6 Months To Save 5 Bucks
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- We’re getting ready for a pig processing this week, so the barn needs to be cleaned out. But part of that is getting the corn we grew and harvested this year shelled and put away for the year.
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A great resource we see NONE of UTube creators using is farm sales/auctions. They are a great place to not only network and meet new people, but you can get lots of bargains for the homestead especially in the fall & winter. And a great place to sell things in the spring. My late husband and I bought lots of farm implements, tools, animals, gadgets for the farm and kitchen, along with items for our home. Even if we found nothing at the sale that we wanted it needed, we had lots of good company and the food was good too. Always got to have a great piece of pie!!!!
It warms my heart seeing y'all praying together before you start eating...God bless!
You may have only saved $5.00, but the trial and error process of learning is invaluable! 🌽🌽😊
So true. That is what gardening is all about.
Ben your homemade spoon is wonderful! Every woman would love a sturdy, strong spoon with a long handle like that. It gives distance from the heat for the hands! I'm glad you got a few days off from cooking Meg!❤️
I want me one of those spoons
Me too!
Me too
@@lynnscott5248 me tooo 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Me too
Meg, honey, you are going to have to write a cookbook!! Your future daughter in laws are going to have to be on the professional chef level!! How you cook all the time and still smiling... you are a breathe of fresh air and WOW...what an example you set for us. Even those of us who are old enough to be your mom. Thank you.
Hopefully Meg's boys will be great cooks, they're learning right now.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!
Such an example she is!
Ben, if you saved back your best ears and held those kernels out for seed corn you saved yourself a whole lot more than 4 dollars! (And making blisters with the boys is priceless)
we used to do that at my grandfather farm with popcorn. All of us kids would sit on blankets and would laugh and think we were doing something such wonderful, grandma would make us some popcorn and boy what a treat that would be. You really are giving your kids memories. yeah maybe you aren't saving a lot. but just think of the time you and your children are spending together!!!
Another idea we do for holidays is my kids do all the cooking for the day to give me a rest from cooking and allowing me a day to read and relax and they learn how to make meals. It’s actually a lot of fun especially the planning and over time the meals have become more elaborate. Hubby and I have a date night with dinner made by our kids. Just wanted to share. 😊
Youre little one, bowing her head before meal time touches my soul❤️
“Temporary freezer”. Famous last words. 😂
Right 😏😂
Thats what I thought. Once you have it is't hard not to fill it!
Meg, your deep sigh when you start Grace, is so telling. Technically you can finally relax from a day well done. Delightful.
Funny you caught that....I was thinking the EXACT same thing!
You saw that too!!! I felt myself relax when I saw Meg's deep sign.
Good days can still be very tiring💕🥧☕️ You are so inspiring Meg!
Use your clean cob to rub the corn off the other cobs that way you don't hurt your hands
Many hands make light work. You're teaching your boys invaluable lessons all the time. Teamwork!!
I'm watching you making your lard and what came to mind is how much of a job it was helping my grandmother boiled coconut oil and castor oil. We may be from different parts of the world but we do similar things. Never tired of watching your Home stead life it puts a smile on my face. I do miss that life but I'm too old to do that but I love it 😀
I found that the ratio of meat to bone is greater with a bigger turkey and we wanted left overs. So I used to buy a large turkey. Our favorite thing to make with left over turkey is enchiladas. We used to make them in a red sauce but the last couple of years we switched to green. And we prefer flour tortillas instead of the corn. My son loves them so much that several times he requested that I buy and cook a turkey just so we can have left overs. He doesn't need a holiday! 😊🦃🍗🦃🍗😊
That's funny because I'm making green chili turkey enchilada casserole tomorrow for dinner! Great minds!
@@lmd2454 it's absolutely our fave! This year I also discovered putting a little of the green sauce and turkey in my quesadilla. Sooo good, quick, and easy!
I also do the same. One person should not know they ate an entire turkey! Lol, but I do, and I LOVE the green sauce myself, with grilled onions, tomatoes inside, sourcream on the side👍😋
@@lmd2454 Would you be willing to share the recipe?
