Can I tell you a secret?
Lean in close.
I’ve never canned anything
PHEW – it feels good to get that off my chest.
Please don’t take away my Southern card!
It’s on my bucket list, but it seems like there’s so much involved, and truthfully, I’m intimidated; so when I was contacted about participating in International Can It Forward Day and receiving the Ball® freshTECH Electric Water Batch Canner + Multi-Cooker, I was intrigued, and excited, and totally IN! (Plus I get to give back to y’all, and that’s my favorite!)
Not only are you able to water bath can with this, you can steam, cook, boil, and blanch! (make sure to read the instructions thoroughly!)
I have friends who bring me delicious salsa, jellies, and jams that they’ve canned; and I see beautiful shelves packed with garden veggies and pickled deliciousness and a part of my Southern heart beats rapidly with desire to do the same. I think I now have the tool that will enable me to become a canning queen.
August 1st is International Can It Forward Day and if you’ve ever had a question about canning or want to learn more about canning; you can join in on a live webstream with 4 amazingly talented bloggers who happen to be canning goddesses (2 of them are friends of mine) Liz from Hoosier Homemade, Christy from Southern Plate, Marisa from Food in Jars, and Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday – you can follow the twitter feed with the hashtage #CanItForward . Ask questions, comment, and participate with International Can It Forward Day with the hashtag on Twitter (and that link) and they’ll answer questions submitted live via an integrated chat forum!! Serious awesomeness, y’all!
Check back tomorrow and you can actually watch the live-stream here on the blog! (It will automatically play once the webcast is live)
On to the awesomest part of this post – THE GIVEAWAY!
Ball® has provided the same incredible Can-It-Forward package that they sent me for one of y’all! The prize package includes:
- 1 Case of 1 Pint (16-oz) Regular Mouth Jars (12 count) (RV $9.99)
- Blue Book Guide to Preserving (RV $11.95)The new 37th edition of the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving is the most trusted resource in home canning for over 100 years and this new 2015 release is its largest update since the first edition in 1909. Expanding 56% from the previous edition, the 37th edition of the Ball Blue Book includes 75 new recipes, pictorial step by step
1Ball® freshTECH Electric Water Bath Canner + Multi Cooker (RV $149.99) In 2015, Jarden Home Brands launched the third appliance in its FreshTECH family. The new FreshTECH Electric Water Bath Canner + Multi-Cooker is a plug-in, countertop appliance that eliminates the need for stove top heating. This removes the concerns of ceramic-glass stove top owners and makes it more convenient to handle than traditional water bath canning pots. The appliance enables users to multi-task during the canning process, eliminating the need to monitor boiling water or move the pot to fill and drain.
You can enter by using the easy rafflecopter form below
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I haven’t ever canned before. I grow a garden and talk about doing it, but it seems so difficult! I would love to try!
My 82 year old Mother-In-Law has helped me learn to can veggie soup that is nearly too pretty to eat!
I love to can! Jams are my favorite, especially using what I have in my garden, like blueberry rhubarb or mint!
I just start learning to can, would love to start with pickles.
Pepper and pickles are my favorites to can.
I haven’t ever canned, but would really love to learn how. I would can green beans, salsa, spaghetti sauce, barbeque sauce, jams, jellies, and peppers.
I haven’t canned but my grandmother always did and I would love to!
I use to can jams and sauces with my grandmother and would love to start doing it again!
Not sure if canning pepper jelly counts! I want to can all sorts of veggies!
I started canning last year and I love it!! This is a wonderful contest, thank you.
I want to can tomatoes but have never done it.
I love to can jam.
I have canned…it’s been a while because I feel I don’t have the right tools…but this giveaway might just solve that problem!
I’ve only ever done strawberry freezer jam, or anything that doesn’t involve the boiling water. I’ve been scared to try!
I have canned some jam, but would love to can veggies, and anything else that would be canned
I can green beans and strawberry rhubarb jam every summer.
I have never tried it before but this looks awesome
I have canned for a few years, mostly vegetables and jellies and jams. I would like to learn to can meats.
I can tomatoes. I would like to do more canning maybe pizza sauce, spaghetti sauces, jam and jellies.
