Canning French Fries // How I freeze my Fresh Corn 

Mrs Lori..my wife when she was young was taught by a native American how to freeze corn on the cob...cut the stalk end off but not show corn do the same on the other end ..don't shuck only the outer layer but keep enough green...put in freezer bag and freeze... when you steam or cook it..it taste like fresh corn...I was amazed

When packing your jars Tip: fill about 1/2 full then turn on side and shake it.. It will line up the fries, so when you tip it back the fries are standing up. Do this until full, with sliding in the last one. To keep them in place you can put the jar in a large bowl, tip the jar to the side and fill at an angle. Just pick the right bowl. Thank you Miss Lori. You never know when you need this. I was at a farmers market and bought 100 lbs of russets for 20.00. Yep I canned potatoes.

We enjoy when you "run your mouth", as you say. Its like listening to a dear friend. I would love to have the room to get all the things you have...the pressure cooker, the jars, the potato cutter. I live vicariously through you. Its so gratifying to see Gods bounty treated with respect and not wasted, and cooked and eaten with gratitude for the Creator. Thank you for the video Ms. Lori.

Miss Lori I use a rubber band between two fingers to get the silk off the cob. Just stretch the rubber band between your fingers and go up and down the cob. It works and is quick

Never knew you could can french fries! I learn something from you in every video you make. 😊♥️

mama and I would cut potatoes in long quarters, put them raw in a jar and can them, then in the winter after rinsed and dried we would flour them and fry and you have what we call in Arkansas tator logs...

Ms Lorie, I am a beginner canner, my grandmother used to can every year, but I never paid much attention to how she did things. She passed away in 2012 and I sure wish I had paid much more attention. Watching your videos remind me so much if her! She as well was from Arkansas, you sound so much like her! Thank you for making these videos. Please know that you are blessing to so many people!

Canning is a must learn thing as they say food prices are going up Miss Laurie. Anytime I can learn canning from you I thank God for such a lovely person to have the patience to help us learn.

Hi Ms. Lori- my best to you & Mr. Brown. I’m born & raised in California. Mama came from OK and Daddy was raised in the hills above where our town is-about an hour away. When Daddy was still alive we had a huge garden every year. Everything you could think of. It was at least a half acre of hand dug rows and irrigation. It seems like back then we didn’t have the droughts that we do now…we’re in one now and that dry wind stirring up dust is terrible. We don’t have that property anymore and Daddy is in Heaven. We get most of our produce from the roadside stand but this year there is slim pickins’. I feel for the owners of the roadside stand ‘cuz I know that’s how they make their living. Along w/the drought comes those terrible fires. I’m extremely grateful for what we do have and I pray for those who are less fortunate. God Bless Whippoorwill Holler, The Brown Clan and all the sub’ers! Thank you so much for each and every video you put up! Xxoo

Lori, you can scrape cob after you cut it off the cobb. Take cobs in 1/2 sheet pan and roast cobs till good and brown, not burnt at 400 F. Place cobs on large pot, cover with water, add onions, carrots, celery. Make corn stock.

Just made potato soup from a pint of canned potatoes. Add a cup of milk, a sprinkle of herbs and dried onions and a pat of butter. Yummy. Better than store bought canned soup. These french fry cut potatoes would work for that. Thank you for the instructions.

Soak your potatoes in water using the powder citric acid that you use for canning tomato's, 2 tablespoons to a large bowl of water for an hour before you dry can your potatoes, they'll stay white and nice to look at until your ready to use them. Also works really well if you want to dehydrate potatoes, it's cheaper than lemon juice and never fails.

Please, bring us along for your later garden planting. The are other homesteaders that use a light weight light colored fabric over their gardens. Greenhouse and else wise, too. When making corn chowder, take the cobs and boil them for an hour and use that stock to make the chowder with.

I so enjoy all your videos. I'm 71yrs old and have never pressure cooked. I have a presto cooker. You are inspiring me to can. I'm going to try the dry beans and also the French fries. I've had some health challenges and I feel like I'm going to be getting better. When I can I will try. Love you Ms Lori. I feel like you're a friend. My husband and I really enjoy you and Mr Brown sooo much. ❤🌻

I actually like the “Willy-hilly” look of these fries. Time is precious too, so willy-nilly is good as gold in these circumstances.