Ok, I'm only three minutes in to this video but I had to pause it and go ahead and comment because you just melted my heart!!! That is so sweet that the boys are asking for ways to make money since Christmas is coming! 🥰 You're raising good kids that are going to make great husband's someday!
Every time I see y'all saying grace, my heart sings. God bless you all big time. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
I hate it when we finally reach the end of your videos, long or short. I just love every one of them, to say nothing of learning from the best!
Same here I always wish there was more .I'd love to see the family doing some crafts from materials on the homestead .I know Meg knits .
The boys could make some peg looms they are so easy and they could weave some rugs ,runners or bags .
They could make Xmas stars from twigs and weave yarn or fabric strips over the twigs
Paper chains to hang up for Christmas.
Flowers from toilet roll cardboard inserts .
Strings of popcorn and tiny pine cones .
Buggy could colour things in and glue feathers on to things to decorate .
They could draw on flat stones and paint them .
Make tea and coffee coasters from rings cut from branches .
So many ideas and some if them the children could sell to raise the money they want for Christmas things
I know the feeling… maybe that’s why I linger in the comment section! It lasts just a little longer…
@@karenm5681 sometimes I just restart the video while I keep reading the comments 😊
I was thinking how that before WW2, boys would be with their dads, uncles and grandfather's. Boys growing up would have a male roles, on how to be men. I don't know you recognize what is happening. But I am proud that your boys will grow up to be good fathers and husbands! By Meg and you. Plus Miss Princess being around her mom will have that same opportunity to know her role as mother and wife for husband. We need more of that in our world. Thank you for what you guys are doing. Glad you guys had a great Thanksgiving.
Meg would you consider doing a cook book ? 1 book could be meal after thanksgiving leftover, 2 çooking meals with what you grow on the homestead. 😉
A 20+ lb turkey will last about a day and a half in my house. My 3 daughters eat a lot! I don't generally get to make leftover style meals, they just eat so much! Tbf, my youngest (10) is almost 5'7" and she's the smallest of the lot. I basically cook for 5 adults. Hope the pig harvesting goes well and that corn haul wasn't anything to be disappointed by. Homegrown cornmeal is something special and just tastes better.
Meg, I wonder whether you'd appreciate a set of gel mats for your most-worked sections of the kitchen. They can help cushion your feet and knees, and protect the flooring from some wear.
We always used to do lard a little different. Our pigs were normally butchered first to mid November and the second one would be usually mid to late April. We couldn't do both of them at the same time because of limited freezer space. We would divvy up the pig with everything that needed to be smoked and grandma and grandpa's portion of both meat and lard fat to their place (across the field) and the rest to be processed and stored at our place.
On the lard, it would be cut into strips and put in a roasting pan that would usually be put on the wood stove to render out. Since that was our only heat source and would be going all day it just made sense to have the stove do double duty.
If we were baking or roasting something on the electrical kitchen stove we would also stick a pan on the other shelf in the oven. We then had a soup kettle that would be close to half full of water and every now and then we would dump some of the rendered lard into it.
When there was 3-4 inches of fat we would give it a quick boil which would reduce/eliminate any porky taste and the impurities would drop down to the bottom. We would take the pot out to the utility to cool and get another soup kettle to have ready. Because the utility room was cold, by morning the lard had solidified on top of the water mom would cut it into pieces to wrap in butcher paper to freeze or if no room left in freezer it would go to the pumphouse which was very cold in the winter to store until there was room in the freezer for it.
And of course once those strips of fat were rendered us kids would get to snack on them. It was usually more than we ever wanted so the remainder would be saved for dog treats.
Good memories.
I love how your family is really sincere & makes so much effort to using up all food in really creative and delicious meals it is a pleasure to watch and be inspired. Thanks👍
Bwahahahaaa!!!
The minute Ben picked up the camera for his after dinner salutation, I busted up laughing. It was so obvious he had the food sleepies. It's cute when the guys pass out after a good meal. I think it's adorable when my cooking puts my hubby out.
