I have to tell you something. Since my Husband died, I can’t sleep so well anymore. Now, I go to bed, watch your Shows and they are so cozy and interesting, that they relax me. Thank You for your Shows. You have a Beautiful Family.
I have felt like I'm the only one that washes and reuses ziploc bags. My Mamaw did it and I regarded her as the smartest woman. Love this channel more and more.
We do it, much to my sisters chagrin. She got above her raising. We use a lot of them and I honestly don't know what they cost we buy so few of them. We live in one of the nations poorest counties, yet I dont know any poor people. I know people with poor ways.
Folks can keep there city I'll stay right here n Appalachian mountains,Poor n wealth,rich in beauty and love.. Praise the Lord for simple life,hard work but good work.
@@CelebratingAppalachia I'm sorry, I'm a new sub to your channel and I haven't caught up on your bio. Where do y'all live at? And I really enjoy the videos I've been able to view. Reminds me of home. 🥰❤
@@Karen-kj7wc I think you said you found it-but wanted to let you know you can find out more about our family here: blindpigandtheacorn.com/the-blind-pig-family/
What a great video. Everything is such pure Appalachian from the cooking, the music, feeding the chickens, and love the rushing water. You are such an ambassador for showing the REAL Appalachia. You are knocking down that carboard figure of how some try to portray us, and that light is really shining through to the real Appalachia many of us know nd love.
I am from southern Ohio right near the river. I think people forget just how isolated we are here. Things have progressed but we are still considered very backwards here. My family were all miners and when they shut down it broke us apart. I grew up in extreme poverty but we always had food and coal in the winter to keep warm. So many of the ways you talk about being in the past I grew up with. When I seen you washing the baggie I couldn't believe there was someone else who did that. I have reused baggies that didn't have raw meat in them all my life.
I wash my freezer bags out and reuse them so you are not alone. I use the cheap zip lock sandwich bags to separate my meat into servings sizes and then place those in gallon or quart freezer bags. This way raw meat never touches the freezer bag. BTW, hello from Dayton, Ohio!
@@NanaRae2Three I raise most of my meat here on the farm so I don't really use many bags for meat anymore. So grateful to meet others that value our resources. I was the first female firefighter for the city of Dayton. Long, long time ago lol. I was there a year and I am so glad I came back home.
I could listen to a recording of the rushing creek waters and drift off into a very deep state of sleep. So peaceful is that sound of rapid rushing water flowing over the creek bed stones.
I don’t know much about how it is to live in Appalachia, I’m born and bread in Sweden. I’v seen some videos and it seems like it’s a hard, tuff life and for many people a poor life too witch is so sad. I have to say though that in many ways it seems to be a much richer life then a lot of people in better of communities have. Personally I wouldn’t mind living there, I think it’s beautiful.
I remember when staying at granny's she always cooked on wood stove downstairs..you'd be asleep and the smell of the food would wake you up..she always knew when you were hungry or not feelin well and come after us with olive oil sayn that would cure everything😵😏..I miss Granny..she had a kind heart and raised 5 kids..Bless you Granny 🙏🙏
That's a beautiful video and so real! I love the sound of the creek and of the bacon frying. The snow is beautiful. The whole video with a minimum of words tells the whole story ! Thanks Tipper!
if we weren't in this Covid pandemic, I would have 3 words to ask of you..... "Adopt me Please". You have a little piece of paradise. So peaceful and tranquil. I'm sure there's more to your life, than what has been seen here, but, I would be willing to take a chance. Awesome video and I'm envious of you and your lifestyle.
I live in the blue ridge mountains .I really enjoy your videos . watching you reminds me of my grandma cooking .she could always take very little and make so much goodness .
My mom could take a leftover hamburger patty, a potato, onion and some tomatoes she had canned and make the most delicious soup you ever tasted....enough to feed 3-4 people with a pan of cornbread
That peeling of the whole apple skin and throwing it over your left shoulder was what my grandma taught me. Her scones were the best. MA and PA Kettle on the radio and a good pot of tea.
An old college (UT Knoxville) friend from decades ago lives in Murphy, NC. He took me to his home one week end. His cousins had just slaughtered hogs. That next morning we went for breakfast and visiting with the cousins. Oh my what a treat. We ate a bit high on the hog. Pork tenderloin and biscuits with gravy and fried eggs and potatoes. After a cup of fresh coffee I was ready to lay in front of the fireplace and nap!
What a beautiful video, I'm in Knoxville and grew up in this lifestyle, all I can say is I long to be back in that lifestyle. So hard, but so rewarding and peaceful! Thanks for sharing, God bless
Thank you for sharing your family with us!! I loved the music and the message!! Your girls are beautiful!! The walk through the woods and getting to hear and see the water was so relaxing. There’s nothing like it.🙏🎚🌺😃
Your videos take me back to time at my Mamaw Brogan’s house. I remember having to get water from the well and using the outhouse. Her root cellar was awesome except for the spiders! Your videos always remind me of wonder memories. Thank you for sharing your life and family with us. Oh, and I love chocolate gravy, too!