My 10 week old can't stop watching and listening to Ms Lori with his Mama. He's fascinated! My potato crop got a late start but I'm hoping to have enough to can this year.

Thank you for saying you don't over burden yourself canning! My husband's family is Morman and they all keep a years worth of stores in their homes. When ever I helped my Mother-in-law would start real early and we would can all day! Cases worth of everything. Thank goodness they were really good on rotation with their inventory!

I think that sounds like a great idea to cut and can them as french fries! More options on how to fix them when you open a jar

Love the CANNING VIDEOS!!! Keep them coming! I enjoy it so much. I’ve told you before, it’s like I’m sitting in my Momma’s kitchen helping her can. Even though she’s gone, it’s a tradition I still carry on. Thank you

Sorry about the drought. Although this year has been decent , last year we had the drought. It's no fun at all when we are counting on our own food. Everyone around us have had huge golf ball size hail..God has kept us safe so far. Hang in there..luv u both

I'm in NE Texas and we're in a drought too. Every time there is rain coming and we think we're going to get some, it splits like the Red Sea and goes above us and below us. We haven't had any rain for several weeks. I'm trying so hard to save my garden. I've been watering every other day with a drip line and I let it run for 2 hrs at the least. Unfortunately, I'm not on a well, oh how I wish I was, we're on rural water which is basically city water with lots of chlorine so I bought a filter this year to use outside, but what I was getting at is my water bill which is normally $35 a month was $110 for the month of June. Not sure how long I can keep that up, but it just kills me to think I would lose my whole garden if I don't water. Our temp is 100 to 103 but of course the humidity makes it feel much hotter. I worry about my chickens and rabbits. All I can do is pray and I do lots of that. Praying we all get some rain and relief from the heat. Nothing compares to water from heaven. God Bless!

West Texas. So dry as well. Abilene has had 42 days of 100 degree weather with 109 being the highest. I can’t keep anything green. 🥺

Home canned fries are the best!! Many gardens here in SC have already been plowed under due to lack of rain & extreme heat at the wrong time. I got 1 meal from my green beans & that was it. My tomatoes didn`t do good at all..so I`ll go ahead & buy some to can. Looks like my peppers, & onions are gonna be fine & okra is looking good so far. Getting a nice lot of cucumbers. My Malabar spinach is really looking good..it loves the hot weather and lots of water. Kinda like cukes. Not looking forward to getting my water bill this month tho lol I love freezer corn. I put 55 ears in freezer last week. I`d still like to get some to cut off. I canned it one time & said never again..did not like it at all! My tip for using the food saver when puttin up corn..I go ahead & put my cut corn in inexpensive plastic zip bags... then put the bag in the Food Saver bag. No liquid to worry about getting in your machine and...you can re-use the bag for something else cause all the mess is inside the cheapy bag! :)

Miss Lori I’m sad to hear you say you are having a hard time time with your garden. I take hope in hearing someone with as much knowledge as you and Mr. Brown have are having problems too. Lots of times you see these productive gardens on RU-vid and I think what in the world have I done wrong this year? No rain here in North Texas, close to Oklahoma border. 109 heat index. Then the grasshoppers went crazy. I lost my beans and tomatoes. My squash, cantaloupe and watermelon along with my jalapeños are doing well. (knock wood). I’m also doing a big fall garden to try and makeup for summer. Pray for rain.

We’re 106 degrees inTucson today. Also in a drought. My garden looks sad. Hope my fall garden will do better. Keep cool. Blessings!

I just love listening to you. My mom had a friend who was from Arkansas and she was just the sweetest loving person I've ever met. I just loved listening to her stories about where she was from and her childhood.

Thank you 😊 I just received like 100lbs of big golden potatoes 🥔 I’m going to make fries!

I think I’ll get one of those fry cutters and can up some potatoes for my Daddy. He loves fried potatoes, but can’t make them most of the time because of his arthritic hands. Such an awesome idea! Thank you Ms. Lori!!

I do the same with corn, except we soak in husks, grill and then when cold, husk, cut and freeze. So good cooked in butter in the skillet.

