Large Family Pantry Tour | Food Storage Challenge | From Scratch
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2018
- Today I'll take you on a tour of our pantry and indoor cold room. I'll also update you on how the October Food Storage Challenge is going.
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Hi there, and if you're new here, welcome! Several people have asked where I buy my bulk food items so I thought I'd add the link for you here. This is a Canadian company and as far as I am aware they don't ship outside of Canada. If you know of something similar in your area could you please add it here?
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Little Mountain Ranch I found a place where people can order things in bulk from the States. It’s called websturant. Hope this helps others 😊
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Peering into others pantries is my inspiration. Just hearing the tone of pleasure in your voice when you were naming your jams and jellies reminded me of all the half gallon jars in the freezer of my fruit juices. All summer I gather wild fruits and steam juice almost daily and freeze the juice till our weather breaks and then for me it’s syrup, jelly time. I love to hear the pleasure women have sharing what they have put up for their families. You have done quite well considering all the little people you have to care for!! Thanks for sharing!
I was thinking about you and wondering how your pantry much look. I'll bet it's bursting!
I would love to have way more, but it's a process and there's so much to learn. I'm so grateful that my mom taught me to can and garden when i was young - I can only imagine the learning curve for people starting out without any background in it.
Nice pantry! I'm still an urban canner, but that will change later this year when I move to my rural property. I have about 250 jars in sizes from quart down to 4-oz jelly jars, although once moved I want to get at least to 1,000 jars and beyond.
I'm also a bachelor, so I tend to can in terms of meal entres, rather than individual ingredients. So my pantry consists of Chicken Vegetable Soup (canned across three jars, owing to different processing times), White Chili, Refried Beans, Chef John's Three-Bean Chili, Meatballs in Marinara Sauce, etc. In February I'm experimenting with finding a good meatloaf recipe, and once found I'll put away two dozen servings of Meatloaf, Potatoes, and Mushroom Gravy.
Once I'm on my rural property, I'll definitely be growing the usual things like green beans, peas, carrots, and corn. But I also want to get into the "science" of food. Sort of like being an executive chef planning out a menu, deciding what I need to grow so that I can then can it up for the pantry. Being the proverbial "son of an engineer," I'm rather nerdy like that.
The only things I've not gotten around to canning yet are jams, jellies, and pickles. But I'm getting to it! I also have no problem with canning meat in wide-mouth quart jars, so I can have a nice Sunday dinner stored in my pantry. It's a good use for post-Thanksgiving turkeys that go on sale here in the USA. Roast them up and can them into jars, then boil the carcasses to make turkey stock that you also can into quart jars. Most common meat I can is chicken breast for soup and chili. I boil it first, dice it, then can it into pint jars.
Have you checked out the Victorio Food Strainer? This thing is the cat's pajamas for making tomato sauce and juice. I'm buying one sometime this Spring, so I'll be ready for the summer canning season. Here's a link at Amazon: www.amazon.com/Victorio-VKP250-Strainer-Electric-Accessories/dp/B005SIMXTA/ref=sr_1_18?crid=2B0T29VX7LJ03&keywords=victorio+kitchen+products&qid=1548162993&sprefix=victorio%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-18
Wish-list item for me is the GrainMaker mill, so I can grind my own flour and peanut butter.
I'm really big on self-sufficiency. Accordingly, I enjoy baking my own bread, making my own pasta, culturing my own Creme Fraiche, etc. Once I'm moved, I'll have the space to include making my own cheese and beer, and more.
In closing, congrats on the nice pantry! Wishing you the best of luck in 2019 and beyond.
Love the pantry! I just started pressure canning this year.I can meat and love it! Due to some health problems,i used to buy groceries according to how i was feeling physically and time constraints,more labor and time consuming meals,down to easy convenience foods(which weren't very healthy) Now my convenience foods are my canned goods.My sister i care for and i had barbecue sandwichs last night from it.I hope you don't mind but these are some channels that have been helpful to me in learning to can meat,Deepsouth Homestead,Southern Ark Homestead and Sutton Daze.I'm sure there are many more.I love the homesteading community.Salt of the earth folks!