Wildwood flower, one of my favorites, brought back poignant memories. Daddy who's 96 now, played the guitar and we kids would all sing, gathered around the kitchen table! One of my favorite childhood memories! ❤
You must have a very happy Christmas . What a breath of fresh air your videos are . I relax watching these videos. Bless you you are truly blessing mine❤️
You do not know love,togetherness and praise until you have spent Christmas in the mountains.I lived there all my growing life and it has a spirit I haven't been able to find anywhere... It'd not about what you have ..it is the togetherness,love for one's neighbor and just talking ,visiting and having a good worship time to gather...miss that more than anything in my life!#!
This is my first time watching your channel. I love it. We live in Southeast Tennessee down in the corner right on the Georgia State line; as far South and as far East as you can go in Tennessee. The foot hills of the Appalachian Mountains. The next road over from us has a view of the mountains of the Blue Ridge and the Smokey Mountains. We have a small 5 acre homestead. Right now we have 76 chickens. We have 16 Buff Orphingtons, 6 Rhode Island Reds, and 5 miscellaneous breeds of hens. Then we have 7 roosters that all need to be in a lot but they're not. On top of this we have 18 baby chicks in the brooder. Hoping to have goats on day soon but we need to prepare for them. Love your channel.
Now, I know you made this a while ago, I'm trying to catch up. Love all of these videos so far. I wasn't born and raised in the mountains, but my grandparents were. They moved to SC mill hills in the 20's and 30's to find work, but I don't think the mountains ever left them; and consequently never left me. The WNC mountains are the only place I have ever felt at home. It's a story and a half how I know the mountains are my heart's home, but I will leave that for another time. I saw your list in this video......on that list was a Arsh Tater Cake. I'm interested in your cake, to see if it is similar to my family's. (forgive me if you have covered it already) Our cake is deeply chocolate. with spices galore. Marischino cherries and orange juice. The icing is a beast that is also deeply chocolate and is boiled and then "whupped". The icing is a tempermental thing.....not enough heat it is runny, too much heat, or cooked to long it is a grainy hard mess. It is not Christmas at all unless this cake is made. Apple stack is made for old Christmas on January 6th. GahLee, I love these videos. They are the next best things to living in WNC. PS.....I used to be a pastry chef in a fancy dining club.....I made Arsh Tater Cake for those rich folk, they went CRAZY!!! Wanting me to make it all the time. Nope....that;s for Christmas time. I really can't thank you for doing these videos.....the comfort they give. HUGS!!!!!
Thank you for opening up your home, I just found your channel and look forward to many more videos! My Father was born in Glomawr, KY and was raised in Hazard, KY, my Aunt was Hettie Gabbard who lived in Hazard, KY, I felt like I was visiting my relatives watching your video.
I am from Glasgow Kentucky and watching you cook brings back so many memories. I love to watch you and your family so much. I am 75 and it is a blessing to know the old ways are still being tough.
There is something very special about country living. I long for it. May God bless you all as you continue to honor him. This is what this Nation needs.
Loved the video!! I live in the mountains in Eastern Kentucky. Apples, biscuits/gravy, and over easy eggs are such a great country breakfast. One of my son's favorites.
Mama was from Pike County or as some ppl call it Pikeville. Agree about the breakfast. Nothing like that type cooking. Love my cornbread in that cast iron.
Oh wow, Tipper! What a beautiful series of videos. Each task or experience lovingly familiar to me and so unique to Appalachia. It would be great to see this as a regular feature of Celebrating Appalachia. Thank you, thank you, thank you
@@odderotter8950 western north carolina and eastern tennessee is full of scotch/ irish heritage families. They fell in love with them mountains way back in mid to late 1700's.
My jones,clarks and mckameys have been living in northeast Tennessee in the tri cities areas since the 1770 to 1780's. Living mostly around jonesborough and johnson city areas.
@@harolddenton6031 After making the hazardous journey across the Atlantic in simple wooden ships, these brave emigrant families landed at ports in Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, and New York, and were in the forefront of the push west to territories that hitherto had been inhabited by the native Indian tribes. A determination to carve out for themselves a lifestyle which would take into account their dissenting Calvinistic faith and the desire to break completely from the shackles of autocracy experienced in Ireland and Scotland kept these families going. The battles with British forces, the native Indian tribes, and the elements in a harsher climate took a terrible toll on men, women, and children, but with a doggedness and a steely character inherent in their culture, the brave Scots pioneers won through, initially to the Appalachian states of Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Georgia, and eventually to points west and south, like Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, and Ohio.
One of my older sisters use to cook corn meal gravy after she was married with a family of her own. My mom always cooked flour gravy. All this southern cooking makes me Hungary, lol. Your family is so blessed to have your family playing music and different instruments. My older brother and I played guitars and he could play about anything he put his hands on. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. I do miss him. Awesome video thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe in these bad times.
