I don't know how you have managed to add new camera angles and smooth transitions without losing the charm and genuineness of your channel but I'm so glad you have! It's common to see channels 'upgrade' to a more cooking-channel tv presentation but I love how much your videos feel like spending time with a friend 😊
As a lemon tree owner, I put my juice in ice cube trays and then bag them. Then you can just plop those cubes in a glass with your sweetener and water, stir, and you’ve got ice cold lemonade by the glass or whatever container size you want. Now, I’m going to make some strawberry cubes too, so folks can choose strawberry lemonade or plain.
@@kerimorgan2 it depends where you live. Citrus can’t tolerate much cold. I’m in zone 9b and I cover them if it gets down to freezing, but that’s rare here. Here, I don’t need to do much more than plant it. If you live where it snows, you’d need to bring them inside or in a greenhouse.
Spraying cooking pans? Pro Tip - don't spray them over your sink. Instead, open the door of your dishwasher and spray there. You won't have to clean it later as you would the sink, when you next turn on the dishwasher, it washes it for you! I meant to put this comment on your latest cooking day with your Mom, but comments were closed...so here you go instead! Love the channel - All the best!
Currently meal prepping for 2 weeks worth breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Freezing cooked meals have been a lifesaver, there is always food to eat for my family in the freezer, we’ve saved a lot of money in the last few months and even though I love cooking I like that I don’t have to stand on the stove 3 times a day. you are a great inspiration Becky!
Whenever I buy honey, I divide it into canning jars with white lids. If it hardens , i set the jar without the lid in a pan of water on the stove. It becomes liquid shortly.
You and Josh are adorable. The knowing looks you give him, the waiting for his reaction is giving me life. So glad he is able to go to Acre Homestead full-time.
@@Victoria1995 Watch the video she linked at the end - I think it was her last one - about making biscuits and strawberry jam. It was originally a Live. They talk about it and about the needs little bit.
I think it’s pretty cool how you incorporate the ideas of your audience sometimes. There are some good ideas. Love watching you in the kitchen and garden.
Struggling with depression today. Ben being in I my garden didn’t help but these videos always do when I just don’t have the “umph” to keep running around.
I'm right there with u, so just know that there's others who understand 100%, and Becky's channel has gotten me thru so very dark times!! So just cuz we struggle makes it so much better coming out of it on the other side, stronger than before!! Hang in there!
I am so happy to see the bungy cords. Quakes in your region historically, I was a child in the late 60's. Now I have a peace seeing your efforts protected.
I just found, subbed & I love your channel, so full of memories of doing the same raising my children now grown. I live alone now yet I still cook in bulk...today a homemade butter cake, baked, sliced into 3" squares, cooled and bagged into a ziploc bag, I now can slice some fruit over and enjoy with a dollap of greek yogurt, also homemade...I made meatloaf too, and portion into foil, for dinners later...I also made scalloped potatoes, & cornbread, well the oven was on anyways, all cooked and portioned for meals later...sometimes, I can go 8-10 days without cooking...gotta keep fit & healthy for Florida fun =) I plan to bing watch some of your older videos this weekend...I an giving my sewing room a makeover, and can watch while working/playing...So glad I found you!
My husband is the baker,he uses King Arthur flour.Recipe for english muffins and most everything he bakes. Last Christmas he was given a baking class with them. Well worth money. And we use Crystals book frequently!
Hi Becky, just wanna thank you for your videos. I‘m a young man Iiving alone with his cat 😂 And I‘m learning so much stuff 💪🏻 Greatings from Germany ☺️
Here is a tip for you. I use painters tape and a sharpie to label the top of the freezer door where everything is located in the chest freezer. I finally stopped getting frustrated trying to remember what is in hem all. 🤭
My mother ate an English Muffin for breakfast every morning for as long as I can remember, probably 40 years or so. She would make a full breakfast for my Bonus Dad or whoever was around and then eat her EM. My guy and I went to the King Arthur Baking School in Vermont and learned to make Sourdough breads, including EM, a few years ago and we took an online class with them to "remember" how to make them, not sourdough, a while back and for about the last year of her life we made her homemade EM about every 2-4 weeks or so and put them in the freezer. They were great and she loved them!! They freeze really well and are wonderful just popped in the toaster! They are really economical to make. We were paying about $3 for 6 of the Kroger brand and it does not cost much over $3 for the 24 we would make periodically.
