It’s Back! We had so much fun with it last year so we’re bringing back “Pimp that Preserve”. If you’re anything like us you like sharing your preserves as much as you like making them and eating them yourself. A Jar of jam (or pickleschutneybeetpowderinfusedvinegarwhatever!) is like a blank canvas…make the preserves you give a [...]
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Pimp that Preserve – 2011
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted) on November 28, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Reminder: Pimp Your Preserves 2 is Around the Corner
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted) on November 10, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Howdy folks! As multiple Holiday seasons approach for many of us, we’re sending out a quick reminder about the return of “Pimp That Preserves.” For those who weren’t around last year (you can find the complete series of posts here), this is a tongue-in-cheek competition that is as much about participating as much as it is about [...]
Pimp that Preserve *Winner!*
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted) on December 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
And at long last we have a WINNER for the Pimp that Preserve contest **Lindsay from Uncanny** Lindsay gets a signed copy of “Canning and Preserving with Ashley English” (make sure you check out Ashley’s blog Small Measure) It was SUPER close at the end…coming in with 3 votes less than Lindsay was Rachelle! who [...]
Pimp that Preserve ~ 1 day left to vote!
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted), tagged christmas, cubits organics, eatlocallondon, gifts, giftwrap, hanukkah, harvest kitchen sisters, holidays, jamming, pimp my preserve, pimp that preserve, preserving, throwdown, uncanny on December 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Okay, it’s turning into quite the throwdown for our Pimp that Preserve contest! Uncanny’s #7 is in the lead but only by a slim margin over our latecomer Kelley from EatLocalLondon! Pretty much neck and neck for 3rd place so far is #6 the Harvest Kitchen Sister’s and #10 Laura from Cubitts Organics. but nibbling [...]
Pimp that Preserve ~ inspiration 2 (contest info included)
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted), tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on November 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For links to the entire series, look way down at the bottom and you`ll find a tag to each of the posts in this series. When it started to get cold a few weeks ago I bought some nice new socks….of course only a couple of weeks later…one of the socks decided to ‘get lost’, [...]
Pimp that preserve ~ inspiration I
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted), tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on November 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
For links to the entire series, look way down at the bottom and you`ll find a tag to each of the posts in this series. ** sorry for the late post today! Joel and are are working out the communication bugs with being in two different time zones** I’m going to be doing a series [...]
Pimp that Preserve: Canning & Preserving With Ashley English Giveaway
Posted in Contests and Awards (We`ve Hosted) on November 20, 2010 | 10 Comments »
We’re big fans of Ashley English’s Blog Small Measure, and her weekly contribution of the same name over on Design*Sponge. Ashley and her publisher have given us a copy of her awesome book to pass on to our readers. It would make a great gift for someone starting out or for the more experienced preservationist [...]