I just love a meal of sausage gravy with a little crushed sage and black pepper. Put that over some homemade buttermilk biscuits with a side of fried apples (our family always left the peelings on). When our son was about 9 we had a supper of B's and G's and fried apples. I didn't think he was ever gonna come up for air. I pulled his shirt up and his belly looked like a drum skin. He'll be 50 in July and still remembers that meal. My grandma taught me how to make gravy. "Just remember Nor, make sure you cook the flour before you add the milk" she said. Grandma Hines was born in a covered wagon in the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. She learned to cook on an open fire and she could make cornbread and biscuits in and old cast iron skillet. She would nestle the skillet in hot coals and cover the lid with coals too. She had no timer and knew exactly when to pull the skillet out of the fire. They were perfect every time.
Tipper, the quilt on the back of the couch is beautiful! No wonder you yearn for a snow, Tipper, it is beautiful! I've never seen the creek in the snow before, I yearn for you to have a good snow next year, I think it's too late this year. ❤🙏Patsy
What an absolutely gorgeous area you live in - to be surrounded by nature like that! Thank you for bringing us along on your walk, I appreciated seeing the snow very much.
I’m typing on my iPhone and watching on my flatscreen and I am loving this video everything you cooked from the fried cabbage the white beans and cornbread the bacon eggs and fried apples dying clothes oh my word it reminds me of my mom she cooked just like that for all of us she dyed her clothes w/ a little vinegar to set them, gardening etc it’s very comforting watching. The singing is the at the end is a blessing I love listening in you all are like a version of the Carter’s I love country music and love listening to all country music from old school Dolly to Trace Adkins - The Carter’s especially June and her mama Maybelle thanks for posting this awesome video. ❤️🙏🏾🙋🏽♀️
Glad somebody else washes their ziploc bags like I do. I buy the freezer bags because they’re heavier and hold up longer. I washed and hung to dry about eight bags yesterday. Love your videos!
I’m so glad your channel came through my feed! I love watching everything you do! I’ve always been fascinated with Appalachia I don’t know why. I’m a Ca. Girl born and raised. Appalachia is just so beautiful tho! My Mama’s family came from Missouri & Oklahoma. I learned about turning the apple core and where the stem broke off as you said your ABC’s that letter would be the start of your husbands name! That good home cooking makes my mouth water! 😊 thank you so much for sharing.
I don't know why this northerner is so fascinated with the Appalachians either. Even though I was born and raised on Long Island New York I love the mountains. I'm also part English Irish and Scotch. Love music and a simple way of life. Never felt like I belonged where I was born isn't that funny?
I remember my great-grandparents house.. no electricity or running water. Wood burning stove and oil lamps. Spring house in the front. Old tin roof that sounded sooooo good in the rain. Lived off the land and lived to be nearly 100 years old. They died in the 1980’s and all around them was modern but they wasn’t going to change. Such a simple life they had.
Your total videography, photography, framing/cropping, sound, lighting, sequencing, narration, etc are very nice on the eyes and ears. You all are doing a great job together. A very "sexy" family.
I rem the sayings about the apples. Your videos are gold. I grew up like you, just a different place. Daddy always had a garden, chickens, pigs, cows. Smokehouse. Hog killing in Jan, making sausage. Sorghum syrup.we had a wood cooking stove for a long time. Same way of living, I'm in northwest Georgia. I fry streak o lean and make sweet milk gravy. My daughter's love it. I'm 79 yrs old now and live "in town". Oldest daughter just bought a farm and she said she felt like she was going home.
I enjoy watching these episodes of the people in Appalachia, it reminds me so much of life at home when I was young. I have a great sense of peace and calm knowing it is a life I could do again, without all of the hardships that one could have, just a beautiful retirement.
Born and raised in Wv we did the apple peal to now living in sc these videos make me so home sick for snow mountains and like minded people Love your videos
Those chickens are so pretty. I've always wanted chickens; in fact, we're looking for some land, hopefully, about 10 acres and I'm getting a few. I love fresh eggs. We're getting fresh eggs from a friend of ours right now; I love the ones with the dark orange yolks.
What beautiful healthy hens! This brings back so many memories. We never had chef’s knives and cutting boards though, only butchers knives and paring knives, usually Old Hickory brand.
Another winner! I see you are about to cross the 1000 subscriber hump. I hope it skyrockets from here! You did something I never do. I don't put my knives in dishwater. Not anymore! For some reason a cut underwater doesn't hurt me and I have gashed myself pretty good before. Now I wash the knives first, dry them then put them up before washing the rest of the dishes. They like to get me in the drainer too!
It is a wonderful time of the year to plan and workout the particulars of things to come...a big fire and a warm house sure do help. Regrettably, many folks are not able to enjoy these pleasant moments and make do with what they have - thankfully, imagination-hopes-and dreams fill the void.
