Off Grid Life | Cheese at last, or not yet...
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2018
- Episode twenty-three, in which we're separating milk and Tova makes her first cheese at home
This is a vlog about our struggles and joys of living off the grid in the forests of Jämtland, Sweden.
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I have just recently come across your videos and can’t believe what I’m seeing. Your videos r like little documentary s. the way u set things up and the clarity of the videos r breath taking. Each video is a little story and the two of u r so adorable together. Each of u r so talented in your own chosen fields.
Thank you so much Joanne!
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GUYS YOU DID A GREAT JOB MAKING CHEESE DON,T BE SO HARD ON YOUR SELF,S YOU ARE DOING REAL NEAT THINGS I LOVE THE OLD WAYS GOD BLESS
dont be so hard on yourself Tova....you are doing a grand job with the cheese making....thank you for the video as i so look forward to seeing....sending love
Thank you so much! All the best to you
Not sure if anyone has said to put the wood ashes in your garden beds and mix in the pots. Your plants need lime or potash. I love the pigs too! My parents were raised Amish and my grandparents have taught me so much. I did not realize how much was passed down. When you have children make sure to pass on your knowledge to them. 😊
I have only recently begun trying to formulate my concept for a youtube channel. I discovered you standing out among others of the homesteading community. Your style, photography, editing and discussion of your life is so endearing that I cannot help but share the emotion of your experiences. Seeing your disappointment with the outcome of your first at home cheese-making broke my heart, too. I was also personally inspired by your cheerful ability to taste and find even some small enjoyment in that; some success in the outcome.
Your struggles are being shared my many others, friends all sharing the same spirit. Thank you for your patience, determination, good humor, honesty and devotion to your noble aspirations. You have much for which you should be quite proud and satisfied.
I am looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos that I have already missed. What shame that I cannot come by to offer encouragement and support. Please continue to follow your hearts in this without despair. Keep going...
I feel your encouragement and support straight to the heart through your comment, Thank you so much for this, it brightened my evening profoundly. /Tova
Hi guys!
Yeah, it was quite unexpected for me as well. I hope the ride home was alright.
-Pontus from the Wardruna show.
Det var långt och vi var trötta, fick stanna och sova några gånger. Du hade ju längre att köra, hoppas det var utan problem! :) Ha det så fint!
Det gick rätt bra för mig. Ungefär halvvägs fick jag sällskap av ett helt sjukt skådespel av naturen med säkert flera hundra blixtnedslag inom loppet av en halvtimma, vilket kändes helt passande och sjukt mäktigt efter en wardruna-konsert, vilket gjorde det hela lite lättare :). Man vaknade licksom till litegranna :).
@@pontusandersson3597 Wow vad häftigt!
your way to hard on yourselves everything mastered comes with experience!
They're humble people. And this will serve their family, very well. 👌
Your photography is incredible beautiful peaceful and music for the soul. Thank you for sharing your experience.
What a great channel you have created here. What a beautiful life. Learning, living... thank you for sharing this wonderful and interesting journey!
In India, we add salt, black pepper, roasted cumin powder to the buttermilk and make a delicious drink called 'Lassi' (savory)
There are two variations of this one is savory and other is sweet.
You can add crushed pistachios along with sugar for the sweeter version of it.
I love how are a team. We enjoy watching a learning. Keep up the wonderful work.
I am so proud of both of you. This is very exciting. The fermentation process gets better. Your starter culture gets better. The taste gets better each time. Before long you will be making fine cheese. It will also get easier you will see. 💖
Tova that ash from your stove is amazing to add to your compost, and when you plant tomatoes, put a little ash in the hole.
Thank you for the tip, i have been adding it to my berry bushes and roses so far :)
@@Talasbuan Don't add ash to your acid loving plants. Ash lowers the acidity of the soil and makes it too alkaline.
I don’t know if someone already gave an answer to the kwari (or however you spel that in Swedish, haha🙈). I think it’s quark (english/ German). I love your videos, stumbled up on them today and addicted ever since. Can literally not stop watching!! Thanks for all the work you put in, may it all come back to you!🤗 love from the Netherlands!
