Summer is… local fresh fruits and vegetables. If you follow my posts and Instagram, you know how much I enjoy cooking and shopping organic and local. But how do you “bottle” those summer flavours?
Canning. Side note – they could call it jarring, which they do but then people would confuse jarring with the other definition of the word! Preserving strawberries, raspberries, peaches and in August, tomatoes – is a tradition in our home.
What do we jar? Apple pie fillings and soups like butternut squash, and of course, tomato sauce! My husband makes his Italian giardiniera, called “sotto aceti”, which means “under vinegar”, hot peppers and more.
Bernardin is the nation’s home canning leader and the maker of the original mason jar, which is what we use when we make preserves. The Home Canning Starter Kit is a great beginner’s guide to home canning and includes all the necessary tools to naturally preserve your favourite food – and we’re giving one away! (see below). The Home Canning Tool Kit comes in handy and makes the canning process so much easier and neater.
National Can It Forward Day, Canada’s home canning awareness day, is on August 11, 2013. Whether you’re an experienced canner, or just looking to try it out, you should take part!
The canning demonstration on National Can It Forward Day will be live broadcast from Cirillo’s Culinary Academy in Toronto and hosted by Executive Chef Emerie.
Here are the details of National Can-It-Forward Day!
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 1:00pm EST
Where: Live Stream
How: Before August 11, 2013, register here or Bernardin’s Facebook page.
Then join the online demonstration by visiting the Live Stream and get your canning questions answered live by asking questions in the chat room.
Be sure to use the hashtag #CanItForward and follow @Bernardin on Twitter to join in the conversation!
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amotherworld and Bernardin are giving away a Home Canning Starter Kit!
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