I used the Tattler lids with hit and miss success until someone explained them this way - tighten the lid only until the jar starts to spin (don't hold the jar, just tighten the lid) and put in the canner, remember to tighten the lid immediately when you remove from the canner. Since I found out that tip everything has sealed perfectly. I love them.
Awesome. Thank you!
What you mean by jars start to spin ? thank you.
Jo-Anna Bushman she means that these lids should be tightened to “finger tip tight.” When you are ready to put the band on, only tighten it enough two it closes. Do not put extra pressure to get as tight as you can. Only tighten it enough so the jar would spin if you turn the lid. I hope that makes sense.
When you put the band on the kar over the Tattler lid, don't hold the jar only the band - tighten the band until the turning of the band moves the jar and stop and put in the canner. After canning tighten the band, I hold the jar with potholder and tighten the ring again.
Hope that helps
Yes..always drawn into pantry videos..You have a good one!! Late last summer when we were planning a real garden so I wanted to practice canning, meat was the first thing I canned. Chicken Beef Pork...Soup and Stew it all turned out Great!! What a time saver during the week. Ate some beef yesterday that was canned in Feb. DELISH! I did the raw pack method. Thanks for sharing!!
My great grandparents raised 15 children in the house I just inherited. I look at the farm and just wander how it was with all those children helping out on the farm and storing all the food for them! The root cellar is awesome BUT the top is falling in so non usable. My 9yr old son calls it the man cave! Lol BUT I can only imagine what their lives were like getting the food together! This was my first year having a garden and I am still learning. Thank you for bringing us into your pantries!! :D I just found your channel and am really enjoying your videos! Happy Homesteading ~Shaina~
Welcome to my channel, Shaina!
I know, whenever I think of the original family that lived on our land I am in awe of how hard they worked. We don't know the meaning of that kind of hard work these days, do we?
I can only imagine!! I remember watching my grandmother hand wash her clothing and hang dry them. She hated her "washing machine" she said it wasted water and didn't get the clothes as clean as she could. :) she cut up chicken and made fried chicken EVERY Sunday. I WISH I had her fried apple recipe! We have small spice apple trees and she would cut them up and freeze them in a sugar mixture.....man oh man....
:D
That sounds wonderful, I don't know how they did it I have trouble getting my kids to do the dishes and clean there rooms lol. We are also starting a garden this year and getting chickens again, for both meat and eggs, something we have done before but didn't last 2 years. I'm crazy excited about the garden and can't wait to start canning (already buying a flat of jars a week so I don't have to buy them all at once).
I have a friend who’s been stocking up on reusable lids and she uses them quite a bit and loves them!! I only picked up one box and I haven’t use them yet. I need to though. Thanks for reminding me!
Love your pantry!
Especially love the idea of controlling airflow with a vent.
In canning meat. One thing I have learned over the years is browning beef or pork before canning, makes for a much more appetizing product. Not only does it look better, but the caramelization of natural sugars add so much flavor.
Having various meat canned can make for quick meals on a busy day. Beef and noodles, smothered pork and rice, chicken and dumplings, etc.
A lady on “I’m Still Working” UA-cam channel has made some very helpful videos on canning and especially, canning meat. She has a great tip on canning pork with an addition of a certain bouillon cube to help maintain texture of meat.
Thank you so much fir the tips. They are ones I haven’t heard before.😊
This is fantastic and a vision of where I want to be so to speak - dedicated pantry space for storing all the food I've grown and then preserved. At the moment my jars of all sorts of preserved foods are all over the place. Really enjoyed watching this and am a little bit jealous! Thank you.
Thank you so much. I was so excited when we found this house and it had so many of the old style food storage places already in place. It has saved me so much time... and makes it look like I know what I'm doing more than I do. 😉
Just found your channel and love your pantry. One of the selling points for our present homestead is the pantry space and the long shelf that runs along the basement for food storage. I love having the space to put my canned goods and baking needs!!