Becky, for your downstairs "grocery store", you need some magnetic labels. so as you add things and move them around, you can move the labels. Maybe 3" tall labels
Becky a hint to save you time, bring the small empty bottles from upstairs and a funnel with you going downstairs. Fill them there and return them to your upstairs cupboard. All done in one trip and you don’t have to lug the heavier containers up and down the stairs.😊❤
You should teach cooking, preserving etc classes to local young moms or wives who may need it but don’t learn well from internet or have low resources etc. You have such a wonderful way about you. food network needs to make a show for you!
My new favorite trick for my crystallized honey is whipping it in the mixer with the whisk attachment. It de-crystalizes it and makes it more easily usable again. I whip it up in big batches and store it in jars/containers.
Hi from Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I make broth I do not add onions nor garlic. That way I can use all the solids other than the bones to feed my dog. He loves them I run my fingers down the bones pulling whatever meat is left on them, and "fish " the veggies out after about 90 minutes, Put the bones back and continue simmering to extract as much out of the bones as possible and then process the broth just as you. I turn the solids into a paste with an immersion blender Place the paste with a little bit of broth in ice cube trays. These become frozen treats for my dog He loves licking them till they disappear. They are very cooling and summer. He loves them year round. This way all parts get eaten and I just throuw the bones.
You can actually process the bones into a paste once they are soft enough, and add this to his food. Provides lots of extra protein and calcium and ensures nothing gets wasted.
Becky, it's been a little while since I watched your content, but I started watching I think when you started? A few years ago. My gosh! So many camera angles now, you're like a real cooking show! I'm SO proud of you! Amazing.
Don’t thank us, BecKy, we thank you. I live vicariously through you! What do you add to the lemon / strawberry drink? Have a great weekend. Hugs from hot 94, Florida. So odd for us.
Number 551 to like the video...after I shared and now commenting. Also... Becky can I give you a couple of suggestions? 1. I take pictures of my shelves upstairs so that when I forget what I need upstairs, I have a reminder...lol. 2. During garlic season.. I take a massive amount of garlic bulbs... cut off the bottom like you did her, but then take a cookie sheet, line it with parchment paper, spray it with your oil of choice...it must be a small thin layer. Then put cut side down on paper. Roast it 30 minutes. Take it out. Squeeze each clove onto your dehydrator sheets. Season with some salt and pepper. At this time you can cut the big cloves as the smaller something is, dries faster. My family puts up with onions and garlic smells just as long as I make a bunch every year. I have done it for 5 years so far and I have always run out. 3. Last thing that I always do is I water bath can my lemon and other citrus juices. My whole family has done this and we are still alive, but you do you. The zest makes the best marmalade. I dry the pulp and add it to my Personalized spice mix. PS.... this is a fantastic Yule tide gift. Thanks and Hugs from Esquimalt
I love homemade strawberry jam. When I was a girl, we would go strawberry picking with my grandparents, at their neighbor’s farm. Then Grandma would make up her own jam. She also made other berry jams. We never had to buy jam from the store! So tasty and organic!
I was restocking my pantry and freezer today as well. Ran 2 loads through my canner of pork chile verde. Made a large batch of guacamole and scooped into individual servings to freezer and then vacuum seal (I'm the only one in my home who will eat it). Then started making a double batch of peanut butter cookie dough but accidently put twice as many eggs in, so it turned into a quadruple batch...A Happy Little Accident, lol. Those are scooped and frozen-minus the ones I baked. It feels so good to get those things done for my future self.
So enjoyable to watch you Becky, just catching up as it was my granddaughters 16th Birthday yesterday, so pleased and excited that you and josh are able to work together and spend more time as a family. love to all xxx
Because of you, I just did this. My plan is to use in my homemade dog food. The cats (picky eaters) love all the tender chicken that came off these bones 🐾🐈⬛
Yes! I was just checking with my vet on homemade food for my dogs! Be careful of too much protein (sounds weird but that was a tad bit of info I’ve received so far). I am not a vet
@@RachelTsTime I add in filler like carrots, broccoli, sweet potato, pumpkin purée, eggs. My pups are small so they only get 1/2 cup daily plus 1/2 kibble. They both are now at correct weight and thriving. It’s a process for sure
When I make broth I buy Additional chicken backs and feet. In addition, I will add fresh turmeric, black pepper, celery, carrots, onions, I do not add salt at this time. When I use the broth In a dish or soup, I will add salt at that time. For several years, I put everything in a crockpot on low, but I find with time The heat build up and it starts to boil. So now I put it in my big stock pot bring it to a boil, then transfer the stock pot to the oven with a temperature around 250 for 12 to 18 hours. I want barely a simmer - Just a bubble appearing here and there
One thing I tried this year is strawberry tops in vinegar for a few days in the fridge then strain out the tops and use the strawberry vinegar for strawberry vinaigrette
This sounds good, Amanda. What are the measurements of strawberry tops and vingar that you use? Also I'm assuming you keep the finished product in the fridge?