Hope our spuds grow good this summer so I can do this..never thought French fry style! Just pulled 5 chickens from freezer that we had butchered last year and put up 7 quarts of chicken with broth and 7 pints of broth today. Garden is looking decent..xoxo

I've watched my mama and grandmother put up gallons of corn like this. It sure is good it the cold weather!

I did 21 quarts of potatoes yesterday! I also for the first time ever started seeds for a fall harvest. Would love to see what you will start for your garden.

Never thought to can French fries. Wonderful idea! You are the best at anything canned or cooked. Period! Mr. Brown loved your dancing and hope to see more.great fun!

I've been stepping into Ohio & buying vegetables from the farmers there. They are having a beautiful growing season!

I love the idea of the bunt pan to cut the corn, I’m going to do it that way this year, nice tip thank you

It's super dry in OKC too Ms. Lori. We had some isolated storms last eve; keep praying. It works😇. We didn't get much, but every little bit helps. Please take us along when you begin to prepare your soil, and sow your fall garden. I would like some help in trying my first fall attempt. Your information is always so helpful. You and the Mr. stay blessed!

I appreciate you showing this Miss Lori! I am new at canning and am terrified! You put my mind at ease so thank you!!❤️🙏🙏

I am so glad to hear I am not the only one having garden issues this year, I was afraid it was my dirt or that I got such a late start. I been thinking it was the heat and lack of rain here in Alabama so I am gonna hold on to that thought! Things are alive but the growing is slow so far I have only been able to put up herbs but hey better than nothing!! I have to water every day and I am scared for the bill

An easy way to get the silk off the corn is to put on a pair of clean kitchen gloves and work the silk off. Don't apologize for "talking" - you are a wealth of life experience and wisdom. I appreciate all of the tips. Thanks for sharing 🙂.

I put a thick rubberband on a cob of corn and slide it down to get silky strands off it. Works pretty good!

We are baking in NE Kansas too. We had one good rain, but it was already so dry all the water ran off instead soaking in. Had high hopes for last night, but like usual it came within 25 miles and hit that wall and bounced off to the north. Every time it has missed us, but people outside the bubble get soaked. I noticed the river was up yesterday so they had to open the dam to let out the northern states heavy rain.

I live in Georgia and we have had rain here in the north part of the state. Even so I have already replanted squash, beans, corn, okra, cucumbers and tomatoes. I will have a fall garden too! Praying y'all get rain soon!

What you said about there is no guarantee that you will have a garden each year is so true. I injured my neck last April and all my seedlings died in my garden because of my inability to water and weed my garden. It broke my heart. Yesterday (here in lower Michigan) I was able to pick my 1st zucchini of the year and I did a little dance.

Ms Lori you are just amazing .How I would love to put food up like I used to .Just can't hold up to do it anymore due to health reasons. I pretty sure we are going to need it before to long.

Love the Mr.Brown dance ! Dance Forever ! Miss Lori, you are a treasure.. Bless you both Always. 🤗

Same here in NE Mississippi. I can’t remember how long we’ve went this long with out rain. Praying for a Fall garden.

Ms. Lori, I swear you were raised by my grandmother because we do so many things the same way!!! I always can potatoes because they're so versatile. Like yours as fries, or you can cut them again and make hasbrowns or like you said, mash them. They don't taste the same as fresh when you mash them but it's better than NO mashed potatoes!!!🤣 And when the gravy is good, it doesn't even matter! Only homemade gravy. Packaged gravy is nasty! Love watching you and Mr. Brown! Keep it up!!! Love you guys!❤

From a food storage standpoint potatoes are a much more valuable crop than beans. You must be happy that your potatoes did well❤️ I am praying that you get some rain.

I love to hear you talk. I feel like I am sitting in a good friend’s kitchen.

My grandparents taught me to just cut off the corn, no boiling, put in bag and freeze. Easy peasy and tastes fresh later. I've never done French fries. I'm going to try it. Thank you. Love your videos.

Yes! I'm all about the fall garden! I have to tell you, I did a dumb thing recently. Checking my jars for chips, I ran my finger around the rim. Well, I found one and ended up slicing my finger! Now i just look with my eyes! 😄. I was more upset with having to toss that jar, than cutting myself!🤣🤣

Hi Mrs. Lori. I live in Missouri, my garden was put in late because of all the rain in the spring, end of May. Now we have not had rain for I can't remember when it has been so long. I have to water every other day. Maybe we will get some home-grown vegies. A little is better than none, we will take what I get, it will taste better than store bought. Then we will prayer for better next year. You and Mr. Brown have a very blessed and awesome week. Thanks for the canning French fry video, didn't know you could can French fries.