Love my tattler lids. I love not having to keep buying them and I have never had a problem with them either. Perfect seal every time
I was not EVER raised around canning meat. So, if I am honest when as an adult when I got into canning my garden harvest and saw where folks canned meat, I was like, 'Yuck!'. BUT, we have power outages and I was running short on freezer space so I said, why not? So began MY GREAT MEAT CANNNG EXPIRAMENT! Canned ground beef and canned chicken breast. OK, now I have to try the product. Chili in 30 minutes - check and GREAT! Mexican Chicken Soup with dehydrated squash - GREAT! Next, chuck roast for 2 in pin and a half jars - FABULOUS.I have become the person I originally thought was crazy. I am fine with that. I have meals in jars: I know what is in them, I know how they were prepared, healthy Fast Food, Meals in Minutes, not grid dependent. Whodathunk? Not me 5 years ago. But now, definitely!
That's an awesome comment, thank you!
You've inspired me to give it a try!
I have to say that it's so encouraging to hear from people who are going back to traditional values and learning how to preserve food.
I really want to find a real mincemeat recipe with raisens...
Another alternative is back up with shelf stable food that will store up 25 years till its opened. There are meat options that work great in casseroles.
@Reformed Anti-semite yes.. the process is freeze drying and then canned. Until moisture hits it and extra oxygen, it stops degrading. Im stocking up on meat and vegetables, then buy regular store items too.
What a beautiful array of jars! You've done a great job of your pantry. I love it! I wish I had a large pantry like yours! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you and you're welcome!
Wow that looks great! Pantry goals right there.
It's hard to keep a working pantry organized, so don't worry about that. Very nice setup and inspiring. Well done!
Thank you so much!
What an amazing pantry, and cold room.
That is great that you eat just what you put away. I want to do thst again. Looking at the picked and rose hips made me think of my pantry I used to have.. got to get inspired again. Another score for getting away from disposables.
You are doing awesome! More is not always better in canned foods. One year I canned over 700 jars. Not all quarts but a mix of half pints, pints and quarts. When the next planting season came, I was still burnt out and decided not to plant a garden. Then I didn’t can that whole year...it was crazy!
I love your cold storage. I wish I had something like that! I can’t keep potatoes good for very long.
That's an impressive setup! I was just showing it to my wife and she is super jealous. Great job!
Thank you! Tell your wife that I wish I could take credit for it all, but the cold room was put in by the old-timer that we bought the place from. They really knew what they were doing.
Your video was informative and inspiring; thank you so much for taking the time to make it and share it. I live in the suburbs of Long Island, NY, and the storms and power outages are becoming more frequent, more severe and lasting longer. I see, now more than ever, the need for me to create both a working, and a long term pantry in my home. You've given me a lot to think about.
Thank you so much! Yes, things are changing.
I love seeing pantries and what and how items are stored. Thanks for the tour. :-)
Love your pantry and all your wonderful jars full of goodness. Amazing and inspirational! Hugs Chelsea❤️
Hugs right back at you!
We have a 10x11 bedroom we've turned into our store. There's just 2 of us. I can as much as possible. I also buy potato flakes, dehydrate frozen cube potatoes along with onions and bell peppers. Potato soup is far to expensive to buy. I had an abundance of okra. We're pickling and canning. Looks very wonderful.
For me it gives me ideas that I may not be doing right now or how to change things, Thanks yours looks great
That's so awesome! Thank you.
Canning meat saves SO much time when it comes to dinner! All of our kids are grown, so I only can meat in pint jars these days, but it's so helpful to pull out a jar of cooked, tender meat for a recipe and not have to start by trying to tenderize the meat. Your pantry and cold room are very nice. Thank you for the tour. :)
Drooling over your walk-in pantry! I feel fortunate to have a sizable closet pantry, at least. My house is very small, only 1121 sq ft, no basement or root cellar sadly. I store my canned-up goods, potatoes and squashes out in the garage which is not ideal by any means as our climate in NW Oregon is pretty damp, but it's my only option. I have a large freezer for meat, and a smaller freezer for blanched, frozen veggies. You do what you can with what you have! Thanks for the tour.
Yes, exactly! Doing what you can with what you have and it sounds like you're rocking that philosophy! 🙂
Your pantry is lovely! I loved the tour. I’m just getting into a suburban homestead lifestyle and bringing you tubers on the ride with me on my budding channel. Glad I found you!