I’d love to can salsa. We just tried our hand at canning last year. I know each year it will easier but last year, it was a mess. I do love having the fresh canned beans in the basement in the winter!
I have canned salas, tomatoes and various stone fruit jams. Lifting heavy pans of jars and hot water are too much for me these days. This canner is a nice size.
Wishes for tásty dishes, Linda
I have been canning for over 25 years. I prefer canned food over frozen food any day. I sure could use the canner, mine is so old, needs replaced.
I love to can green beans
I have just started canning however, I dived right in with some strawberry rhubarb jam and fire roasted tomatoes. I would like to try to make pizza sauce and salsa next. This canner looks awesome and much nicer than the old cheapy I picked up at a yard sale. I would really love to win it. Canning is something my grandma did, she is 98 now, and I am trying to teach myself to preserve those memories.
I enjoy canning. I have been canning for a few years but still learning.I enjoy canning homemade salsa
I have never canned before. i have thought about it, but never wanted to buy all the supplies needed. My sister and i want to start canning so we can limit the sugars and gluten in food.
homemade salsa is my favorite to can, then jams and jellies
I love making Apple jelly
My mother canned, but I have never tried it on my own. Looking forward to learning more today from the folks at Ball. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’m a canning newbie as of a couple of weeks ago. I would love to can some salsa!
I Have Never Canned, I’ve Always Wanted To Can Some Pickles.
I Love to can Pickles!!! They make Wonderful Gifts, and are Enjoyed by Everyone.
I would like to try and can Kimchee, but……..I do not think it would work!!! I will stick with my Yummy Pickles for now!!!
I have canned, I do can, I love to can. Mostly, (ok maybe exclusively) I make jam.
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My greatest canning achievement is easy but very specific. It is Blackberry/Lemon/Vanilla Bean/Turbinado Sugar Jam. It is exactly what it sounds like it is. Be sure to use some zests from the lemons and only use a vanilla bean (not extract – horrible stuff in this context), and only dark turbinado sugar will do.
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YES!! I have canned pickles, and also peach jam!! I would love to win this!!!
Yes I have made jam, pickles and tomatoes. As I get older I find it hard to move my regular cold pack canner from the stove to the sink and back. This canner would make canning a lot easier for me. Thank for the chance to win this wonderful gift.
If I were a canner I think my favorite thing to can would be berry jam. Both the color and the smell of the berries would remind me of summer.
I’ve been doing some canning for a few years, mostly apple butter, applesauce, and various jams. My husband cans sweet relish and pickles.
I really enjoy canning pasta sauce and pickles.
Yes, I restarted canning last yr. I want to do pickles.
I am planning to can several jams this year, including blueberry and strawberry-rhubarb.
I really love canning tomatoes and onions.
I have only canned when assisting someone else. I’ve never done it on my own. I’m so afraid I’m going to do something wrong. But I sure was proud of the jam I helped make.
I’ve never canned! (See?! You’re not alone!) But I would LOVE to. Thanks for the giveaway!
I have never office canned anything but with apple season coming up I’d love to be able to can some apple butter.
I have canned before..I’ve made jams.
My favorite thing would be raspberry jam.
I’m a seasoned canner, but will be making blueberry jam for this first time next week. So much fun to try new things!
My favorite thing to can is diced tomatoes. They are so versatile when left unseasoned.
I canned for the first time last year with my child for our local homemaking show. We are still learning and interested in more canning. This would make our experience so much easier and more fun!
Canned for the first time yesterday in honor of International Can-it-Forward day! Had bought the Ball FreshTech Auto Canner. Quickly made delicious organic spaghetti, 2 rounds in nothing flat! Today I just finished 3 Qts of Bread & Butter pickles even quicker! The first sealing ‘pop’ could be heard as I type, it’s exciting and my husband is excited to try out the new goodies. I would LOVE to win this for more canning options and bigger quantities. The FreshTech Jam & Jelly maker is my next purchase as dealing with disabling medical issues this tools allow me to do things in the kitchen I couldn’t otherwise. Truth be told wish I had learned to can ages ago but it’s never too late to start! Having healthy food is core to health and canning makes it possible to control what we eat all year long! Glad I found this blog, interesting!
