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In my earnest endeavor to make BBB days fun, informative, or least not the same, I present you with five factoids about jam and jelly:
1. The average American child will eat 1500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the time they reach age 18.
2. Consumers who purchase jam or jelly at the store usually only purchase two flavors.
3. The most popular jelly flavor is grape; the most popular jam flavor is strawberry.
4. Jam and jelly, tablespoon per tablespoon, have half the calories of butter and zero fat.
5. As with the birth of what we know today as canning, the military (this time, the U.S. military) was behind the first mass production of jam and jelly when the Army purchased the entire available stock of Paul Welch (of Welch’s fame) to send overseas during World War I. Welch realized he had something going and launched full-scale mass production. The rest is store-bought jelly history.
But why buy it at the store when what you can make at home is so much better?
It’s a Ball Blue Book Project day! Today’s Ball Blue Book is sponsored by Carmen at Old House Kitchen–recipes and kitchen tips with a mix of stories, pictures, and ramblings. Carmen is celebrating the one year anniversary of Old House Kitchen with giveaways and fun recipes. Stay tuned for her new e-book! Visit her here.
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 (February 3). This post will be updated with the winner by 9 a.m. Eastern (U.S.) time tomorrow (February 4). 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 02/04/11: The winning comment number, drawn by random.org, is comment number #40, Patty. Email me at CITRgiveaways(at)yahoo.com with your full name and address for shipping!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED TO ENTRY.
1:16
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I love jams with all of the lumpy fruity goodness! Like to win the BBB!
Thanks,
Debbie
2:07
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Would Love the BBB!
2:11
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I would love to win the BBB! I am just learning to do some home preserving and started with jams, jellies, and apple butter.
2:31
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I not only like making jellies and jams for my family. We also enjoy eating it. BBB, please!!
3:23
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BBB me too please!
4:09
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Yes, BBB please!
4:20
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I’ve got lots of orange marmalade and apple butter to can. . . BBB please!
4:40
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My favorite flavor is raspberry — but the elderberry jam my mother used to make was wonderful t00 — Have a great day and thanks for the information — BBB
5:28
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I made my own jams last autumn for the fisrt time and it was so much fun! And yes, so much better than store bougt! I’d like to get my hands on a good canning book!
5:42
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cranberry is great–with blueberry right there=more blueberries in Maine then anything! Please enter me for BBB-and thanks for everything u do Suzanne!! BBB–BBB–BBB-BBB–BBBB–BBB–BBB–BBB–BBB–!!
6:13
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include me in your drawing..thanks
6:23
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Would love a BBB!
6:25
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And no HFCS in it either when made at home! BBB please.
6:39
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Please enter me in the BBB.
Thanks, Mary
6:39
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This year I have made orange marmalade, apple cider jelly, and this week I made black berry jam. Its nice to have some special stuff in the house. I like diffrent jellies and jams but its so expensive to buy these days. I am well stocked up now for a fraction of the price. I got the bbb so no need to enter me into the contest just wanted to share how fun making jam and jelly is. And its not all that hard.
6:40
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I would love to make jams and jellies. Please include me in your drawing. Thank you! BBB
6:54
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two flavours, hunh…so far that is what I have canned, seedless raspberry and chunkless strawberry…guess I’m in good company so far. BBB
7:03
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Interesting! I love food history. :-)
Okay, I know it can’t just be me, but I have had a crazy hard time getting my jams to firm up using the BBB recipes. I use other recipes and no problem. What’s the deal? I do love their recipe ideas though.
7:06
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My first attempts at canning were last fall. I made marmalade (it’s an English thing!) rather than jam. It was even good enough to give away as a hostess gift…come to think of it I haven’t heard from them again
7:07
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BBB, please!
7:14
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I hope it’s ME for the BBB! Thank you :-)
7:14
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I would love a chance to win the book! Enjoy your blog so much.
Thanks!
7:14
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Thanks for sharing those facts with us.
BBB, pretty please.
7:18
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I hope to learn to can this summer, and would love to be entered in the BBB drawing. Your website has inspired me in lots of ways. I am also taking a cheese making class at the end of the month!
Thanks for all you do!
Erika
7:25
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I would love to have a BBB. Thanks for all that info on Jelly an Jam.
7:30
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BBB Please!
7:33
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because I never win anything, I have already ordered a new bbb from Lehmans catalog. They sell it for $5.95. They are a big supplier for the Amish community so you should check them out. They have lots of non-electric things for the home and farm. It is the only place I can get replacement parts for our oil lamps.