Kvarg in Swedish. :)
I believe we would call it 'junket' in English. Basically, milk, sweetened and warmed and treated with rennet, and flavoured with vanilla. It was eaten as a dessert.
@@simondrew2914 Thank you for that, Simon. I couldn't put my finger on why that was so familiar to me.
When I was a boy in Northern California (75+ years ago), my mother would make "cottage cheese" and junket from time to time. I wish I had some of both right now. Thanks again....
Of course the transition from school to real life would be a challenge, but if you can eat what you make or use it - it's not really a fail. It's just a necessary learning experience. That you come together to think through the process and determine what you need to change will get you there. Be patient with yourselves learning, creating, fixing - you're doing better than you think. There's a lot to be said for making do with what you have.
I'm 66 years old and I saw things in this video that I've never seen before plus the separator took me back some 60 years ago to my Grandpa Perry's farm where they had a separator room. I loved watching the foam rise from the warm milk. Thank you for a very interesting video.
How lovely! It feels wonderful to be able to remind someone of old memories, if they are good ones of course :D Thank you for watching!
I googled this; Why is my basil plant pale?
Improper watering - Root rot, a result of too much water, is one of the most common reasons for yellow leaves on basil plants. Water basil only when the top 1 to 2 inches (3 cm.) of soil is dry, and remember that slightly dry soil is healthier than soggy soil.
I love Wardruna too, been 4 time at Einar's concerts
Try not to let your frustration and disapointment get you down! You're doing amazing both with the language as with making cheese and other dairy products with the tools available to you!
Tuva. You don't have to be angry at yourself. That year at school made you understand what you did wrong without waiting months go find out the cheese is no as it should be. You should be proud of yourself and I'm sure Mathias is proud of you.
I don’t mean to be nosy, but I thought I’d just point out that you need to watch your little one around the tub full of water. Babies love to play in water, but can also fall in and drown.
I love the way you care so much for your place and take such good care of it. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Within all the challenges you encountered your audience opens their fridge, grabs the cottage cheese or goat cheese and eats it without any basic awareness of how it is made. Your knowledge about fermentation is vital knowledge.
I love the outdoor kitchen people used to do that here too. In areas of the US where the temperature gets very hot they especially use them to cann everything from their big veggie gardens so nothing went to waste. they avoid heating up the house this way. But if the house is big enough to bring these tasks indoors during winter, the house will stay warm. in the olden days the master bedroom was always right off the kitchen, to keep warm and make mamas life a little easier. ❤️ i love your sweater, it looks very laplanderish. 😍
In France there is yoghurt, creme fraiche (fresh cream), fromage blanc (white cheese), fromage frais (fresh cheese) and on and on. Not all are cheese per se, not all are cream and none translate to what is available in the usa. So the fact that you even attempt to translate what you are doing is commendable. Bravi!
I’m from New Zealand and only just started watching your guys videos. You guys are truely inspiring and I really want to get myself set up to move off grid and live how we are meant to live
I really enjoyed your video. I found it when looking into making cheese for myself. Your video is a very realistic look at an old style of living. I had the privilege several years ago to visit a little village in your country and know how beautiful it is. I am almost envious of your way of living. I hope you get to enjoy it as long as you wish. Now I'm off to make some cheese.
Hi Folk's, After reviewing many of the comment's below I concur that you are to hard on yourselves.I do understand why as I come from old European ancestry. I have learned to say "the hell with it" when things don't turn out as I had hoped.The fact that you are trying, is a tribute to your character's. Your viewing audience is rooting for you. Thanks for all you do for us. Have a beautiful day!
Oh that Jante weighing in! Give yourselves a break! You are absolutely outstanding!
Thank u for your videos, I look forward to watching them. They really brighten my day when I c the two of u going about your chores and then coming together. It really doesn’t matter what the content is I just love watching your life unfold and c what wonderful things your up to. What a lovely couple and may the good lord smile upon u. 🙏😜
Tack! Gillar de här lite längre avsnitten!