Thanks, Lori. We buy Silver queen corn in late summer and I will be using this same method. Loved the tip about stopping the liquid before it reaches the seal. Love to both you and Mr. Brown.😘

North Alabama is where we are and we definitely are in a drought. And even with watering, just the heat itself is burning things up. This is our first garden and it’s just burning up. We are getting a few things and I am thankful. I just feel with the prices and shortages, I need to do all I can to preserve what I have. Thank you for all of your videos. I enjoy seeing each one! Tell Mr. Brown I enjoyed the dancing on the video celebrating your milestone of followers!

I love going in to Heard's when I am heading to Jonesboro, they are always so friendly and I love all the old Antiques they hang inside. I met the family just below them that used to run the Portia Grocery store some years back. They named the town after their daughter who had Cornelia DeLange Syndrome. That is what my son has as well. Good people around that area. Our gardens' are struggling heavily here too Miss Lori. Fortunately I have some green beans, which I was breaking while watching this video LOL. I took a bad fall a few days ago and now I am stuck using a stupid walker for awhile. Not a good time to be down physically, but we do not always get to make that decision. Have a Bless Day and thank you again for a wonderful video.

Mrs Lori do you have a video showing how to cook the French fries after they are canned. Do you just drain, rinse and deep fry them? I would love to see a video when you plant your fall garden! We've been watering everyday too but ours is just about burnt up! I lost my cucumbers to aphids! This was the first year I ever had them. I'm gonna keep trying!!! Thankful our potatoes did really good this year too!

We’re having issues with our garden too here on Vancouver Island Canada. My bush beans look good and praying for the tomatoes. We’ll see about the rest.

My sister and I froze a bunch a couple of years ago and it turned out great. We vacuum sealed it also ❤️. I think I like it better than canned.

Ms. Lori, I live in Northern Utah and we have been in an extreme drought for the last two years. We are only allowed to water our yard and Garden once a week. We have had triple digits and high 90's for several weeks now and we are hoping a praying for the monsoons to be very active. Our little garden is just getting going we just harvested our first zuchinni's and in a week or two our tomatoes will be ready to pick. Our farmers only planted half the crops they normally do and we don't know if there is going to be enough water to get them to harvest. The wild fires are started to rage again and we have to use water from our resevoires to fight them. My husband is a firefighter and the last few years here in the west have been extremely dry and extremely hot. We have wind and heat advisories quite often. I am praying this will be our last extreme year of drought. The monsoon usually gets us through and our fall is usually wetter and then winter brings a lot of snow. We are praying it happens this year,

Thank you Lori. I like it when you talk about your day at Whippoorwill Holler. Cool potato gadget. 😊

Always look forward to your videos! Didn't realize you could can French fries! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making it easy to understand! God bless you both!

I take my canned potatoes and drain them then put corn/arrow root starch in to coat them then fry them up. The corn starch keeps them very crisp. Here in Central Washington we have had record rains and the heat is around 75 to 80. We should get into the 90's next week. My tomatoes have just started to bloom and I had to replanted water melons, cantaloupe, and cucumbers 3 times.

Over the decades, I've worked up a barge full of corn. So it's not that I don't know how. It's that I love sharing memories 😊

Yes! Wash your watermelons also. People have committed that I was strange to wash my melons. I wash top of cans from the grocery. I’ve also been known to rinse my ice cubes before I pour my tea over them. Now you Miss Lori you have a fresh haircut you are so beautiful.

Miss Lori, if you want to get them in there all "purty" and standing on end, lay the jar down on it's side. The fries (or green beans, or asparagus) won't fall over, and you can stack them in there easily as loosely or as tightly as you want them

Hello from KY love you and your channel and your family ❤️.Girl we finally got rain this week 2 days worth.I prayed every night for rain.The critters loved it .My son just finished grass seed on the pasture.The minute he got finished it came a great gentle rain from the Lord.it has rained ,2 days and the creek has water in it again.I got teary eyed.We needed the water so bad.💕

Miss Lori we would rather listen to you talk. That's why I visit .