Ok, but as an English person, I think you're the only person over the pond who has made actual English Muffins. Everyone else I've seen make them have made a crumpet/muffin cross, where the crumbly texture is more doughy, with the classic crumpet lines for butter. Might I recommend Pizza Muffins - which is essentially a mini-pizza made on half a muffin. Perfect summer lunch!
Busy day…..I’m now 75 but learned to put up veggies in the freezer from my mama, that came from my daddys garden each year. Enjoyed blanching & freezing more than canning. Grew up in Florida and canning made the kitchen really hot😂😂😂
In case you didn’t see, Becky did a livestream a day or two ago making jam and buttermilk biscuits. To view it, you have to look under the LIVESTREAM tab. It doesn’t show up with just her regular videos.
I love watching Acre Homestead. Becky and her mom are so organized. My mom and I would always get all holiday meals ready for the family! My mother has passed so now it is my older and younger sister that we get together for the holidays. Thank you for all the recipe ideas. ❤😊
After straining the broth, I put the bones and the meat in a food processor to feed to my son's dogs. So good for them. You need to put vinegar in the pot if you want the bones to break down. Great collagen.
Hi Becky, love everything you do you're very skilled; love when your parents help you with your garden you and Josh look very much in love. Thanks for all your wonderful meals.
Thank you, Becky for keeping me company on my way back home from the airport! I dropped my husband off at 5 AM this morning and had an hour drive back home. I went to bed late and got up at 3 AM and listened to your video on my way back home so I would not fall asleep lol. We do things much the same and I always enjoy watching and listening to your videos. I Get a lot of great ideas for future projects.
I love your channel! You have inspired me to cook more. My husband died 10 years ago and I loved cooking for him. I’ve just been cooking minimally. It’s just me..but I do love to cook. I also love to share what I make so nothing is wasted. I don’t recall where I got this, I add a small shake of nutmeg in my Mac & Cheese. It just adds another element to the flavor with cheese. Can’t explain it properly. Just can’t mess that up!
Hi Becky , I’m watching from the beautiful island of Barbados. You are an inspiration to everyone and I enjoy everything you do. Josh has to be very proud of you.
Another great freezer jam is peach/raspberry. I make them separately and mix them together and put them into a larger jar when I’m ready for a jar. It’s delicious
Becky, take the gallon container of your honey, stick it in your instant pot on a trivet of some sort or canning rings, add water to 2 inches or more, and set to warm. Crystallization BeGone! I had to do that to mine.
You are so lucky where you live for the fresh sweet strawberries you grow! I have to purchase mine from the store. We just bought some very good ones. I am in process of inventoring our pantry to see what I need to use before more of our garden matures.
I was watching a Little Hill Homestead video and she puts flour in a little shaker to help when dusting. I tried it and it is great. I like the more even distribution of the flour gives you.
I’ve been telling all my brothers and sister all about you and have ORDERED them to watch your channel. Two brothers are great cooks, and my sister loves to grow things. I don’t really like either but I love your channel so much. Go figure😅
I have never made the concentrates before. I love it, I think now that my strawberries are ready for picking and I have lemons, I will make some. thank you for showing us how to make it. And I am a big fan of English muffins, I cannot wait to make those as well.
Great news, you can use a grill ( I use an electric grill ) with large mouth canning rings, about 8 minutes on each side, and cover with a jelly roll pan. It makes an oven of sorts on top the stove. Hope this helps, I make English muffins all the time, and they come out nice every time.
I noticed the pineapple ripening on your shelf. Have you ever had the pineapple go bad on the bottom while waiting for it to ripen? I have. I hate that! I started laying my pineapple on it's side to ripen. Takes more space but haven't had one spoil since I started doing that.
I didn't know you can freeze flour and sugar, Thank you How do you know if it's still good is there exp dates on your containers.learnin so much from you .where did you learn all this . Your so young 🎉
I really look forward to your videos! Love to watch and get inspired. I made rosemary salt in my food processor then froze the left overs. I used it fist to season my Thanksgiving turkey for dry brine left it over night in the frig . uncovered. I broke the turkey down to parts before seasoning it. Roasted it the next day, it was the most moist and tasty turkey I have ever cooked! Even the left overs tasted wonderful when cooked or made into a sandwich. Believe me I have cooked a lot of great turkeys over the years but this was the best.
