The reason her potatoes looked that way was they were new potatoes. Every year when my granny harvested her potatoes, she took all the tiny ones and any that were a little damaged and washed them really ,really well, cut any bad spots off, cut them in halves or fourths and canned them all. The bigger ones went in the root cellar. Can your new potatoes and they will look the same. Please, please, please keep making these videos. This generation needs so desperately to know how to do these things. Very hard times are coming and my generation is dying out and this knowledge will be lost if not passed on. Thank you for keeping the old ways alive.
The government doesn’t want us to think for ourselves. Thank you for sharing a time tested and honored way of preserving our food for ourselves and our families 👍
Thats why they have us go into indoctrination camps they have us call "schools" I'm sure you don't even know the half of it. EVERYTHING we have been taught is a LIE. EVERYTHING. Except spelling and math.
@@pamelaremme38 except now they lie about math too. Don't forget about "new math" 🤪 and yes, I know more than "the half of it". That's why my daughter and now my grand children are being home schooled 😉
Yes If they make things hard for us or talk against it, have laws against it, we need to use common sense but find out their deeper motives. And gawd the programming on all media.
I don't know if the Amish ever do this, but I'm wanting to learn about canning a MEAL in a jar! I've seen a Russian lady with amazing videos (subtitled) & I think it's a brilliant idea for any prepper pantry. Just knowing I can feed my family a healthy meal no matter what craziness goes on in the world will help me sleep nights. The Russian lady lightly pre-cooks/seasons everything & layers rice or pasta, then meat/veg in repeating layers to fill the jars & tops with broth or water (salt/vinegar too). That way they only need to be reheated! She says her family got through the war because of this, I think it's BRILLIANT!
How do people think canning was done 100 years ago before pressure canners. Makes sense to me that EVERYTHING was water bathed. Loving your series. Thank you.
Well heck. I've only watched 3 of your videos now and I am in love with them, and your humble and sincere heart! Keep going! P.S. Please please pleeease do a cookbook (with their permission) so we have this information handy in ONE place, in paper form. We may not always be able to watch videos on a computer.
Yes, please make a recipe book along with Amish canning book. I believe I would be the 1st in line to buy it. Thank you . I love watching you and learning from you. God bless you and yours ❤😊
Yes, please continue with anything Amish. I think they have it right in so many aspects. Also forget about the rules, our world is over governed and big pharma and certain entities want to control every area of our lives. Water bathing has been done for centuries and people lived. You are a breath of fresh air, we support you. 💕🎶 I’m watching you at 6 am this morning! Loved the words of wisdom!
The recipes need to be followed very carefully when water bathing something that should really be pressure canned or someone can end up deathly sick. The kind of deathly sick that doctors can't really help with. Which is why the rules exist to keep people from dying of preventable illness. The old ways aren't always the best ways. Also, people lack common sense and knowledge to the point where they must be made to do or not do certain things to avoid them putting not only themselves but everyone around them in danger. For example, I was with someone for a short time that would sit behind the wheel of a car actively driving and try to read a book. Even with others in the car. To avoid dying in collision, I had to take the book away from them. I eventually ended up throwing the damn book out the window of the car. The more years that pass, the more stupid people seem to get. So if you can get a pressure canner and pressure can the things that should be as the risk to your life and the lives of your family just isn't worth it.
I am almost 60 yrs old and I have been preserving since I was 20.. waterbathing was our only option.. only recently have I received a pressure canner and I will tell you I am out of my league with it... still haven't preserved meat with it...
@@helenh20mo There's some how to pressure can videos up that are made for the first timer that can help you get started with it. Many of the homesteading channels have how to can safely videos that are helpful in getting the hang of the process.
Water bathing has been done for centuries and people lived and people have died from believing you can waterbath can everything. You left that part out. There's a reason no responsible agency condones canning potatoes by watherbath canning. Boiling water for 3 hours is still only 212 degrees.