I am in the hills of North Mississippi and we are in the same blistering heat! Gardens are drying up here also for the lack of water! When I was a kid I helped my grandmother can a lot of stuff and didn’t think much about it because it was something we always did in the summer! We also had a big orchard and from May till frost we had some kind of peaches 🍑 coming in and pears 🍐 and apples so their was always something to put up beside our regular garden vegetables. You make me think of my grandmother and the way she did stuff! I’m retired now and I started back canning to put good food foamy kids, grandkids, friends and neighbors! My grandkids are so spoiled to my jams I put up they just about won’t eat it if it doesn’t have Poppa’s jam on it! I hope we can all survive through all we are having to go through nowadays! At least I can try and have some stuff put up for the family! Love all of your videos and recipes and tell Mr. Brown it is really bad when it’s too hot to fish! Thank you very much! Scott C Stringer Pontotoc, Mississippi 38863

I canned russets as french fries in pints and have loved using them. I prefer any other potatoes to can because russets dont have the dexterity to stay whole but as french fries they are perfect. I do cook them in oil so not healthy as could be. I dont eat them but maybe once a month. Potatoes are so versatile. Sadly we havent had rain here in upstate NY either, have to water every day but I push through so I can preserve as much as I can . I have little freezer space so I can most things but in going to ferment some other stuff . Brussel sprouts are great fermented. I think I'll try green beans, carrots and beets this year I have a decent cellar to store. Hopefully I'll be able to wall a section off and keep it really cool with a window from outside over the cold winter. I plan on installing a louver / fan system to keep it st 50 ° over winter for ferments and jars to last longer. I'm ad I grew up poor and learned these skills that are becoming lost with so many of the younger generation. Love watching you and Pa's channel...

You two are close to my heart. I wish we were neighbors! I cant wait to try your canned french fry recipe!

Yes. Drought in Riverside County, Calif. I'm in the low desert and always budget $100 a month to water a small vegetable garden and orchard thru Summer. But this year so many things have struggled. This year, I've gotten small yields, but not $100 worth of produce. Hoping it'll get better. I just saw the first melon set. Hoping the critters, stressed by drought, don't help themselves. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I always learn something new.

Hi Miss Lori and Mr Brown sorry to hear your summer garden is not doing so good in the heat wave we here in Ireland are having some very dry weather but not as hot as your having I agree watering is not the same as rain I hope you have some rain soon I live all your videos you and Mr Brown really enjoy dancing great fun god bless from the South East Coast of Ireland 🇮🇪 😀

I love my can potatoes you taught me to make, I am definitely going to try French fries. Lol makes me think of my Momma, I used to (still do) eat raw potatoes as fast as she could cut them. She would tell me I was gonna get worms from eating raw potatoes hahahahaha 🤣

Here in Northern CA it is always dry in the summer. But now with the heat and so little rain from last winter, we are hurting. And you are right about needing more fertilizer because of the extra watering. I can hardly wait to plant my winter garden. At least it won't be so hot. Thank you so much for taking the time to share. I'm 71 and just now learning about canning, dehydrating, growing. I Love It! And I love your kitchen. Wonderful and homey 🥰

all I know is every time that I start green beans in August and able to harvest them afterwards they are the best green beans I ever grow

Thank you💌my mom used to can all the time when I was a kid...yes I was paying attention😇

I would love a couple of those BIG enamel dish pans!!I have my mother in law’s large stainless steel dish pan, but those enamel ones are awesome! I’m sure they are hard to find these days! Happy Canning! Thank you Mrs. Lori! Greetings from Central Arkansas 💜

Miss Lori how come you’re not outside on your porch using your porch stove so you don’t heat up your house? But everything else inside ? It’s too hot 🥵 I know how you feel about the Drought and heat in Southern California. Do you ever use the water you cook veggies in to water the garden ? A Master gardener says to use. water on the garden After it cools off .😊 It’s very good for the garden 🪴

The AI showed this video in my feed after I ate 2 ears of fresh sweet corn and a giant fresh picked cantaloupe for lunch today here in Missouri. 😁. Im working on putting up 5 dozen ears and getting tired but it will be so good in January when we are getting sick of winter! Love love your kitchen and especially those enamel bowls.

