Putting Up OLD Butternut Squash and Other Fall Chores in Appalachia
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Come along with me as I finish up some much needed chores before the winter wind blows. One chore is processing butternut squash that we grew all the way back in the summer of 2020!
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Tipper, you could write your own book and call it " Little House in the Holler" ! I love saving seeds, they're gonna come in handy in the times that lie ahead of us. It's smart and thrifty reusing your paper towels and plastic bags. You're exactly right, being self sufficient is very rewarding. Knowing you have the ability to provide for your family on your own is a special feeling.
I love that-Little House in the Holler 😀 I know you know well that wonderful feeling of providing for your family!
@@brendaarnold8485 me too!
I would love to buy any books you've written and Little House in the Holler sounds Great!!
I always feel like I’m sitting right there with you talking while your working. You’re channel is so relaxing. Thank you for all your videos 💕✌️🌱
😊 thank you
My granddaddy would put his saved seeds in a used envelope which he would fold over several times, then put the envelopes into a canning jar with a lid. He would keep the jars in an old cabinet on the back porch. I learned so much from my grandparents and parents. I store my seeds the same way except I keep my jars in the basement. Thank you very much for sharing. I feel a might kindred with you, Tipper.
I also remember that one fall she made me a quilt that was so special to me. I remember that I stayed with her one night and she had a fire in the wood stove and a big old quilt on the bed in the corner bed I slept so good under that quilt. And I remembered that I woke up to the smell of homemade biscuits and gravey and bacon and eggs. She was up early to get breakfast ready. She was a very loving lady. We used to have what we called cottage prayer 🙏 meetings in her house it was an old house built in the 30s but it was full of love ❤️. She is gone now and the house is falling down but you can still go there and remember the love she would always set on the porch with her Bible and you could hear her praying at her bed side when you got out of the car thanks again
Tommy toes… I’ve not heard that phrase since I was a kid. About 60 years ago. My late Mom had her roots in Appalachia. She’s been gone 38 years and I wish I had asked her more questions. I love your videos they so remind me of her.
😀 Thank you Diana 😀
I'm just now watching the video. Is she referring to Tommy Toe (tomatoes)? If so, that's what my Aunt Betty always called them!! I'm 47, and sure miss her each and every day.♥️
@@bethanyfields4706 she’s talking about what we call today cherry tomatoes.
Miss Tipper it occurs to me how much our Heavenly Father blesses His children with an abundance of seeds. You just can't out beat His caring for us. Us country boys and girls can survive thanks to Him.
You're so honest and transparent in everything you say and do. That is just so refreshing. Good luck with your gardening endeavors and thank you Tipper for being the woman you are.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for showing how to do things. I didn’t have anyone to teach me how to grow food, cut up a big squash, or preserve or cook it. I really appreciate seeing how everything is done. (Bonnie)
Ma'am, anyone in the modern world that reuses a paper towel is a gem. Great work feeding your family. I pray for young ladies to be inspired by your passion.
Thank you so much 😀
Miss Tipper - The picture I sent you of my butternut squash pie was just half of the pulp from one squash. I halved it, scooped out the seeds and strings and baked it rind-side up on a big cookie sheet. After it cooled I was able to scoop all the flesh out with an ice cream scoop. I squeezed it through a ricer just to be sure all the seeds and rind were out of it, then used it like pumpkin puree or sweet potato mash. There was plenty for two deep-dish pies. It was tasty for sure, and didn't last long around home.
Those pies are so good 😀
Always enjoy your channel. My Bride saves seeds from her garden every year. She grows Korean Cucumbers, Hot peppers and sesame seeds. The leaves of the Sesame Plant are edible. She also uses the seeds in cooking some of her Korean Dishes. Love Y'all. God Bless.
Thank you Richard 😀
I enjoyed it thoroughly. Fall and winter are my favorite times of the year. I love the feeling of coziness and security.
Butternut squash is .99 cents a pound here in Va. I didn’t grow any this year but will grow some next year ! It does amaze me they keep so long. I had two that stayed under my sink for about a year. I ended up making butter nut squash soup.
Thank you Donna 😀
In the fall one of our local orchard has butternut squash for $2.00 each. The squash is very large. Bigger than what's normal found in the supermarket. This year however the price was up. I bought 3 large butternut for $3.50 each. Still a great price. They might drop the price just before they shut down for winter. It is my favorite squash.