I love how you use everything you can from what you grow and produce (even the lardy fire starters!)
The best thing is having turkey-mayo-cranberry jelly sandwiches the day after a turkey day. DEEEELISH!
Try salt washing your lard and tallow!
I use water not just to get it started, but also to strain it. After rendering, I'll use a strainer to get out the larger peices, and then toss everything into the fridge to harden. I find this way any little bits of food particles and moisture will settle on the bottom and can be scraped off to prevent spoilage.
After this I will "salt wash" my tallow and lard adding it back to the pot to boil with two cups of water and a 1/2-1 cup of salt. This not only kills any potential pathogens, but also pulls out more residue, smells, etc, cleaning the end product. The gunk and moisture again settles on the bottom after being cooled in the fridge. I'll do this at least once, and often twice for tallow.
Useful for cooking but also for when making body butter or face moisturizers or candles. My tallow barely has any scent after two salt washes, lamb or beef.
We are not fans of zucchini either but when in a pinch you need to stretch a meat dish like lasagne etc, chunks of zucchini will fill the pan quickly and it takes on the flavor of whatever you are cooking.
Love the paddle (spoon)! Good job. You're a great teacher, Meg.
Meg is an awesome cook. Making a new meal using leftovers is a way to avoid tossing extras out. I used to steam veggies put them in the blender then cook them into a pasta sauce. Used it in soups, spaghetti, layered pasta, baked chicken. If you read the stats on tossing out food from home's in North America you would be shocked. Be well and thank you for being you! 👥🇨🇦❤️
Now this is what I call healthy, happy and beautiful children!
Sadly you only saved $4...BUT You didn't loose money and there's nowhere you can buy food like that or buy the family memories you are creating.
...and they have seed enough for next year.
Meg needs to show us how she makes tamales. Also have the boys thought about making and selling spoons for Christmas money? I would buy one.
great idea!
Nice paddle you made for Meg to use for rendering the pig lard. Cleaning up the barn for the Bubbles harvest is a necessary task. I'm glad you had room to put the table saw downstairs. Nice harvesting of the dried corn. Looks nice again in the upstairs of the barn. Meg, that looks like great turkey & duck tetrazzini! Thanks for this Hollar family!
Meg and the kitchen.......too much EVERYDAY! Love the Hollar Homestead, promise us you'll NEVER CHANGE no matter how big your channel gets........
Watching you clean the barn in fast mode reminds me of when my kids and I would clean together. My younger ones would be so excited and helping out, while my teenagers did the majority of the supervising. I do love how your boys are always playing outside, doing projects, and exploring nature. 😉
We were inspired the last time you did this and we rendered beef tallow in the instant pot. We took your advice and ground the fat and it was SO much easier to deal with. Thanks for all you do! 🙂
Would it be weird asking Meg to share her recipes or is there a down home cookbook. The food she makes for the family looks so good 😋
You all are my after work evening relaxer. I so enjoy and look forward to see what you all have done and even more, see what Meg is cooking . We have 4 boys and 1 girl just as you all. They are all adults now, youngest being 22 and oldest 35. Watching you all brings back great memories of them all being home and cooking alot....Thank you
Yea I watch after work to unwind and change gears from work to home. I’m too old to do much myself.
I'm still smiling at your topic A Home Grown Thanksgiving, I know you enjoyed every bite 😋.what a wonderful blessing 🙌.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful, busy lives! That corn is truly organic & would most likely sprout for planting new crops. Meg you’re feeding a productive crew there! Many blessings to your family 🤗💕🇨🇦
I LOVE THE HOLLARS. I watch a LOT of RUclips and have subscribed to a lot. However, I watch Ben and Meg every post.
Same
Your time together doing something new is priceless. These things can’t be measured in dollars.
Thanks Hollar family!
Meg, you have grown into such a calm easy to learn from teacher... Thank you for taking the time to do and share all the wonderfully creative things you do.
Buggy is always trying to help. I can't wait until she can help dad by saying " bye bye beautiful people".
