Hello! My name is Caitlin Morton and I am a 5th generation homesteader, farming the same land since 1905. My channel is dedicated to sharing, educating, and inspiring others to live a healthier life. Some things I plan to share include baking, cooking, gardening, canning, and food preservation.
You didn't show the steam bath part. I assume you did this. You can't just put stuff in cans and not seal them properly. People might watch this and just put stuff together in cans and die of botulism.
Yeah I forgot to video that part lol! I would certainly hope someone wouldn’t just put the lids on. This recipe calls for pressure canning for 55 mins for pints at 15lbs. Anyone that has canning experience should know not to just put lids on anything. You need to water bath or pressure can to safely can at home.
Looks good! my mom loves roasting the seeds of these carving pumpkins with a little oil and salt. good for salads, parfaits, and trail mix. My family doesn't eat meat regularly so it's a little boost of protein, too
That is a great idea! Unfortunately I already fed all the seeds/guts to my chickens (I think they appreciated the treat!🤣) but next time I will save some! Thank you for watching!
@@valleyviewfarm1905 Halloween pumpkins are lower in carbs, a little less sweet, but we’re adding sugar anyway! They work perfectly and are cheaper! Thinking of canning sweet potatoes instead because they are easier to prep!❤❤❤
Cool video! Typically you want to use sugar pumpkins for this though. Carving pumpkins have a higher water content, are a bit of a tougher, and not as tasty. It’s typically only really notable in baked goods. I bet these would be excellent for quick creamy soups though!
I was about to ask haha. I harvest my pumpkins way smaller and hoped I could let them grow bigger haha. Would it be better to cut a carving pumpkin in smaller pieces and placing them upside down? This way you get some more roastiness to it while also losing more water. For soups
I obviously don't know how much was spent on this wedding. But being from this lifestyle myself, I would be willing to bet that this marriage will outlast the ones that they spent 250, ooo on. Good luck to this couple.
We talked about getting a milk goat, I hear the milk is easier to digest! But we decided on a cow bc I wanted a high cream content and large volumes! Thank you for sharing your milk story! Did you ever make any homemade soap with milk? I’m curious to try that!
Oh shut up. Most home bakers have jobs/kids/lives and can't make every ingredient from scratch. Are you going out to the Caribbean to harvest your cane sugar? Are you killing, skinning and separating your animal fat and storing it instead of using shortening? Are you travling to India to get whole spices of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves? Are you making your own all spice? For shame, you lazy RU-vid commenter. Are you even a real baker if you aren't doing that?
How did I not know I could get an apple peeler for my KitchenAid? As far as waste, I would put the cores in a different bowl and toss them out for the chickens or compost. The peels would go into my freeze dryer for snacking or apple powder. (You freeze dry whatever it is and throw it in the blender and make a powder out of it. I use it for cooking, ice cream toppings, the cheese is great on popcorn... There are a dozen different ways you can use the powders.) I have issues with my hands and after peeling and coring about six apples I'm done but this little attachment would make life so much easier! I could make apple butter and apple sauce again. I just watched it again and realized it slices as it peels- as it should- food dehydrator here I come!❤😊😊
I 100% agree! This peeler, corer, and slicer, is worth its weight in gold! I gave the scraps to our cattle and they absolutely loved it! If I only had a bushel or two to do, I might consider doing it by hand, but I had 7 bushel between sauce and the freezer🥴 I haven’t gotten into freeze drying, but definitely something on the horizon for me to try! I hear a lot of people love it! Thank you for all the info, and for watching!
@@valleyviewfarm1905 If you have a dehydrator you can do that with the peels too, they make great snacks dehydrated or freeze-dried. Hell, you can dehydrate them in the oven now that it's starting to cool down, lol.
If she's paying for the apples, that's an awful lot of waste. I could process these by hand with a knife, peeler, and potato masher, and with the cleanup it would be be less time.
There should be an adjustment for making the peels thinner. Then cook the peeis and cored, drip drain the liquid for jelly or pancake syrup and put the rest through a food mill and make apple butter. The very dry pulp left can then go to critters. Not one drop of waste. My mom and I used a hand driven peeler, and a Foley food mill. Easily did a bushel in a day. Results: applesauce, juice for jelly, and apple butter. Yummy 😊
This is how I can peaches and like you, I do a heavy syrup. They are a treat for us and we make them last for a year until next peach harvest. They are so so good. Like you, I do 7 qts. at a time. I cut all my peaches in half then stick them in a bowl of cold water w/about 1 Tablespoon of Ball Fruit Fresh (found in the canning section) in the water. When I think I have enough to fill the 7 jars, I then take them out of the water and put them in the jars. That keeps the peaches from browning and they stay nice and yellow. Works great for apples when making pies etc. also. Great video
