My dairy farming, self sufficient grandparents would never have had oil in the house, except a small bottle of olive oil in the medicine cabinet for warming and dropping into ears to soothe earache. "Salad dressing" was invariably made by mashing hardboiled egg yolks into cream and vinegar with plenty of mustard powder, a little salt and sugar. "Dripping" was all fat saved from roasted meats, accumulated in a ceramic container, for all frying purposes, and spreading on bread as a special treat.
@@AuntNutmeg That must be true! We're Tasmanians, so the early settlers were far removed from the rest of the world, and didn't have access to the same ingredients as every one else. A variation I have also seen here, but nowhere else, is to mix condensed milk with vinegar, mustard and salt. This becomes very thick. Both dressings are very tasty.
@@Phisch777my husband was raised this way also. When we got a pig butchered- he actually ate a lard sandwich- I couldn’t even look at him while he was eating it. Made me gag! They did not filter the drippings, they just saved them, not refrigerated either 🤮
I didn’t think this would be a subject that would be practical on a homestead level but because I like to listen to utube videos while I make bread and work in the kitchen I went ahead and tuned in… now I think I might need an acre of sunflowers….😂
I do the same. 😀 I got rid of all tvs in the house years ago and it's nice to listen to kitchen- food talks while canning or baking bread. I home mill my own grains for bread and really enjoy it.
I agree. Mental health is affected by lack of fats. Let's keep having these convos. Obesity is another topic. Instead of going to "workout". Go out and work!! Go outside and work on a garden, clean your house, work on the community. We are not built to sit around. La que busca encuentra. The person that looks for it will find it. Go look for something useful to do! Lol
@juliabrown5948 Nah, but one sees them now. My local vegetable farmer is one of the hardest working men I know, but he's carrying around a few too many extra pounds--not that I should be one to talk about that.
If you have wild walnuts available, pressing the oil is great for more than just food. It is a very good preservative for sharpened knives and scissors that can be applied weekly to keep them from rusting. It is also good for wood cutting boards. Boiled linseed oil is most common for these purposes, but if you can get free walnut oil, do it!
I grew up in the L.A. area, where olive trees grow well, but am now in Middle Tennessee, which is far too cold for them. I still plan on getting a couple of Arbequina olive trees, which are used both for oil and for the fruit; and growing them in large containers in a "dryland" greenhouse - basically a greenhouse with a dehumidifier, to approximate the dry conditions that olives and dates strongly prefer.
Canola isn't food, regardless of them selling it as such - rapeseed oil has few nutrients, and a number of anti-nutrients, so it is NOT something I will EVER bother growing for our own use.
When people have asked me why I see the oils are bad I tell them it’s because of the way that they are expressed. But since 99.9% of the US population, the only access to see oil they have is what’s on Walmart or some other crappy box, stores shelf, it’s better to avoid. I’ll see roils until you have done your research as to which ones to get. And there are very few. It’s not a disservice to tell people he stay away from seed oils because the way they are expressed until you learn more. Thanks for this video. Really cool information in here.
I live in south Texas and we have a “weed” called devils claw. It was actually cultivated by the indigenous peoples as a vegetable and something to make baskets with and for the seeds which are very oily and mild flavored. It is a great no irrigation needed crop. Actually no planting in needed either. They come up all over the place. You guys are really making me think about that.
Oh thank you so much. At 71 years old I'm looking for something new to add to my skills that I can handle. The heavy gardening is really getting hard to do but I won't give up. Canning season will soon be here. I have often wondered what to do about fresh oil. I believe can do this.
I already bought the press & his book. Bought the bird seed he recommended, then separated & sifted out the black sunflower seeds. Now I need to actually mount this press and try it out. I pray that I will also be able to grow sunflowers, as I am new to gardening and growing. Plus, trying to be a homesteader in the city, in a HOA, has been comical this past year. Love it!
I KNOW WHERE SANFORD IS! I grew up in Michigan... Oakland County, Macomb County, and we worked from Grand Rapids to Grand Blanc, Lapeer and Port Huron!
My best friend is rom Orino Frino Idaho . Spent about 2 weeks there a few year ago. Had several dinner at a down town restraint. Wonderful town , would consider ,moving there.
Many many years ago, my grandmother told my dad to fill the sausage skins while she went to town. When she came home, he had it all done because he had connected the meat grinder to the tractor motor. Her comment? "Lazy people..." 😆
Since I live in the tropics now we have just started producing our own coconut oil. We have over 50 coconut trees that I make coconut milk, coconut water and now coconut oil from. The joy of producing your own products from things that you plant and grow yourself is priceless. I make my own soap using my own coconut milk and oil.
Ok first time I saw this thank you so much for giving this wonderful information. I am also in Michigan and will be starting this for 2024. Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you for this wonderful information. I am glad to find out I can press my own oils. I’m starting all this much older than most. I’m 62 and trying to start a homestead and take care of my husband who suffered multiple strokes and can’t help use his right side. Sunflowers are something I can grow and press would love to find hemp seeds to do. Will be getting Mr. Cohen’s book.