We lived not far from Greenwood SC. This is where Park Seed company is or was. I’m in Phoenix Az now but SC is where I lived till I was 70. Parks had a big festival type thing every year when flowers were in bloom ad they had a big veggie garden. People came by buses. I really enjoyed my day there. Your seed nooks made me remember
That tan speckled bowl you mix stuff in, I can't believe it. My mother had an IDENTIAL one and I got it when she went to heaven. It was the same shape, size and color. I almost cried when I saw it because it remined me so much of her. I used it so much that one day the thing just split in half when it had batter in it.
Lived in Gilford and Lakeport, NH for 10 yrs and Portsmouth Maine for a few. Originally from farm area in Stony Brook NY. Now in Cary NC since 1999 and this is where I'll probably die. Because of Jesus, I have more in common with these folk than anywhere else. Loved the simple life on the Northern end of the Appalachian Mts, similar to this vlog
What a wonderland. Love that y’all LOVE JESUS. No wonder Tipper, you love the snow ❄️ GOD has rewarded y’all for given him the glory. Blessing’s come flowing down.lots of snow wishes for y’all. Brooks Oregon
Really enjoy your videos as they are very authentic and match my experiences in Appalachia. The one thing that stuck out to me was the use of the chef knife. All of the old timers I observed used only a paring knife and cut in their hand with no cutting board.
It amazes me that all that water there some how some way will end up in the ocean one day. Great video thanks for sharing be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
I have to tell you something. Since my Husband died, I can’t sleep so well anymore. Now, I go to bed, watch your Shows and they are so cozy and interesting, that they relax me.
Thank You for your Shows.
You have a Beautiful Family.
Thank you Jackie! I wish you good sleep!!
I love that you guys sing about Jesus, God bless you all. We need more of that in America.
I have felt like I'm the only one that washes and reuses ziploc bags. My Mamaw did it and I regarded her as the smartest woman. Love this channel more and more.
I do too!!!!
I still do it (wash and reuse ziploc bags). It saves a tonload of money.
I do it. And foil too. Gotta make a good life for your family.
We do it, much to my sisters chagrin. She got above her raising.
We use a lot of them and I honestly don't know what they cost we buy so few of them.
We live in one of the nations poorest counties, yet I dont know any poor people.
I know people with poor ways.
@@gregoryhughes7032 that is a perfect example. Poor ways. You are absolutely correct.
Folks can keep there city I'll stay right here n Appalachian mountains,Poor n wealth,rich in beauty and love.. Praise the Lord for simple life,hard work but good work.
Amen,so relaxing no Drama peacefully surreal!!
And a good life.
@@genevievedarrett3163 oh there's plenty of drama just non of the city kind.
I'm in shitty Phila and this looks beautiful ......
They don’t look poor in wealth
this is what i call a rich and loving life..thanks for sharing your home...
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching and I hope you drop back by often!
Me too Becky Lee.Love hearing the stories I lived on Jonathan Creek for 3yrs best place ever! spent much time on White Oak
Its like visiting home
@@CelebratingAppalachia I'm sorry, I'm a new sub to your channel and I haven't caught up on your bio. Where do y'all live at? And I really enjoy the videos I've been able to view. Reminds me of home. 🥰❤
@@Karen-kj7wc I think you said you found it-but wanted to let you know you can find out more about our family here: blindpigandtheacorn.com/the-blind-pig-family/
What a great video. Everything is such pure Appalachian from the cooking, the music, feeding the chickens, and love the rushing water. You are such an ambassador for showing the REAL Appalachia. You are knocking down that carboard figure of how some try to portray us, and that light is really shining through to the real Appalachia many of us know nd love.
Thank you-that means the world to me coming from you!!! I appreciate you!
Well said! I couldn’t agree more. 💖
i’m so disconnected with farm, chores, family, that watching the regular life of people is now fascinating. Great videos.
Beautiful singing! Waiting for His return! Amen🙏❤
I am from southern Ohio right near the river. I think people forget just how isolated we are here. Things have progressed but we are still considered very backwards here. My family were all miners and when they shut down it broke us apart. I grew up in extreme poverty but we always had food and coal in the winter to keep warm. So many of the ways you talk about being in the past I grew up with. When I seen you washing the baggie I couldn't believe there was someone else who did that. I have reused baggies that didn't have raw meat in them all my life.
Joy-thank you for watching! Sounds like we have much in common 😀
You are so lucky to live where you do , a simple but bountiful life ,love from Queensland Australia
I wash my freezer bags out and reuse them so you are not alone. I use the cheap zip lock sandwich bags to separate my meat into servings sizes and then place those in gallon or quart freezer bags. This way raw meat never touches the freezer bag. BTW, hello from Dayton, Ohio!
@@NanaRae2Three I raise most of my meat here on the farm so I don't really use many bags for meat anymore. So grateful to meet others that value our resources. I was the first female firefighter for the city of Dayton. Long, long time ago lol. I was there a year and I am so glad I came back home.
We wash out frozen food bags too. Even after having raw meat just use hot water, turn the, upside down on something, let them dry good.