7:37
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I would love to win one! I am in need of some luck here!!
7:39
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LOVE your title, Jellying Up To The Jar. I was laughing hard before I even read the story. I have lots of raspberry bushes and make freezer jam in the summer. Anyway, thanks, your title was very humorous.
7:45
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BBB please!
7:54
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BBB please!
8:16
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New to your site and loving it! Thanks so much for all your hard work. Would love to enter the drawing for BBB
8:18
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Would love to win BBB.
8:19
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Love
your Blog!!!! 
Please put me in for the “BBB” drawing. You rock!
8:23
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Another chance for a BBB. Count me in!
8:25
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Pick me, pick me, pick me!!!! BBB
8:25
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I just love all of your instructions, on how to make things!! BBB
8:26
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BBB for me please!!!
8:29
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I have so much to learn about jam and jelly making…BBB please
8:30
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Please put my name in for the BBB. Thank you !!
8:34
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I make rhubarb/strawberry jam every spring. Would love to try others. BBB please! And thank you for the offer,Carmen and Suzanne!
8:35
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I am going to learn how to can this year. Plese enter me to win the BBB!
8:37
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gonna keep trying BBB Please
8:40
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My husband is a teacher and likes to give the staff; nurse, secretaries, custodians, among others, little ‘lovely parting gifts’ at the end of the school year. Last year we made mint jelly, this year we’d like to be a little more adventurous. Open to suggestions and recipes. And a BBB!
8:41
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I would love a BBB!!! I make several flavors of jam every year.
8:43
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I started making jams and jellies as a child. We made grape jelly and strawberry jam. Current jelly, my favorite strawberry-rhubarb jam. When I moved to KY the menu expanded by what was available. We had sour cherry trees, apricot trees and peaches were plentiful in the area. So they became jams and jellies sometimes in combination. Oh and around July 4th the wild blackberries would ripen. Since I don’t like the seeds I would make blackberry jelly. Some years we had so many blackberries we would freeze berries and juice in the right quanity to make jelly later on in the year. Sure would like a new BBB.
8:44
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I love canning and I would love to win the book! Thank you!!
8:45
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Would like to be in the drawing for BBB
8:46
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Please DO NOT enter me, I just want to let you know I got my wonderful Pressure Canner. Thank you
8:48
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Thanks for the comments about jams and jellies. Interesting tidbits to share with my preserves buyers.
Add me to the list of BBB hopefuls!
8:49
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Would love to have the BBB.
8:52
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Thank you for your generosity Carmen. BBB please.
8:52
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Christmas of 2010, we gave presents of salsa, smoked tomatoes, pickles and a bunch of different kinds of jam and jelly to our friends and family. We’ve gotten such rave reviews that we have resupplied people with their favorites!
Yellow pepper jelly, peach preserves and four different varieties of plum jam! Fortunately, each person has a different preference or I’m afraid there would be none left for us.
Next summer, we plan to make lots more. We sure could use a Blue Ball Book to help us expand our canning knowledge!
8:55
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I’m going to persevere and say, “Me, me, me! Please?!”
8:55
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BBB
That was cool. My 1st mother in law taught me to make freezer jam, best EVER!
8:55
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BBB, please, please, please!
8:58
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I’d like a BBB, please!
8:59
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bbb, please
8:59
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BBB me, please.
9:00
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Always learn something new everyday. That is one of the reasons I love this site! Would love to learn to can, preserve and make jelly! BBB please!
9:00
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I’ll keep trying!! lol BBB
9:14
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Whoo Hoo! Count me in – BBB!
9:24
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BBB please
9:30
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Would love the BBB… and I LOVE homemade jams and jellies. That said our family is not into PB&J.. and we NEVER EVER have grape jelly… and our favorite jam is NOT strawberry… and we buy MORE than 2 types.. plus make others.
9:31
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Winning the BBB would be my first step to home canning ~ well maybe my second step as coming here and reading about canning is my first step!
9:34
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I would like to try making “real” jam & jellies….I’ve really only ever made freezer jam. And next fall, I’m hoping to have a big garden!
I want a BBB please!
9:35
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BBB please! Thanks so much!
9:44
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Plan to do more canning this year and this book would be a great help! BBB, please!
9:46
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I love jam and would LOVE to know how to make it!! BBB
9:49
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I think I need the BBB. And I love factoids.
9:53
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BBB please!