Meg! Woman, you are one blessed and capable lady. You impress me so much. I know you are a 3 rivers fan, but I hope you see how wonderful you are.
You live the life I wanted so bad for us. We were never on the same page. But I still dream. I also think the constant stress of living life the way most live is much of my I’ll health.
Meg, I think you should write a book.
Time spent with the kids getting blisters is priceless
🔆Loved the men working to get ready for your pig butchering day. Meg, wonderful day in the kitchen! I remember rendering lard with my great aunt in Minnesota along with making head cheese. She was not on a farm, but her butcher would acquire the fat and pig head for her. It was fun to be part of the process. Love you spoon! Ben is so talented. Happy stirring with it. Take care and stay sate! ❇
Meg you an absolute wonder! Thanks for showing the process of lard making!. Ben I cannot wait to see you guys harvest bubbles
I love visibly seeing Ben turn into a different person after eating dinner 😂
I just love your love of learning with regard to the corn, and the precious time with your boys sat together taking all those kernels off the cob. Praying all goes well for you all with the butchering 🙏 much love from 🇬🇧
What great helpers your boys are! Great job all! You all work so hard❤
Hey Ben save some of the corn for planting next year. Acclimatise the corn to your location. Each year it will be stronger and more prolific.
Greetings from central Texas. Looking forward to the tamale making video. Our family of 7 make tamales every year. We try to make them as good as my MIL - haven't been successful, but great family bonding time nonetheless. We save corn husks from our sweet corn as well. Meg, I actually thought i caught a whiff if the pork fat rendering. Memories of my grandma frying in the kitchen. Love the family working together. Many of our friends don't seem to grasp the concept. Keep the vids coming.
Just a tip to avoid blisters dealing with the corn next time.... rub two ears together instead of using your thumbs to remove the kernels from the cob. Great job, y'all!!
I totally agree with the approach that you try to do what you can to reduce your reliance on the grocery store and learn to do it yourself. Food just seems tastier when you grow it or make it yourself.
Love the handcrafted spoon, Ben. You're a blessed woman indeed, Meg. All of you are to have each other. Warms my old heart.
Ben, next time you're in a circle with all the boys take a breath and look around, soak that minute in deep, because when they are grown men with circles of their own that is the time you will miss.
enjoyed the cleaning of the barn, and shucking of the corn, and the rendering of the lard. have a great week.
Your food always looks so amazing, Meg! It's a tradition of ours to make turkey tetrazinni with Thanksgiving leftovers. :) I DO put zuchinni in mine, because husband doesn't care for mushrooms. Then I top it with little chunks of dressing before baking. Big yum! Thank you so much for sharing your meal ideas! Waiting on a cookbook! :)
Now I totally want this zucchini pasta dish I make. It has zucchini, italian sausage, tomato, garlic, parmesan cheese, and it's so good!!!
I love the memories you are all creating together as a family. Don’t get discouraged if your corn husks aren’t perfect. You can totally use them for tamales 🫔. If they are not big/wide enough, you can always layer them side by side to make them wide enough to spread some masa. You totally got this!! Oh, and that spoon…beautiful!!!
Prayers go out to The Kraemers life, RIP Floyd❣
We love the Hollar's♥️
You saved about $4 but you made some awesome memories! I loved watching it!
I was on eBay the other day and they had several CORN SHELLERS for a decent price - just checked they’re still there. ❤
Glad you got your corn put up. Sorry about the blisters. Thanks Meg for the lard instructions👍 highly appreciated. I use some to make suet cakes for the birds. 🤗❤👍
We love doing puzzles! Usually have one going throughout the holidays!
Enjoy your content. Ben I hope you have plenty wood, cause everybody on here wants a spoon. 🙂
Meg great spoon .I have one about like that which was made by my husband 40 years ago out of Cherry wood . Freezer space is always a issues for sure when you supply your own food needs . We have three med size ones . Your both do so much on your homestead and are good teachers.