Wow! Good for you. So sorry about your hubby. What a great idea for sunflower oil. I love subdue oil and peanut oil. I'm thinking of growing peanuts next year. Blessings and prosperity to you and your hubby. Thanks for sharing.
I'm 57 and have also been diving into homesteading. I started about 10 years ago with gardening and in 2020 got chickens and ducks. Milk goats are next for me but until then I'll start pressing oil. I have always grown sunflowers. I'm so excited about another chapter in my journey.
I live near a marsh so we have wild cattails growing. I'm not above harvesting them for food and fiber, but for food I'd have to go well into the marsh because they will readily uptake road chemicals. From an online source:1. Cattail pollen: You can collect the yellow pollen from male cattail flowers to make cattail flour. Sift the flour and store it in a cool dry place, then use it in tandem with wheat flour to bake breads and cakes. 2. Cattail roots: Cattail roots, aka rhizomes, are best eaten in the fall or winter. To prepare cattail roots, clean them with cool water, then trim off the small offshoots of the main rhizome. Cattail roots can be grilled, baked, or boiled. After you’ve fully cooked cattail roots, you can eat them like the outer leaves of an artichoke-pull the flesh away from the fibrous root with your teeth. 3. Cattail shoots: Harvest the young shoots of cattails in the spring. Peel away the outer leaves to reveal a tender, white shoot. You can sauté or stir fry the shoots. They have a flavor akin to cucumbers. 4. Cattail flowers: Harvest female flowers while they’re still green, before pollination. They can be grilled or boiled and eaten with butter and salt, just like corn on the cob. Once they turn their characteristic brown color, they are no longer good for eating.
It is true there’s Doctors on the net that say nut oils are bad for us .love you home stead video’s and so I’m interested in all the things that you are teaching us about thing we can do for are future generations Thank you so much ❤
This reminds me of Outlander! In the novels, Claire buys sunflower oil from the Tuscarora, lol! She uses it in hair conditioning, and lotions. I never realized we could do this. I have grown sunflowers for years, and now we have some real acreage to do it. I just am stoked that it would be practical enough for me to actually do! I want the book!
I’m an Outlander fan too! Today I was looking at herbal books and I saw one about saving mold for medicinal uses. I immediately thought of Claire and penicillin broth!
Wow, I went digging for information on this about two years ago and could find very little. Thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to have this resource. I have long thought the lack of local fats other than lard to be a major missing link in home food resilience!
One of the best interviews ever. Why? Because I have not seen another so informational and from a true pioneer and subject matter expert. God bless you both. And thank you, Carolyn for always sharing your great finds. Huggs from Texas
I can't tell you what a timely topic this is. I've been interested in making my own oil but had no idea where to start. I know store oils are bad but never thought of another option, assuming equipment was too expensive or not accessible. Also, nut butter made from the various seeds really gets my enthusiasm to a higher level. I'm frugal by nature and at 60 years old I fight the high cost of groceries and other needs. This is one more to add to my arsenal. I like the idea of a quality hand crank in case there are interruptions in the electrical grid. Thank you so much for the in depth conversation about this and I'll be investing in your book.
so excited my Piteba press has arrived now waiting for sunflower harvest time, the sunflower fields are in full bloom. For those thinking about this, the book arrived weeks before the press, and because it comes directly from the Netherlands you musty sign for it when it is delivered.
My thoughts now wonder to finding sunflower seeds I trust to press, since the local crop isn't ready yet I was comparing seed companies just not sure who to trust.@@SmallHouseFarm
I would still look into it further and do your own due diligence in researching. There are quite a few medical doctors who say otherwise, ones that don’t have a dog in the fight and nothing to gain from their opinion.
Dr. Mercola says "no" to see oils. Too much Omega 6. A little is o.k. but most people are eating way too much Omega 6. It can take 2 years to get these out of your system.
@@tegansims8954yes, I have the same concern. I’ve read this concern with omega 6, with Mercola and also Dr Axe and others. I didn’t hear him address this. So is the chemical process what causes high levels of omega 6? Or do the seeds themselves have haughty levels of omega 6?
Thank you for providing this important interview. It is exciting to hear of another Michigan farmer/homesteader willing to share product and expertise.
A few years back, Lays potato chips used sunflower seed oil. They were such a Fantastic Flavor!! I wanted to try using it for all my frying; but commercially it was pretty expensive. Now I want to try making my own. Thx you 2 !!
You’re always one step ahead of most homestead families asking the hard questions that have to do with total, true independence. This makes me think of the skills our ancestors had. I often think of the knowledge they had that is now getting lost, but to them was everyday survival. We’ve come a long ways over the generations, but I can’t help but think we have lost some pretty vital skills along the way. Especially concerning nutrition and our everyday health and I often wonder, are we really better off?