9:56
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One of my favorites is cranberry pepper! Would love a BBB!
10:01
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This past Christmas I made jellies to give as gifts. It was my first time and I loved it! Winning the BBB would allow me to try more jellies and even canning.(BBB)
10:02
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BBB for me me me?
10:03
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Am I the only person in America that doesn’t particular care for grape jelly? Too sweet for my taste. Love all kinds of jams especially anything with cherries in it. LOVE apple butter, pumpkin butter. And lemon curd–super YUM. Since we had pick- your-own apple orchards and pick-your-own strawberry patches nearby, I’ve made lots and lots those jams. Sadly, they’ve all been turned into subdivisions. Hard to find bushels of fruit or veggies direct from the farm at decent prices anymore to can in my area. So I make pesto, small batches of things.
10:03
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Would love to try some canning. BBB please!
10:04
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BBB please! Please put my name in the drawing.
10:05
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I would love BBB! I have been “teaching” myself to can recently!
Lorrie
10:14
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1,500 by 18? No way! Maybe I had 50 by then. I’ve eaten more as an adult. BBB, please.
10:18
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I would love a chance to win a BBB. Thanks for the opportunity!!
10:19
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I would love to be entered to win the BBB! Love the jam and jelly facts!
10:22
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Love the BBB! Sign me up, please!
10:22
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Please enter me in the draw. Thanks for all the interesting factoids!
10:28
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Interesting facts…thanks for sharing
Please enter me as well! Thanks!
10:29
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I did not know that little fact about Welch’s but I love learning about those things…..Thank you! BBB
10:30
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10:39
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thanks for all those interesting facts Suzanne. And thank you Carmen for sponsoring this giveaway. I’m in the minority (as usual) because my favorite flavor of jam or jelly is CHERRY! BBB!
10:40
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I don’t think I ever ate 1500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in my life but grape and strawberry are my favorite. I need to can, I need to can… BBB please help!!
10:45
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I’ve started making almost all my jams and jellies in the winter months when I need the extra heat that the activity provides and when I’m not so busy in the garden! BBB
10:46
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I plan to can like crazy this year… So I’d love a BBB! :-)
10:48
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BBB please!
10:54
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I wish I could find this book in my area. I keep looking! BBB, please.
10:56
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I would like to have the BBB.
I have made some jelly, but haven’t tried jams.
10:58
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BBB please!
10:58
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I would like to win the book, thank you Carmen and Suzanne. BBB
11:00
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I would like to win the BBB!
11:03
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I would love to win this. I just started canning last summer. did strawberry jam spiced pear-apple butter, and tomatoes from the garden. I would love to have a book to refer too. Count me in! BBB
11:04
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I usually make crab apple jelly. This year we picked muscadine grapes and made grape jelly. They are so good! And I can control the sugar content I’d love BBB book
11:04
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Please enter me in the BBB giveaway. Thanks!
11:08
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I’d love to win it!
11:15
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I don’t much like jelly – something about the texture turns me off. But jam – mmmmmm, jam! My favorite is grape jam.
Please BBB me!
11:15
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would love to win a bbb!
11:18
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BBB please!!
11:19
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Sign me up! And…thanks!
11:19
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Is this a popular section of CITR or not? Shout out to BBB give aways!
11:26
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I am hopeful of a win today. Thanks for having the contests. T
11:32
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I would love the BBB! Thanks for your great posts Suzanne. I look forward to reading every morning.
11:59
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Please, please, please can I have a BBB?
12:04
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I’d love to have the BBB. I’ve got a hankering to make some jelly:o)I’ve really enjoyed your recipes and love to find something unusual like the yellow tomato butter! I think my husband would love it too.
12:13
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I much prefer jam in this house.so much easier to spread! BBB please
12:13
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BBB for me, me,me!
12:14
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Please put me down for the BBB! I make & give away so many jellies & jams every year – always up to try a new recipe!
12:15
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Please sign me up! I would love to win this book!
Thank you for the contest!
12:16
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My favorite homemade jelly is my moms strawberry rhubarb jelly! The best!!! BBB please!
12:38
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i would love to win a bbb.
12:46
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BBB
Great way to start a new month! I’d love to be included in the drawing!
Thank you to Carmen for sponsoring this!
12:51
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just bought strawberry jam. would love to have the book to make my own. bbb please!
12:55
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Thank you, Carmen, for the donation. I would like to start canning this year and could really use a BBB.
1:10
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BBB, please and thank you.