I’m making that for early thanksgiving dinner next week.
My Mom would save Flower Seeds in Envelopes. You bring up good Memories.
I found that I don't need to take Anxiety Meds because I can watch your videos and such a calming, soothing effect comes over me while I reminisce back to my childhood working and canning with my Mom. And later with my Mother-in-law. The Country way of life is such a blessing. Thank you for sharing your daily life us all.
So glad you enjoy them 😀
Takes me back to my childhood doing this with my grandparents
I enjoyed it I sure do miss it
Tipper--One real advantage of storing seeds in a freezer is that it avoids any damage from mice, insects, or other intruders. The freezer also kills weevils or any eggs laid within the seeds.
As for butternut squash, and for that matter any of the winter squashes, they seem to be made for a marriage with brown sugar and butter.
So good with brown sugar and butter 😀 Thank you Jim!
amazing you are Tipper. This sounds redundant , but you truly are
Oh my-thank you 😀
Great Tipper! Do as much as you can during these unsure times! We all need to take notice! God Bless!
Thank you for watching 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia unsure times, yup, you remember Alabama Song "High Cotton", well when you got Appalachia running in your veins these times are just "High Cotton", use what you have, do what you know, rehear the stories of your elders in your mind, its all Just "High Cotton". Our people made through those times past we'll make it through these times, too.
I live in the city now. I have saved seed most of my life. Now I stick fruit seeds in a pot and watch them grow. I’ve give away lemon , lime, avocado, plums, even pomegranate.
I always used the little brown lunch bags, then roll the bag up around the seeds, write on the bags then put the bags in a 1/2 gallon canning jar in the root cellar until spring. I miss those days of homesteading. Getting old sucks like lemons! 😝
What a great idea! I’d love to read your “Little House In The Holler” book. My Mommy saved seeds. I love it!
Tommy toe!! I haven’t heard that since my granny in Arkansas a million years ago! 😍😍😍
😀 Thank you for watching!
It was an airish day in North Georgia too!!!
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We had a couple of real airish days! In fact it was a northeastern! Without the snow. Just constant terrific winds and torrential rains! Definitely a Irish! I, too have not turned on the furnace. Nor has my son burned wood, yet. It sounds funny, but I li ke my window open all the time! No matter the weather. The head of NY bed is right under the open window. My feet get cold, so ,already I've started wearing socks to bed. And a couple night ago. I found a winter head covering. Just for the heck of it I wore it throughout the night. It wonderfully with just a lightweight blanket over me. I slept nicely, toasty and comfortable!!
I like the window open too 😀
Oh, another "Little House on the Prairie" fan! I am 75 and when I discovered Laura's books when I was nine years old I thought I was in heaven...I still read "The Long Winter" in the wintertime here in Michigan..that was a real story of survival.
I remember seeing my grandmother guilting frame that was just wooden strips tied up to the ceiling. I am sure that there are many kinds of frames?that is a labor of love to sew together scraps of clothes to make a quilt. I understand that they made quilts for different occasions like marriage baby's birth gradation ect. Have a blessed night
Tipper i most certainly did have just a wonderful wonderful time of a visit with you. I so dearly love these vlogs of yours. Love just having anytime with you and Corey and Katie, two fine young ladies, hoots and half each, yet still very well brought up. Young ladies you and paw can be proud to claim.
Thanks so much 😀
I see that I'm not the only one who save seeds in those amber colored medicine bottles. I have a lot of them anymore.
I never thought about using them but they work really well 😀
Some seeds germinate better if frozen awhile. I am in Texas where we din't have long cold winters, and if you don't freeze your beet seeds they just won't germinate well.
Great tip!
I really enjoyed your video today. I watched ALL of it! You give good ideas about saving seeds, drying squash, and other things, too! I always get a reminder of how my Mother did these things. I think she saved most every good seed!
I thought about when we went Squirrel hunting and grandmother would fix them and make squirrel gravey she used the drippings from frying the squirrel.
Tipper, I have so enjoyed this segment in the life and times of Tipper the Gardner and preserver. Growing and putting up food is labor intensive but so very rewarding. I have put up food in my time but never as much as you do and I never grew my own food as you do. Have I told you lately that you are amazing? If not consider it done. You are absolutely remarkable!
