Time to Can It Up!
Posted on 01 October 2012
Are you ready to preserve? It’s finally October 1st! It’s time to Can It Up!
Ok, I’m faking my enthusiasm. While I can’t wait to start canning with you all, I am under the weather today. My throat is on fire.
Also, I am irritated — maybe more so because I don’t feel well — because people are misusing OUR hashtag #CanJam. How dare they! So, I combed the interwebs for another hashtag that no one else would co-opt because it would be ours…all ours!
#CanItUp. Use it. Love it.
I may be a little delirious. Certainly cranky.
Let’s Can It Up!
- First, review the Can It Up ground rules.
- During the month of October (that means up to October 31), please either link your post to this post using the tool below; email me your post or photo; post your post or photo in the Comments section of this post; or tweet your post or a photo using our new hashtag #CanItUp. Or you can do all four! I will do a round-up on November 1.
- Please mention Can It Up and link back to this post.
- Don’t forget that your preserve must be water-bath canned. Read up on water-bath canning.
October’s selected ingredient is apples! When it comes to preserving and canning, apples are so versatile; the available varieties are so plentiful at this time of year.
So, grab your jars, get your canning tools together, and start preserving!
P.S. If you have any questions/feedback/whatever, email me at allfourburners {{at}} gmail {{dot}} com.
Update: In my delirium, I neglected to mention that there is a giveaway! I have a copy of an oldie, but goodie for participants in October’s Can It Up: the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. It is an incredible resource, both for the rookie and more experienced canners.
The contest is open through midnight PT October 31, 2012. You can enter either by leaving a comment on this post or by participating in #CanItUp. The latter counts as a double entry. The winner will be selected via random drawing.
This contest is open only to residents of the United States.
26 responses to Time to Can It Up!
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Hi Hima,
Sorry to hear you’re under the weather. Feel better soon. I’m so glad you chose apples. I’m ready to CanItUp!
Cathy, thank you for your kind words. I can’t wait to see what everyone puts together!
Yay for apples! I was just gifted two HUGE bags of apples, I know what those are going to be used for 🙂
Totally yay for apples! I can’t wait to see what you do with the HUGE bags of apples.
Apples! I’ve been looking forward to our fruit for the month. Now I am definitely going apple picking.
Hope you feel better soon.
Xena, have fun apple picking! Can’t wait to read your post.
[…] into canning. Well, my friend Hima over at All Four Burners is resurrecting the Can Jam, now called Can It Up, with the Tigress’s blessing. Although I can’t commit to every month like I did before, […]
Great! I want to do more apple butter this weekend. Sweet!
Yay!
I am super confused about how to post something. I just don’t get it. Help!
Ok, I think I got it figured out.
LeAnne, I don’t think that you posted successfully. I don’t see your post. Click on “Click here to enter” at the bottom of the post, fill out the form with your contribution, and click the “Enter your link” button.
You can email me if you have any other questions.
When are we going to do peppers? I have pounds of peppers in the garden right now.
LeAnne, peppers would be a ton of fun. Ok, clearly I think so since I made pepper jelly in September. I will put it on the list for next year – thanks for the suggestion!
Okay, I’m back! I made a batch of cran-apple butter last week-
http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/can-it-up-cran-apple-butter/
Katie, looks amazing!
What a great site and fab recipe for Vanilla Rum Apple Butter! I just put up 22 jars of Black Raspberry/Peach jam amd 17 of Nectarine/Raspberry. Fall is such a jam & jelly time of year, isn’t it? Now I must go buy a bushel at my local apple farm and get busy. 🙂
Beth, yay! Fall is the perfect time to make preserves — still lots of produce in season, while also cool enough to stand over the stove without passing out.
Thanks for starting Can It Up Hima. I had a blast making caramel apple jam. Looking forward to checking out everyone’s apple recipes. And I’m really looking forward to seeing November’s ingredient. 😉
Gloria, thanks for participating! The caramel apple jam looks amazing, though you know that I’m scared of hot sugar — I may be too chicken to try it out this year. 🙂