I took an afternoon to reorganize my freezers (chest, standup, drawer and top) Ridiculous how random they were! Hands got cold but it was Worth It. Pork all in one. Beef & wild game separated in one. Ready to use in the drawer. Jars of marinara & various bone broth in the top. Very Liberating!!! ❤
I started making my own bone broth and chicken stock and people are begging me for quarts. You were my inspiration and I send them all to you to learn how to do it for themselves!
Hi Becky! I had to cuckle when i saw who's English muffin recipe you used. I love John Kanell! I've learned so much watching him. He's the reason I drove my husband crazy with anything I could buttercream on!😅
Becky, first of all, I love your channel. My question is about the digital canner. I bought it, I've used it, I've eaten the food I've canned with it and I'm still alive. The reason I bought the digital is b/c I have a glass top induction stove. However, I've become so paranoid about it due to SO MUCH controversy about it. I would love your take on it, so to speak, and how you feel about its safety. And, I would love to hear from your viewers regarding the same. (Sorry for the lengthy comment) Thanks for your input!❤
Becky is so brave to prepare those strawberries wearing a lovely white blouse with no apron. Hats off to you!
I was thinking the same thing!
I was also thinking that same thing 😂
OMGracious I was just going to say the same thing 🤣🤣🤣
LOL, I JUST SAID THE SAME THING OUTLOUD LOL!!!😂😂😂
I thought the same thing! I would have been an absolute mess by the end of that. Lol
Not only the best manicure on the internet, the best eyebrows too!!!! The freezer stash still going strong! Amazing:)
😂 yass! All the things!
I don't know how you have managed to add new camera angles and smooth transitions without losing the charm and genuineness of your channel but I'm so glad you have! It's common to see channels 'upgrade' to a more cooking-channel tv presentation but I love how much your videos feel like spending time with a friend 😊
As a lemon tree owner, I put my juice in ice cube trays and then bag them. Then you can just plop those cubes in a glass with your sweetener and water, stir, and you’ve got ice cold lemonade by the glass or whatever container size you want. Now, I’m going to make some strawberry cubes too, so folks can choose strawberry lemonade or plain.
Exactly what I do! We have 6 lemon trees. I freeze it plain, with ginger, with ginger and turmeric, and also with strawberry.
Is it difficult to “raise’ lemon trees??
@@kerimorgan2 it depends where you live. Citrus can’t tolerate much cold. I’m in zone 9b and I cover them if it gets down to freezing, but that’s rare here. Here, I don’t need to do much more than plant it. If you live where it snows, you’d need to bring them inside or in a greenhouse.
@@kerimorgan2 they grow like weeds where I live in the mountains of Ecuador!
@@AlaskansintheAndes I'm so jealous
Oh! Please , when you make the salts, bring us along! ❤️
PLEASE
Spraying cooking pans? Pro Tip - don't spray them over your sink. Instead, open the door of your dishwasher and spray there. You won't have to clean it later as you would the sink, when you next turn on the dishwasher, it washes it for you!
I meant to put this comment on your latest cooking day with your Mom, but comments were closed...so here you go instead!
Love the channel - All the best!
What a genius idea! Thanks.
Great tip, Thanks
So excited for you and Josh to be able to work together and spend more time together. It's great that your hard work is paying off for you. 💕
Oh snap! He's quitting his job?😃
Where did you see this? I don't recall hearing it in the video
She mentioned it in her last live.
@@MandaPandaBailey that's great! Happy for them🥰
Oops Becky not Elsie sorry I use microphone not fingers for texting
Working with strawberries in a white shirt with no Apron. Living wild and brave today LOL Thanks Becky
I noticed that as well. I was waiting for her to realize she didn't have an apron on. First time in forever she forgot her apron. Lol.
Drop everything...Becky is on.
Yassssss that's me lol 🙋 she's the best ❤
That's what I do as well! She puts on a great show!!
Morning coffee and a Becky video is a great start to my day (I'm retired so have no time constraints).
Currently meal prepping for 2 weeks worth breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Freezing cooked meals have been a lifesaver, there is always food to eat for my family in the freezer, we’ve saved a lot of money in the last few months and even though I love cooking I like that I don’t have to stand on the stove 3 times a day. you are a great inspiration Becky!
