Don’t Knock It Til You Try It
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- We are starting off our morning out in the garden to get some tomato maintenance done, as well as picking some green beans and other veggies that are ready to harvest. Then in the kitchen we are frying up some fresh potato chips with our recently harvested potatoes, as well as some fresh cucuzzi gourd, and some homemade smashed burgers.
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Intro: Let Me Love You by Loving Caliber
Strending Kids by Ooyy
Summer Night by Wai
Black Margarita by Arc Du Soleil
Kids On The Porch by Iso Indies
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That baby is the cutest little thing. She knows more about gardening than most urban adults, lol, so cute. She's a hard little worker, wants to be involved in everything. You all are raising great kids and teaching them real life skills. So good to see.
Hello 👋 from Brandy and Alan with Wild Alaskan Homestead… that’s so cool the potatoes are producing nicely.. Wood Prairie has great potatoes and so many organic varieties..
thank you for the recognition ❤it really means a lot to know we were able to bless 🙏 your journey.
Love to see Ben cooking - brings back memories of the "crossing America" journey. How you all work together is such a joy to be allowed to experience. Thanks again for making our late evening here special!
Great job JACK, the "burger smasher" is a working piece of art. Thank you Hollar family.
I love seeing the abundance of food that comes from your garden. Good to see Ben in the kitchen and cooking for the family. Buggy reminds me of 3-1|2 year old granddaughter that also does a frequent wardrobe change.❤
It's nice to see Meg eating while someone else is cooking! You all have a nice family.
I had no idea Buggy changed her clothes so much! What a hoot! She does a great job!
My little Great Grands do the same 🥰😘
She is such a little girly girl. 🥰 Especially saying she has no clothes. 👗 🤷♀️
I love the press Jack made. It is beautiful and unique. It is far more special than anything anyone else can buy. If you make it where you can screw the handle on and off you can still store it in the drawer. Great job, Jack. All of the food looked amazing. Both of you are excellent cooks. Meg is amazing in the kitchen. I love that the kids will know how do preserve and do all of the things. Great parents and family! :)
All the kids are lookers BUT Buggy is model pretty. She is just so darn adorable! 70 year old grandma here, I know what I’m talking about. Thx for sharing your family with us!
I love when she has her hair pulled up on top of her head in a ponytail
At one time Maine was the biggest producer of potatoes in the country.I'm glad your Russits are doing great.
ROTFLMBO 😂😂😂
OMG, the expression on her face was priceless.
She was trying so hard to like it. 👍
But she's like Nope, Nope, naahh I just can't do it😊😊
Even more than idaho! That’s what we’re famous for is the russet potatoes!
@@debbiebeckstead9268 -Yes, we did grow more than Idaho,but that was a long time ago.
Ya'll did it again. Another home grown video. Ben doing some cooking and the boys eating the chips while he cooked is priceless. You guys are so real.
🙋🏼♀️🕊. Ben you are working so hard to amend your soil . It is showing up for you now. 🌟. Hard work and love of the land . You and Meg. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 blessings 💞🕊💞🕊
Seeing Ben frying brought back a memory for me.
My dad did the frying in our house too. Mom cooked all the meals, but when something needed to be fried, dad put on the apron.
Me too...same memory. 💖
What a blessing a garden is. I love raising mine and I love to can. Buggy is a big help to be so young and little. Much love to you all.👍🙏💛❤
Any time things have a story, it’s just better ESPECIALLY if it’s a gift from your kids 🥰
Small person really bats her eyes at Daddy‼️
I always love seeing that you have posted a new video. Love watching your family and homestead. ❤️
Buggy is so cute...those eyes hahaha It's so nice to see Meg enjoying a meal made by Ben again.. Have not seen you guys doing BBQ lately. Not sure if you still have the firepit fridays
I enjoy watching your gardens grow. Always lots to harvest. I don’t know if you’ve ever watched “The Veggie Boys” but their farming methods grow a lot of produce. For eg: you and almost everyone I watch seem to think tomatoes need to be all trellised up and pruned all the time. The veggie boys leave them to fall and grow where ever, ignoring them really, and they produce an abundance of fruit, and have very little if any disease.
My family never pruned tomatoes or tied them up either and canned tons of them every year, up here in MICHIGAN, maybe that makes a difference.
I love your garden to table videos and your garden is producing wonderfully. 🥰 Meg's bread looks delicious. Take care and God Bless.
