Love learning about new jars? Read on for details about the line of Anchor Hocking canning jars, available from our friends at Fillmore Container, as well as a chance to win a case to use in your own kitchen!
When it comes to gathering vessels for preserving, I have always been something of a magpie. I like to use jars of different shapes and from different makers. The result is a pantry that gives off a sense of happy, appealing chaos (of course, it’s only an appearance. I always know what’s in there, down to the very last item). It also allows for a preserves closet where you almost always have exactly the right sized jar for dinner prep, potluck preparations, or a gift basket.
Thanks to our friends at Fillmore Container, I’ve recently added a new line of jars to my kitchen and I am quite pleased to have them. Made by Anchor Hocking, these sturdy, squared off jars are an affordable, pleasing option for any home canner. If you have any vintage Anchor Hocking jars in your collection, the shape and heft of these jars will be familiar (though sadly, these are not quite as graceful as the ones our grandmothers knew and used).
These Anchor Hocking jars come in three sizes – quarts, pints, and half pints. Fillmore sells them without closures, which allows you to choose from a world of possibilities. They have regular mouth openings and so can be sealed with Ball brand lids and rings, with open stock lids and rings from Fillmore, or with one-piece lids designed to be used on jars with continuous threads (if you’re curious how to can at home using one-piece lids, check out my tutorial).
Having canned a bit in these jars over the last few weeks, I can tell you that they perform beautifully. They are true to size, strong, and seal well. I also really appreciate the fact that the slightly square shape offers up four smooth sides for labeling. If I were canning for a baby or wedding shower, I’d stock up on the half pint size, order some custom labels from CanningCrafts, and offer up the prettiest party favors this side of Pinterest.
This week, the folks at Fillmore are sponsoring our giveaway. One lucky winner will get a case of the Anchor Hocking jars (jar size is winner’s choice), a dozen lids and rings, and a $25 gift card, good on the Fillmore Container website (perhaps you’ll want to use it to get a copy of Naturally Sweet Food in Jars!). This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents. Please use the widget below to enter.
Disclosure: Fillmore Container is a Food in Jars sponsor. Their participation my sponsorship program helps keep this website afloat. They sent the jars pictured in this post for review and photography purposes and are also contributing the prize, both at no cost to me. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed here remain entirely my own.
These look great! Right now I’ve only canned mulberry jam and strawberry sauce. Due to a family reunion the chocolate strawberry jam berries went into the freezer and hopefully they will be canned up this week!
Our garden is coming in gang busters. Pickles. Lots of pickles. Too many cucumbers! Our fig trees are loaded. fig jam, fig mostarda, fig butter, golden grape jelly, zavory habanero jelly, strawberry jam three ways, blueberry jelly, and I put up Texas Hill Country Peach jam too.
I just love their simplicity! More jars are always a good thing!
Only thing I’ve canned so far this season is black locust flower jelly, which my hubs loves. Made 2 batches, because you’re not supposed to double jam and jelly recipes. I think the second batch came out better.
I made rhubarb orange jam this past weekend!
Would love these for jam season!
I’m in between canning right now. Wal*Mart sells the half pint ones – love them for giveaway jams as they look so nice.
I am putting up ketchup and tomato sauce ’cause we are in peak tomato season in Central Texas. 🙂 #tomatolandia
I love the squared-off shape and could really use some quart-sized jars!
Not canning anything this week
I’ll be trying out avocado pickles for the first time this week.
Honestly, not much canning this year. I went a little (okay, a lot) overboard last year so we’re still rolling in everything. And budget-wise, this is a lean year, so we’re going to just eat up what is already in our pantry. I do plan to go pick some black raspberries and blueberries this year and some of those will get made into some type of preserves.
I did make dark green soup yesterday for the freezer with extra CSA greens!
Mulberrys are almost ripe for jam. These jars are lovely.
I’m looking forward to canning some green tomatoes
Hoping to get some strawberries this week for strawberry margarita jam and strawberry balsamic syrup!
Nothing this week, but hoping to make some strawberry jam soon.
I love the look of these! I’ve also never canned using one piece lids…going to go check out the blog for that now…
Is there such a thing as too many jars? Don’t think so!
Peaches would look so pretty in these
These would be beautiful as the summer harvest that needs canning gets underway!
I’m too busy to can this week, but I’m hoping to sneak in a small batch of jam (waiting for backyard raspberries to be ready!) and/or pickles next week. I’m visiting family over the holiday weekend and will be toting along some pickles and preserves, so I’ll have some empty space to fill in my pantry.
I don’t have any canning plans this week- but now I think I should!
The peaches are just starting to arrive at my local orchard. And I just used up my last jar from last year. I need to restock!
I put up your Strawberry Plum jam over the weekend, it is incredible… thank you for the recipe and the chance to win more jars!
I made 4 jars of refrigerator dill pickles yesterday. I need to fill my many empty jars. I didn’t realize Anchor made jars, sorry to say.
These will make a nice holiday gift jar with strawberry rhubarb jam.
Wow, these are really beautiful. The smooth sides make them perfect for gifts of all the jam I’ll be making once berries are back in season!
I’ve been fermenting vegetables……
I will be making pickles; dill and spicy for Christmas gifts. I want to try jams again as gifts too.
Doing up some dill pickles and some rhubarb barbecue sauce
Great! Love trying out new product recommendations!
These look fantastic…. I need to make more salsa asap and these would work well!
They would can the Beer-B-Q sauce my family is begging me to make more of. So awesome to see slightly squared jars again!
Love the shape of the smallest jars!
I’m a jar magpie, as well! I love the larger sizes, though, because I am feeding six people several times a day. I can open several medium jars of carrots, etc, or one large one. Though I also love jelly jars, because they make great gifts (we have peach, pear, lemon, and fig trees, so lots of jelly and jams get made!)
Most likely won’t get to the farmer’s market or to canning this week as I’m attending boy scout camp with my son. If I can find some good strawberries, I may try some strawberry vanilla syrup on Sunday. Getting back to it next week.
Square jars fit on the shelf so nicely.
These jars are neat!
Slow canning week for me — but cherries are here and I have maraschino liqueur and big plans…
I love that these jars are unbranded- it’s my least favorite part of the Ball line.
The squared-off sides are lovely. I had been saving mustard bottles to get those lovely flat sides.
I hope this will bring down the price on the vintage ones!
Pretty jars!
I love the new shape!
new jars – yea!! An excuse to make more Jam!!
Nice looking jars,….
I want them!! Still have jams to do with strawberries….would be great ! Plan to make pickled zucchini this week!!! 🙂
i would love to try these beautiful jars!
Can use this beautiful jars when I make jam this summer!
Lovely Jars!