I have never canned but think it would be great to learn!
I have never canned , but would like to can peaches..
I have done a lot of canning in my life. One thing I’ve never canned is meat.
My favorite thing to can is tomato juice. So good!
I’ve never canned before. We have a ton of strawberries, raspberries and green beans in our garden this year so I would love to can some of those.
I love to can peaches and green beans. I would like to can pickles.
I’ve never canned either! I really want to try canning some tomatoes this summer so we can enjoy them all winter!
I love to can! Especially anything tomato related – canned tomatoes, salsa, spaghetti sauce, juice, etc. Unfortunately this summer I have been moving and traveling so no canning. or garden this year. Next year for sure and then I will pull out my jars and big pot and become the queen of tomato again! 🙂
I have never canned but I am DESPERATE to learn!
I have never canned either but I remember my parents canning foods often as I was growing up when we lived up north. I would LOVE to be able to do the same and save some of our summer fruits and vegetables to enjoy year round!
I have never canned anything either! And, like you, it’s been on my kitchen bucket list. I would love this! I would definitely can salsa and veggies (pickled of course!) Maybe some pickled okra? Yum.
I like to can pears off of our tree.
No I have not canned as of yet, I have started collecting recipes, I want to do a strawberry lemonade concentrate, corn cob jelly, strawberry jam with a list of others and also pressure canning.
I love to can! It keeps me connected to my beautiful grandmother, Kathleen. Would like to perfect the process and raise my skill level to the same level as my grandmother.
I’ve canned since I was a girl and now have my own pantry full of goodies. So many wonderful fruits and veggies to put up given our year round growing season.
It’s hard to say what my favorite item to can would be, but it would have to be cinnamon fig jam or meyer lemon-satsuma marmalade just for being able to open it and share it later in the year! So tasty!!
PS, I’m glad you’re getting over your phobia of canning. The people at Ball are great partners in the kitchen!!
I love to can jams and jellies.
Homecanned peaches are the BEST! Lots of work, but soooooooo delicious in winter. I’ve been dreaming of this waterbath canner/multi cooker since I saw a Ball fb posting the other week.
I’ve been dying to start canning!!! This will get me started on the right foot!
I currently can on a glass top stove so my options are limited. I’d love to have a countertop canner it would open a whole new world of canning! Thanks for the fun and the chance to win a great product!
I canned Pears…this year peaches
I love to can! I want to do more jams and preserves!
We have been canning relish. We would like to try pickles next.
I’ve never canned before but would love to. I’d like to can salsas and jams. Thanks.
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canned with my mama. i miss it. i need to do it again 🙂
I have done some canning – salsa, pears, applesauce, peaches, apple butter – but I’d like to do more. I really want to try pickles and green beans this year, and more jam!
I would like to can pickles.
I haven’t ever canned, but I would love to try canning tomatoes.
I grew up watching my Granny can everything from her garden. I have always wanted to learn, but she passed away before she could teach me. I would love this!
I would love to try my hand at canning strawberries.
I have canned pickles..yum!! I would love to learn to can other things
I’ve canned jams, pickles, and applesauce before; next we want to try vegetarian chili!
I’ve been to scared to try pressure canning yet, but I would love to be able to make healthy beef stew that my Dad could eat.
My favorite thing to can (and eat) is pepper jelly!
I Like To Can Pickles.
i’m an amateur canner–i’ve done green beans and pickles and jams and jellies. my favorite so far has been strawberry jam, but i’m eager to do more!
I’ve never canned before, but not that we live in Alaska, I really want to! Canning would be a great way to save some summer produce for the winter!
I’ve never canned anything before but I’d love to try!
I’ve never gotten the opportunity to can anything but I’d love to make some homemade jellies using the fresh blackberries that my family has picked from around our property.
I’ve never canned anything before, but this year I am hoping to can a lot of goodies from my garden!
I love to can! Pickles, jams, tomatoes–but it’s a challenge on my two burner efficiency stove. This product would really open my options. Thanks!
I have not canned yet but sure want to learn it is an important thing to know.
I have helped mom can green beans.