I could listen to a recording of the rushing creek waters and drift off into a very deep state of sleep. So peaceful is that sound of rapid rushing water flowing over the creek bed stones.
I really enjoy your singing, the whole show. Cooking, stories, and just your way of life. God Bless you all.
Thank you so much-that makes my day 😀
I don’t know much about how it is to live in Appalachia, I’m born and bread in Sweden. I’v seen some videos and it seems like it’s a hard, tuff life and for many people a poor life too witch is so sad. I have to say though that in many ways it seems to be a much richer life then a lot of people in better of communities have. Personally I wouldn’t mind living there, I think it’s beautiful.
It is definitely beautiful here. The folks that I call homegrown are beautiful as well.
I remember when staying at granny's she always cooked on wood stove downstairs..you'd be asleep and the smell of the food would wake you up..she always knew when you were hungry or not feelin well and come after us with olive oil sayn that would cure everything😵😏..I miss Granny..she had a kind heart and raised 5 kids..Bless you Granny 🙏🙏
Loving the out side walk in the snow!!!
That's a beautiful video and so real! I love the sound of the creek and of the bacon frying. The snow is beautiful. The whole video with a minimum of words tells the whole story ! Thanks Tipper!
Thank you 😀
if we weren't in this Covid pandemic, I would have 3 words to ask of you..... "Adopt me Please". You have a little piece of paradise. So peaceful and tranquil. I'm sure there's more to your life, than what has been seen here, but, I would be willing to take a chance. Awesome video and I'm envious of you and your lifestyle.
How nice! Thank you for watching 😀
Take me with you when they adopt you!
Simple is the best life, you are always busy, but not in a rush..you are on God's speed and Blessed in everyway!!
I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of PA. Loved the girls singing! Beautiful tones. Lived the snow and Christmas tree! God bless!
I live in the blue ridge mountains .I really enjoy your videos . watching you reminds me of my grandma cooking .she could always take very little and make so much goodness .
My mom could take a leftover hamburger patty, a potato, onion and some tomatoes she had canned and make the most delicious soup you ever tasted....enough to feed 3-4 people with a pan of cornbread
My favorite when mom made fried apples or fried sweet potatoes with our breakfast I’m 76 and feel like it was mow
That peeling of the whole apple skin and throwing it over your left shoulder was what my grandma taught me.
Her scones were the best. MA and PA Kettle on the radio and a good pot of tea.
what kind of tea did they drink,, just curious
An old college (UT Knoxville) friend from decades ago lives in Murphy, NC. He took me to his home one week end. His cousins had just slaughtered hogs. That next morning we went for breakfast and visiting with the cousins. Oh my what a treat. We ate a bit high on the hog. Pork tenderloin and biscuits with gravy and fried eggs and potatoes. After a cup of fresh coffee I was ready to lay in front of the fireplace and nap!
What a beautiful video, I'm in Knoxville and grew up in this lifestyle, all I can say is I long to be back in that lifestyle. So hard, but so rewarding and peaceful! Thanks for sharing, God bless
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely amazing breakfast. Your husband is blessed to have such a fine cook.
I may be in Texas but my heart and soul is there
Ricky-they say the mountains and the way of life never leave you.
Thank you for sharing your family with us!! I loved the music and the message!! Your girls are beautiful!! The walk through the woods and getting to hear and see the water was so relaxing. There’s nothing like it.🙏🎚🌺😃
I am hooked can’t watch tv anymore
LOL-thank you!
Me too! I’ve learned so much from these videos!
@@aperry101616 Me Too !🙂
Yes you are right no good news on the TV ! I just play on my I/pad watch u tube !
I don't watch TV either, just UA-cam.😄
truly a rich life. your family are very blessed. money cant buy this. peace be with you always.
Your videos take me back to time at my Mamaw Brogan’s house. I remember having to get water from the well and using the outhouse. Her root cellar was awesome except for the spiders! Your videos always remind me of wonder memories. Thank you for sharing your life and family with us.
Oh, and I love chocolate gravy, too!
Vicky Moore where are you from? I’m a brogan and married a Moore 🙂
Wildwood flower, one of my favorites, brought back poignant memories. Daddy who's 96 now, played the guitar and we kids would all sing, gathered around the kitchen table! One of my favorite childhood memories! ❤
You must have a very happy Christmas . What a breath of fresh air your videos are . I relax watching these videos. Bless you you are truly blessing mine❤️
You do not know love,togetherness and praise until you have spent Christmas in the mountains.I lived there all my growing life and it has a spirit I haven't been able to find anywhere... It'd not about what you have ..it is the togetherness,love for one's neighbor and just talking ,visiting and having a good worship time to gather...miss that more than anything in my life!#!
