The rules of cowboy cooking
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2015
- On a ranch near the very small town of Seymour, Texas, cowboys fuel up for hard work. Kent and Shannon Rollins are cooks who prepare their cowboy meals-on-wheels on an actual, working chuck wagon. Scott Simon reports on the secrets to cowboy cooking.
"There's more to a table than just the legs that hold it up. It's a family that binds it together"
That's a nice quote
My mother said it nearly every Sunday
Yea, that's a nice hollow American BS quote.
CANT FIND THIS TYPE OF ( PEACEFUL ) UNITY IN THE CITY HOODS. IM MOVING BACK TO THE PEACEFUL SOUTH OF COUNTRY GA.!
@@EskimoJoe492 You are one nasty human being.
Boring--Yes, I felt the same way.
I was visiting a friend in a rest home once and met this lady who was badly crippled up with arthritus. She was about 85 years old and just full of laughter and energy to visit and talk. My friend kept falling asleep during the visit and I would sit quietly with him- he wasn't long for our side of heaven. Anyway, this old gal came over struggling with her wheelchair and introduced herself. She asked if I played rummy. I said I did, she produced a deck and we began to pass the time.
Oh, she had a wonderful way of telling her story. She was born on a ranch in 1890 in Eastern New Mexico, out in rugged cattle country south of Vaughn. Her dad had been disappointed she was a girl and kind of ignored her. Her mom died when she was very young. But, she learned to cook from the ranch cooks and soon made herself useful. She never went to school- there just weren't any. Her dad died when she was 15 and back in those days girls were not expected to know how to run a ranch, so, it sold off and pretty soon she was homeless and needed a job. Women were supposed to marry, but she didn't want that and went on to find a job on a neighboring ranch as the cook...and she stayed there the rest of her life until she became too stove up with arthritis to continue... They put her in the rest home on social security benefits and there she was. She had absolutely nothing in her room but little things the other "guests" had given her. I had an old color TV at home and brought it to her- OMG! She was so happy over that. I paid for cable for her, too- at the time it was only $14.00 a month, so no big deal. My friend finally passed but I would still come and visit her. We traded recipes (You can imagine I was the only one benefiting from that - She was such a great cook and storyteller. I was just fascinated by her.
One day I came in to see her and they had her up walking hanging onto the handrails in the hall. She was so tired and hurting, but still full of joy- "He, Jay- Look at me. I've walked ten steps today!" I came by a few weeks later and she was gone. They told me she had quietly passed away in the night. No one called me and she was already buried. No one went to her funeral. I went out and put some flowers down on her site, spent $400.00 on a little stone marker for her. Under her name I had them carve, "Ranch Cook". I know she would have been glad of that.
There is something about ranch life and living that close to the land that just makes good people.
Great story thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing her story. It's incredibly sad to think of the number of people who's stories have been lost to time because no one cared or know to tell/record the history of their lives. Would you mind sharing her name and maybe the cemetery she's buried in? I've been traveling all over for work and would go out of my way to place some flower or donate to the cemetery when/if I'm nearby.
Bless your soul. I’ve sure she cherished the moments you spent together, as much as you did.
I grew up poor, never went hungry. I love his commentary.
You should hear his commentary in his videos. Lots of zingers in them.
love that sentiment as it was the same for me.
“You can’t get full on fancy.” 😂 wise words to live by.
Chef who use tweezers to arrange food
Kent has a RUclips channel called "Cowboy Kent Rollins", where he showcases really good recipes.
Thanks so much for watching
@@CowboyKentRollins The pleasure is all mine, Kent, you've helped me make my family happy on many dinner nights.
It is always a treat to watch a video from Cowboy Kent Rollins. I have celiac but am so very tempted to eat at least one Cowboy Big Mac! I’ve set aside time this weekend to make his version of the special sauce.
Thank you for sharing this! His channel is a new favorite of mine!
"Can't get full on fancy." I love Kent and Shannon's channel.
I'm not a religious man, but I'd still say that the world is a better and richer place for people like Kent and Shannon Rollins. Their food looks amazing and I'd love to attend one of their cooking schools.