Love your pantry ,lots of work . Its so awesome to see pantries being full .... way to go . ❤
Your pantry/storage looks great. Good ideas
Thanks for the nice video. Yes we all must be weird wanting to see other peoples pantry... lol ;) Loved hearing about your setup. Got me a few ideas. Thanks for sharing ;)
Wow you are amazing ! I can’t imagine ever canning that many jars! 😍😍 great work ;)
Very nice and organized pantry spaces.
Thank you for sharing. I am just starting out, I now have a bigger pantry but need to build a cold room. Thanks for the tips and inspiration :)
Look at those beautiful jars of homegrown goodness. That’s an awesome pantry! I feel inspired to get some more food canned. I tried Tattler lids a few years ago, but many of mine didn’t seal and I got frustrated. I think it takes a little practice.
I've heard that it's a learning curve.
You could certainly fill your pantry with sauerkraut. Those cabbages are impressive! 😉
I absolutely adored your video. Great information. Can the meat!!!! You will love how easy and convenient it is to have!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the tour. My husband and I are nearing our final chapter, but you set up brings me fond memories. Tomatoes and pickles we're our family favorites and I did at least 50 qts of each every year. We tell ourselves that providing healthy, organic food for our children was the biggest gift we could give for their future in a time when organic food did not every have a name. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the support. 💚
I absolutely loved this video. I don't have a pantry and want one terribly. You have me wanting a cold pantry as well now. I am amazed at all your canning and storage room. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Lucky you!
Welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I’ll be doing my 2019 tour soon!😊
It's been so long since I've seen one of your videos! I'm going to have to go and binge! Missed you, and it was like hearing from a long lost friend! That pantry is fabulous!
I’ve missed you too!!!! How are you beautiful friend?❤️
I like the Pantry tours, because it gives me ideas for shelving, containers, and foods I haven’t tried. Also humidity and temperature control. I always pick up some kind of good information from them. 😊
Love the pantry ... looks great.
Really enjoyed your pantry tour! You have an amazing array of wonderful foods! I had to laugh about the disposable canning lids! I was wondering what is that? lol! I learned to can and pickle food decades ago-Tattler lids were the only kind there was! I have a few left from when I was a teenager.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful farm and experience with us.
Linda's pantry on you tube is a great place for information on tattler lids, and also canning all types of meat.
We also switched to the Tattler lids. Melissa K. Norris has a tutorial on the differences. They seal a little differently but once you do a couple rounds it's been pretty good.
Found you by chance. I can't wait to show my hubby your pantries. What a great idea with the cold room! He will love it and long for a basement even more.
Welcome! I’m glad you found us.😊
Love your cold room reminds me of the one in the house I grew up in. One of my goals this winter is to turn our back porch that no one uses into a cold room.
That sounds like a great idea. I also had a cold room like this when I was a kid and every time I walk into this one I'm brought back.
You just made a long time dream come true! I am from Virginia in the US, and back in 1998 my husband and I were driving from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Victoria on Vancouver Island- a gorgeous trip that I recommend to anyone who loves road trips. As we were traveling along some of the more remote provinces, I found myself so sorely tempted to find out just how on earth the people who lived there could possibly store enough food to get through the winter months??? I wanted so badly to see their pantries, and you have made that dream come true- thank you so very, very much!!! Kudos on all your hard work!
I used to have similar dream when I would explore around the country side. I used to love reading books set in the early 1900's that would talk about pantries, food prep for winter and curing meats. I would re-read those parts over and over again. I have to pinch myself some days that I am now part of that legacy of woman who do this kind of work.
Thank you so much for watching.
WOW !!! So so Nice and Good Work, you did get it ALL right :)
Top pantry. You are certainly an organised mum, Chelsea. Lots of hard work to achieve what you have created. Love your videos so much, reminds me when I had a household of kiddies and spent the time to cook from scratch. My Dad at 94 still loves his fresh veggies every day. Keep the videos coming as you bring joy into ,y life. Cuddles to all, love Jo from Australia xxxxxxx
Hey Jo, you are welcome to leave your lovely comments here anytime! xo
You are giving me so many ideas for our new house! I was wondering how I would manage cold storage with a wood furnace in the basement. I'm happy to hear that yours works well. We still have lots of sheets of foam insulation from when we built our cooler so that might actually be a project we can afford to tackle, haha!