I think not. I wish we could go back to quieter times. When everything wasn't 24/7 and families worked together to grow, prepare and store food. I have many memories of picking fruits and vegetables and helping my mom or grandmother to process them. And the taste of fresh food not processed food for convenience. I'm trying to do as many of these things now that I can. I'm happy we live somewhere where the stores are not open 24/7 few restaurants no fast food. You really must do things for yourself here. I've learned so much in the 7 years I've lived here. But the best is that things are simplar. We shop once a week and eat out once a week.
I probably would have died in childbirth or from melanoma...or more recently breast cancer(I have a genetic mutation related to breast/colon cancer that is not yet well understood). There are aspects of the past, though, that we would be well advised to revive.
Oh... and I think it was from the WWI era that US recruits were shockingly malnourished. Correction-- It was WWII. Recruits/draftees who were rejected for various mental/physical reasons were subsequently discovered to have had poor nutrition during childhood... which corresponded, of course, with the Great Depression.
Wow! I love this video Oils have been my worry for years. Most presses are so expensive it's almost impossible to diy. Thank you Carolyn and Thank you Bevin
Flaxseed oil is also traditionally known as linseed oil, and makes an excellent wood finish! Flax stalks are also raw material for making linen fabric Heck, linseed oil is even the base raw material for making linoleum (literally Latin for "linseed oil polymer") if you wanna play around with some chemistry Flax is quite a neat little plant. The fact that it's oil is also tasty is a heck of a bonus
Yes! Great topic! You are correct! We will need this when store bought is no longer available! Thank you both for an amazing conversation! Love, light, strength and healing to all!
As soon as you said rapeseeds, I wondered if you were from North Idaho. I live in southern Idaho and my son goes to school at U of I. I was there a few weeks ago and loved driving around and seeing the yellow hills. We had a lot of those when we lived in England too. I don’t have room where I live to grown much, but I love watching your videos, especially the canning ones!
OMGoodness!!! I almost skipped this vid, but thought there must be a reason Caroline is doing this! SO GLAD I WATCHED! THIS INFO IS AMAZING! THANK YOU AND BEVIN VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!
❤️ I'm so excited to be less than a half hour from Bevin! I homestead in Beaverton and moderate for Goshen Prepping in Farewell. I enjoyed this video and all that I learned from it. Can't wait to get my hands on his book. 🥰
We can grow olives in SE Texas but I've never seen a olive tree here. As for oils we avoid plant based fats except olive oil. Good video, good info. Most oils you get from the store are hydrogenated or full of trans fats. We use sheep and beef tallow and hog lard.
Caroline I am so grateful for you presenting this information. I stopped using seed oils because of the information on the internet…linoleic acid stuff.
DID she actually address linoleic acid (omega 6)? I was specifically listening for anything about this and didn’t hear it mentioned. I only heard them talk about the chemicals used in commercial production. Some health minded doctors say even the seeds are high in the linoleic acid and to be cautious of not consuming too many actual seeds. Is this dependent on the soil nutrient content? Or just seed dependent?
Mindblowing!!!! Absolutely great video. The information was outstanding. Everytime I come to your channel the information I get is always useful, wanted, needed. You guys are amazing. Thank you.
I’ve signed up for his UA-cam site, asked for his book for my birthday, and have started listening to his S1E1 podcast. We grow a bunch of pumpkins every year and I’d love to do something with the seeds. Mostly we leave a bunch for the deer to eat. Thanks Carolyn for this excellent video.
Hello there! I know where Sanford is! I was born and raised in MI and swam at Sanford many many times! Move to NC and the last few years learning more and more thanks to all of you!
Wow. Definitely planting more sunflowers today!! We were already hoping to feed sunflower seeds to our chickens and this is another great use, since we aren't able to produce our own butter or lard yet. Thank you so much for sharing this!!
We are saving up and looking for our first homestead. Chickens is our first planned animal, so I'm constantly thinking of things I could grow to feed them. Growing black oil sunflowers sounds like it would do double (triple?...compost pile for the coop bedding afterwards) duty! After all our "innovation" we are coming full circle to homesteads....which turn out to be the most sustainable way to live after all.
I would be very wary of using seed oils. They're high in omega-6 fatty acids and linoleic acid, which is really unhealthy for people. The best fats and oils are lard, tallow, suet, butter, ghee, EV olive, EV avocado, and EV cocnut.
Because of this wonderful information that I've never heard, but is definitely needed.. I'm now looking into starting a small business..I've been praying for a God idea of something I could do from home as I'm chronically ill due to exposure where I used to work.. so I really needed this idea.. thank you so much. I'm now doing alot of research and looking into networking groups..please keep on putting these wonderful information out there❤
A quick and cheap way of extracting oil from seeds is to use a blender. Simply blend the seeds until you have something looking like peanut butter put in a container. The oil will separate from the mash. Obviously this will only produce relatively small amounts, but perfectly usable for the kitchen.
