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Minimum Group Size = 10 people
Intercourse
Canning Company is located in the quaint Village of Intercourse.
Music and aroma fill the air in our 3,000 square foot store with
plenty of room in our wide spacious isles; fully handicap accessible.
Sampling is free around the store
with items such as Pickled Baby Beets, Chow Chow, Pickled Baby Corn, Bread & Butter
Pickles, and jellies, vegetable salads & relishes, gourmet dip mixes and
much much more! Also available, by reservation only, a “Tasting Party” with
a bigger spread of samples for $7 per person.
The Cannery is an authentic Lancaster County Country Cannery with Amish and Mennonite folks working in the kitchen. The Cannery hours are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Tuesday thru Friday. If you are just stopping by please call ahead to make a reservation. Doing so allows our staff to provide better service to your group. We offer a complimentary jar of choice (a $5.00 value) from our store for the tour operator or group leader and the bus driver as our way of saying “Thank You!”
The
Store hours are Monday thru Saturday from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Winter Hours January thru March 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We will
be happy to extend our hours for you by appointment.
* Ample Motorcoach Parking with drop off at the door
* Handicap Accessible Bathrooms
* No Stairs to Climb
* Nation-wide Mail Order & Shipping
* Optional “Tasting
Party” with a Bigger Spread. $7 Per Person (By Reservation)
* Photographs may be taken of the Cannery!
Bring
your group to Intercourse Canning Company. They'll thank you
and our Old Fashioned prices will bring them back again.
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Why is it called “canning” if you are putting food in jars?
In 1795 Napoleon offered money to anyone who could find a way to preserve foods for his troops. Nicholas Appert of France found a way to preserve food in jars sterilized and sealed with pitch, and had a vacuum-packing plant by 1804. This process was a military "secret," but by 1810, Peter Durand of England had a patent for tin-plated iron to use in "canning." Canned rations were on the field at the Battle of Waterloo.
In 1812, a small plant in New York produced hermetically sealed oysters, meats, fruits and vegetables in cans. Durand introduced his can top America in 1818. Henry Evans patented a machine that made the tin cans, increasing production from 5-6 cans to 50-60 cans per hour.
In 1858, American John Mason invented the now famous glass jar for home canning. By the 1860's, the process time had dropped from six hours to 30 minutes, making canned foods commonplace. In the heating process, the sterilization destroys bacteria and enzymes that can cause spoiling, and the seal prevents new air or other organisms from entering. |
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Contact
Information
Intercourse
Canning Company
P.O. Box 541
3612 E. Newport Rd.
Intercourse, PA 17534
Telephone: 717-768-0156
FAX: 717-768-0158
Click here for directions.
Electronic
mail info@intercoursecanning.com
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