Look at those pans- bowls, just love your show.

Absolutely wonderful video! I'm learning all over again. I canned with my mom from a tiny child to an adult. When I lost her in 2001 I stopped canning. You have inspired me. God bless you and your family 🙏❤

One of our all time favorites is pickled corn. Omgosh it’s so so good. We usually can about 10 dozen quarts and it lasts a few years or so maybe three. But we do love our corn. 💗✝️💗.

When I tried to can without water, I used citric acid in the last soak. Worked well so far.

You are such a blessing to listen to. I appreciate you taking the time to teach. God Bless

Miss Lori, I’ve learned so much from you and thank you for that. I’m definitely going to try canning french fries. I can’t wait and thanks again.❤️

Hi Ms. Lori & Mr. Brown! 🙂 Great video!! I love your videos and I learn from them every time you post! Feels like I'm sitting right there watching you create your masterpieces and chit chatting. Mr. Twinkle Toes Brown sure knows how to "cut a rug" as they say!!! 🙂 Thank you so much for all you both do! You're helping us get through these difficult times by putting smiles on our faces and teaching us how to be self sustainable! I love ya! God bless!

Here in NW Oklahoma we got our first rain in three months 3 days ago. We are predicted to have THREE days of possible rain. Praying that comes true! The garden is poor. We water with well water but it has just been too hot we think. Zinnias are doing well but have seen only a very few bees. Wishing your family all good things and thanks so much for teaching all of us!

That is some fancy footwork Mr. Brown. You and Mrs Lori are a blessing to us.

Praying that the droughts end for you and all who are having it. You guys always make me smile, especially those dancing videos, thats why I hope you never change your video intro. Great way to can your potatoes too, perfect size for making mashed potatoes or fried potatoes. God bless you guys! Shirley.

In North Texas struggling with a drought and mid-100’s. Dangerous heat. My little raised bed garden hasn’t produced one tomato. I got onions, cucumbers, a few jalapeños and bell peppers. Feel like such a waste of money at this point. I appreciate what you say about don’t give up. Hoping for a good crop of fall tomatoes.

I'm praying for the folks in Arkansas that this drought ends. Prayers for a better fall crop. Love y'all.

I really enjoy your canning/freezing videos.

I love the Homestead ❤️🙏

I live in upper East TN, Jellico. We have been in drought as well. It just broke a couple of days ago. We have been watering just like you from our collected rain water. You are correct, the garden is struggling. It is all you can do just to keep the plants alive. We also hope for a better fall garden. Blessings to you and Mr Brown.

We live east of the Rocky Mountains in western Canada. We get one growing season with last frost being the end of May and we pray we don’t get frost until beginning of September. We had a hot summer last year and had a beautiful garden. This year we have had 16 inches of rain since the snow melted and our garden is drowning and way behind. We started pressure canning last year and my husband and I enjoy canning all types of things. We love your videos. We pray you get the rain you need for your gardens.

Hi Miss Lori. You are so right about rain being so beneficial to a garden. My garden hasn't had any rainwater whatsoever!!!!! Praying for rain. Plan on doing a small Fall garden 😊. Thanks for your videos. Love your life stories. Gods blessings 🙏

I never thought to can different shapes of potatoes. Brilliant💥

I’m in central Texas and my garden is struggling. I’m so disappointed in my tomatoes. It’s been 100°+ degrees every day and this weekend it’s going to be 106 and 107. You’re right- you just can’t water it enough. I’m very interested in seeing your starts for your fall garden and when you plant. I’m in zone 8b but you’re further north. By the way, one of my cats enjoyed watching you run the vacuum sealer. Me, too! 😂❤️

Love the Bundt pan idea...& the ending love the opener as well...we've had hail &/or rain every day for a couple weeks or more...pretty much been raining here since March... abnormal amount of rain...Yellowstone is flooding from all the rain...I'm in Western Montana about 300 miles north west of Yellowstone...I'm rooting for your fall garden to be awesome ❤️

I'm so thankful I found your Channel, I will learn so much from you. My Mother canned everything you could imagine, she even canned sausage. Thank you for sharing.