Agreed.
Yes sir from montana
Do the have to be a religious man to treat people well, be wholesome, and make good food.
He’s got a RUclips channel
I completely agree. I am an Iranian-American, and love this guy and his youtube channel. For some reason, I think of him and his wife Shannon as the real, genuine "American" folks out there in the real part of the country...
"Are there vegetarian cowboys"
*Loud wheezing*
I was dying when he laughed
Dear CBS,
More stories like this.
Thank you,
-J.
Thanks John for watching
Sorry, I NEVER click "READ LESS". Stop the extra returns, PULLLLEEEEEEEASE!
Yes & no more fake news
@@hmsdemolition8588 what fake news are you talking about?
“Cows eat grass and I eat cow...So I guess that makes me a vegetarian.”
😂
I'm a vagiterian ! I might be a bad speller & not so good with grammar, but that was no typo 😉😊😁😂
stupid
Vegetarian is actually an old native word...it means "bad hunter". LOL
Y’all should try seal meat !!!
2nd hand vegetarian... works for me.
The cook has a nice RUclips channel, and a wonderful polite sense of humor...
Thanks for watching
@@CowboyKentRollins I don't miss on your videos, in cloudy cold Sweden, these videos help me go through...
This reminds of the days I use to work summers at my grandfather's ranch in Mexico. I'd hate waking up before dawn and would work for hours,but whenever I'd hear my grandmother yell that breakfast was ready it always brought a tear to my eye. Also I earned my meal through hard work 😓
For the record I'm Latino but was born in the United States,I would frequently visit my family over there as a kid,now not so much with the whole Covid19 issue.
THE DIFFERENCE IS MEXICANS HAVE NO MORRALS AND ARE VULGAR. THESE ARE REAL COWBOYS WITH MORALS, RESPECT AND HONOR.
@@mannyeldude4083 well that depends on the person
@@mannyeldude4083 you sound like you don't appreciate your own race
@@mannyeldude4083 learn your history son the very first cowboys were Mexican “vaqueros” dates back to 1680s ….
Eggs, sausage, gravy and biscuits; the four main food groups.
Jim Foreman don't forget steaks!! Manna From Heaven!!
And beer
and Lard
And bacon.
I've heard something g like this in a movie or so... any clues anyone? lol it just sounds so familiar
"Thank the lord that there's still wide open country"... wow, that says so much in so little words......
Thanks for taking time to watch, check out our other videos on youtube, Have a blessed day
Sad to see this way of life disappearing! What have we done to ourselves? Thank u all for the hard work and dedication...
I camp a LOT, so I have used a lot of instant coffee. The first time I watched one of Kent’s videos was on making Cowboy Coffee. I don’t use as much instant coffee anymore! Thanks Kent!😉🙃
Glad you are enjoying and it is good coffee
Real people like Kent and his bride make this country amazing
Thanks so much
*_"Can't get full on fancy"_*
Indeed
For sure
When watching his cooking videos, there are some dishes proves that they are also capable of whipping up Michelin star worthy dishes (Fancy).
Fancy, non-fancy - Food is food. I'd drool over them - Fancy & non-fancy.
I dont wanna have just one piece of potato with fancy dressing costing 100 dollars😂😂😂😂😂
That's false.
Great 👍 comment
Cowboy Kent Rollins! This guy is a national treasure
Thanks for watching
This guy has the best cooking channel on You-Tube!!!
Thanks so much and glad you enjoy
Yes, he does.
I just found Cowboy Kent's channel last week and have been hooked ever since. I have so much respect for this man. You cant fake being the real deal!
Thanks so much for watching
Nice comment! And Yes some good cooking! For some Western Cowboy humor Check out Bronze Cowboy Pranks on RUclips. Good clean Artistic Humor out of Old Town Scottsdale. Hope you enjoy.
Thanks Russ, I just went over and checked out his channel..hehehe what a hoot. I had to sub him. Thanks for the heads up.
darfirst Glad you thought is was good. I like his Western Cowboy theme and the Old Town Scottsdale district he performs in. Good clean shock,scream and laugh making.