My mom had a wooden patty press, too. We always put a piece of wax paper between the wood and the meat, then it came out easily. Nice design!
I was watching ur video in May 2023 about ur mention of pickled eggs. I’ve grew up eating them and always make them as my Dad’s mother made - w/canned beets + the can’s beet juice. The heated vinegar, beets, beet juice, onion slices and herbs dye the eggs purple red - beautiful! Beets are super yummy w/the eggs. I’m sure you could purée fresh beets for juice and use thin sliced fresh beets. Hope u’ll give it a try! 😊
Heart full once again! Thank you guys. Topped off with Buggys signature "bye". 😊
Major kudos to Jack for the burger-smasher ... like father, like son. I love it so much!!! Thanks for sharing!
I love watching you all working and cooking together in the kitchen. Thanks for saying you made those chips using a vegetable peeler. Listening to the crunch just made my mouth water. The burgers and the buns looked amazing! Tonight I'm fixing the beef and gravy that you fixed last night.
This Family Always has an Awesome Meal 🥘 Meg is an excellent Cook 👩🍳 and now looks like The Man of the House has many Talents 👨🏻🦰
@@maryjemisonMaryjay1936 I know he has made me want some homemade chips! lol
Here in zone 6a in a mountain desert climate, we prune only for airflow because by the time the tomatoes start producing, it's pretty close to our first frost date. Someday I will get a high tunnel and we'll have a longer season, but until then, it makes no sense to prune off productive vines. It's fun to see how different gardening techniques work for different climates!
Ooh, I have some zucchini that will be ready by next week, and I have so many recipes I'm waiting to make. Looking forward to garden produce that you haven't had for a year is one of my favorite parts of gardening.
Hi from uk ,
Just love ur family ,
First time i have ever herd of a cucuzzi ,in my 60+ years ,goes to show it pays to watch the vids ,
Learn somthing new every day ,
Those burgurs look amazing
Could taste them from here ,the little girl ,is such a princess ,absolutly adorable
Such a cool episode. Family all around the kitchen munching on homemade chips with Mom and Dad at the range. You guys are so industrious and you don't ever cease to inspire. Garden looks great. I know how much work you've done to get your dirt to work for you. It's great seeing your plan come together and all the hard work paying off. Also like catching Ben on the new Homesteaders Podcast.
Best family cooking show and the kids all help. Those burgers looked looked so good.
Now I want a cheeseburger with purple chips on the side for supper! 👌👍😊
Love seeing you two working the garden together and the icing on the cake was seeing Ben frying up all that yummy goodness and not able to keep up with the kids eating it! Oh and Jack did an amazing job on the hamburger press too! 👍💖👏
What a fun time as a family, eating potato chips and all the rest. :)
If Jack enjoys making these I bet he could sell some if he really wanted to. I know I would buy one because my metal press also did not make the cut! Great videos as always!
Thanks Ben. I'm growing purple potatoes too, and now I want to try chips! Your gardens are spectacular and abundant. I almost lost it with the look on Buggys face with the bite of cucuzzi! Fyi, I counted 4 different outfits today.
Have you ever tried fried green tomatoes? They are so good battered and deep fried! Yum
Yeeessss so good!
the homestead is looking amazing great work guys. Its all coming together
Yay, Jack! And Yay Ben forgiving Meg a well deserved break from cooking! I love you guys!
Great abundance of food, cooking & family meals! Great burger press, Jack & soup creation, Munchie! Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦
A switch seeing Ben cooking. Everything looked great! Meg, I saw you bundling the bread up - Do you refrigerate it or leave it on the counter?
It stays on the counter.
My daughter always loved changing her outfits all day long. I fixed that. I gave her one drawer with clothes we picked out. She could ONLY play dress up with these clothes. When she was done.
She put it back in the drawer and got another one. This way she didn't pick out special clothes. Worked very well.
Fashion Shows. L.O.L.
Ben cooking wowsers buggies face 😂 priceless lol
Love that you pray! God Bless
I have also "accidentally" stood over the fryer and eaten too much fried zucchini -- try warm water with lemon juice, with some ginger if you like it. The lemon's acidity with the warm water cut right through the oil and help bring you around :)
Right there with you on lovin’ Cherokee Purple Tomatoes! 🍅
Make your handle but make it removeable and then it can all go in the drawer in a bag together of course. I agree stories of how things are made and the memories of them are special. Good job all of you God bless
That daughter of yours is so very cute and is going to be a beautiful young lady! I so enjoy see your garden ...there is NO food as good as something fresh from the garden! Those potato chips ...such great family memories.