I think the 'crumbs' or 'lumps' are called curds in English (about 30 minutes in). It's nice you do things together and the slow pace is very relaxing to watch, but you seem frustrated sometimes that you're not making faster progress. My job requires that I'm very organized and especially when I'm very busy, I have to prioritize tasks. Usually I can do this in my head, but when things get overwhelming it helps to make a list and work on one thing until it's finished and then start the next. Aside from your daily chores of course. Also you could set-up the camera for one of you and the other be off working on additional projects. Thinking the drone could record your house construction work.
Absolutamente beautiful video. I love you both. Take care.
What an involved process, thank you for sharing.
THE ART OF FERMENTATION!!!! The best book on the subject!!! He is a master fermenter!! 😃😃😃❤️❤️❤️
you guys are so mellow , and every time i watch , you are always doing something incredible !!!!!!!!!!!!
I love your outdoor kitchen!
50/50 skim milk and water sprayed on the leaves with crushed and dried egg shells added to soil will compliment the rabbit and chicken manure when it comes to nourishing the garden. I noticed you ask when you pointed out blossom end rot and pale peppers, as well as asking what you might do with excess skim milk. As old as this Vlog is you’ve probably learned this by now. Keep up the good work!
so happy to find your videos
I have been watching all your vlogs and love them. I love the way you work together and the love and gentleness you show each other and your animals. You asked what to do with the skim milk, one of my favorite things to make with it is baked custard, and all sorts of quiches with your wonderful eggs! It makes them very light and tender. Just be sure to bake the custard in a water bath so it doesn’t get tough. Enjoy!
Love the video, you guys are so supportive to each other, everything else became easier I would say you'll get there I'm sure. xx
This was great. I never realized how many steps to making cheese! Thank you
I love your channel the most out of all of them. You two put your heart in to every thing you do. Your life is so beautiful and peaceful!
That was a very informative cheese making blog! Very well done!
Tova thank you so much for sharing your knowledge on making cheese. You both have so much knowledge about doing things the old way, I learn very much from you both.
I'm so glad your vlog came up on my feed! These videos are so relaxing to watch in the evenings. I am really enjoying your channel! Thank you both for sharing so much of yourselves with the world!
You two never fail to impress. Your cheese operations are small for now, but you will adapt and build your surroundings and perfect your processes as you go along. The visual quality of your videos is incredible--especially the landscape shots with the animals, the quality craftsmanship of your buildings and your eye for beauty and detail. I always look forward to your videos and can't wait for the next one.
Thank you so much, you are very kind and it means so much to us. Thank you for watching and giving us support by writing to us!
Great project and excellent for a first try. Looking forward to seeing the house finished in later vlogs! ;)
What a great job! Age cheese is hard to do ..great try you will figure it out .. ❤ you both tks fir sharing
You can use skimmilk for lots of stuff..Look on you tube.
Goats milk are so good for babies who are allergic to babymilk or mothers milk
Wow Tova. So much work for one batch of goat cheese. Well done.
First of all, I love your videos. I have seen more than a half in a day, great videos. I have seen you complaining about stuff or weather but please let me tell you, you are the luckiest guys who are able to live there in the forest surrounded by nature. Also, I have seen videos of the wild and people make things perfectly but your flavor of imperfection makes these videos real. I can relate to it because we made mistakes we often complain about missing things in our lives and that is what makes your videos perfect. Stay perfect stay real.
Another great vid!!! THANK YOU an keep up the great work
Thank you! :D
I think it's amazing what you both accomplish.
This was informative and interesting, I enjoyed this very much.
Wow that was fun to watch and I could taste the yogurt and soft cheese from here yummy!
Hej. I like to watch your video but I don't understand at all because my English so poor. So l really like your family a life style and how to live and learn in the forest. 😃✌👍" Little house in the Big Woods🏡❤
Life is a beautiful journey! So cool to be able to find something you can enjoy doing, then learn about it and use it to be self sufficient and even earn a living. It’s a process and a blessing! Thanks for sharing with us all 😊. Eventually you will probably have a beautiful space to organize all your tools and supplies and cheeses 👍...it just comes in small steps for most of us.