After watching Kents Vid I'm craving some good chicken fried steak LOL :-)
I found it a few months ago and subscribed after watching the first video.
He's definitely one of a kind
Kent is the man been following him for like a year now glad hes being recognized on sunday morning
Thanks for watching
I grew up poor but never knew it. I ate like a king. My mom cooked with cooking knowledge by cowboys . 🙏🏻
We need more people like this guy and his wife here in America. God Bless these folk and all the cowboys.
Or we need more of us people to be like them
ya cultural diversity ruining america.
Just like Kent, not that one grubbing wife of his.
@@rustysteam1166I hope Kent doesn’t see your comment.
I found the secret ending to Red Dead Redemption 2
I was looking for such comment😍😍😍😍
Red dead is the best game hands down
Red dead2 is only $5 in the xbox store til Feb 20th, 2021.
Best comment ever!!
Nice, old school reporting. Good videography. A dying artform.
I love Kent Rollins and dearly miss Scott Simon from my daily media feed. Kent always brings the best of ranch life to those of us who aren't fortunate enough to live there, and Scott always brought to my day the most compassionate observations about daily life in all segments of America.
From My Mexican Family god bless you fellas. It really touch me when he said the speech that everybody got to eat. My family can relate
The cowboy culture originates from Mexico, that's why. Cowboy culture is a very Mexican aspect.
Off UckF😂
Sparta Constantine So Spanish people are white😐? Because if you’re from Spain you are Spanish.
@@emanrodr2736 Yes, the Spaniards are white, as is the rest of Europe.
Roger M lol nah bro
Humble respect from France, beautiful America............
I live in the southeastern corner of Oklahoma where we have mountains and pine trees. In Western Oklahoma where he's at, it's the total opposite and the wind blows 24/7. Where I'm at there are still cowboys, but most of them use gas powered four wheelers to round up the cows. It's nice to see people keeping the old traditions alive like Kent is doing.
Thanks for watching
Everyone should sub to his RUclips channel called Cowboy Kent Rollins.
I already was. Lol. Found out about this video by accident. On the plus side, Kent tries to respond to as many people personally on his videos in the comments. Heck of a nice guy, one helluva cookie. Swap recipes and dishes with him, you wont be disappointed.
I knew I had seen him somewhere on RUclips
God bless the cowboys
Thanks and GOD bless you as well
@@CowboyKentRollins I'm proud to say that I'm a sushi eating cowboy myself. Btw, I love that Tom Willoughby hash knife!😉👍
Ya think
that man is the last of his kind. the ranch hand cook. not many can do what he does and stir have his life,love and zeal for life. he has so much respect from me, not many people have that.
What in the hell are you talking about? Lol
@Simplefng Yeah, right. So much for Native Americans huh. Gotta give them respect at least.
Naw, many Cowboys out here still, just diff kinds
Ok now you clearly have not been down to the southern states of America because if you have then you would know that there are many people like him but mainly in the south
We need more great people like Kent Shannon and the rest of these cowboys in our world!!😍😍😍😍😍😍
Kent rollins and his lovely bride are some of the most authentic people out there. Watch a few of his videos on RUclips, you won't be disappointed. The world needs a heck of a lot more people like them. Hats off to you Rollins family!
Thanks for watching Benjamin we appreciate it
@@CowboyKentRollins always a pleasure. If you're ever down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana I will start the camp fire and make sone good ole cowboy coffee.
I gained an accent watching this
Ryan Parish lmfao
Funny bro, LMFAO
Haha well some of us were born with it but we will share it
Donald Trump...If that is a serious comment, that's pretty gross bro...
Donald Trump you need Christ my friend
Kent Rollins youtube channel is one of few things i truly enjoy during my week.
Just stumbled on his channel yesterday. Now watching his story here, you appreciate what he’s doing.
Cowboy Kent Rollins and Shannon are the best ever!! I watch every one of his RUclips videos as soon as he posts them ❤❤❤❤❤
Just had a fun one with Uncle Roger hanging out eating bull balls.