Whenever I buy honey, I divide it into canning jars with white lids. If it hardens , i set the jar without the lid in a pan of water on the stove. It becomes liquid shortly.
You and Josh are adorable. The knowing looks you give him, the waiting for his reaction is giving me life. So glad he is able to go to Acre Homestead full-time.
Which part of the video did she talk about Josh doing acre homestead full time? I somehow missed it
@@Victoria1995
Watch the video she linked at the end - I think it was her last one - about making biscuits and strawberry jam. It was originally a Live. They talk about it and about the needs little bit.
@@Lucinda_Jackson Thank you!
I think it’s pretty cool how you incorporate the ideas of your audience sometimes. There are some good ideas. Love watching you in the kitchen and garden.
If you put your jar of crystallised honey in you dishwasher when you’re washing your jars etc and you will find it returns to a lovely runny form.
Love seeing yours and Josh's interactions!! You guys have a great relationship full of love and respect. Very refreshing to see in a young couple.
Struggling with depression today. Ben being in I my garden didn’t help but these videos always do when I just don’t have the “umph” to keep running around.
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Gentle hugs to you. I understand. Give yourself grace 🤗
I'm right there with u, so just know that there's others who understand 100%, and Becky's channel has gotten me thru so very dark times!! So just cuz we struggle makes it so much better coming out of it on the other side, stronger than before!! Hang in there!
Hugs to you and everyone who have and are experiencing this. ❤
I hope you're feeling better 🤲🏽🩷🤲🏽
I am so happy to see the bungy cords. Quakes in your region historically, I was a child in the late 60's. Now I have a peace seeing your efforts protected.
I just found, subbed & I love your channel, so full of memories of doing the same raising my children now grown. I live alone now yet I still cook in bulk...today a homemade butter cake, baked, sliced into 3" squares, cooled and bagged into a ziploc bag, I now can slice some fruit over and enjoy with a dollap of greek yogurt, also homemade...I made meatloaf too, and portion into foil, for dinners later...I also made scalloped potatoes, & cornbread, well the oven was on anyways, all cooked and portioned for meals later...sometimes, I can go 8-10 days without cooking...gotta keep fit & healthy for Florida fun =) I plan to bing watch some of your older videos this weekend...I an giving my sewing room a makeover, and can watch while working/playing...So glad I found you!
Hi have my tea and settling in to watch Becky do her thing...from South Africa ❤
It was so great to hear Josh’s yummmmm when he tasted your English muffin. He’s a great taste tester!
Hi Becky, josh and little boy acre.
Hello everyone
Hello to you as well friend
Josh is always sooooo supportive of you!! Treasure that.....
My husband is the baker,he uses King Arthur flour.Recipe for english muffins and most everything he bakes. Last Christmas he was given a baking class with them. Well worth money. And we use Crystals book frequently!
Hi Becky, just wanna thank you for your videos. I‘m a young man Iiving alone with his cat 😂 And I‘m learning so much stuff 💪🏻 Greatings from Germany ☺️
Here is a tip for you. I use painters tape and a sharpie to label the top of the freezer door where everything is located in the chest freezer. I finally stopped getting frustrated trying to remember what is in hem all. 🤭
My mother ate an English Muffin for breakfast every morning for as long as I can remember, probably 40 years or so. She would make a full breakfast for my Bonus Dad or whoever was around and then eat her EM. My guy and I went to the King Arthur Baking School in Vermont and learned to make Sourdough breads, including EM, a few years ago and we took an online class with them to "remember" how to make them, not sourdough, a while back and for about the last year of her life we made her homemade EM about every 2-4 weeks or so and put them in the freezer. They were great and she loved them!! They freeze really well and are wonderful just popped in the toaster! They are really economical to make. We were paying about $3 for 6 of the Kroger brand and it does not cost much over $3 for the 24 we would make periodically.
Becky, for your downstairs "grocery store", you need some magnetic labels. so as you add things and move them around, you can move the labels. Maybe 3" tall labels
Becky a hint to save you time, bring the small empty bottles from upstairs and a funnel with you going downstairs. Fill them there and return them to your upstairs cupboard. All done in one trip and you don’t have to lug the heavier containers up and down the stairs.😊❤
I was thinking the same thing
Yay another Becky video! And yes cleaning out the deep freezer! I only do upright freezer cause I feel like things get "lost" in the chest freezer.
ME TOO!!!LOST FOREVER.....