Working my way through your Vlogs trying to catch up!!! I have had The Art of Fermentation on my list of books to buy. I need it NOW after watching this.
Hi, I am from Bulgaria and down here we are proud of our “qwari”. We call it sawer milk and eat it all the time, especially for breakfast! They used to cure stomach and gut deceases with this culture! The bacteria are typical for the Balkan region! So interesting that you have something like that too and eat it for breakfast! We don’t take the fat out of the milk though! It makes it richer and you don’t need to mix it with creme, hehe... Anyway, I admire everything you do and utterly enjoyed this! I would love to have my own place like yours like that and live there with my husband! Bless you!
I like your videos and especially I like the calm atmosphere you convey through you projects
Thank you so much!
Much respect and admirations and of course:Congratulations for your work..and love of life
Thank you, means a lot to us!
@talasbuan Basil is very much a herb that loves sun and heat and doesn't like cold. If you see the plants dying off, harvest what you can and dry it. It dries really well. Leave a good plant to go to seed and then keep it protected until the next season when you can let the seeds germinate in situ. This makes for the healthiest Basil. Hope this helps ☺
Well done with first cheese,remember at school there are also teachers to help at home you are alone. Next time it will be perfect. i am proud of you.
Thank you Tessa!
Talasbuan yes Tessa is right. Some things just take a bit of practice.
Love watching your video thx for sharing 😍
GREAT TEAM WORK GUYS
I’ve only just discovered your challenge and I am loving looking at all your older videos. It was fascinating watching you make your own cheese 🧀
Nice video, I’m watching every episode. Loving it so far, watching from Philippines,
I think you have a great start!
you work so hard, you are both amazing! i've been loving watching all your vlogs.
Thank you so much Emma, means a lot to us! All the best /Tova
That was very interesting and I really enjoy watching you both. You'll get better with practice. Thanks for sharing.
Good you liked it! We will make a better cheese video when we had some more practise :D
You guys are amazing. Amazing amazing ❤❤. Keep going and keep up the good work. My family absolutely adores watching your videos. 🌸🙏🙏💕
you are doing science today! lol thank you for taking us along on your journey, its very interesting.
This is the best thing I've ever watched on RUclips. Seriously! It's like a journey we the viewers are being taken on. You demonstrate so much growth & development from one episode to the next. It's quite remarkable. And it's like we the viewers are sharing in your triumphs & minor errors along the way. Best vlog episode to date. Keep 'em coming!
Gradually you will get what you need for your special projects like cheese making. You have started and that is important. With time you will bet better and better. You are doing great now even though you may not be able to see this.
Thank you for sharing this, it was really interesting to see and it made me appreciate the cheese i love even more :)
Watching this video in 2020 but it's not late and I love you guys for what you are doing ! Skol !
it certainly is a beautiful cheese brick....or cheese stone. from South Carolina USA both of you are very industrious.....that is the way of life to use what you have at the moment to do your best.
Excellent work, it seems like a very delicate procedure. Your videos are always very enjoyable. Best wishes
Thank you, Im not that pleased with the result but I will try to do better next time :) Have a great weekend! /Tova
very interesting to see the whole proces of cheese and yogurt making!! :D I love it that you take the time to film it all and explain so much. I know it's not true, but I feel like now I can make it to ;) Would love to. But going to wait until we have our own goats someday. You could start a new youtube channel about making all the diffirent cheeses, Tova :) I am also currious what kind of old arts/crafts you both studied? I was just looking up on the internet yesterday if a school for that is in my area, because I like making paper and candles, but also would love to learn how to make baskets, bookbinding, weaving and woodworking skills. And more ;) but this already is a lot.
Such a beautiful place to live out life!!!
Your abilities for cheesemaking and home repairing show great promise. You both have love and respect for each other and also for mother earth and the animals and birds ect... your dreams have taken on a life of it s own.
