2011 Canning Contest

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2011 Home Canning Contest

The Green Bean Festival and Union County Extension Office recently hosted the 2nd Annual Canning Contest! With home-canned green beans of every type, corn, tomatoes, soups, pickles, jams, jellies, and more, the entries are a feast for the eyes!

34 Entries
(Sauerkraut was not judged this year.)

2011 Winners:

Jellies - Winkie Atkinson - Spiced Grape Jelly
Jams - Dorothy Patterson - Peach Pecan Jam
Butters - Ann Sullivan - Apple Butter
Low Sugar Jams / Jellies - Winkie Atkinson - Peach Jam
Salsas - Ann Sullivan - Salsa
Soups - Ann Sullivan - Vegetable Soup
Fruits/Juices - Evelyn Payne - Peaches
Pie Fillings - Evelyn Payne - Blackberry Pie Filling
Relish/Chow Chow - Dorothy Patterson - Chow Chow
Other Vegetables - William J. Hoyt - Hot Peppers
Other Vegetables - Paulette Dyer - Pinto Beans
Green Beans - William J. Hoyt - Purple Green Beans
Cucumber Pickles - Winkie Atkinson - Bread & Butter Pickles with Splenda
Sweet Pickles - Ann Sullivan - Bread and Butter Pickles
Sweet Pickles Honorable Mention - Lorella Davenport - Sweet Pickles
Sweet Pickles Honorable Mention - Winkie Atkinson - Sweet Pickles
Kosher / Other Cucumber Pickles - Evelyn Payne - Kosher Dill PIckles
Kosher / Other Cucumber PIckles - Lorella Davenport - Kosher Dill Sticks
Vegetable Pickles - Dorothy Patterson - Dilly Beans
Vegetable Pickles Honorable Mention - William J. Hoyt - Dilly Garlic Beans
Vegetable Pickles Honorable Mention - Ann Sullivan - Squash Pickles
Vegetable Pickles Honorable Mention - Dorothy Patterson - Squash Pickles
Vegetable Pickles Honorable Mention - Perry Scallan - Banana Peppers
Vegetable Pickles Honorable Mention - William J. Hoyt - Okra

2011 Contestants:

Winkie Atkinson
William J. Hoyt
Ann Sullivan
Perry Scallan
Dorothy Patterson
Evelyn Payne
Lorella Davenport
Paulette Dyer

* Note - Toddler Miss Bean Sprout 2011 Lexi Davenport made sure her Nana (Lorella Davenport) and her Papaw (Perry Scallan) brought in their entries this year!

2011 Canning Contest Rules and Guidelines

2011 Canning Contest Entry Form

Resources:

The National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.


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The Green Bean Festival is held during the last weekend of July on the Square in Blairsville, Georgia.