Ball blue book : easy guide to tasty, thrifty home canning and freezing. Ed. 28. 100 p. (1969) 1969
Item [18] is similar to [17].
Item [18] is similar to [17].
Item [19] is similar to [17]. Includes temperature charts regarding acid and non-acid foods. Promotes "New lid design... new 'red sealing ring.'" Price $1. Company name listed as "Ball Corporation." Back cover features, "How to preserve a husband." Laid in: a page from Better homes and gardens, August 1977, describing "How to can tomatoes."
Item [20] promotes use of Ball jars. Encourages posting in the kitchen as a quick guide for common time or weight questions. Includes a printed message from Margery Anne Glass to potential customers. Marked CP-208.
Item [21] promotes use of Kerr Economy Jars. Includes canning instruction and recipes as well as instruction for use of the Economy Jar. Encourages canning "every day in the year." Page 20 includes testimonial from housewives and authorities including Sarah Tyson Rorer, Janet M. Hill, Marion Harland, and Elizabeth Towne.
Item [22] promotes use of Kerr jars. Includes instruction for pressure cookers and time table for cooking various items. Includes advertisements for Kerr products. Marked NRA member. Bulletin no. 634.
Item [23] is similar to [22] but describes open kettle, cold pack, and oven methods of canning. Includes illustrations of steps in processes. Marked NRA member. Bulletin no. 534. Has high altitude directions.
Item [24] is the Chicago World's Fair edition. Includes instruction and recipes for different methods of canning fruits, vegetables, and meats. Suggests relishes for various dishes. Describes "scientific baby diet" on p. 22. Includes suggestions for removing various types of stains and a typical score card used for judging canned foods in competition. Advertises Kerr products, mentioning Good Housekeeping Institute seal of approval for Kerr jars and describing Kerr booklets. Factories in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and Huntingon, West Virginia pictured. Includes some illustrations of Kerr jars and a recipe for bunny sausage.
Item [25] promotes use of Kerr jars. Includes: menus for all seasons, months, and some holidays; hourly schedule of advised diet for children; and illustrations of period clothing and furnishings, as well as serving suggestions. Vitamin table indicates presence of vitamins in various foods. Advertises Kerr products.
Item [26] is similar to [25]. Illustration of Kerr home canning book differs.
Item [27] promotes use of Kerr jars. Encourages both country and city dwellers to can meats. Includes: instruction on butchering chicken; illustrations and timetables to describe expectations for canning beef, pork and lamb; and advertisements for Kerr products, mentioning approval of Good Housekeeping Institute and The household searchlight. Bulletin no. 1135.