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A neighbor gave me a huge cushaw,the green and white striped...I carved and cut on that one for an hour,cut it up and put it in my food processor. I got 15 cups of puree. I used some along with some pumpkin in a cake with walnuts it was delicious. The rest went in the freezer, so many things we can make with these squashes.😊🎃. Have a lovely weekend.
I also peel mine prior to cutting. I’ve learned that using a paper towel on the “wet” side helps me hold onto it better.
Theirs a few videos going around on you tube saying we're fixing to have our first big cold front next week and it's likely to be only in upper 30's here in the western mountains of Arkansas so I'd say you're right about cold weather coming! Great video! I'm putting away some meat🦌 got one in the freezer and 5 more to go🏹💥🦌🇺🇲
Congrats on the meat! The same here-one in more to come we hope 😀
That's great!
Thanks for the reply 😃
You always make me miss growing up in north central MO farm country and getting to spend time with my grandmother. While my brother was out with grandpa tending the fields and cattle I spent a lot of time with grandma tending the garden, picking beans, shelling peas, shucking corn and so on and then canning stuff and otherwise putting it away for the rest of the year. Only wish I had the room to do some of that now.
I totally LOVED this visit. Just finished re-watching the latest Mountain Path, then the girls halloween video and finishing up with this lovely visit. I'm so grateful for your videos, Tipper. Nothing that comes from TV or movies comes close to as rewarding as your videos. Hope I don't sound presumptuous to say you seem like a good old friend to me. thank you.
So glad you enjoy what we do 😀
Love this so much. Listening to your sweet gentle voice talking to us like we are neighbors who stopped by for a visit while you were busy in the kitchen. I will start saving seeds from my produce more often. Love butternut squash. Bless you!
My Granny talked about drying pumpkins when she was a child, cut in rings and run onto tobacco sticks and hung over the fireplace. In my day she froze and canned them. She’d make pumpkin like you would sweet potatoes and serve them on the table as a savory side dish.
I just got to thinking about when I was a young boy we used to go out in the woods and set our rabbit gums that we had built sometimes we got a rabbit and maybe something else. We also used to hunt for a stick to make a sling shot. We had a great time the woods was our play ground. I bet your husband built rabbit gums and stuff. Thank you
That small butternut will be mighty tasty baked with a big pat of butter and a little bit of sugar, mmmm, mmmm! Thanks for sharing, Miss Tipper!
Yum 😀
Enjoy these visits so much. I’m alone now, but you have made me remember all the times we “put up” for the winter. Think I’ll save a few seeds and put them in the flower garden!🎃☮️♥️
Thank you Donna 😀
I’m a mom of 4 kids (soon to be 5), two of which are Autistic. Instead of carving pumpkins for Halloween, we paint them! I lay a big old oilcloth tablecloth out on the front porch and let them paint to their heart’s content. I also give them stickers, googly eyes, etc.
That's such a good idea 😀
Really enjoyed visiting with you today! I always learn something! Thank you!
Mom and Dad raised 6 kids on the farm. We ate a ton of butternut squash. One way we ate them I never heard anyone else who did it that way..... we would cut the neck section of the squash in slabs and fry them like steaks browning them just a little. And always had white milk gravy on top with salt and pepper.
That sounds yummy!
I always peel cucumbers or eggplant before cutting them, so I'd probably do that with squash as well, but the one recipe i regularly make with zucchini and butternut squash doesn't require they be peeled. Then again, I always prepare them within one week of purchase, so they don't have much time to get soft.
My Aunt Gracie kept Butternut squash under her bed. She covered them loosely with newspaper. She also made pies with them like Pumpkin pies- same spices. They were good. We ate them baked, just slice them like you did. We'd put either butter salt and pepper, or we'd eat them with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar.
Wonderful video, thank you Tipper. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Robin 😀
Enjoyed your video, you live in such a beautiful place!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely love the way you do your cooking, and process for food storage…. Thanks many times over for sharing your wonderful videos! All you do for us is very much appreciated! Blessings be with you and yours! :)
Thank you so much 😀
Awesome.Tipper.enjoyed watching you preserve for your family.Gods blessing on you all.a beautiful life well lived.♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Putting up seeds for next year's garden and drying squash, peppers and apples to use over the winter months impressed me as keeping the pioneer spirit alive. Very resourceful.
