Mercer County Fair
Food Preservation – Division 26
Overall Superintendents – Stacy Welk, 873-5324 or Rita Skraba, 870-0356
No early releases.
- Use only standard quart and pint jars or jelly glasses with lids and rings.
No paraffin wax.
- Goods must be labeled with the type of processing and processing time: pressure canner or water-bath. USDA food preservation guidelines MUST be followed. These standards are available from the Extension office, 873-5195.
- Refer to the General Rules for Open Home Economics Exhibits.
- Premiums and ribbons will be offered: 1st $5, 2nd $4, 3rd $3.
- Include methods used.
- Each exhibitor may win only one special premium award sponsored by Ball.
Award Announcement
BALL® Fresh Preserving AWARD FOR ADULT LEVEL
presented by:
BALL® & KERR® Fresh Preserving PRODUCTS
Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball® and Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products, is proud to recognize today’s fresh preserving (canning) enthusiasts, so First and
Second Place Awards will be given to those individuals judged as the best in designated recipe categories.
A panel of judges will select the two best entries submitted by an adult for Fruit, Vegetable, Pickle, and Soft Spread categories. Entries must be preserved in Ball® or Ball® Collection Elite® Jars sealed with Ball® Lids and Bands or Ball® Collection Elite® Lids and Bands, or preserved in Kerr® Jars sealed with Kerr® Lids and Bands or Ball® Collection Elite® Lids and Bands. In addition, soft spread entries will be limited to recipes prepared using Ball® Pectin: Original, No Sugar Needed or Liquid.
A proof of purchase for Ball® pectin must be provided at time of entry. Entries designated First Place from each category will receive the following:
- Two (2) Five-Dollar ($5) Coupons for Ball® or Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products
and one (1) Three-Dollar ($3) Coupon for Ball® Pectin Products.
Entries designated Second Place from each category will receive the following:
- One (1) Five-Dollar ($5) Coupon for Ball® or Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products and one (1) Three-Dollar ($3) Coupon for Ball® Pectin Products.
Fruits (standard jar)
LOT
2601 Apples
2602 Apricots
2603 Cherries
2604 Cocktail
2605 Crabapples
2606 Fruit Juices
2607 Peaches
2608 Pears
2609 Pie Filling
2610 Plums
2611 Rhubarb
2612 Other kinds
Vegetables (standard jar)
LOT
2620 Barbecue sauce
2621 Beans (green)
2622 Beans (yellow)
2623 Beets
2624 Carrots
2625 Corn (whole kernel)
2626 Corn (cream-style)
2627 Mixed vegetables
2628 Miscellaneous tomatoes
2629 Peas
2630 Potatoes
2631 Salsa
2632 Sauerkraut
2633 Soups
2634 Tomatoes
2635 Vegetable juices
2636 Other kinds
Pickles (standard jar)
LOT
2640 Beets
2641 Bread and butter
2642 Corn relish
2643 Crabapples (spiced)
2644 Cucumbers (dill)
2645 Cucumbers (sweet)
2646 Cucumbers (hamburger)
2647 Pickled vegetable
2648 Pickled watermelon
2649 Relish
2650 Other kinds
Jams (standard jar)
LOT
2660 Pear
2661 Peach
2662 Raspberry
2663 Rhubarb
2664 Strawberry
2665 Strawberry combination
2666 Other than mentioned
Jelly (standard jar)
LOT
2670 Apple
2671 Buffalo berry
2672 Chokecherry
2673 Grape
2674 Honey
2675 Jalapeno
2676 Nanking cherry
2677 Syrup
2678 Wild plum
2679 Other kind
Meats (standard jar)
LOT
2685 Beef
2686 Chicken
2687 Fish
2688 Pork
2689 Sausage
2690 Miscellaneous
Dehydrated
LOT
2691 Fruit
2692 Meat/jerky
2693 Vegetables
2694 Miscellaneous
Freezer Items
LOT
2695 Jelly
2696 Miscellaneous