In the first chapter of the book I talk about the history of oil extraction and we discuss this method... the yields are low like you mention, but it certainly works!
@@SmallHouseFarm Thanks for your reply. I just thought I would mention it for those who didn't want/ couldn't afford, or felt they don't produce enough seeds to buy a press. But thanks again for the confirmation.
I love when people more local to me are guests! Such good info and I'm so excited to check more into seed oils! And the info about how commercially processed seed oils are done!!! MINDBLOWING!!!! Thank you Caroline for this interview!
We live in central Louisiana and I've already got half a tow of peanuts planted, as well as half a row of oil sunflowers. Im super excited to try this!!!
What a GREAT video!! I passed on it two times and then I finally hit play. I had no idea that you could press these oils at home. I will certainly be looking into this. Thank you for these enlightening topics.
Wow, Bevin is only 30 minutes or so away from my home. I am very interested in start processing oil myself. Hemp seed farm is nearby also. I'm going to check this more by starting with his book. Thank you both for sharing this great information.
This is so interesting, obviously new to me. I feel like a whole new world is opening up to me. Your videos are so well done. I am very grateful, I’m learning so much from the homesteading community. I need to make a plan of action. There’s so much I want to start and don’t want to overwhelm myself.
My dairy farming, self sufficient grandparents would never have had oil in the house, except a small bottle of olive oil in the medicine cabinet for warming and dropping into ears to soothe earache.
"Salad dressing" was invariably made by mashing hardboiled egg yolks into cream and vinegar with plenty of mustard powder, a little salt and sugar.
"Dripping" was all fat saved from roasted meats, accumulated in a ceramic container, for all frying purposes, and spreading on bread as a special treat.
That is so interesting!
Perhaps the source of "ranch dressing"....not them personally, but that idea. They used what they had.
@@AuntNutmeg
That must be true! We're Tasmanians, so the early settlers were far removed from the rest of the world, and didn't have access to the same ingredients as every one else.
A variation I have also seen here, but nowhere else, is to mix condensed milk with vinegar, mustard and salt. This becomes very thick. Both dressings are very tasty.
I’m curious, @rubygray7749 did they filter the drippings?
@@Phisch777my husband was raised this way also. When we got a pig butchered- he actually ate a lard sandwich- I couldn’t even look at him while he was eating it. Made me gag! They did not filter the drippings, they just saved them, not refrigerated either 🤮
I didn’t think this would be a subject that would be practical on a homestead level but because I like to listen to utube videos while I make bread and work in the kitchen I went ahead and tuned in… now I think I might need an acre of sunflowers….😂
I do the same. 😀 I got rid of all tvs in the house years ago and it's nice to listen to kitchen- food talks while canning or baking bread. I home mill my own grains for bread and really enjoy it.
Same! 😂
Me three!
We could could be on to something, we could start a club. 🤣😁😎
I've heard of xeriscaping (low maintenance low watering) in landscaping and lawns. How would this method work in gardening and farming?
Sometimes, I wish there was something better than just a thumbs up. Thank you for making this video.
Amen! She's so smart.......I love her podcasts. Can't possibly live her lifestyle but she always includes info relevant for all of us. Priceless!
Wish I could give her two thumbs up
I agree. Mental health is affected by lack of fats. Let's keep having these convos. Obesity is another topic. Instead of going to "workout". Go out and work!! Go outside and work on a garden, clean your house, work on the community. We are not built to sit around. La que busca encuentra. The person that looks for it will find it. Go look for something useful to do! Lol
So true! Never seen a chubby farmer in the old pictures from the last century....
@juliabrown5948 Nah, but one sees them now. My local vegetable farmer is one of the hardest working men I know, but he's carrying around a few too many extra pounds--not that I should be one to talk about that.
If you have wild walnuts available, pressing the oil is great for more than just food. It is a very good preservative for sharpened knives and scissors that can be applied weekly to keep them from rusting. It is also good for wood cutting boards. Boiled linseed oil is most common for these purposes, but if you can get free walnut oil, do it!
yes! Nature provides all that we need! :)
I am blessed to live in an area where we can grow our own olive trees. And just recently bought a cold press..
That's awesome! Well done you!
Awesome! I'd like to find a variety that grows in zone 9-10....
I grew up in the L.A. area, where olive trees grow well, but am now in Middle Tennessee, which is far too cold for them.
I still plan on getting a couple of Arbequina olive trees, which are used both for oil and for the fruit; and growing them in large containers in a "dryland" greenhouse - basically a greenhouse with a dehumidifier, to approximate the dry conditions that olives and dates strongly prefer.
Canola isn't food, regardless of them selling it as such - rapeseed oil has few nutrients, and a number of anti-nutrients, so it is NOT something I will EVER bother growing for our own use.
@@Keyspoet27 Actually in the Canadian West coast. They have made some olive trees that can tolerate I believe zone 6.
