Lucy Norris

If you do not live in Seattle area, we encourage you to host a party in your in your neighborhood and watch Can-It-Forward Day Web TV on August 13th! Sign up for Can-It-Forward Day here.

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Canning Basics Giveaway Winner

Jul 28th, 2011
by Shannon.
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Jessie M. is our winner for the Canning Basics Giveaway on July 27th. She will receive a Canning Basics care package full of Ball® goodies including: a Canning Discovery™ Kit, a Ball Blue Book® Guide to Preserving, a Classic Flex Batch Pectin & 2 coupons.

Congratulations, Jessie! And everyone else: be on the lookout for our next giveaway!

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CAA Photo of the Week: Peach Jam by Changing my view

Jul 28th, 2011
by Rachel.
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peach jam
This week’s photo of the week is Peach Jam by Flickr user Changing my view. Thanks for sharing in the Canning Across America pool!

If you’d like to participate, please join our community’s Flickr pool and submit your photos.

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Plums

Jul 27th, 2011
by Jeanne.
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Photo by basecadet from the CAA Flickr pool

Hello Canvolutionaries and Food Eaters!  I love plums.  And since it’s summer, and you’re likely human, chances are that you really, really like plums, too.

A  few years ago a friend invited me over to his house to help myself to his  abundant plum crop.  Not only did we fill our baskets (and our stomachs, and the  bottoms of our shoes) with as many plums as we could hold, but I had the awesome  challenge to get creative with what to do with all of the fruit.  Some plums went  into smoothies, and some became jam.  Some got bottled in a complete nest of  sugar, pushed to the back of the pantry, and intentionally forgotten about–eventually, I am hoping this will turn into plum brandy of some kind.  Last  Christmas, some of this extremely macerated fruit found its way into fruitcake  along with some equally-macerated kumquats.

But, my most favorite thing to happen to the majority of Tom’s plums was this plum catsup. I like it so much I included the recipe in my new book, Can It, Bottle It Smoke It. This is always in our fridge–seriously–because my entire family really digs it, particularly on baked French fries, a roasted pork loin, or even as a stir fry sauce for vegetables and tofu mixed with a little Chinese cooking wine and white pepper.  This can be hot water bath canned, but if you have the fridge space it will live in there for ages very happily.  Eat this warm or cold or anywhere in-between.

I like my catsup more tangy than sweet, but if your plums are kinda tart, or if you’re craving it as sweet as the bottled tomato stuff, by all means up the sugar to your liking. Now is the time to crank out a serious batch of this stuff–you may find that it disappears quickly.  Oh, and while it’s not by any means necessary, you get bonus extra cool points for including your own homemade marmalade.

PLUM CATSUP

CAA Contributor Karen Solomon is the author of Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It and Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It (Ten Speed Press), and the host of the Jam It Salon at 18 Reasons.  She has been a well-published food writer for over a decade. Her edible musings on the restaurant scene, sustainable food programs, culinary trends, food history, and recipe development have appeared in Fine Cooking, Prevention, Yoga Journal, Organic Style, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Zagat Survey: San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants, and elsewhere, all of which showcase the diversity of her word-wrangling plate.



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Our last Canning Basics Giveaway is Today

			
			

				Jul 27th, 2011
				
by Shannon. 

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One winner will receive a Canning Basics care package which includes: one Ball® Canning Discovery™ Kit (pictured above), one Ball Blue Book® Guide to Preserving, one Ball® RealFruit™ Classic Flex Batch Pectin, and two “Save $5.00 On One Package, Any Size or Style of Kerr® or Ball® Jars with Lids and Bands for Preserving” coupons.


VISIT OUR GIVEAWAY PAGE TO ENTER


Deadline is today, July 27, 2011 at 11:59 pm PDT.


This giveaway is made possible by the generosity of Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball ® Branded Fresh Preserving Products.


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CAA in the news

			
			

				Jul 27th, 2011
				
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The Columbus Dispatch talks to our Canning Across America editor, Jeanne Savage, about the first Can-It-Forward Day on August 13th. Check it out!


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Giveaway Winner, July 21st

			
			

				Jul 22nd, 2011
				
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Hey Canvolutionaries!


Tracie M. is our winner for the Canning Basics Giveaway yesterday! She will receive a Canning Basics care package full of Ball® goodies including: a Canning Discovery™ Kit, a Ball Blue Book® Guide to Preserving, a Classic Flex Batch Pectin & 2 coupons.


Congratulations, Tracie! And everyone else: be on the lookout for our next giveaway!


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CAA Photo of the Week: Homegrown Dilly Beans by The Boastful Baker

			
			

				Jul 21st, 2011
				
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Homegrown dilly beans

This week’s featured photo of the week is another by one of our top contributors, Melissa — known on Flickr as The Boastful Baker. Would you like to learn about the recipe for these dilly beans and hear more of her thoughts on canning? We recommend you check out her blog post titled Intro to Canning for more.


Thank you again for contributing, Melissa!


If you’d like to participate, please join our community’s Flickr pool and submit your photos.  




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