We all have so much in common, we vaqueros along the Mexican borders have been doing this as well for hundreds of years and still going strong. 👏 Kent is a beautiful human being, reminds me so much of my great vaquero uncle abelardo (abe). They look so much alike in so many ways. Long live the vaqueros, viva kent.
We all where taught by the Spaniards it comes from them
God bless these men, old world values at its finest.
Thanks Jason for watching
We have men like this still in the American West - Godly strong fellas in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, NM, AZ, Texas, OK and other places too. God Bless America Show correct, not as many cattle drives now as 30 yrs ago BUT Kent makes good living teaching in books, classes and sales. luv ya’ll 💕
"Americans don't have a culture"
Me: That wasn't very yeehaw of you
Culture : Its what you make it. You can change it.....live by it...or hate it.
@E Ok? LOL. Who was the first race to eat food, is that their culture?
@E The origins of the cowboy tradition come from Spain, beginning with the hacienda system of medieval Spain. This style of cattle ranching spread throughout much of the Iberian peninsula, and later was imported to the Americas.
i.e. Cowboy is European culture
@E just because the something is the first doesn’t mean it claims everything after as it’s own. American cowboys created their own culture. Now yes as you get closer to the border the culture changes but it’s all different.
@E you ever worked a cattle ranch in two different part of the country before? I have and the culture on them are massively different
Cowboy Kent is one of my heroes. A fine example for all men to follow.
Im no cowboy or rancher but i love biscuits n gravy and chicken fried steak. Mmmmmm.
you cant get full on fancy. very true
+Union_Yagow you got it, thanks for watching
well I can go to Ruth Chris and get a porterhouse steaks and a lobster tail and be pretty full. so yea that saying is stupid
you dont know what your missing.
theres some really amazing creative food out there.
Bill Rayvan Hes one a derm fancey nancey bers
Brian Baer yeah like we want to drive miles for fancy. My top ramen & hotdogs is good enough plus I’m saving lots of $$$ 1.29 for a 12pk top ramen you can’t beat that over a steak & lobster that cost $30.00 that’s a months worth of top ramen. 😝
Thank you for keeping the "cowboy culture" alive. As my grandmother used to say, "the girls dress in Plainview and the cowboys go to Seymour ."
I love this. Kent and Shan have such strong, good hearts. These videos show a lot of love in all different ways. ❤️
Thanks so much
This makes me feel good.
+Mike Toles thanks for watching Mike
+Cowboy Kent Rollins Hey Kent were you on Chopped? I think I seen you, you won and you were also a guest on the kids barbeque competition show.
Danny Yes sir thanks for watching
Yes on Chopped :-)
"There's more to a table than just the legs that hold it up, it's a family that binds it together" Man...Kent's deep.
Also, the guy's view on food and cooking makes him such a down-to-earth fellow
I love the way you make your food. I was trained in French and raised on Italian (thanks to my grandmother) and my girlfriend is Asian, so I eat her food and at the same time, I attempt to educate her on American and Western cuisine,
I love watching Cowboy Kent and Mrs. Shannon do their videos, been watching for a long time now and have tried some of the recipes. Y'all keep up the good work cowboys
This reminds me of how it must've been for my great grandparents. They cooked for the railroad workers here in Western North Carolina who cleared the land & built the tracks. Country cooking.
Such a wholesome way of living! It denotes a sense of freedom that isn't too common these days. What I'd give to get out of the rat race, especially life in the UK! I'd happily turf myself out of bed during the small hours for a shot at some of that good food!
This put tears in my eyes . It’s so beautiful the country life 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I love Kent and Shannon Rollins channel and always checks out their latest recipes and use many of their recipes at home. I was raised primarily in the country and still live here after retiring from both the military, and from the state jobs I had. If I had a family to take care of I would not live in an urban environment as it is tough where living in a rural environment is so much better as Nature provides so much for you to live off of and with the money you make for food you can live really good.
If you think there aren't real cowboys anymore you haven't been Texas, no I'm not talking Dallas or Houston, I'm talking Odessa, Dumas, whitesboro, El Paso, or just about any small town in between.