Already growing sunflowers. Just need to get the oil press now. Videos like this are the reason I stopped watching TV.
When people have asked me why I see the oils are bad I tell them it’s because of the way that they are expressed.
But since 99.9% of the US population, the only access to see oil they have is what’s on Walmart or some other crappy box, stores shelf, it’s better to avoid. I’ll see roils until you have done your research as to which ones to get. And there are very few. It’s not a disservice to tell people he stay away from seed oils because the way they are expressed until you learn more.
Thanks for this video. Really cool information in here.
I live in south Texas and we have a “weed” called devils claw. It was actually cultivated by the indigenous peoples as a vegetable and something to make baskets with and for the seeds which are very oily and mild flavored. It is a great no irrigation needed crop. Actually no planting in needed either. They come up all over the place. You guys are really making me think about that.
That is awesome!
Devils claw is also a strong herbal pain relief
Devils claw plant or the root that I get to tincture, is a good pain reliever and anti inflammatory.
Devils claw has many medicinal properties...
@@jeanettewestover no. This is not the African devils claw. This one is native here. Completely different plant.
Oh thank you so much. At 71 years old I'm looking for something new to add to my skills that I can handle.
The heavy gardening is really getting hard to do but I won't give up. Canning season will soon be here.
I have often wondered what to do about fresh oil.
I believe can do this.
mayb see if librairy would have Ruth Stouts gardening .almost no work .
I already bought the press & his book. Bought the bird seed he recommended, then separated & sifted out the black sunflower seeds.
Now I need to actually mount this press and try it out.
I pray that I will also be able to grow sunflowers, as I am new to gardening and growing.
Plus, trying to be a homesteader in the city, in a HOA, has been comical this past year.
Love it!
this is wonderful! I hope that you're having great success!
I KNOW WHERE SANFORD IS! I grew up in Michigan... Oakland County, Macomb County, and we worked from Grand Rapids to Grand Blanc, Lapeer and Port Huron!
The only info I've seen most definitely explains why most manufactured seed oil is terrible for us. Very happy to hear about the alternative.
My best friend is rom Orino Frino Idaho . Spent about 2 weeks there a few year ago. Had several dinner at a down town restraint. Wonderful town , would consider ,moving there.
Many many years ago, my grandmother told my dad to fill the sausage skins while she went to town. When she came home, he had it all done because he had connected the meat grinder to the tractor motor. Her comment? "Lazy people..." 😆
and clever people 🙂
Clever man!
That made me laugh out loud!!
Genius😂
Awesome show !! Thank you !!
Glad you enjoyed it
Since I live in the tropics now we have just started producing our own coconut oil. We have over 50 coconut trees that I make coconut milk, coconut water and now coconut oil from. The joy of producing your own products from things that you plant and grow yourself is priceless. I make my own soap using my own coconut milk and oil.
That sounds marvelous.
this is awesome!!
Awesome
Ok first time I saw this thank you so much for giving this wonderful information. I am also in Michigan and will be starting this for 2024. Blessings to you and yours!
Glad it was helpful!
howdy neighbor ;) Happy Pressing!
Thank you for this wonderful information. I am glad to find out I can press my own oils. I’m starting all this much older than most. I’m 62 and trying to start a homestead and take care of my husband who suffered multiple strokes and can’t help use his right side. Sunflowers are something I can grow and press would love to find hemp seeds to do. Will be getting Mr. Cohen’s book.
Wow! Good for you. So sorry about your hubby. What a great idea for sunflower oil. I love subdue oil and peanut oil. I'm thinking of growing peanuts next year.
Blessings and prosperity to you and your hubby. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing!! Sunflowers are a great place to get started with home pressed oils.. happy pressing!
I'm 57 and have also been diving into homesteading. I started about 10 years ago with gardening and in 2020 got chickens and ducks. Milk goats are next for me but until then I'll start pressing oil. I have always grown sunflowers. I'm so excited about another chapter in my journey.
Just seeing this .. a year after lol michigan neighbor here this is exciting info, thanks
howdy neighbor!
I just very recently learned that you can also make flour from the sunflower stalks, using the white pith!
I live near a marsh so we have wild cattails growing. I'm not above harvesting them for food and fiber, but for food I'd have to go well into the marsh because they will readily uptake road chemicals. From an online source:1. Cattail pollen: You can collect the yellow pollen from male cattail flowers to make cattail flour. Sift the flour and store it in a cool dry place, then use it in tandem with wheat flour to bake breads and cakes.
2. Cattail roots: Cattail roots, aka rhizomes, are best eaten in the fall or winter. To prepare cattail roots, clean them with cool water, then trim off the small offshoots of the main rhizome. Cattail roots can be grilled, baked, or boiled. After you’ve fully cooked cattail roots, you can eat them like the outer leaves of an artichoke-pull the flesh away from the fibrous root with your teeth.