BEN, THANK YOU FOR THE POTATO CHIP HACK! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SLICE SOOO THIN. I'M AN IDIOT! YOUR A GENIUS!❤❤❤
Thanks for the tip about the potato peeler. I just harvested my sweet potatoes. Had several the size of soft balls and I want to try making chips out of them.
Buggy had so many outfits on it just made me laugh!
Have a Thoughtful Thursday!!
Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!
Our family holds hands to pray also, and tonight as we watched and as your family got ready to pray -- my husband reached for my hand. :-)
I don't really like beets, but I found out that I like red beet chips better than I like potato chips. Definitely worth a try whenever you fry stuff again sometime!
Beet chips are so good!
I like pickled diced beets. I top salid with cottage cheese, top that with the beets. No dressing, because the cottage cheese and pickled beet juice mix together to become the dressing. Sprinkle with toasted sunflower seeds, and dig in. The first time someone made it for me, I'm like what in the world? And then when the pickled beet juice mixes with the cottage cheese, the cheese turns beet colored lol. But it's so good.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF SAVING ON DISHES
Since right now is your very busy time of year and you understandably don't have as much time for vlogging I have been watching some of your older ones
Some I've seen, some I haven't. Enjoying all. It's really fun to watch the ones shot in California and your cross country travels when searching for your new home. Recommend it for everyone.
I remember when I got some snake bean seeds. There were only 5 seeds per pack so I got 2 packs. The seed company I got them from always had new and interesting seeds but I noticed they seem to have lower germination then any other seed company. Because these were "exotic" seeds I think the company should provide more specific directions and growing tips because of different farming practices and conditions.
Wow, that was quite a bunny trail.
Anyway, you were talking about how smelly your kakuzi squash was which reminded me of those snake beans. Out of the 10 I planted 3 germinated and one withered away shortly thereafter. This bean originated in a more tropical region than I live in and I planted in a section of my front garden/flower bed. The vines attached to the house as if glued on. They only produced 1 bean on each plant. When I finally picked them(the biggest being around 3 1/2 feet long and very gnarly I couldn't help but notice the distinctive skunk like smell and the feel of sticky/chalky residue of the bean which left my hands with a slight skunk smell.
Not being as adventurous as your family, I wasn't about to cook it up. I did try to find someone who was willing to cook it up and sample with no takers. One even cited a fear that they would have to possibly throw out the pan it was cooked in.
Kudos to you for trying it.
Instead of battering up like zucchini, have you ever considered frying like potato chips? Would be quick if you had an adjustable mandolin. Or perhaps slice up then ferment for a couple weeks and have what might taste like salt and vinegar chips.
I purchased the long bean seeds and Cucuzzi seeds last year to try this year because of your videos introducing them to us last year. I'm a fan! Trying to do more vertical gardening this year as we lose plants to rodents and rabbits.
What a fun video. Meg I also trimmed back my tomatoes alot I found they yielded better.
Ben, yum homemade potatoes chips haven't made them since my kids were young.i like fried zucchini, but like to make pasta boats instead. Nice to see you cooking and the kids enjoying your efforts.
Blessings to you and the family. 😊🇺🇲
You guys don’t laugh much. Would Love to see you guys in a hard laugh w/ gigantic smiles, So reserved and solemn.
That was a very satisfying task Ben. They disappeared as fast as you could cook them. A once in a while treat is always popular. That is one quality hamburger smasher, better than any bought one. . Great vlog as usual. 🌻🌻💕💕
This is one my most-favorite of your videos! I LOVE your honesty about all the 'fried stuff'. And, I haven't said it before but my favorite moment of ALL your videos is the little bit where we get to see everybody's heads bowed down in prayer before your meal. Oh gosh...that is so wonderful!
Wood prairie farm potatoes are the best, they have great garlic also
Darn! Now I am hungry for burgers.
Use a potato peeler to make potato chips! Brilliant!
Hi.... Meg and Ben, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐈🐄🐖🐝🌱🌻🌼🌹🌸🌺🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍
Regarding the burger press: maybe add a removable handle? You screw it into place when you need to use it, then take it off to put the press away in the drawer. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing the peeler idea for chips. I planted a bunch of potatoes, too, and will be looking for ways to use them soon (it's nowhere near harvest time in Wisconsin, though!). 😊
I really enjoyed watching your children enjoy tasting the food! Thanks for sharing your life with us.