You can't see them going down the interstate at 80
Daniel Engle You can find a cowboy in central California huge old cattle ranches out here. It's not as big as Texas, Wyoming or Montana.
South Texas - they're all over. But like Kent said, you ain't going to see them from the highway. Unless they're checking a fence or some such.
Daniel Engle Also, they are in Wyoming, Montana and especially Oklahoma!!! Texas is far from only place with Kent Rollins’ type men!! (and I am a native Texan!)
Lots of cowboys around here in Sacramento
This video makes me happy. I'd love to be out there on a horse, cattle, great food and good people and lot's of wide open space !! God bless the cowboys and the people who love them.
I love watching his videos. Outdoors Camp Cook myself for our Scout Troop. Kent is a great teacher.
We thank you for watching
Kent is basically a living legend
Hard work is good for the soul -- so is good food when you've earned it! These cowboys know just how to put two and two together! (Love Texas and love that drawl!) Good to see there are a few good people left in our country who enjoy the honest, simpler way of life.
South African from Boer (farmer/pioneer) stock here. My old man's fondest memories were from working in the Lone Star state. Said you fellers' used to use hose pipes to quench the pit fires when big old Texan steaks. He also said to me that the day I emigrate up north to the land of the free I should plant my roots in Texas.
How is South Africa now? Hope you're doing fine.
t. from Texan
Don't know anything about South Africa, but I hope you can make it to Texas.
It's a great place to be with some of the best people you'll ever meet.
I'm sorry but I've never been to culinary school, I'm self and mentored into cooking until my title of executive chef. This legend is a world chef like it or not that's how it works. I love his book, his lifestyle and just how he is all around
Reminds me of my visiting my grandma and grandpa’s farm back home in Indiana. After watching just a couple of his videos I got a cast iron skillet and cooked my first steak in it. Hard to describe the memories something so simple brought back.
He may not own the title chef but that good man can cook food that you will love and wakes the sun. I imagine he could make garden soil tast palatable. I watch his videos on youtube and have his cookbook.
Thanks Ellen for watching
There's only one way to beat fresh biscuits, gravy, sausage, and eggs for breakfast...and that is to
add on some fried taters made in a blackened iron skillet! Well..maybe a little homemade jam to go on
that last biscuit! Well, I don't have to work tomorrow, so I'm off to the store...guess what,'s for breakfast tomorrow!
And yes I have homemade jam made from Michigan tart cherries, and not do not use biscuits from a tube,
or sausage from a tube...I go to my local meat market that makes it in house daily! I will let you in on a little secret
if you promise not to tell Rocky... I like fried squirrel too!
Kent and Shannon are a national treasure. God bless you both. ^_^
Cowboy Kent Rollins is my favorite RUclips cooking show. Instead of the ugliness of the major news stations intent on hate and drama, I put on Ken't's shows and have a pleasant downtime before bedtime and I go to bed with untroubled dreams.
Thanks Deborah for watching
I love watching cowboy Kent Rollins, I love his simplicity and pure love for the food he serves, and I’m in a little old town, Evesham in England, good on you cowboy.
Look up Daddy Jack Chaplain. He's a restaurant chef who has singled out Kent Rollins for admiration and is (was?) pretty admirable himself.
You MUST buy his book! Well worth the recipes and the Life Wisdom found inside the covers. Great people!
Thanks Steve so much and we hope you are enjoying the book
“There’s a lot of things he wouldn’t eat before I expanded his palette” 😆
We all knew what she meant by that.
I’m glad someone said it before me 🤣 she definitely seems like a good woman
I just gor the joke lol
Thank God theres still real cowboys !! I didnt think i will see real cowboys anymore . as a kid a grow up seen cowboys in movies .my respect to ya guys !
Shannon is so charming, i am so happy to finally see the mystery lady that owns the beautiful voice behind the camera! YOU'RE VERY PRETTY SHANNON!!! GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!
Thanks for watching and God bless you as well
Simple and beautiful. Loved! Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Shannon for sharing. May the American Cowboy live forever and much blessings and love.