This is my first time watching your channel. I love it. We live in Southeast Tennessee down in the corner right on the Georgia State line; as far South and as far East as you can go in Tennessee. The foot hills of the Appalachian Mountains. The next road over from us has a view of the mountains of the Blue Ridge and the Smokey Mountains. We have a small 5 acre homestead. Right now we have 76 chickens. We have 16 Buff Orphingtons, 6 Rhode Island Reds, and 5 miscellaneous breeds of hens. Then we have 7 roosters that all need to be in a lot but they're not. On top of this we have 18 baby chicks in the brooder. Hoping to have goats on day soon but we need to prepare for them. Love your channel.
Sounds like your from up around Copperhill area. My grandfather and brother are buried up at pleasant hill over by the airport.
I can’t wait to try corn meal gravy. Looks so good, and it’s new to me. 😋
Now, I know you made this a while ago, I'm trying to catch up. Love all of these videos so far. I wasn't born and raised in the mountains, but my grandparents were. They moved to SC mill hills in the 20's and 30's to find work, but I don't think the mountains ever left them; and consequently never left me. The WNC mountains are the only place I have ever felt at home. It's a story and a half how I know the mountains are my heart's home, but I will leave that for another time. I saw your list in this video......on that list was a Arsh Tater Cake. I'm interested in your cake, to see if it is similar to my family's. (forgive me if you have covered it already) Our cake is deeply chocolate. with spices galore. Marischino cherries and orange juice. The icing is a beast that is also deeply chocolate and is boiled and then "whupped". The icing is a tempermental thing.....not enough heat it is runny, too much heat, or cooked to long it is a grainy hard mess. It is not Christmas at all unless this cake is made. Apple stack is made for old Christmas on January 6th. GahLee, I love these videos. They are the next best things to living in WNC.
PS.....I used to be a pastry chef in a fancy dining club.....I made Arsh Tater Cake for those rich folk, they went CRAZY!!! Wanting me to make it all the time. Nope....that;s for Christmas time. I really can't thank you for doing these videos.....the comfort they give. HUGS!!!!!
Thank you for opening up your home, I just found your channel and look forward to many more videos! My Father was born in Glomawr, KY and was raised in Hazard, KY, my Aunt was Hettie Gabbard who lived in Hazard, KY, I felt like I was visiting my relatives watching your video.
I'm so glad I reminded you of your family 😀
That family singing: that’s the stuff.
Great job!!! You all make me feel like I'm living with an extended family.
Silent tears roll down my face when I watch these. A life of love and family, a life my soul has and continues to yearn for.
I hope you find it!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia thank you x
Here I am, living in the Caribbean and falling in LOVE with Appalachia.
😀
I am from Glasgow Kentucky and watching you cook brings back so many memories. I love to watch you and your family so much. I am 75 and it is a blessing to know the old ways are still being tough.
I love fried apples baked apples, too.
That food looked so good, I nearly could smell it.
Thank you
Could to listen to these girls sing and play forever. So rewarding. Good stuff. Love your family time amd sharing music.♥️
love Appalachia..people..culture..cooking..all of it.
There is something very special about country living. I long for it. May God bless you all as you continue to honor him. This is what this Nation needs.
Loved the video!! I live in the mountains in Eastern Kentucky. Apples, biscuits/gravy, and over easy eggs are such a great country breakfast. One of my son's favorites.
Mama was from Pike County or as some ppl call it Pikeville. Agree about the breakfast. Nothing like that type cooking. Love my cornbread in that cast iron.
@@KENTUCKY-MAMA , yep, Pike County is where I'm from, too!
@@jwtsatty My family roots been there for centuries. Many there have same bloodline as I running thru their veins. Which includes Cherokee.
This life looks wonderful to me!
Oh wow, Tipper! What a beautiful series of videos. Each task or experience lovingly familiar to me and so unique to Appalachia. It would be great to see this as a regular feature of Celebrating Appalachia. Thank you, thank you, thank you
Paula-that makes my day-thank you!!
Breakfast looks amazing ! Love looking at the seed catalogs in the winter, dreaming of my spring garden. Really enjoyed watching .
I love the sound of the creek. Very beautiful with the snow. It all looked so magical. Especially the snow covered branches.
The thing with the apple peel and the stalk is an ancient Scottish tradition.
Appalachia is full of Celtic ancestry . Myself being part of it . A tough proud and stubborn people .
@@odderotter8950 Amen to that....
@@odderotter8950 western north carolina and eastern tennessee is full of scotch/ irish heritage families. They fell in love with them mountains way back in mid to late 1700's.
My jones,clarks and mckameys have been living in northeast Tennessee in the tri cities areas since the 1770 to 1780's. Living mostly around jonesborough and johnson city areas.
@@harolddenton6031 After making the hazardous journey across the Atlantic in simple wooden ships, these brave emigrant families landed at ports in Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, and New York, and were in the forefront of the push west to territories that hitherto had been inhabited by the native Indian tribes. A determination to carve out for themselves a lifestyle which would take into account their dissenting Calvinistic faith and the desire to break completely from the shackles of autocracy experienced in Ireland and Scotland kept these families going.