Using that insulation is a great idea! I thought about you when my furnace kicked on. When we first moved in I thought there was no way it would work, but it does, perfectly!
I just have to know, how many jars have you done?
I’m really looking forward to the wood heated basement to keep things nice and dry (especially after battling mold issues in this house!) but the food storage down there was definitely worrying me a bit! I put up 479 jars this year before I ran out of jars and energy. I definitely let some stuff go in the garden this year but I did way more than I expected so I’m pretty happy. I went into the season expecting to can very little and some how the addiction still sucked me in 😏. I really hate seeing hardwork and good quality food go to waste!
Love your pantry ! I started using tattler lids last year I love them just leave extra head space it is very important and don't over tighten the rings and you will do fine
Just beautiful! If anyone’s working pantry is perfect...let’s just say they have wayyyy too much time on their hands! LOL I turned a spare room into my everything storage. Got lots of shelves and just started filling them. NO “company” will ever see that room! I’d probably die of embarrassment. Hahaha It’s an organized chaos I say. I know where everything is so I don’t worry so much. You are such a busy, awesome mom I think you’ve done fantastic!! Thanks for giving us a peek. God Bless you all ~Lisa
I love you, Miss Lisa. You are always so encouraging.💚
Little Mountain Ranch And you sweet, sweet lady are an absolute delight and I love you bunches and bunches! You really are such a bright spot on this earth. We need more people like you. You literally exude kindness, compassion and just an absolute love for your family and life in general. You’re such a beautiful soul Chelsea. Really. You are truly one of my favorite ladies on UA-cam. I would love to just sit with a cup of tea and giggle our heads off about kids, life, whatever! You’re open, honest, sincere, genuine and so welcoming. It’s why I love your channel. I can only imagine how blessed your family and friends must feel to have you in their lives. I feel blessed and I’m a bazillion miles away! LOL Thank You for sharing your life with us. I truly enjoy our visits. God Bless you dear lady. Be well. ~❤️ Lisa
First time watching! I love pantry tours, also! About canned meat- it is the ultimate convenience food. I did a trial run of canned meatballs...the were fantastic! Thank you for the tour.
Welcome! After reading all the comments encouraging me to give it a try I’m going for it!
Great ideas! Love the tour.
I loved seeing all you have stored. I wish I had your wisdom years ago when we had 7 children at home. I didn’t become interested in growing and preserving food until about 5 years ago. My husband was diagnosed with celiac disease and I became forced to scrutinize every food label. Boy did it open my eyes. We sold our suburban home and moved to a rural community. Even though we are in town (pop. 600) we have planted fruit trees, berry bushes and have added 9 raised beds, plus just convinced hubby to build a chicken coop! So baby chicks in the spring. My pantry is slowly evolving but I definitely need the addition of a cold storage room. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I think I was lucky because growing up my mom was always concerned about health, loved to can and had a big garden. I feel like I got ahead of the game because of her. Thanks mom! :)
I know what you mean about the shock of actually reading food labels - you realize all of a sudden that half of what you were eating wasn't even really food! My husband is also wheat intolerant (not celiac) and dairy intolerant so I have to do the same.
You are an inspiration.
Thank you for sharing, it definitely helps to get ideas😃👍🏽. I pray those who have not quite got on the bandwagon of being at least a little bit prepared... 3weeks and beyond a bit. Hopefully everyone can keep spreading the encouragement so that it won't be such a panic if...This can be meant in so many ways for sure, the worry and pressure for where the next meal will come from, will not be met with stress😃👍🏽 Blessing
That is my hope. 🙂
Girl, you are busy! It takes a lot of man hours to jar all those! I know all too well! I hope you had some little helpers. Nice storage!
Lots of little helpers! We can whip together a batch of just about anything in short order. I’ll tell ya, though, we were all glad to see the end of the canning season this year.😉
Very nice! I think we like seeing others pantries our of appreciation for how much work goes into it, get new ideas perhaps ;)
Great video!
Martine 🇨🇦
I think you’re right.❤️
Great video. My only pressure canning fails were from Tattlers. I vacuum seal in quarts as well & Tattler failures were a huge disappointment for me. I was glad to get rid of them.