Becky puts like things in boxes. I started doing this even in my standup freezer. Another use for Amazon boxes! Has really upped my organization game
You should teach cooking, preserving etc classes to local young moms or wives who may need it but don’t learn well from internet or have low resources etc. You have such a wonderful way about you. food network needs to make a show for you!
My new favorite trick for my crystallized honey is whipping it in the mixer with the whisk attachment. It de-crystalizes it and makes it more easily usable again. I whip it up in big batches and store it in jars/containers.
Hi from Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I make broth I do not add onions nor garlic. That way I can use all the solids other than the bones to feed my dog. He loves them I run my fingers down the bones pulling whatever meat is left on them, and "fish " the veggies out after about 90 minutes, Put the bones back and continue simmering to extract as much out of the bones as possible and then process the broth just as you. I turn the solids into a paste with an immersion blender Place the paste with a little bit of broth in ice cube trays. These become frozen treats for my dog He loves licking them till they disappear. They are very cooling and summer. He loves them year round. This way all parts get eaten and I just throuw the bones.
You can actually process the bones into a paste once they are soft enough, and add this to his food. Provides lots of extra protein and calcium and ensures nothing gets wasted.
Becky, it's been a little while since I watched your content, but I started watching I think when you started? A few years ago. My gosh! So many camera angles now, you're like a real cooking show! I'm SO proud of you! Amazing.
Hi Becky, love your videos. All the way from South Africa 🇿🇦
I love the new camera angles Josh. I feel I’m in the kitchen with you. Great job guys.
Yes great camera angles, these two are the reason this channel is doing so well, the each utilize their strengths! Awesome Chanel
I wish I had 1/4 of My Friend Becky’s energy…where does she get it😂
You are so inspiring Becky!!
Me too. I have orthostatic hypotension and it’s hard for me to do much. Especially when I want to bake . I need to sit down.
Don’t thank us, BecKy, we thank you. I live vicariously through you! What do you add to the lemon / strawberry drink? Have a great weekend. Hugs from hot 94, Florida. So odd for us.
It's "MOM" energy
@@1netie
😂 YOUNG Mom! Old mom, not so much! 😂
@@user-jx8zu Is she pregnant now?
Number 551 to like the video...after I shared and now commenting. Also... Becky can I give you a couple of suggestions?
1. I take pictures of my shelves upstairs so that when I forget what I need upstairs, I have a reminder...lol.
2. During garlic season.. I take a massive amount of garlic bulbs... cut off the bottom like you did her, but then take a cookie sheet, line it with parchment paper, spray it with your oil of choice...it must be a small thin layer. Then put cut side down on paper. Roast it 30 minutes. Take it out. Squeeze each clove onto your dehydrator sheets. Season with some salt and pepper. At this time you can cut the big cloves as the smaller something is, dries faster. My family puts up with onions and garlic smells just as long as I make a bunch every year. I have done it for 5 years so far and I have always run out.
3. Last thing that I always do is I water bath can my lemon and other citrus juices. My whole family has done this and we are still alive, but you do you. The zest makes the best marmalade. I dry the pulp and add it to my Personalized spice mix. PS.... this is a fantastic Yule tide gift.
Thanks and Hugs from Esquimalt
Manzanita is my favorite beach! I loved going there when I lived in Portland - decades ago!
I love homemade strawberry jam. When I was a girl, we would go strawberry picking with my grandparents, at their neighbor’s farm. Then Grandma would make up her own jam. She also made other berry jams. We never had to buy jam from the store! So tasty and organic!
Greeting from across the pond here in Derry City, Northern Ireland 😊
Hello from Derry NH USA
Hello Derry from rural South Carolina, USA!! I'll trade places for a while❤❤
I was restocking my pantry and freezer today as well. Ran 2 loads through my canner of pork chile verde. Made a large batch of guacamole and scooped into individual servings to freezer and then vacuum seal (I'm the only one in my home who will eat it). Then started making a double batch of peanut butter cookie dough but accidently put twice as many eggs in, so it turned into a quadruple batch...A Happy Little Accident, lol. Those are scooped and frozen-minus the ones I baked. It feels so good to get those things done for my future self.