Ben - you know those should show up on a website someday for sale :D Brand it, make it in a few shapes (longer blade area, shorter handle, etc) and you would be in business for quite a while, along with the rest of the stuff you could do. I'd buy some! You know -- in all of your free time, etc. :D
I'm so pleased to hear that Meg got a Mini Vaca from the Kitchen 🐦.
Isn't it Crazy how we clean up spaces with intent to keep it that way then,slowly fill it again 😭.
I'm curious if you will taste the difference in the flavor of the Cornmeal to make it all Worth it ?
I swore I was gonna make Tetrazzini this year and did I not😫.
I may just use Chicken cause your making me hanker !
JO JO IN VT 💕😅💨❄️
lol My Hubby thought I was crazy when I told him we were having Shepherds Pie with the left over green bean casserole and mashed potatoes.. added ground beef and the left over honey glazed carrots to it and cheese on top.. was very yummy!!! never heard of anyone else making it before.. Now I know I am not alone!! lol
So much of what you do Meg, reminds me of what I participated in during my childhood. Though your details explain many of the differences. Especially in today's vid regarding the differences in the lard. Well done explanations!
My family loves turkey and wild rice soup in homemade bread bowls!
That's where our leftover turkey goes.
My Dad use to make turkey sandwich spread and that was also good!
Thanks for the explanation on the rendering of lard. What you call leaf lard we call suet. I use it in a ground form when I make green tomato mincemeat
Cleaning up the workshop /barn makes it so much nicer to get new projects done.
Meg, lard is one of my favorites to get from a pig. Especially the leaf lard.
Your food for dinner looks great. But I'm not a pasta person. But the duck in it would make it great.
We harvested 9 turkeys this year. Our first go at raising turkeys. We fell in love with them. We will raise them always I think. They were so easy. We gave a few away and will eat on the others through the spring I'm sure. They were 14 - 25 lbs. 5 Toms and 4 Tomasinas.
Independence is priceless! Proud of you!
I can sure tell you all are a lot younger that I am. There is a stack of chairs not far from where you sat on the floor to clean the corn. My hinny would have been in a chair, 'cuse the floor is too far down to get up! If you don't try something new every year, you stop growing. God bless y'll and keep growing.
A lot of friends make turkey tettrazini casseroles for their husband's to take to the hunting camp using their leftover turkey. I made turkey and sausage gumbo with our leftovers. 😊❤
Meg needs her own cooking show on RUclips.
Hi..... Meg and Ben, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐈🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍
Love the wooden spoon everyone needs one.
The corn husking was cool. Your boys are learning a lot about basics. The corn meal will be special, home made. 💞🎅🎄☃️🎄
We buy several turkeys while on sale and cook one up every other month or so throughout the year. Thanks for showing and explaining rendering lard!
Love the spoon Ben! If you ever want to make and sell them let me know please.... Meg really nice to get a few days off of cooking huh? Glad for you, you work so hard! Since you render your own fat, I bet you make GHEE too! You both ROCK!! Wishing I was younger so I could do as much. Keep up the great work. Love and Hugs from Harper, Kansas
Great video! Love the spoon!😃❤❤👍
It’s your own corn and worth it plus the memories. Thumbs up
I went to six or seven different antique shops before I found a corn cobber. Wish you the best of luck!
Make and sell the paddle you made Meg!
Oh My Gosh! As you stirred that lard I was imagining the fragrance of bacon cooking. My mouth is watering!!
You can use dried sweet corn kernels to make parched corn (yummy!) and field corn to make corn nuts😊. Tasty snacks😊
That corn is the best ever! Great job you guys! So good to see you all! Next time use so gloves while shocking the corn🌽! 💞💞🤗
TIP FOR THE CORN, put on rubber gardening gloves with a texture to rub the kernels off the cob, blister free!
Great job with the corn. The corn meal sure will be tasty when you make Johnny cake, corn muffins etc.
Thank you Meg for sharing your Leaf lard and other fat for lard. I've been looking for some in my area so I can make some.
Another productive day for both of you. I do have to confess that I get choked up about Bubbles. But I understand the whys and how comes of it.
I enjoy what you all do as a family
Diana