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I love old jars, and I am so happy that Georgia gave me these three Ball Ideal bail wire jars before I had to hit her over the head and steal them. I put dried orange slices in the quart jar, just because I thought it looked pretty, and set all three of them in the window over my kitchen sink where I can gaze upon them lovingly throughout the day.
From what I can find, Ball starting making the Ideal jars in 1915, though my jars can’t be any older than 1933 based on a chart I found online showing the progression through the years of the Ball inscription. The style of lettering in the Ball name on my jars was used between 1933 and 1960.
The chart with the varying Ball inscriptions over the years is neat to look at and compare to your own jars. I never noticed the subtle differences in the lettering style until I studied the chart. Then I had to run around and look at the lettering on all my old jars. You can find the chart here. (Scroll down–it’s near the bottom of the page.)
When you get back from running around to compare the lettering on all your old jars to the chart, we have a BBB! Last BBB of 2010!
It’s a Ball Blue Book Project day! Today’s Ball Blue Book is sponsored by the Country School Retreat in Anamosa, Iowa.
For a chance to win: Leave a comment on this post and let me know you want it. You can just put (BBB) at the end of your comment or otherwise note that you want to be in the draw. One winner will be drawn by random comment number to receive a Ball Blue Book. Eligible entry cut-off is midnight Eastern (U.S.) time tonight (December 28). This post will be updated with the winner by 9 a.m. Eastern (U.S.) time tomorrow (December 29). Return to this post to claim your book if your name is drawn (or check the BBB Winners List).
Find out more about the Ball Blue Book Project and become a sponsor.
UPDATE 12/29/10: The winning comment number, drawn by random.org, is #120, pmilholl2. Email me at CITRgiveaways(at)yahoo.com with your full name and address for shipping!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED TO ENTRY.
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on December 28, 2010
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Great minds think alike! My old canning jars are also in my kitchen window. One has dried orange peel vs. your slices in it. They truly are wonderful to look at and since alot of my time is spent at the sink… well where better to put them?
Please enter me in the BBB draw.
Thanx.
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Gma, but my mom also
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I would appreciate being entered in the BBB contest. Thanks!
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I would love to be in the contest.
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Sign me up for BBB
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BBB please.
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I have a array of those jars from my mother in law with lids and bands. I remember when that was all we had in Virgiinia to use when I was a child. I HAVE TO SPONSOR one if these give a ways. Love U Suzanne!!!!
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Thanks Suzanne and Happy New Year!
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me with my canning this year. Hope to get a pressure canner for my
upcoming birthday. Thanks in advance for your consideration. BBB
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“At the height of the industrial revolution, glass manufacturers quickly adapted mass production techniques — instead of molding or shaping the whole bottle by hand in the open air, as was originally done. It was found that by blowing the molten glass into prepackaged molds greatly simplified the process.
However, the technology to mass-produce the whole bottle did not appear at once. It came in small steps. At first molds could only be used to create the lower parts of the bottle. The neck and lid would then have to be done (just as in the old days) by hand. But as time when on and the molding technology would increase and allow for this.”
That is a long way of saying Please enter me to win the Blue Ball book!
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Thank you!
(I have a couple BBB, so DO NOT include me in the drawing)
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~ Be Blessed ~
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I think the dried orange slices is a good idea for the jar. So pretty.
I would love a BBB!
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My husband was skeptical – his worry was how would I keep the yeast dry once the bag was opened? I grinned and said “Canning jars!”…and he smiled and bought the large bag.
Canning jars are totally worth having – even if you don’t yet have a canner. BBB!
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So now I so want to copy this chart and carry it with me, garage sale-ing and flea marketing, except it sounds like the author asks that you don’t. I will re-read.
I also have a jar with a bail wire and a zinc lid. I don’t think it has a little bail wire for clamping the lid down though, just one for carrying. My dad used it as a make shift thermos, sometimes. It doesn’t have any markings except small ones on the bottom that mean absolutely nothing to me as far as identifying it.
Anyway, even though my bail canning jars aren’t Ball, can I still be in the “I want a BBB, please” club?
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I buy mine from Sam’s Club in vacuum packages. They keep on the shelf until the expiration date or until the package is opened, at which point in time I transfer the contents to a plastic container, in my case, an empty ricotta cheese container, and stick it in the freezer. Anybody have better ideas? I’m open to suggestions.
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Thanks,
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Thank you!
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However, I have such a hard time with their canning recipes! Almost every single recipe for jam I’ve followed has not set up. I follow the recipe exactly, as far as I’m aware, so I don’t know what the problem is! I know one other person that has the same problem. Are we the only ones??
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Today is Ball Blue Book day!!
BBB, I hope…I hope… I win it!
Those delicious recipes will be devoured in a New York minute!!
BBB, the Ball Blue Book,
wants to reside in my cookbook nook!
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Happy New Year!
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Please count me in on the give-away and THANK YOU to the sponsor, Country School Retreat!
BBB!
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