3. Cattail shoots: Harvest the young shoots of cattails in the spring. Peel away the outer leaves to reveal a tender, white shoot. You can sauté or stir fry the shoots. They have a flavor akin to cucumbers.
4. Cattail flowers: Harvest female flowers while they’re still green, before pollination. They can be grilled or boiled and eaten with butter and salt, just like corn on the cob. Once they turn their characteristic brown color, they are no longer good for eating.
Also, know what you are picking because the young shoots resemble blue flag iris, which is toxic.
Hi Neighbor! Sanford is a few town's over from me. Love that someone from Michigan is on ❤
howdy neighbor!
Great conversation and apart from the initial press cost, a very viable option for anyone
Funny, this topic keeps coming back up in my mind.
Excellent discussion! So interesting!
It is true there’s Doctors on the net that say nut oils are bad for us .love you home stead video’s and so I’m interested in all the things that you are teaching us about thing we can do for are future generations Thank you so much ❤
I was totally surprised at how much of this I already knew. Thanks.
what a wonderful show with my friend Bevin C. What a great guy
Hey Kim!
This reminds me of Outlander! In the novels, Claire buys sunflower oil from the Tuscarora, lol! She uses it in hair conditioning, and lotions.
I never realized we could do this. I have grown sunflowers for years, and now we have some real acreage to do it. I just am stoked that it would be practical enough for me to actually do! I want the book!
I’m an Outlander fan too! Today I was looking at herbal books and I saw one about saving mold for medicinal uses. I immediately thought of Claire and penicillin broth!
Oh my, we live near your guest! 2020 was awful, with the heat,flood, then frost...
Wow, I went digging for information on this about two years ago and could find very little. Thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to have this resource. I have long thought the lack of local fats other than lard to be a major missing link in home food resilience!
The lack of info available is exactly why I wrote this book..
wow!! I glanced over and thought it was Travis from the prepared homestead!! good content, thank you
One of the best interviews ever. Why? Because I have not seen another so informational and from a true pioneer and subject matter expert. God bless you both. And thank you, Carolyn for always sharing your great finds. Huggs from Texas
Thank you Kimberly for those kind words!! I'm glad you enjoyed the interview.. I had so much fun chatting with Carolyn!
Just to thank you for this vid really great. Bless you. Malkuta
I can't tell you what a timely topic this is. I've been interested in making my own oil but had no idea where to start. I know store oils are bad but never thought of another option, assuming equipment was too expensive or not accessible. Also, nut butter made from the various seeds really gets my enthusiasm to a higher level. I'm frugal by nature and at 60 years old I fight the high cost of groceries and other needs. This is one more to add to my arsenal. I like the idea of a quality hand crank in case there are interruptions in the electrical grid. Thank you so much for the in depth conversation about this and I'll be investing in your book.
Right on Catherine! 💪. A fellow 60 yr old here!
My favorite nut butter that we get form our oil press is almond! Yum! I hope that you enjoy the book Catherine, thank you!
so excited my Piteba press has arrived now waiting for sunflower harvest time, the sunflower fields are in full bloom. For those thinking about this, the book arrived weeks before the press, and because it comes directly from the Netherlands you musty sign for it when it is delivered.
Thank you for the order!! Happy Pressing!
My thoughts now wonder to finding sunflower seeds I trust to press, since the local crop isn't ready yet I was comparing seed companies just not sure who to trust.@@SmallHouseFarm
Thank you for explaining that seed oils are inherently healthy. I was under the impression they were not, but it makes perfect sense now!
I would still look into it further and do your own due diligence in researching. There are quite a few medical doctors who say otherwise, ones that don’t have a dog in the fight and nothing to gain from their opinion.
Dr. Mercola says "no" to see oils. Too much Omega 6. A little is o.k. but most people are eating way too much Omega 6. It can take 2 years to get these out of your system.
Rape seed oil & the newly processed cotton seed oil are Not healthy for anyone.
@@momof4loves842 i 100% agree!!
@@tegansims8954yes, I have the same concern. I’ve read this concern with omega 6, with Mercola and also Dr Axe and others. I didn’t hear him address this. So is the chemical process what causes high levels of omega 6? Or do the seeds themselves have haughty levels of omega 6?
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊Thank you very much for the information. 😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you for providing this important interview. It is exciting to hear of another Michigan farmer/homesteader willing to share product and expertise.
hello neighbor! :)
A few years back, Lays potato chips used sunflower seed oil. They were such a Fantastic Flavor!! I wanted to try using it for all my frying; but commercially it was pretty expensive. Now I want to try making my own. Thx you 2 !!
So, exciting! Thanks for doing this!
You’re always one step ahead of most homestead families asking the hard questions that have to do with total, true independence. This makes me think of the skills our ancestors had. I often think of the knowledge they had that is now getting lost, but to them was everyday survival. We’ve come a long ways over the generations, but I can’t help but think we have lost some pretty vital skills along the way. Especially concerning nutrition and our everyday health and I often wonder, are we really better off?