@@helenh20mo I have just acquired my pressure canner a few month ago. I can meat from raw in the jar.....to cooked/canned and on the shelf......I found boneless skinless chix breast for 2.39/lb at Aldi... Bought 10 pounds....it made 12 pint jars......the best thing I did to learn my canner is I READ the booklet carefully and underlined things......I HAD a pressure canner 50 yrs ago......I was really mistreating my equipment. I "cooled" my canner by sitting in the sink and running cold well water over it......🤯......anyway....I have put up chicken, hamburger, Lamb......🤸🏿♂️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏿♂️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏿♂️🤸🏻♀️. Also Rose Red is a great channel for pressure canning. 🖐🏻☺️
When my grandmother was teaching me to can vegetables it was only water bath canning. I always water bath canned field peas, squash tomatoe etc etc. When I later in life bought a pressure canner I thought why do my beans look burnt inside the jars? Water bath canning made beautiful jars of food and none of us ever got sick from home canned vegetables. Just my little two cents worth on the matter! ❤
I have water bath canned everything garden and meat,made new potatoes,carrots,onions with stew meat, wonderful for quick meals,also canned chicken,it is awesome! Love you channel ❤️ And guess what, I’m 75 and still alive after eating water bath canned food !😆
Amish meals, YES! A few years back some Amish moved into our town. They purchased what had been an old mill with a waterwheel that had made flour. They turned it into a store. They grew their food across the road at their home, farm fresh, and that store had some of the best food that you will ever stick in your mouth. The store is gone now, but the memories of that food is something I never will forget.
You you are a very very blessed mother to have such a wonderful daughter.. the Lord called my daughter home 7 years ago I miss her terribly.. but one of my memories of her when I see your daughter posting these videos is that she would have an organic garden put everything in that Garden I would have to can for her and she would tell me mother you keep half but I never did I already had my pantry filled so I returned everything to her I love doing things for her but I also know that she's in better hands with my Father in heaven my father got. Thank you for letting me know that she is your daughter she is a sweetheart. God bless you and may He let you borrow her many many many more years and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. Blessings. I have not been able to mourn my daughter I took care of her before she went home to be with the Lord here in my house I had her on hospice she didn't suffer she was such a good girl how wonderful person would literally take her shirt off to help others and I would just look at her but I know why now.. and one day I was brushing her hair while she was laying in the hospital bed and tears started coming down my eyes when she opened her eyes and saw that she said to me oh Mom please don't cry when I go I'm going to be in good hands.. and you always told me that we were only borrowed and that you had asked God when I was born to let him borrow you for a lifetime but you never said whose lifetime so it's my lifetime and it's going to be my time to leave this world but I'll be watching you and I truly believe that she is I'm so sorry for sharing such a sad memory I love my daughter very much I love my son says well but they have their own wives their own lives and we live in the same town and I don't see them hardly ever but that's okay cuz I know they're fine. If they needed something they let me know because they would know that I will be here for them no matter what God bless you lots of blessings to you and thank you for sharing your beautiful daughter
Just a few days ago, I came across someone who water bath canned BACON for 3 hours. I was shocked, as I had never heard of this before. It got me to researching .. hungry to learn more! That is how I came across your channel. And I must say... I am so happy to have found you! I have always been intrigued by the Amish way of life and learning what you have learned is a treat. You have a talent for breaking things down and keeping it interesting.. So, YES! .. to the question of Amish Recipes. Thank you so much for sharing.. I look forward to this journey. Never too old to learn, I say😆
Girl I can't even tell you how thankful I am for your videos. There are virtually no books out there for water bathing and when you read they have everybody brainwashed that you can only can with a pressure canner. My daughter and I are avid but got away for it for a good while. When we returned everything was about the pressure canner. Don't get me wrong I'm not against it I just would like to know a primitive way of doing food preservation. And for this you are priceless! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
My mother was from Western PA and her older brothers and sisters spoke German. They were Catholic. She canned everything water bathed. We would dig early potatoes and can them with skins on. You can find them in stores called New Potatoes. She canned them with some vinegar, and they were never cloudy. Thank you for the recipe. Now I know how much vinegar she used. I have lots of notes that I wrote down in a 1972 canning cookbook of information from my mom. I didn't write down the amount of vinegar.