I hear tattler lids are a learning curve. When you use them for the first time try canning water along with what ever you are canning so u won't lose any food.
You probably want to take those boxes off the cement floor and place wood planks to avoid chemicals from seeping in on your storage ....although they are in a box it want stop the seepage.
Love your pantry !!
Great video! We’re buying a much bigger 22 acre homestead from our little 1/10 of an acre suburban homestead, hopefully this week 😱. And I loved seeing your pantry because I’m dreaming of a cold pantry in the basement and maybe one day we’ll build a root cellar. But for now I’m just doing a lot of dreaming and planning. 😀
That is so exciting! The dreaming and planning phase can almost be more fun than actually doing it! 🙂
Having the resources is more important than organization, although I would love to be more organized. LoL
I've been working towards getting more organized for the past few month. It can be rather daunting!
Noticed that some of your jar have a mineral deposit, add a splash of white vinegar. It will help. We have very hard water it is really tough on everything. Great video
Thank you for the tip!
Tattler lids are wonderful! The only difference in my canning method is....once the ring is fingertip tight, back it off 1/4" ONLY, not a quarter turn.
When you take them out of the canner, tighten to fingertip tight again until cooled.
No failures with this method.
I am on my fifth round with most of my lids and they still work great. Good luck!
I agree with Mary in regards to only slightly backing the rings off as apposed to a quarter turn. When you back them off too far, they have the potential to rattle off in the cancer or when you take them out. Make sure you can a few with conventional lids to give away or enter in your local county Fair if you do that. They don't love Tattlers. I've been using them about 8 years now and i love them.
Great video, love the info!
Thanks so much!❤️
You've been very busy!
I'd like to know more about the Tattler lids as well. When you are canning, do you cook indoors or out?
I had a dismal garden year, but it's OK; I take everything to be an experiment and don't get too upset if it doesn't work out perfectly.
I sowed 3 varieties of peas twice this spring, but only 4 plants came up. I sowed kale and chard three times, but only 2 came up. I started lettuce indoors, and transplanted them, but only 3 lived to harvest; and so on.
Then my first-time mama geese rejected their first two goslings, and I snatched them up to raise them inside - the garden was forgotten until the babies feathered out. The geese mamas raised the next two goslings themselves. The ducks raised two ducklings, but haven't laid but one egg since late June\early August.
My fruit trees and berries did much better. I planted bare root apples last year, and keep adding berries and flowers to the food forest. Apparently the orchard is quite hot, and needs more shade because all the squash fried until the rains came this fall. The artichokes I started indoors and babied all season are barely alive.
Next year will be better! (I hope)
Both. When I'm doing large batches it's outside with a propane burner. I have dreams of building a canning kitchen outdoors one day.
I've heard from lots of people that it was a bad year for gardening, but like you, I look at it as a learning opportunity. My gardening year was a bit of a weird one, but it turned out alright in the end.
Nice job!
New sub! Just searched large family to find more youtube large family mom friends! Looking forward to catching up and watching more of your videos! ❤️
Welcome! I love having large family moms viewers.💗
I love seeing other peoples pantries :) Scratch cooking is the best.
New subbed. Like your ideas and neatness. Hello little Pocket....
Wonderful pantries! Love the cold room; wish I had one, but I don't have a basement. I've turned an extra bedroom into a pantry room. I bulk buy too. I hate the idea of frequent trips to the store. My goal try to keep a year's or more worth of all supplies on hand; food, toiletries, lamp oil, matches, etc. Right now I have 5 years of all toiletries.
That’s awesome! I have similar goals.
Great video and my hat is off to you for all that canning and your challenge to use items from the pantry in October. I ordered a box of tattler lids to test the waters last year and they work just as well as the disposable lids. I haven’t noticed more seal failures or any other issues. My suggestion would be to use some disposable lids for items you may be gifting unless the recipient is good about returning your jars. I lost several lids/seals because people didn’t realize what they were or had forgotten by the time they used the contents.
Thank you for showing us your space. I love seeing others'' pantries, as well. Do try your hand at canning meat. It's the easiest type of canning I've ever done and so rewarding. It's delicious and so convenient for meal making. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you - you too!