The battles with British forces, the native Indian tribes, and the elements in a harsher climate took a terrible toll on men, women, and children, but with a doggedness and a steely character inherent in their culture, the brave Scots pioneers won through, initially to the Appalachian states of Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Georgia, and eventually to points west and south, like Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, and Ohio.
One of my older sisters use to cook corn meal gravy after she was married with a family of her own. My mom always cooked flour gravy. All this southern cooking makes me Hungary, lol. Your family is so blessed to have your family playing music and different instruments. My older brother and I played guitars and he could play about anything he put his hands on. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. I do miss him. Awesome video thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe in these bad times.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful world. Your girls are very beautiful! It looks so peaceful and relaxing
I'm just finding y'all and so glad I did ! Lovely family ❤
Loved this video, the food, the music, the snow covered woods & the beautiful chickens. thank you for 23 minutes of bliss!!!
More families like you would make the world a better place. Thanks for sharing your lives in these
videos.
I just love a meal of sausage gravy with a little crushed sage and black pepper. Put that over some homemade buttermilk biscuits with a side of fried apples (our family always left the peelings on). When our son was about 9 we had a supper of B's and G's and fried apples. I didn't think he was ever gonna come up for air. I pulled his shirt up and his belly looked like a drum skin. He'll be 50 in July and still remembers that meal. My grandma taught me how to make gravy. "Just remember Nor, make sure you cook the flour before you add the milk" she said. Grandma Hines was born in a covered wagon in the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. She learned to cook on an open fire and she could make cornbread and biscuits in and old cast iron skillet. She would nestle the skillet in hot coals and cover the lid with coals
too. She had no timer and knew exactly when to pull the skillet out of the fire. They were perfect every time.
Tipper, the quilt on the back of the couch is beautiful! No wonder you yearn for a snow, Tipper, it is beautiful! I've never seen the creek in the snow before, I yearn for you to have a good snow next year, I think it's too late this year. ❤🙏Patsy
Love everything about this! Such a beautiful place! A very beautiful snow! I just close my eyes and imagine being there...❤
I love when the snows on the trees like that it’s very beautiful .
What an absolutely gorgeous area you live in - to be surrounded by nature like that! Thank you for bringing us along on your walk, I appreciated seeing the snow very much.
Thank you so much 😀
I’m typing on my iPhone and watching on my flatscreen and I am loving this video everything you cooked from the fried cabbage the white beans and cornbread the bacon eggs and fried apples dying clothes oh my word it reminds me of my mom she cooked just like that for all of us she dyed her clothes w/ a little vinegar to set them, gardening etc it’s very comforting watching.
The singing is the at the end is a blessing I love listening in you all are like a version of the Carter’s I love country music and love listening to all country music from old school Dolly to Trace Adkins - The Carter’s especially June and her mama Maybelle thanks for posting this awesome video. ❤️🙏🏾🙋🏽♀️
Thank you!! I hope you have a great week 😀
I love my eggs just like that and also love fried cabbage! Never made sawmill gravy but you have influenced me!
Never had the sawmill gravy but will certainly give it a try now since I saw you make it wow
That breakfast makes my mouth water!
Thanks for showing the REAL Appalachian living we are blessed with. Keep these videos coming!
Awesome video...I enjoyed every bit of it...like Ms Cindy said....”so real”.. I’m glad you guys got to have a white Christmas!
Brenda
Thank you!! You know I was excited about the snow 😀
Glad somebody else washes their ziploc bags like I do. I buy the freezer bags because they’re heavier and hold up longer. I washed and hung to dry about eight bags yesterday. Love your videos!
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What a musically talented family!
First white Christmas we have had in a while. You did a great job of capturing it and your life.
I’m so glad your channel came through my feed! I love watching everything you do! I’ve always been fascinated with Appalachia I don’t know why. I’m a Ca. Girl born and raised. Appalachia is just so beautiful tho!
My Mama’s family came from Missouri & Oklahoma. I learned about turning the apple core and where the stem broke off as you said your ABC’s that letter would be the start of your husbands name!
That good home cooking makes my mouth water! 😊 thank you so much for sharing.
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I don't know why this northerner is so fascinated with the Appalachians either. Even though I was born and raised on Long Island New York I love the mountains. I'm also part English Irish and Scotch. Love music and a simple way of life. Never felt like I belonged where I was born isn't that funny?
@@songbirdforjesus2381 I feel that way myself! So I understand. I should’ve been born in the mountains of the south.
@@songbirdforjesus2381 those are good bit of the ancestral cultures of appalachia.
I remember my great-grandparents house.. no electricity or running water. Wood burning stove and oil lamps. Spring house in the front. Old tin roof that sounded sooooo good in the rain. Lived off the land and lived to be nearly 100 years old. They died in the 1980’s and all around them was modern but they wasn’t going to change. Such a simple life they had.
Your total videography, photography, framing/cropping, sound, lighting, sequencing, narration, etc are very nice on the eyes and ears. You all are doing a great job together. A very "sexy" family.