Janet, Cool that your Mom was from Western PA. I am also being 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. I really wished you remembered how much vinegar she used . Oh well maybe someone else knows.
My husbands granny used to tell us how her mom and grandma would water bath can everything before pressure canning was a thing. I would love more videos on Amish water bath canning and Amish meals/preservation.
Pressure canning became a thing due to botulism illness. But from my understanding if you add anything acidic to your food such as vinegar or lemon juice then it can’t grow the botulism bacteria. That’s just from my Understanding though
@@elettramia6380: Actually, if anyone wished to do the research on documented cases of botulism illnesses and or deaths, they were very few. And if one then look to see where it came from, in the early days of metal canning, more cases came from them than from home canned foods. The whole fear of illness was pushed to get people to purchase commercially canned foods while saying it is safer than home canned foods. No one has bothered to take into account the silent killer of lead seals used on the metal cans. It simply "suddenly" became in issue in the 70s and then lead got replaced with tin soldering before teh "rolled steel" cans came out. And now, you have the cans lined with "bpa" free plastic lining but there are still a host of other pertol chemicals in the plastic linning that does cause other health issues. I mean, why not just cook up fresh veggies and add a couple drops of 3inOne oil to the dish, eh?
I wish I could post to picture… I’m so proud! I canned potatoes the Amish way and I use the old pickle jar with the original lid and it worked! It popped so loud… And the potatoes are so pretty. Thank you
You are such a joy to watch. I sit on a dialysis machine everyday. You take my mind off it. No I will never receive a transplant so I am living out my days with my daughter and family until God calls me home. I have lived 65 great years of so many blessings. Thank you again for making my days go faster.
Plz don't quit because of someone's bitter words. My daughter & I were talking about old time canning just yesterday & I'm so happy to find u today. My gramma did meats without a pressure canner along with many other things. U have answered a bunch of questions for us here in our kitchen. Thank you so much 💓
52 yr old mom here, just started following you. Thank you for your work, willingness to share with us all. Thank you for being such a lovely, respectful lady who would make any mother proud.
MIL lives in an area heavily populated by Amish and Mennonites in our state. Her church made a cookbook years ago and it included “How to Preserve a Husband.”
I remember seeing my mom reusing lids from different jars and she never used a pressure canner and my great grandparents and grandmother never used one so thank you for showing us we can water bath a lot.
Wow,I don't know if you know this but she really trust you. Amish never usually ever show English their pantry. They are told not to because of the danger of loosing it to theft. I'm happy for you for this friendship. We have Amish friends and cherish the knowledge and friendship.
I am interested in EVERYTHING Amish! They are such a lovely group of people. Please, share anything they will allow! Their knowledge is timeless, and very important, right now.
Skins are so important, they are home grown also potatoes must be precooked outside of the canning jar in order to have clear starch free finished jars. I dont use vinegar or salt ,or sugar they help break the food down faster remember it's all about removing as much air as possible from the jars look closely at her potato jars they were filled all the way past the brim.
This brings back so many sweet memories of my grandmother. She had a large garden as most did chickens, eggs, pigs for meat, cows, calves for meat, milk cow and milk goat. Lots of love around her house. She wanted the bes for her family and worked very hard to do all she did and never weighed 100 lbs. I miss her but she showed me so much of how to do things and I remember. When I do can anything I feel so close to her. I have started teaching my 12 year old grandaughter some of the old ways. I hope she will one day have these sweet memories of me.
Ignore the no-it-alls…..you have the Amish people teaching you. What more do you need? You are a blessed woman, so keep it up…you know, spreading and teaching the love of canning..❤️
Please keep sharing the Amish recipes. I live in a very heavy Amish filled community. They come into my work all the time. Always so polite and sweet. I buy their pies all the time because they are amazing. Even though I can make pies I love theirs !!
Absolutely Yes! to the Amish Meals!! Love your channel, your knowledge, your friendships with the Amish, and sharing with all of us. Unfortunately, there will always be naysayers in our life. We can choose to let them get to us, or 'walk away' and let them move on to someone else. The majority of us on your channel are here because we are genuinely interested in learning what you are teaching and appreciate your time put into this to make it happen and keep it real. Thank you!