You have a well stocked pantry! I started pressure canning meats a few years back. One of the books on my Homestead Library collab got me started with confidence.
I'll check it out! :)
You're right, for whatever reason many of us are fascinated by pantries, especially other people's. What I've discovered in recent years is that there are a number of factors to consider in developing a pantry strategy: Budget, number of people in the household, diet considerations, studying what is used and how, which storage containers work best for you, time constraints, and inventory turnover goals.
I'm fascinated with my own pantries and how they have changed over the years. Since I now have the time to make much more from scratch, my pantry reflects that fact. That said, I consciously pick and choose what to make myself and what to buy. I don't have the budget or space for a long-term pantry, but I try to stash key items in bulk (generally non-perishables).
Anyway, I'm new to your channel and happy to be hear, so thank you.
I'm happy you're here, too. Wonderful comment, thank you. It's the number of people I have to store food for that I find overwhelming sometimes, but I just keep improving upon it every year and will likely have it figured out when my last child moves out. 😉
Thank you, Chelsea. Now if only so-called spellcheck hadn't changed "here" to "hear." Dear spellcheck, always a pleasure.
Thanks for the tour.
Pantries and how others get organized... that is what got me here.
I can fruit vegetables and meat and looking for ways to improve the 12 month pantry and longer term supplies.
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I love canning meat. Chicken, beef, pork. So amazing to open it up and have it all ready to go for dinner. tough stew meat and round steak comes out falling apart and wonderful taste. You will be happy you tired it.
girl!!!you have been busy! you canning all by yourself. one summer my mother and I with my father helping by shelling, cutting and such canned 1200 jars of food. even the half gallon jars with tomato juice in those. but wow it is a lot of work, with food prep, jar washing and the clean up really hinders how much one girl can do. great job.
Thank you so much! 💚
Unfortunately we have had the worst gardening/crop year that I can remember. One example... I planted 72 tomato plants and harvested less than one dozen tomatoes. Most of the plants never even blossomed. This year has been the wettest and coolest year I can recall. Last year I planted a third of the tomato plants and filled my shelves with jarred tomatoes. All of my local friends have endured the same problems ... my pantry will be quite lacking this year. Grateful to see your pantry so full . Miss you my dear friend!!! Give my best to the villagers 😀
Brian! So happy to 'see' you.
I've heard that from lots of people this year. It's been a crazy year for many.
Give my love to all your peeps.🙂
That’s how it was this year in Texas! It was really rough!
I just got through with preserving apples from my two trees. Applesauce, dehydrated apple and strawberries. My husband loves my sweet pickled jalapenos, and pickled beets. Didn't have good luck with dill pickles. Made some hard apple cider at my son's request. Would love to preserve my tomatoes next year.
Awesome!!
I love how you are like, "how did these lentils get here?". Very real video. Thanks!
Story of my life! Lol
Fantastic space.
I want to begin a pantry in this way- canning isn’t such a big thing here in the UK, so I have a lot to learn, but I found this very inspiring - thank you for sharing x
You're welcome!
canned meat has been such a blessing in our home. I cant imagine how many freezers it would take to keep it all stored otherwise. Def takes some investment of your time to do the canning but once you have it in jars it is a heat and go prep for dinner. Thanks for sharing you pantry. I admit that it is quite enjoyable to see how others store their stashes. My house has so many corners and closets full of jars due ti the fact that we ran out of room on the canning shelves that my husband installed for me.
I can’t wait to give it a try!
I LOVED looking at your pantry. Must be a thing, but it give me such joy. I've more or less given up on "long term storage". Yes I do have some, from when I thought it was more important. Variety of beans, rice, wheat etc.... a bit of freeze dried. I do also have to add that most of that came about because I got it at a good price. My wheat was 10 cent a pound. I paid $1 a 5 gallon bucket for a variety of beans...someone was moving and had long term storage they didn't want to move. freezed dried because of a sale and that person moving. okay so I got that and of course I'm not going to get rid of it. My change of thought was thinking about waste. Waste of time, money storage. The odds if something were to happen, the thought I would have to leave it and bug out. I no longer see the value of a seperate storage area for 10, 20 years down the road. My working pantry has things that will last longer than 3 years, but its also food that I need to use on a daily basis so my family is use to eating that way.
ps I starting going to tattlers two years ago. I tend to use them just for hotwater bath, not pc. My reasoning is that they will last longer if I treat the rubber seals well. I think pc take more life out of them than hot water bath. My thought is I will pressure can with metal, unless there is a shortage and than I will use tattle for pc.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share that. I fell likewise about long term pantry storage, but I do want some just in case something were to happen when my regular pantry stores were getting low.