First time here Love it 😍 I’ll be back 😁
nice song 🎶 👏🏼👏🏼Jesus is His Name 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
i couldnt stop watching . great camera work.
Christmas Eve Snow! ❄️❄️❄️ We got about 5” here in Cosby, TN.
I rem the sayings about the apples. Your videos are gold. I grew up like you, just a different place. Daddy always had a garden, chickens, pigs, cows. Smokehouse. Hog killing in Jan, making sausage. Sorghum syrup.we had a wood cooking stove for a long time. Same way of living, I'm in northwest Georgia. I fry streak o lean and make sweet milk gravy. My daughter's love it. I'm 79 yrs old now and live "in town". Oldest daughter just bought a farm and she said she felt like she was going home.
Great video! Looks like you lead a busy life full of hard work and rich with experiences and love. And such talent...love the music
Thank you so much!
Good singing gals
Thank you Connie!!
a beautiful, blessed service. God bless all, thank you for the prayers
I enjoy watching these episodes of the people in Appalachia, it reminds me so much of life at home when I was young. I have a great sense of peace and calm knowing it is a life I could do again, without all of the hardships that one could have, just a beautiful retirement.
Born and raised in Wv we did the apple peal to now living in sc these videos make me so home sick for snow mountains and like minded people Love your videos
Watching this video has made me hungry for real food it looks so good. Thanks for posting 2🤗🤗
Those chickens are so pretty. I've always wanted chickens; in fact, we're looking for some land, hopefully, about 10 acres and I'm getting a few. I love fresh eggs. We're getting fresh eggs from a friend of ours right now; I love the ones with the dark orange yolks.
I love the sing, His Name is Jesus. I truly enjoy watching all about Appalchia! Thank you. God bless you and yours❤🙏🙏🙏❤
Really enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing
Lloyd-I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!!
What a awesome video. I enjoy these and no kidding I think they lower my blood pressure.
Rick-thank you! And low blood pressure is a good thing 😀
What beautiful healthy hens! This brings back so many memories. We never had chef’s knives and cutting boards though, only butchers knives and paring knives, usually Old Hickory brand.
Love the old sayings…I think I will make sawmill gravy in the morning. Thank you for sharing.
Another winner! I see you are about to cross the 1000 subscriber hump. I hope it skyrockets from here!
You did something I never do. I don't put my knives in dishwater. Not anymore! For some reason a cut underwater doesn't hurt me and I have gashed myself pretty good before. Now I wash the knives first, dry them then put them up before washing the rest of the dishes. They like to get me in the drainer too!
Thank you Papaw! You know I should do that too I'm bad to get cut on pretty much anything sharp that I touch 😀
It is a wonderful time of the year to plan and workout the particulars of things to come...a big fire and a warm house sure do help. Regrettably, many folks are not able to enjoy these pleasant moments and make do with what they have - thankfully, imagination-hopes-and dreams fill the void.
The last song the girls & Paul played was one my Daddy played on his guitar all the time. What a shot of memories!
We lived not far from Greenwood SC. This is where Park Seed company is or was. I’m in Phoenix Az now but SC is where I lived till I was 70. Parks had a big festival type thing every year when flowers were in bloom ad they had a big veggie garden. People came by buses. I really enjoyed my day there. Your seed nooks made me remember
That tan speckled bowl you mix stuff in, I can't believe it. My mother had an IDENTIAL one and I got it when she went to heaven. It was the same shape, size and color. I almost cried when I saw it because it remined me so much of her. I used it so much that one day the thing just split in half when it had batter in it.
Mine did too! Memories...
Love Watching it Snow! You Guy’s have a Great Life in the Appalachian Mountains! Great Video!
I was born and raised in Maine and we did the apple stem thing to come up with the initial of who we would marry!
Lived in Gilford and Lakeport, NH for 10 yrs and Portsmouth Maine for a few. Originally from farm area in Stony Brook NY. Now in Cary NC since 1999 and this is where I'll probably die. Because of Jesus, I have more in common with these folk than anywhere else. Loved the simple life on the Northern end of the Appalachian Mts, similar to this vlog
I’ve watched most of your videos sitting here on a cold rainy day and you all are an inspiration. May God bless your family.
Wow, thank you 😀
I'm so glad I found y'all. I been watching life in the Appalachia for a while.. I imagine that lead me to you!
What a wonderland. Love that y’all LOVE JESUS. No wonder Tipper, you love the snow ❄️ GOD has rewarded y’all for given him the glory. Blessing’s come flowing down.lots of snow wishes for y’all. Brooks Oregon
Really enjoy your videos as they are very authentic and match my experiences in Appalachia. The one thing that stuck out to me was the use of the chef knife. All of the old timers I observed used only a paring knife and cut in their hand with no cutting board.
It amazes me that all that water there some how some way will end up in the ocean one day. Great video thanks for sharing be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Your family is so fortunate!!! Stay close,,,
One needed rain. Love these videos Tipper.