A very nice video, thanks for sharing your experience. With regards to the milk/cream separator you should mount the separator on the wooden base and leave enough wood so that you can stand on the wood too.
Thank you for the great tube
All the best
Thank you so much!
Tova you are amazing!!! Hard working, perfectionist and beautiful woman!!!
I wish you all the best in life and much love to you and your family from Romania!!!
XOXO
The cheese looks amazing!
Your videos are so lovely, like works of art.
I’m about to start making milk kefir after being inspired by one of your vlogs. Xx
WHAT HARD WORKERS! You are soOOOoo young and live like wise, old ones! Lovely life! Mathias, those pancakes looked delicious. I had a friend from Germany, his name was Hans. His mother was a VERY healthy old woman who ate well and swam in the ocean in her 80's. Hans was always trying to teach our family how to live a healthier life style. Hans would always stress that vegetables and fruit are never to be mixed. I know it's yummy but vegetables are FORTIFIERS and fruits are CLEANSERS. Mixed together, the one eliminates the benefits of the other. I have found this to be true and live by it. If, for example you want a fruit desert after your dinner with vegetables, it is suggested to space the time after your meal by about a half hour. Makes you look forward to desert and allows your supper to do it's most beneficial work for you. Just sharing what I have learned with you. The clothes/hat look good on you Mathias. Tova, you now have a wealth of information about cheese and production, I am happy for you watching your talents put into practice. NO WONDER cheese is soOOoo expensive as it is labor intensive. God Bless!
If I could remember the first time I walked without my parents helping me, I’d remember the first time I fell down. But, I’m a pretty dang good walker at this point in life. :-) Yet another beautiful and wonderfully told video, Mathias and Tova. Have a great week and as always, I am looking forward to your next vlog.
Yes, you are absolutely right! Thank you, we are working on it ;)
Nice video... Delicious pancakes. Just an English note the water you took off the stove is hot not warm.
Warm in English means just above room temperature. (luke warm)
When we heat milk or water on the stove it becomes hot water.... Not warm water. It's a mistake most non English people make in the language. For example we have a hot water bottle that we take to bed with us. We have a hot show not a warm shower. Keep up the good work.
Love your vlogs!
Wow! Wardruna and Eivor! Fantastic... Tova - your cheese making is impressive. That you achieved two cheeses in an outdoor kitchen gets you a round of applause.. that you know what you did wrong is equally impressive and shows the quality of learning you did. My respect.
Thank you so much for your encouraging words! /Tova
I love the music you play in the background❤️
Hats of many u both wear, and my hat comes off to u both!! Lazy is NOT in yr jeans.
Awesome video you guys. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪
Tack så mycket!
Wonderful video 👏🏻
Nice video I've just found your channel today and subscribed. I've seen separators like the one you have just not seen them in action we made butter back in grade school I'm 62 so I remember my mom always baking bread and pies and custards and cakes and on and on my great grandparents we're from Norway I was about 8 or 9 when they passed came over to the USA in 1898 so your channel brings back some memories. I do some pickles and salsa pressure cook some venison and making some sausage. You can make some Brats from them pigs k I will begin to watch all of you episodes god speed!
Hey! I listen to Wardruna and Eivør a lot, awesome music. It's great that you guys like this kind of music and enjoy going to concerts. I live in South America and can't never see live my favorite Scandinavian bands, well not as often. I also love Cult of Luna, Opeth and Fever Ray from Sweden. Sweden has so many great musicians and score composers. Definitely will come visit Sweden some day.
After becoming aware of your channel I had decided to reserve comments until I caught up with every episode. This episode with the first-time cheese making was so intense that I could not resist telling you how much I am enjoying them all and admire your wanting to preserve the old ways. Love from Manitoba, Canada.
Thank you so much Lawrence!
There is no such thing as a failed experiment. You cannot not learn from it and whatever you learn is success.
Hi,I love yours video's so much. Your family is so nice, so hard you working every day. I waiting yours new video 😊,and baby's is so cute 😘😘😘
All beast for you guys 👍