I think not. I wish we could go back to quieter times. When everything wasn't 24/7 and families worked together to grow, prepare and store food. I have many memories of picking fruits and vegetables and helping my mom or grandmother to process them. And the taste of fresh food not processed food for convenience. I'm trying to do as many of these things now that I can. I'm happy we live somewhere where the stores are not open 24/7 few restaurants no fast food. You really must do things for yourself here. I've learned so much in the 7 years I've lived here. But the best is that things are simplar. We shop once a week and eat out once a week.
I probably would have died in childbirth or from melanoma...or more recently breast cancer(I have a genetic mutation related to breast/colon cancer that is not yet well understood). There are aspects of the past, though, that we would be well advised to revive.
Oh... and I think it was from the WWI era that US recruits were shockingly malnourished.
Correction-- It was WWII. Recruits/draftees who were rejected for various mental/physical reasons were subsequently discovered to have had poor nutrition during childhood... which corresponded, of course, with the Great Depression.
This has been on my mind lately. You seem to read my mind a lot 😅.
Thank you BOTH for sharing this information!
It’s amazing you don’t have to shell even pumpkin seeds!! I always have those!
pumpkin seed oil is one of my favorites!
Wow! I love this video
Oils have been my worry for years. Most presses are so expensive it's almost impossible to diy. Thank you Carolyn and Thank you Bevin
Merci from Montreal, Canada.
I just looked up making coconut oil a month ago, third world country. So unbelievably COMPLICATED!!! Such fabulous content!!!! Loved Loved loved
Glad it was helpful!
Flaxseed oil is also traditionally known as linseed oil, and makes an excellent wood finish!
Flax stalks are also raw material for making linen fabric
Heck, linseed oil is even the base raw material for making linoleum (literally Latin for "linseed oil polymer") if you wanna play around with some chemistry
Flax is quite a neat little plant. The fact that it's oil is also tasty is a heck of a bonus
for sure.. and flax is easy to grow too!
Yes! Great topic! You are correct! We will need this when store bought is no longer available!
Thank you both for an amazing conversation! Love, light, strength and healing to all!
Thank you 👍👍😊 I doubt I will DO this but I love learning and I would tell anyone interested to view your channel.
I never would've thought about growing and producing my own oils.. thank you for sharing this❤
You're so welcome!
Same! Glad I saw this!
As soon as you said rapeseeds, I wondered if you were from North Idaho. I live in southern Idaho and my son goes to school at U of I. I was there a few weeks ago and loved driving around and seeing the yellow hills. We had a lot of those when we lived in England too. I don’t have room where I live to grown much, but I love watching your videos, especially the canning ones!
Very interesting discussion! Thank you.
Thank you, I now have another great educator & author to learn from.
Thank you for those nice words :)
So much info and very encouraging. Thank you both.
I'm in Michigan too - I know exactly where Sanford, MI is at. I have relatives that live there. Thank you for the great information!
OMGoodness!!! I almost skipped this vid, but thought there must be a reason Caroline is doing this! SO GLAD I WATCHED! THIS INFO IS AMAZING! THANK YOU AND BEVIN VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
👍 Thanks! Great info! 😊
❤️ I'm so excited to be less than a half hour from Bevin! I homestead in Beaverton and moderate for Goshen Prepping in Farewell. I enjoyed this video and all that I learned from it. Can't wait to get my hands on his book. 🥰
We can grow olives in SE Texas but I've never seen a olive tree here. As for oils we avoid plant based fats except olive oil. Good video, good info. Most oils you get from the store are hydrogenated or full of trans fats. We use sheep and beef tallow and hog lard.
I am out of my mind SO excited about this! Thank you so much for bringing this topic to out attention!
Wow! This was very interesting and informative! Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent interview! This has been very informative!
Very informative presentation! Thank you for sharing!
Caroline I am so grateful for you presenting this information. I stopped using seed oils because of the information on the internet…linoleic acid stuff.
DID she actually address linoleic acid (omega 6)? I was specifically listening for anything about this and didn’t hear it mentioned. I only heard them talk about the chemicals used in commercial production. Some health minded doctors say even the seeds are high in the linoleic acid and to be cautious of not consuming too many actual seeds. Is this dependent on the soil nutrient content? Or just seed dependent?
I'm from the Mio Michigan area 😊 Thank you so incredibly much for this priceless information 😊
Glad it was helpful!
howdy neighbor! :)
Mindblowing!!!! Absolutely great video. The information was outstanding. Everytime I come to your channel the information I get is always useful, wanted, needed. You guys are amazing. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for covering oil pressing. I've been looking for books for a couple of years. Very excited.
wonderful - happy pressing!
I’ve signed up for his UA-cam site, asked for his book for my birthday, and have started listening to his S1E1 podcast. We grow a bunch of pumpkins every year and I’d love to do something with the seeds. Mostly we leave a bunch for the deer to eat. Thanks Carolyn for this excellent video.