So enjoyable to watch you Becky, just catching up as it was my granddaughters 16th Birthday yesterday, so pleased and excited that you and josh are able to work together and spend more time as a family. love to all xxx
Can you do a video on just the salt combos and maybe dry mix combos in just 1 video?❤
Including taco seasoning
Because of you, I just did this. My plan is to use in my homemade dog food. The cats (picky eaters) love all the tender chicken that came off these bones 🐾🐈⬛
Yes! I was just checking with my vet on homemade food for my dogs! Be careful of too much protein (sounds weird but that was a tad bit of info I’ve received so far). I am not a vet
@@RachelTsTime I add in filler like carrots, broccoli, sweet potato, pumpkin purée, eggs. My pups are small so they only get 1/2 cup daily plus 1/2 kibble. They both are now at correct weight and thriving. It’s a process for sure
Becky, your hair is very curly today. It looks lovely.
When I make broth I buy Additional chicken backs and feet. In addition, I will add fresh turmeric, black pepper, celery, carrots, onions, I do not add salt at this time. When I use the broth In a dish or soup, I will add salt at that time. For several years, I put everything in a crockpot on low, but I find with time The heat build up and it starts to boil. So now I put it in my big stock pot bring it to a boil, then transfer the stock pot to the oven with a temperature around 250 for 12 to 18 hours. I want barely a simmer - Just a bubble appearing here and there
Hi Becky, hi friends 🎉
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One thing I tried this year is strawberry tops in vinegar for a few days in the fridge then strain out the tops and use the strawberry vinegar for strawberry vinaigrette
This sounds good, Amanda. What are the measurements of strawberry tops and vingar that you use? Also I'm assuming you keep the finished product in the fridge?
@@susanallen6285 I just use enough vinegar to cover the strawberry tops. And then yes I store it in the fridge
Thank you so much! I'm going to try this. Blessings!
I do this every year! I have several jars in my fridge ... lovely magenta color and amazing flavor!
Hey, another great video 😊 just a tip, colander to catch the bigger chunks and THEN the mesh sieve for the smaller ones that got thru 😉
Ok, but as an English person, I think you're the only person over the pond who has made actual English Muffins. Everyone else I've seen make them have made a crumpet/muffin cross, where the crumbly texture is more doughy, with the classic crumpet lines for butter. Might I recommend Pizza Muffins - which is essentially a mini-pizza made on half a muffin. Perfect summer lunch!
Hello Becky. Hello Acre friends. Hope y’all are having an amazing weekend. ❤❤❤
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The taste test with you and Josh was so cuuuuute!
Ahhhh! Another Becky video. Family has left and I'm relaxing with a cup of coffee and enjoying your video!!
When my husband is out of town, I save one to watch on the TV. Way better than on my phone during a work lunch!
I just moved and I am reevaluating what I keep in my pantry storage, definitely going to be paring back myself too:)
In Sweden we make a blend of raspberry and wild blueberry jam. We call it Queenjam/ Drottningsylt. It's delicious!
You need to try it.
Silence & then Hmmmm is testament to the Yumminess of the Muffins. They looked good too.
Busy day…..I’m now 75 but learned to put up veggies in the freezer from my mama, that came from my daddys garden each year. Enjoyed blanching & freezing more than canning. Grew up in Florida and canning made the kitchen really hot😂😂😂
Becky I am almost 74, but you inspire me to be more frugal and do more “homemade”. Thank you. I am so glad I found your channel.
I make englis muffins all the time gough is wetter i just use icecream scoop let rise than cood on griddle. Perfect Everytime.yum
You will get more even heat on your griddle if you use the long middle burner of your stove...I have the same stove and a griddle it just works better
If Becky makes jam- she’s probably going to want homemade English muffins to go with it. 🥰🥰🥰 I feel another kids book series coming on.
In case you didn’t see, Becky did a livestream a day or two ago making jam and buttermilk biscuits. To view it, you have to look under the LIVESTREAM tab. It doesn’t show up with just her regular videos.
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She linked it at the end of this video, too.
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Love Love Love that Josh is working with you! Love when you cook with your mom! Also will Josh ever cook a meal for us??
I love watching Acre Homestead. Becky and her mom are so organized. My mom and I would always get all holiday meals ready for the family! My mother has passed so now it is my older and younger sister that we get together for the holidays. Thank you for all the recipe ideas. ❤😊
Hi Becky! In the new Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving, they just changed the recipe to where you can use freshly squeezed lemon juice.
BECKY next time you get your honey,put it in pint jars.Make it so much easier.
I’m going to do this! We buy a gallon at a time from a local farmer’s market. Pint jars-brilliant!
@@nancyfinney5505 Thank You,I'm glad this helped.Also her molasses.
After straining the broth, I put the bones and the meat in a food processor to feed to my son's dogs. So good for them. You need to put vinegar in the pot if you want the bones to break down. Great collagen.
