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.
I’ll be canning Magical Midsummer’s Eve: Elderflower and Strawberry Cordial/Syrup and these jars will be perfect 🙂
I don’t can, but would like to learn how! I use jars for overnight oats and leftovers. There are so many uses for jars!!
Yay! i love jars of all types, these will be a perfect addition 🙂
More strawberry jam!
Not canning this week
Getting ready to move to a new house, so not canning anything this week 🙁 Will be glad when the move is over!
It’s black raspberry season! I love these jars and would be so happy to win them!
Nothing this week. I want to can some jalapeno jelly with my mom. And I have always wanted to make Amaretto peach jam – maybe this year!
Blackberry jam! Hedrick’s greasy cut short beans! ‘maters, ‘maters, ‘maters!!!
This week I’m canning pickles, bread and butter slices and dill spears
I’m canning watermelon pickles since it’s watermelon season..hurray
Strawberry, raspberry and blackberry jams are finishing up this week! 🙂
These look pretty!! Would love to try them.
I make wine jelly and found that Filmore has the cheapest jars available. This is one of the ways our church raises money for charity.
doing a teeny batch of jam for the mastery challenge – using up bits and bobs of fruit in the fridge.
Very good post on the one piece lids. I will try them after seeing that.
Thanks.
We are packing up to move to Alaska this week so no canning here but I’m excited to get up there and start berries and salmon!
I’m canning strawberry rhubarb jam this week
I am canning sour cherry jam, sweet cherry marmalade and black raspberry jam!
Love these jars!
Cute jars, wished they made the quart jars wide mouth.
I can’t wait to can peaches when the peach truck comes to town!
blueberries!
Blueberry Jam in NC!
I don’t can, but I still love to use jars!
Waiting on the blackberries!!!!!
The fruit in our area is a plenty right now so I am making apricot jams with agave and with jalapeños at the moment.
I’ve got 18 pounds of cherries coming this weekend! Chutney and maybe jam are on the schedule for next week!
Not canning this week, but I hope to be making pear jam soon, with ginger! Yum!
I am a candlemaker and trying to get my business started so I could really use these jars to add to my line!
No canning possible this week, but I love these jars!
I am putting up the last of our rabbiteye blueberries into jam this weekend. I picked at least 4 GALLONS of berries, and was able to make jam without adding pectin or much sugar. So good!!!
I never paid attention when my Mom canned, so I really don’t know how to can. Id use them for crafts & food storage.
Jam. Jam. Jam.
so excited for these…love doing jam!
HONEY! We just pulled honey off our hives and will need to bottle them soon. I love your skep and hexagonal jars.
I’m canning blueberry syrup and blueberry preserves!
This year I am going to can quince ! Like pears 🙂
I love canning jams and fruits! I made some beeswax candles with Fillmore Container’s jars. I love it!
Maybe it’s my imagination, but Anchor-Hocking jars seem “beefier” than most others. Fermented foods seem better contained.
Strawberries are in season, so strawberry rhubarb jam.
Four Berry jam and pickled onions and pickled Swiss chard
I haven’t done any canning this week, but, I’ve put some spinach in the freezer for later and earlier this year we put up some asparagus!
I love to can different foods and need more jars. Hope I win.
I’m not canning this week, as nothing in my garden is ready. However, I’ll be canning tomatoes soon.
I love my plain jane Anchor Hocking jars, the half pint size is actually the perfect size when I can my tuna every year. They are my favorite jars really. 🙂
Oh yes please….I am a new canner and would love to win the jars to use as I can things from my vegetable garden…
It’s almost wineberry season here, looking forward to a foraging mountain bike ride and hopefully canning some in these Anchor Hocking jars!
I don’t have time to can this week but I want to figure out what to do with the large batch of blueberries we have.
pickles and onions! Yum!