I’ve been looking for a water bath canning recipe for sweet potatoes for ages! My grandmother would do this and my dad couldn’t remember exactly how she did it. I read off the process to him and he said that it sounds spot on to what she would do. Please continue the water bath canning everything series! I prefer water bath canning and would love to see more of them! Thanks for a great video!
I live within the Amish community and appreciate what they do. They are very hard workers and I’m so glad you’re doing this series to share their story. I’m a firm believer in water bath canning. Thanks for your videos.
If you haven’t read it already, the book Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning by Terre Vivant is excellent! The recipes are collected largely from French farmers and countryfolk and are often somewhat vague, as you’ve described the Amish recipes being, but we’re smart enough to figure it out 😉 I think exploring some of the methods contained in that book might be interesting to your viewers, as they are very low-tech and simple!
Due to the Covid well...the panic that started go me looking how to be a better Prepper. My Son and I lived on Vancouver Island, it's on a earth quake zone. I'm a avid camper so thats helps in a emergency. Got a generator and lots of fuel and propane as well and no perishable food for the cellar. Now I live in Greenwood BC and Covid hit and I started to look further to help me to be more prepared. I found you on RU-vid and then started pressure canning right away, and now enjoy your information on hot bath method. Sure you have bad days but you have helped me immensely with preparing forward...thank you so much and God Bless you as well.
YES. YES. YES. Please add Amish meals to your videos. WHAT a great series, and very well presented. AND. As a collective, we are starting to see options, other ways of doing things and realizing diversity (in everything) equals even MORE Joy. So water bath canning everything, a la 'rebel canning' is no longer 'wrong'. No more rigid rules. Amish mothers would not do anything to harm their loved ones. Tried and True Methods are absolutely worth following. THANK YOU!
Absolutely, i would love the recipes. I have always been fascinated with the culture and how the Amish have stayed as a whole in the ever changing world.
I'm loving this series! Yes, I would love a series on Amish cooking. I always peel store bought potatoes. You never know how old they are. My homegrown potatoes I leave the peel on if they've been dug a week or less. Some people say two weeks out of the ground is ok. I've found that the older the potatoes are the tougher the skin will be. Can't wait for part 3. Much Love
I've never known anything other then waterbath canning. When I started joining canning groups, I was so confused by all these pressure canners and rules lol! I appreciate you taking the time to learn about this culture. I live in a heavily populated hutterite community and we fully embraced their methods for decades. Thank you for this.
Yes, yes on the Amish Meals. This is awesome. Thank you! Many blessings. PS Thank you again to the Amish woman for sharing her canning information. It is a treasure.
The Armish have been canning for decades and have refined the recipes forever. I don't think we have any armish community's here in Australia. Their way of life is so simple, good and beautiful. I've only just stumbled across you channel. And I feel blessed that have. I've only been canning since February this year and I'm on a huge learning curve age at 60, but your never to old to learn. The potatoes of that lovely woman water bathed are stunning. Unlike mine that are cloudy. I think my husband would freak out if I water bathed the potatoes. One day when he is out for the day I'm going to try her method. Thanks you for sharing and I look forward to more videos. God bless
Would love to see some videos on Amish meals. Thanks for these videos. There are skills and techniques that we've lost over the years, and your videos help to share and bring them back.
I love these videos. I bought a pressure canner in 2020. My nana who passed in 2005 canned all sorts of things and it did not occur to me until I saw your videos, SHE NEVER USED A PRESSURE CANNER!!! 🤣 I was a kid when she did canning so I did not really pay attention.
Yes! Amish meals would be awesome! ❤️ Thank you again for this video! We are growing potatoes this year. I hope they do awesome and I can can some! Thanks again! 😘😘
Never be dispirited by anything you read. I know from watching you only a couple minutes you are learning & sharing your knowledge & excitements about preserving food. It is my responsibility to fact check information. I love your style of teaching. Your genuineness radiates. Toodles
Simplicity is often the answer, thank you so much for sharing your a wonderful soul. 🙏🥰 I often wonder if the food industry has been hijacked for their own agendas with so many rules, regulations, hoops to jump through and all at a cost.