2020 must have been a great year for butternut squash. We still have about a dozen from then and over thirty from this year. We really love them. I really enjoy your program so please keep it up.
Thank you 😀
I love butternut squash. I threw a bunch in my freezer. I love growing food, blemishes & all. They taste so much better than store bought. They pick everything before it's ripe. I always wonder what all kinds of chemicals they use to grow produce. I feel pretty self sufficient too Tipper. I give my girls a bunch of fruits & veggies too. They work & have kids so, they are busy. I'm feeding my grandbabies too. Grandbabies are so wonderful!!!
Patty Beth in Texas. 💘
As always I enjoy visiting your channel. Thanks Tipper.
Glad to hear it 😀
Bless you Tipper! This video is so comforting and nurturing. Seed saving will save us all! Much love from Ontario Canada.
Tipper i absolutely love watching all your videos you are so down to earth and honest .I was raised like that and still put up anything i can I hardly ever go to a grocery store for anything but flour meal and just very few things . Keep the videos coming and god bless you and your family .
I appreciate that thank you 😀
I’m also chuckling to myself you can tell I’m on the backside of 60. I use envelopes too lol
😀 I love that!
I'm really amazed at how long the butternut squash has kept. This morning I worked on storing my seeds,makes me excited about next spring.Thanks Tipper For Sharing Your different techniques on storing seeds and foods. You have a Good Evening and God Bless 🙂.
Thank you Donald-seems like we are doing the same chores 😀
Butternut squash make good pies! Just make them like you would pumpkin pies.
Thank you for sharing some of your end of summer chores. I always enjoy listening to your stories/recollections. Be well, stay safe and God bless y'all! 😊🌻🌻❤
Glad you like them!
Hi Tipper! Enjoyed watching you put up your butternuts. Although it’s a fall “chore” it seems it’s a pleasurable and rewarding one; such a feeling of satisfaction when your done. 👍
All the signs are here also, it's time to get busy. Very educational and good ideas. I figure you might not be there but I have a 11 point on my property and he's going to be Christmas supper if I have anything to do with it. Thanks again, the wife loves it. If it's a blizzard and power is gone bury food in the snow 😋
I really appreciate these videos you make, passing on the knowledge and skills that you have. It reminds me of the feeling you get as a youngster when your ma would teach you how to do things meaningfully with sincere care, the way her ma had taught her. ❤ It's not just the practical advice but also the friendly anecdotes that create such a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Your passion and sincerity are always apparent and I just love that about your videos. Thank you for inviting us into your kitchen and sharing with us!
Same thing's goin' on over here, old butternut squash and all. : )
My great granny hung her pumpkin on a string close to the cookstove. She put muslin over them to keep them clean. This was the same line she used to hang cloths on to dry in the winter when everything outside was frozen. So maybe if you hang your pumpkins after its cool enough for a heat source? The problem for outside drying in southern appalachia is the humidity. Too humid and things mold before they can dry.
We all seem to love everything Tipper and family 🥰
I just love old fashioned names such as aunt "Ina".
Oh my "garsh", a birdhouse from a hollowed gourd!!!
😀 Thank you
Wrapping up work for the day - this video is just what I needed!
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Little orange might be sweet suns. Yummy. Hope we get to see your green house this spring. Dahlias can be grown from tubers and seed. Such a pretty flower.
I'm in West Virginia (near Charleston) and I am so happy I found your Channel! I love it so much❤
Thank you-I'm so glad you enjoy it 😀
I agree that it is very satisfying to grow your own food and subsist on what you grow and harvest ,whether it be fruit ,vegetable or animal ....thanks tipper .....God bless.....❤
I love roasting the seeds
Great video as always. Thanks for sharing with us, Tipper.
Your trees are looking pretty. Ours are gone by and its cold in the mornings! I planted mystery squash one year because they were not labeled!
Thanks for the stories and the how-to for dehydrating butternut squash. A couple weeks ago my brother-in-law's sister brought us several butternut squash, and I was just thinking how I needed to store some of those against the winter, when my brother-in-law walked in with a 12 and a half pound giant squash. His sister gave us one of those last year, too. It's a breed of squash that they bred in Tahiti, and it can grow bigger than 20 pounds. We don't have that many people to dinner! I'm guessing we will process that different ways to save it.