I'm looking forward to trying out the Tattler lids. It makes sense to use the metal lids in the pressure canner - thanks for the tip. 💚
You’re an amazing chick!!! We’re in our homestead infancy (10 acres, Solar/off grid, well, cedar yurt, compost bins and some herbs growing) BUT we have a designated pantry space, the tools for canning.... next year the garden fruit trees and chickens!!!
One day I aspire to have my humble pantry resemble yours 💕
What you're doing sounds amazing! If I had a smaller family I would likely be in a yurt somewhere in the bush. Are you on Instagram? I hope you're chronically your journey somewhere - off grid living is so inspiring.
Little Mountain Ranch we are on instagram @hephnerngypsie and we started a UA-cam channel, but that’s taken a back seat for the moment! Love your channel!!!
Also we’re kinda long distance neighbors 🤔 we’re in Northern Idaho
I found you there - seriously gorgeous place. UA-cam takes time for sure, but after checking out your stuff I think you have something there if you wanted to go for it. 🙂
Pocket is so fluffy and cute! 😘
Love the channel, new subbie here
I have a back room it's dark and cool I'm thinking of using it for more pantry storage I have a laundry room now
Oh wow! What a fantastic pantry!
Thank you, friend.
Loved your pantrys. When you do can hamburger meat, fry it first till lightly browned and then dry can it. If you raw pack it will have a mushy feel.
What a great video! I’m so happy I found your channel!!
So am Ii!😊Welcome.
Love the video Chelsea x
Yay such a neat space! My husband and are purchasing his Grandparents place that has been in the family since 1919. We will have a big walk in pantry in the house for storing food. Plus there is a big cellar just right outside of the house. We will also be inheriting all of her canned food that she had put up over the last few years. She had 6 kids so even when they we’re all full grown she never stopped canning for that amount of people. It’s crazy to wrap my mind around it and such a blessing. We also farm 1200 acres of beans, wheat, and some safflower so we are usually able to save back quite a bit of beans and wheat for our own use. We also raise our own sheep, turkeys, pigs, and chickens. We also usually hunt and get a couple deer and an elk every year. So our meat is taken care of. We try to have a decent sized garden every year. I figure this next summer I will have about a half acre garden. I love being able to rely mostly on ourselves. It’s a good feeling when you know your family food needs will be provided no matter what. 😊👍
That sounds amazing! You're way further ahead being able to buy a house that is already set up for food storage, and how awesome that it's a family home!! Best of luck on your new adventure!!
Ahhhh I love it!!!
Oh how I wish I was able to have a cold room!!!!
There are only 3 of us at home right now so my pantry is sparse.... and we are just now going into our growing season. I freeze and dehydrate pineapple, banana and mango during the summer I tried canning once and it just didn’t work well. 😖
I am eager to try that green tomato chutney!!! I had loads of small green tomatoes this summer but the whiteflies came in and we had to rip everything out. 😟 I was SO looking forward to making salsa verde (my favorite).
I LOVE looking into people’s pantries too..... big hugs!!
Great video!!!!
I was talking with Dan last night about how weird it's going to be when our kids are grown and gone. A pantry like I have now would feed just the two of us for a year! I wonder if I'll still can just as much but just bring it to the kids and their families.
Big hugs back at you, you life saver tea goddess! I filmed this video before I go the package.
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Great video and helpful information. Thank you.
I truly enjoyed a peak into your food storage...most definitely an inspiration for someone your age 💕
Thank you you so much!
very nice food storage, first time seeing your channel . Going to subscribe so I can see more :)
Thank so much! Happy to have you here.
Real informative!