I’d like to buy your pumpkin seeds!
@@ellegroover I’m hoping to use them to make pumpkin oil. Would you want them raw or roasted? Just curious…
Thanks Beth.. I hope that you're enjoying our podcast and youtube channel! Happy Pressing! :)
I just received my seed press for Christmas, I'm soooo excited to try it out
yay! :)
THANK YOU!!!!! You are so right oils have been a huge “hole” in my preps, ordered my press and seeds , from Scotland
Hello there! I know where Sanford is! I was born and raised in MI and swam at Sanford many many times! Move to NC and the last few years learning more and more thanks to all of you!
Wow. Definitely planting more sunflowers today!! We were already hoping to feed sunflower seeds to our chickens and this is another great use, since we aren't able to produce our own butter or lard yet. Thank you so much for sharing this!!
We are saving up and looking for our first homestead. Chickens is our first planned animal, so I'm constantly thinking of things I could grow to feed them. Growing black oil sunflowers sounds like it would do double (triple?...compost pile for the coop bedding afterwards) duty!
After all our "innovation" we are coming full circle to homesteads....which turn out to be the most sustainable way to live after all.
I would be very wary of using seed oils. They're high in omega-6 fatty acids and linoleic acid, which is really unhealthy for people. The best fats and oils are lard, tallow, suet, butter, ghee, EV olive, EV avocado, and EV cocnut.
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😳 OMG I live in Sanford Michigan. Small world 😊 Very interesting video, learning good stuff.
Thanks for watching!
howdy neighbor!
Because of this wonderful information that I've never heard, but is definitely needed.. I'm now looking into starting a small business..I've been praying for a God idea of something I could do from home as I'm chronically ill due to exposure where I used to work.. so I really needed this idea.. thank you so much. I'm now doing alot of research and looking into networking groups..please keep on putting these wonderful information out there❤
Loving all the possibilities. My mind is reeeling with all the things.
Great conversation & content; thanks for sharing!
Such fantastic info!!! Thank you for this wonderful discussion/ info share!
Thank you!
A quick and cheap way of extracting oil from seeds is to use a blender.
Simply blend the seeds until you have something looking like peanut butter put in a container.
The oil will separate from the mash.
Obviously this will only produce relatively small amounts, but perfectly usable for the kitchen.
In the first chapter of the book I talk about the history of oil extraction and we discuss this method... the yields are low like you mention, but it certainly works!
@@SmallHouseFarm
Thanks for your reply.
I just thought I would mention it for those who didn't want/ couldn't afford, or felt they don't produce enough seeds to buy a press.
But thanks again for the confirmation.
We live on a small city plot and we grow sunflowers at the back of my property as a buffer. They are beautiful and easy to grow!
This is huge. I have a local Freedom Cell group and food sovereignty is one thing we are working on. This would be a great bartering item.
Very good info!
I love when people more local to me are guests! Such good info and I'm so excited to check more into seed oils! And the info about how commercially processed seed oils are done!!! MINDBLOWING!!!! Thank you Caroline for this interview!
Thank you so much for this video!
This was such an interesting episode. Thanks for sharing this content.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm from West Michigan. Born and breed. I love how we use our hand as a Michigan map. This was a good vid. Thanks to both of you.
Don't forget in the event of a long term issue...producing oil is producing light....and heat.
Hello from West Michigan! We are finally supposed to FINALLY get a good couple of days of rain starting tomorrow!
We live in central Louisiana and I've already got half a tow of peanuts planted, as well as half a row of oil sunflowers. Im super excited to try this!!!
That is great!
What a GREAT video!! I passed on it two times and then I finally hit play. I had no idea that you could press these oils at home. I will certainly be looking into this. Thank you for these enlightening topics.
awesome!
Wow, Bevin is only 30 minutes or so away from my home. I am very interested in start processing oil myself. Hemp seed farm is nearby also. I'm going to check this more by starting with his book. Thank you both for sharing this great information.
I’m north of Ann Arbor so I’m not really that far away. I’d like to try hemp oil!
Howdy neighbor! :)
Do you happen to know the name of the hemp farm?
Fantastic information and the description area time stamps: spot on. Thank you
This is so interesting, obviously new to me. I feel like a whole new world is opening up to me. Your videos are so well done. I am very grateful, I’m learning so much from the homesteading community. I need to make a plan of action. There’s so much I want to start and don’t want to overwhelm myself.
Thank you!!! I've been wondering about this for a while.
Great video! I actually live a little over an hour from Bevin. Thanks for sharing this knowledge!
Great information! And I purchased the book 😁
Thank you!
I am so inspired by this! Thank you!
Admonish us some more! Your strong suggestions about fats oils and serious need is profoundly unacknowledged. Thanks for this video!
This is Definitely another fantastic video, Carolyn. Thank You and God Bless You Both for sharing all of this information with us.❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!