1:12
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BBB please
1:29
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I would like to be entered please (BBB please)
1:33
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Found out I am in labor. What a great present this would be to me!
1:41
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BBB please!!
1:44
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BBB Please!
1:45
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Enter me please! BBB
1:45
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BBB Please Please Please
1:54
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love to win the BBB
1:54
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love to win the BBB
2:09
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BBB — thanks for the opporutnity.
2:14
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I will have to give grape jelly a try. The kids and I are in love with the peach and strawberry. Running low though…need spring soon! I would love to win the BBB!
2:14
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I’d love to win the BBB! I’ve just started learning to preserve the harvest the past 2 years. BBB!!!!
2:20
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Please, BBB, for me! =)
2:28
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Would love a BBB!
2:58
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Stuck in the snow without jelly! Help! Never again. Enter me in the BBB. Thanks.
2:58
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I hope y’all weathered the big storm, or Snowpocolypse, as it has been called….. please enter me for a BBB!
3:00
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Please enter me for the BBB! Thank you
3:08
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I love to make wild blackberry jam every summer. It is sooooo yummy. BBB please.
3:13
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Jam or jelly, it’s all good!
BBB please!
3:15
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Fun Factoids! Thanks for the post. BBB
3:15
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Would love to win the BBB…..
3:29
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BBB please. Thanks!
3:53
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I would love to have the BBB today!
4:03
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I made my first jam this year- i have blueberries that are going to meet the same fate pretty soon.. BBB please!
4:13
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Oh, homemade strawberry jam is the bestest! I try to hide it from my husband so he doesn’t WASTE it on sandwiches. I eat it with a spoon
4:16
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BBB Please!
4:16
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I love the word Jam better than Jelly. I wonder why.
I already won a book, so don’t pick me please.
4:20
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I would absolutely love to have this book
I can all the year around, I should have this book!
4:20
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BBB please?
4:42
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I don’t like jelly but need to learn how to preserve by veggies for winter. BBB
4:57
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Would like to expand my preserving. Would love the BBB.
5:02
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I’m gonna keep trying. I want BBB! I want BBB!
5:03
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Would love to win a BBB!
5:29
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Just made your granola yesterday and love it. I will make the granola bread tomorrow. And I love homemade jam. BBB
6:31
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I made several kinds of jam last summer. My favorite was made from sugar pears and candied ginger I could use a new BBB.
6:35
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I would love the BBB.
6:38
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Sure would like to win the BBB since I’ve just received my new Presto Pressure Canner! Enter me BBB please!!!
7:02
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I used my raspberry jam to make homemade pop tarts. very good.
BBB Please would love to win.
7:09
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please enter me in the bbb
7:45
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please enter me in the drawing for theBBB.
Thank you Janice Jewett
8:14
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Yay for jam and jelly! I like seedless raspberry or blackberry or blueberry. MMMM–BBB, please!
8:23
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I’m really liking these bits of history lately! BBB please!
8:29
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Loved the “factoids” ! Add me to the BBB list please.
8:30
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I just found your site and I love it. I also love canning and making jams and jellies. I’d love the BBB!
Cindy
8:37
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Please include me in the drawing.
8:50
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I have a grape arbor, and I like apple jelly rather than grape. It just figures huh? BBB please.
9:00
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I’m new to canning-just received my pressure cooker for Christmas and love all of the tips on your website. Please include me in the BBB drawing!
9:03
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Thanks, Carmen at Old House Kitchen, and CITR!! Please enter me in the BBB contest!
9:11
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I’d love to win this book – thanks for the opportunity…BBB!
9:27
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Count me in the BBB drawing.
Thanks
9:37
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BBB would be great!!!!
9:42
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Love your informative and delightful blog daily. BBB.
10:00
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“It must be jelly ’cause jam don’t shake like that”…..
We love Blackberry Jam….Grape is a favorite storeboughten’ because it’s more time consuming for a company to strain out part of the seeds, ect. In the 40’s we were mixing jam/jelly and peanut butter together in a bowl for sandwichs, long before they decided to package it that way..Yes, I’ll take a BBB.
10:38
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BBB Thanks Carmen!!!
10:49
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I love to make grape jelly. The only jam I’ve ever tried is strawberry jam. I’d love to win the BBB.
9:12
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This giveaway is closed to entry. The winning comment number is #40, Patty.
11:24
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Congratulations Patty!
7:01
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Congrats Pats, tee hee… I have a sister with the same name. BLESSINGS