What a great family, everyone working together.
Soooo Funny!!!!!
......."I've had this theory........"
I am pushing 60 years and we have been using a vegetable peeler to make chips longer than I can remember!!!!!
Thanks for the chukel!
Absolutely LOVE the channel!!!!!!!!
I watched a video of a guy that made smashed tacos. The hamburger was seasoned with the taco dry ingredients and he made, I think, 3 or 4 oz balls from that mix. He put the balls on the griddle and topped them with an 8" tortilla and smashed the ball flat. When the meat was browned on one side he flipped them and added cheese and the tortilla got toasted and melted the cheese. He then added the tomatoes, diced onions, lettuce, and topped it with sour cream, and folded the whole thing in half. A smashed taco! I am going to try them myself!
So love your family and watching you both cook and work the garden. Buggy is so cute 😘💜💛💜
Our taste buds change over the years when I was younger I hated spenish English peas and celery now I love them
Good show thank you all
Good Day Eh ! Hollars today for us is july 29th . UA-cam sig-nal got dropped for about two weeks , now we play catch-up . So now Ben shares the Honour of having Happy Eaters and empty platters . Good Stuff .
I tried a similar experiment a couple of years ago- between a heavy prune like you seem to have in the tunnel and then a no prune.
The heavy prune for me provided tomatoes earlier, but fewer overall, the no prune provided more and for longer, right until the first really cold nights(October in Northern Ireland).
Since then I go to a halfway prune removing the lower leaves and clearing certain side growths to allow for better air flow, and only heavy prune one or two plants to allow for an earlier harvest
Burgers ,,, always a hit !
Love you guys! THANKS
Glad to see you😊
Speaking of seed potatoes! In your last video you pulled reds that you said at least one potato in each plant was rotten. I grow a red variety called red lasoda and every year each plant has 1 rotten potato.. The original seed potato. For some reason that variety rots slower in the ground so the seed potato is always left behind when I dig them up. I'm not sure what the white spots would be but the mushy ones I bet were the original seed potato. They are also always consistantly massive reds! we seek that variety every year.
Good night from South Africa 🇿🇦
Ben in the kitchen 😂. Bye Buggy 👍🏽
when i was youmnger our landlord grew gourds in there yard .i thought that was the coolest thing
ROTFLMBO OMG 😂
The expression on her face was priceless. She was trying so hard to like it. But she's like Nope Nope naahh, I just can't do it😊😊
Thanks for letting us visit
💚 Love the fried food experiment...munching for sure! And now..Smash Burgers! Whaa⁉️ 💚
Great channel. I’d like to see you dig/build/bury a cold room as a project. Looks like you need a cool storage. Cheers!
Yes wood prairie farms is here locally….amazing family!
Ben, perhaps you could use a 'rubber stamp pressure tool' on your burger press? This is a crafting tool used to add pressure to rubber stamps in card making and scrapbooking. They're about the right size and have a rubber gasket on the bottom so they don't slip. It could store separately in the drawer to eliminate the need for a handle on the press. Just a thought! ☺
Wood Prairie Farms seed potatoes are fabulous!
Wood prairie is a great farm! All of my potatoes did so well this year.
You can also eat the young leaves from the cucuzza plant. Look up Cucuzza Tenerumi. We grow them every year and freeze the Tenerumi for winter. So good!!
Hello Ben, you could make a hinged handle to fold it so it doesn't take up as much space in your drawer.
Way to go, Jack!
Great family video..family love is in the air...you rock Ben
I love Wood Prairie Farms. I learned about them from Julie at Dirtpatchheaven.
I have learned so much from you all😊
Beautiful garden 😊
It was -MINUS 56 Fahrenheit here one day this winter. Im the fall I had covered my minuscule potato plot wth about a foot of old leaves and then a lite tarp. When planting this May I found a nice sized PERFECT potato in the ground. I ate it. It was perfectly fine. I am thinking of deliberately leaving a some potatoes in the ground this year and see if i can do that again!
Any of you empty beds you could put in black eye peas or pink eyed peas. FIELD peas of some type. You can eat the peas then turn in the tops as compost. Also peas would be a nitrogen fixer for the soil.
Such a Beautiful family.
Another fav🙂
God bless
Donna