I just found your channel and am really enjoying. I’ve been reading about how certain foods can only be canned with pressure and wondered how people were canning for generations without it. I’m very appreciative that you found a great source to share tried and true recipes and techniques. Thank you!
I’m glad you’re bringing this issue to light. I come from generations of waterbath canning myself. I can green beans I just did four cases of potatoes. I also can squash, collards, peaches, pears, apple sauce and corn pico. The only thing I have not ventured to do is meat. But I’m going to attempt to do chicken in a waterbath canner. And I have just learned how to cook down ground beef then dehydrate it. Best wishes my friend ❤
Lovely that you're sharing the information your friend gave you. My experience with potatoes (I have only pressure canned them): keep peeled potatoes submerged in water; after cutting into pieces, do the same. Let them sit in the water for a few minutes, drain the starchy water. Rinse. Soak again in clean water for a few minutes. You will see the soaking water become clear(er). Repeat until the soaking water is clear enough for you. Then load your jars. I have also found that the "waxy" type of potato cans exceptionally well, better than the "starchy" kinds. Just my experience. Your friend's potatoes are pretty!
Sooo encouraging to see! I've always known in my heart that the way my great grandmother taught my grandma was tried and tested through generations and refused to shell out for a pressure canner. We don't give these women nearly enough credit!!!❤
I love watching your canning videos. You do such a great job. Yes I would be interested in seeing Amish meals put together. My God bless you and your family and have a wonderful day.
Hello my friend! This video is in perfect timing. My potatoes will be ready for harvest soon and with the blessing of God the harvest will be huge. I’ll be canning and dehydrating them for long term storage. Also, I’d love to see and learn some of those Amish meals that are shelf ready and stable. Thank you so much for what you bring to the prepper community and being an inspiration to be prepared for the unknown. Food is love in my eyes and if I could I’d feed the world. ❤️ Edit: the quotes at the end are awesome. I preserve my wife in a similar fashion as the instructions for preserving a husband...🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful series! Thank your friend for all of us for sharing her wisdom; she is a treasure=) So much has been lost due to modernization. It disgusts me the way the govt treats the Amish when they had it all RIGHT, all along. When we consider that autism does NOT exist in their community, and the fact they have never believed in modern medicine or used any type of injections; the only conclusion is that true HEALTH is not achieved by synthetic drugs/ injections (vax) or other false means. We have a lot to learn from them as a society!
I just found you today and I’m thrilled with all of your videos and the info they provide…When I had my large family at home (5 children) I did a lot of cooking and canning which I thoroughly loved (but also a lot of work.)It was rewarding to see the beautiful jars or goodies I had made…All I had was a water bath canner as I couldn’t afford a pressure canner so I was limited on what I canned…The rest I put in our 2 freezers…I have always wondered how women in the 1800’s canned foods without a pressure canner as I was sure they canned…I asked another lady, who’s videos are on RU-vid and FB, how women canned if not with a water bath canning system…Thank you and your Amish friend for providing some answers…I was so happy to see these videos and look forward to seeing more on canning and preserving, and some of the Amish recipes or dinners, etc…I have family living in Indiana and Iowa and have been the lucky recipient of some Amish goodies…especially their fantastic butter which I have tried to duplicate by making my own…Mine still isn’t good as the Amish butter…Perhaps it is what their cows eat that makes it so delicious…Again thank you for sharing your knowledge with us…(By the way, I watched all of your videos.)😊A new (82 year old)fan from Florida…0
The Mason jar wasn't invented until 1858 and Ball began mass production in 1884. Kerr followed with the wide-mouthed jar in 1903 and lids and rings (what we use today) around 1915. Pressure canning was encouraged not long after that. Canning really became widespread and embraced during ww1 and ww2 because of rationing. So, canning in the home with glass jars is actually pretty new.
hi Beth here, omg you just made me cry, those are so beautiful especially how to preserve a husband, love your video's keep it up, i'm teaching my friends as well, and thank you again.