Happy Hallowe'en!
Glad you enjoyed it! That's a big squash 😀
Do you know what I do? you know them silicone packages that come in food products and dry dog food and all that? well if you put them seeds in a prescription bottle and you put them silicone packets in there it’ll dry them out and they’ll keep for many years
Good tip!
Yup I don’t use just any ole package. I only use them that come in food products
Thank you, Tipper, I enjoyed this so much!!💗
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello friend! Thanks for the visit. I didn’t know I could save my seeds since I grew more than one variety of pumpkins in the same area?🤔
😀 Hey Robbie Lynn! They might cross, but most of the time my pumpkins stay true 😀
Those pepper plants can be over wintered cut them back hard and pot em up in a spot in the corner. Water periodically.
Thank you Tipper for sharing.
Love y'all. Take care. God bless.
I love this video. Reminds me of my mom. She baked butternut squash with apples and sausage covered with butter and brown sugar. Absolutely delicious 💕🙏🙏
You are such a pleasure to listen to and watch. My wood stove is on here in Pa, northern Appalchia .
Thank you 😀 I expect we'll have a fire soon too.
Very nice video and very informative! Thanks and have a great evening! ❤️
Thank you! You too!
Really enjoyed your video today. I hope to have my container garden again in the spring. I love plants of all kinds and enjoy growing my tomatoes and peppers.
Growing things to eat is such a joy 😀
Yummy 😋 I love butter nut squash....
Me too 😀
I’m new to your channel and I love it. You must have a very large garden with so many seeds to plant
Welcome and thank you for watching 😀 So glad you're enjoying our videos!
You ever grow purple beans. They're kinda magical they come off the vine purple but when they come out the canner they're green.
I've never grown them but I've seen them-they are so pretty 😀
I roasted a couple acorn squash after they sat out on my counter for 4-6 months. They ended up tasting good, but were pretty tough. Next time I have old squash to use, I'll try a recipe that will replace some of the lost moisture, like soup or something.
So enjoyed this video. I just dehydrated all my Cayenne peppers yesterday to crush for pepper flakes. I love roasted butternut squash. I made your aunt Mary Jo’s apple pie from your cook book last week. Oh my goodness! We loved it! So easy & delicious.
Wonderful 😀
Loving this garden chat. Have just collected the last of the runner bean seeds. Cut the butternuts last week. Only two but one was huge. Glad to know they might keep so well but I will keep an eye on them. Grapes finished weeks ago and I miss the juice. I made jam and grape leather and also dried apples. It's like Little House on the Prairie in central London;-) PS will be making that Fruit Cocktail cake shortly x
It’s a mite airish here in South Central Indiana too. I expect we will have our first frost the first weekend in November. We have a woods with a creek out back and the yard is a big sloping hill that goes down to the woods. I put some deer minerals and corn down there for the wild life. Tomorrow is Mountain Path 11! I binge listened so I’m caught up, so I’m really ready. Thank you for this video. I’ve canned and frozen food, but never dried food. It was very interesting. I’m learning a lot! ❤️
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
Dehydrating 2 jack o lantern pumpkins as we speak! Only ones that grew this year. saving seeds to plant too! My kids are more excited bout diceing pumpkins than carving them.
Wonderful 😀
Wonderful video. Thank you!
I quit using paper towels for my seeds, due to the seeds being difficult to remove. I now use flannel fabric from old pajamas, and the seeds scrape right off with nothing sticking to them. I see your seeds, and envision the bounty from them next year.
Hard work Tipper!! I worry about losing power with lots of food in the freezer also!! Thanks for teaching us the details of food preparation in your kitchen. 💕🍁
Thanks for watching 😀
Funny I had some last years butternut on the counter, a couple went bad in August so I threw them with the coffee grinds in the garden, as you would guess they sprouted. The plants are so beautiful I hate it to weed them so I let him go and Mayflower didn't have small fruit hopefully we don't get across this year till late a couple years ago if you didn't get Frost till January so we'll see
Great video! Enjoyed it so much.
I love your down to earth personality. Warms my heart. I just finished drying my marigold flowers for next year.
Thank you 😀 I love marigolds 😀
I had all my flower seeds drying on my back porch and the wend we had last night blow them over I've got to sweep them up and put them in bags.