Kent Rollins is one of my favorites to see on RUclips. Makes good food, does good work, and he reminds me of many folks I've known for years.
Protect this man at all costs.
Can't say enough good things about Kent and Shannon, amazing folks working hard to please these hard working Cowboys. Of course, I haven't been on a horse since like 1977...
Shan and Kent are such outstanding and great personalities...
Thanks so much
I love Texas. Everybody is cooking something.
I would get fat in Texas
I'm in Texas and cooking fried fish tostadas now.
@Donald Trump you are not good in English I hope
Donald Trump not all us blacks are miscreants... personally, I'm confident i could out cook you any day of the year, even if you had your cook assisting, and a head start! 😂
Too bad he’s from and still lives in Oklahoma 😂
Such warmth and humanity, I’m surprised CBS is reporting on this.
can’t get full on fancy!!! Couldn’t have said it any better. Amen!!!
This man is from Hollis, Oklahoma. As someone from Oklahoma, I can tell you that Hollis is out in BFE. It is a true cowboy town that is within reach of the massive ranches in West Texas and SW Oklahoma. I’d give a left nut for this man to put a restaurant in Tulsa, but I understand that’ll never happen. He’s an honest to God Okie treasure.
Thanks so much good to hear from another Okie
Cowboy Kent Rollins you got it Mr. Kent! Tell your better half that we are all rootin for you!
Kent Rollins this guy was on Chopped Grill Masters season 12 Ep 16, a true legend.
And he curb stomped Bobby Flay in a chicken fried steak throwdown.
Kent's channel is the best!
Thanks for watching
"Can't get full on fancy." and "Legs ain't the the only thing holding a dining table up." are my two favourite qoutes of many. 🤞🏾
I just subbed to this guy on RUclips and I didn’t know he was on the news. He has a really good channel and his food looks so dang good.
Thanks for watching
Them two are true gems!
Thanks Darin
Kent and Shannon continue to be gracious, delightful people.
A dying breed in America. God Bless You Kent!!
Thank you and God bless you as well
everything cooked outside always tastes better !
Robert Sanchez Have you ever baked a cake outside?
Lord Lazy Green Hasn't every American?
Officer Wilhelm, 1936
What about meth?
I love to have cook outs but only in the winter .
Because of the annoying flies . I live in central Texas , where we always enjoy mild winters !!
Kent's RUclips channel rocks
Kent cooks authentic Mexican food on his RUclips channel also, massive respect
Thanks Marco for watching
Kent is a national treasure
These are the old ways. Bless these people.
Thanks Raul
This is what America is and what it should return to. Good food, good people, good life. Thank you Kent and Shannon
+drafhixa Thanks so much its a simple place and a slower pace
no, a nice vacation though
yep
oh it WILL return to it alright, just wait until the next solar flare hits the earth like the one that fried the telegraph!!!......you better stock up on ammo, arrows and anything that does not required electricity!!
globalism is the way to go. just make sure you have skills that are language based or be replaced or your job exported.
I'm from Arkansas and I certainly don't identify with cowboys or country music, but Mr. Rollins seems like a good dude and I sure like his entertaining and authoritative handling of iron.
One of the best stories I’ve watched. Wholesome Americana at its finest.
Kent Rollins has been an inspiration to me for a number of years now. His knowledge of cast iron outdoor cooking is unmatched. BTW, Bertha is NOT cast iron. If she was, she'd have cracked or broken when he set her down the way he did.
Thanks so much Mike for watching
So who would do thumbs down? Kent and his wife are fantastic in this dying art.
Thanks Jim
You can’t post anything in this day and age without Trolls posting negative things. Love your videos Kent, keep on cooking.
waking up at 4am to look at a bunch of cattle butts yeah that's the dream life for me
The vegetarians who think they could last cowboyin lmao
Seems pretty fun tbh, I did this as a kid so much fun. We need more people like them
these are genuinely good hearted people...rare on this earth
Love cowboy Kent. Look forward to to his video every Wednesday.