Please continue with specific recipes/directions for water bath canning for popular items. I’m taking notes and plan to put this info to use to put up food for my family. Oh, and I used your code and got some ForJars seals.
@@MakeitMake if you have time, will you clarify if when cold pack/water bath you fill pot with water to the neck of the jars or if you go an inch over the top of the jars. I've heard both and not sure which is correct.
I found you tonight because my sister told me to look up rebel canning. I must say, (out of the three videos I’ve watched), you seem to be a very kind, gentle and caring person. Don’t listen to the hater… there’s always gonna be haters..(fan club! Lol), and please keep sharing what you’ve learned. Thank you.
Oh my goodness, I had lots of potatoes starting to sprout I remembered seeing this video last year so I decided to try your water bath canning method....They turned out absolutely AMAZING!! I will NEVER pressure can potatoes again! Thank you, thank you, thank you
Yes, on the Amish meals! This is a wonderful series on canning. My MIL canned meat and green beans using the water bath method and no one ever got sick. Before the alphabet soup agencies people canned for many, many years using a water bath method.
I like the canning ones but i would enjoy the meal videos as well id think . Ive just started my canning career at over 50 and need some great information like you provide . And its just me growing preparing and as of today gonna put canning to the test . Wish id seen this before buying this expensive pressure canner but itll be used too . Love these vids ❤️👍🙏
Thank you, thank you. I'm absolutely loving this series of videos, and learning such useful information. I have no chance to access a pressure canner (and would probably be terrified to use one if I had it) so this is so relevant for me personally. I would love to see videos of Amish recipes. Their way of life is so pure and clean, and I really believe that we would benefit so much from taking on some of their ways 🥰
Sweetheart, do not listen to the negative Nellie's. The Amish have the right approach, and you do too. Our lives are going to be changing so much here in the near future, and we are hopefully going back to the old ways. Thank you for what you are doing. Many of us are trying to grow and preserve every bit of food we can, and these practices of old are very helpful. Thank You for what you do. Always look at the positive, you are beautiful and we love you for it. Kudos to you, and God Bless.
Oh, and the potatoes she is canning are home grown, therefore thin skins and very, very tasty. This video showed up on my feed as I have carried in tonight about four pounds of my own homegrown potatoes and only dug through half of them, so...great timing. Thank You again
Another great video. And yes, I would love to learn some Amish recipes. Especially now because of cost we have to reconsider what we eat and how we eat.
I am sorry people are saying less than nice things to you. I for one am massively grateful to you for all tou are sharing in these videos. PLEASE dont let anyone get you down. We NEED , I NEED, all you have been teaching that has to do with canning and Amish life. God Bless
Absolutely share more with us ... This is such a Blessing to have you share these things. Do not let anyone discourage you. You are such a beautiful young lady, so talented & inspiring. Thank you God Bless 🙏🤗
Tell you what miss makeitmake, l really don’t care about what the FDA, USDA or whatever else is out there saying whatever, we thank you very much for your spirit and all you are giving us especially THESES TIMES we are living in, keep them coming sister, much love and respect .
Thank you for all your dedication to the Amish teachings. I am learning so much, and appreciate their wisdom and simplicity. Modern life can be unnecessarily complicated, so going backwards in my learning to re-discover what has been lost over the years has added more to my life than I ever would have expected. Blessings!
I’m sure our ancestors knew & did these things. Unfortunately they didn’t get passed down. Now is our chance to learn them again. More Amish everything please!
Oh it would be such a blessing to have the Amish recipes you talk about. I certainly hope our young homemakers are also watching these videos. What a great wealth of knowledge you share with us. Blessings ❤️
@@katrinehansen3362 is everything usually waterbathed at 3 hours?? my gramma used to water bath everything also i learned alot but should have paid a bit more attention but i was only 8 years old :)
@@dianesharp8788seems to be a yes, for anything that would usually be pressure canned. Unless they add vinegar, which seems to shorten the rapid boil timer by an hour.