Thank you, Becky 😊 Blessings to you and your family. Your teaching techniques are very helpful for me and my family, which saves me time and money 💰 .
Wonderful. I see the love in the way you cook. Many blessings to you and your family. I really love watching you make these creations. Thank you!
Hi Becky, love everything you do you're very skilled; love when your parents help you with your garden you and Josh look very much in love. Thanks for all your wonderful meals.
Hello from Orangeville Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
North Bay here:)
Ajax here!
Saskatchewan here
London, Ont 🇨🇦
Toronto says hi too
Thank you, Becky for keeping me company on my way back home from the airport! I dropped my husband off at 5 AM this morning and had an hour drive back home. I went to bed late and got up at 3 AM and listened to your video on my way back home so I would not fall asleep lol. We do things much the same and I always enjoy watching and listening to your videos. I Get a lot of great ideas for future projects.
I love your channel! You have inspired me to cook more. My husband died 10 years ago and I loved cooking for him. I’ve just been cooking minimally. It’s just me..but I do love to cook. I also love to share what I make so nothing is wasted. I don’t recall where I got this, I add a small shake of nutmeg in my Mac & Cheese. It just adds another element to the flavor with cheese. Can’t explain it properly. Just can’t mess that up!
Hi Becky , I’m watching from the beautiful island of Barbados. You are an inspiration to everyone and I enjoy everything you do. Josh has to be very proud of you.
Another great freezer jam is peach/raspberry. I make them separately and mix them together and put them into a larger jar when I’m ready for a jar. It’s delicious
Becky, take the gallon container of your honey, stick it in your instant pot on a trivet of some sort or canning rings, add water to 2 inches or more, and set to warm. Crystallization BeGone! I had to do that to mine.
Hello from Wexford Ireland 🇮🇪
Im from wexford too.
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Hello Lorraine
Where in Wexford
@@annettegregg8654 ballygarrett, near Kilmuckridge.
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Not to far away
I could watch you all day! It’s a bummer when the video has to end. 😁. Looking forward to all the fun garden videos!!
You are so lucky where you live for the fresh sweet strawberries you grow! I have to purchase mine from the store. We just bought some very good ones. I am in process of inventoring our pantry to see what I need to use before more of our garden matures.
I have and love Crystal’s book!!😊
I was watching a Little Hill Homestead video and she puts flour in a little shaker to help when dusting. I tried it and it is great. I like the more even distribution of the flour gives you.
I’ve been telling all my brothers and sister all about you and have ORDERED them to watch your channel. Two brothers are great cooks, and my sister loves to grow things. I don’t really like either but I love your channel so much. Go figure😅
If you haven't tried the Cherry Pomegranate Jelly out of the Ball Book, give it a try. It's so, so, so good!!
I have never made the concentrates before. I love it, I think now that my strawberries are ready for picking and I have lemons, I will make some. thank you for showing us how to make it. And I am a big fan of English muffins, I cannot wait to make those as well.
Great news, you can use a grill ( I use an electric grill ) with large mouth canning rings, about 8 minutes on each side, and cover with a jelly roll pan. It makes an oven of sorts on top the stove. Hope this helps, I make English muffins all the time, and they come out nice every time.
I noticed the pineapple ripening on your shelf. Have you ever had the pineapple go bad on the bottom while waiting for it to ripen? I have. I hate that! I started laying my pineapple on it's side to ripen. Takes more space but haven't had one spoil since I started doing that.
You can freeze dry and blend the bones from the broth give it to the chickens or put it in the garden.
I didn't know you can freeze flour and sugar, Thank you How do you know if it's still good is there exp dates on your containers.learnin so much from you .where did you learn all this . Your so young 🎉
I really look forward to your videos! Love to watch and get inspired. I made rosemary salt in my food processor then froze the left overs. I used it fist to season my Thanksgiving turkey for dry brine left it over night in the frig . uncovered. I broke the turkey down to parts before seasoning it. Roasted it the next day, it was the most moist and tasty turkey I have ever cooked! Even the left overs tasted wonderful when cooked or made into a sandwich. Believe me I have cooked a lot of great turkeys over the years but this was the best.
I took an afternoon to reorganize my freezers (chest, standup, drawer and top) Ridiculous how random they were!
Hands got cold but it was Worth It.
Pork all in one.
Beef & wild game separated in one.
Ready to use in the drawer.
Jars of marinara & various bone broth in the top.
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His reaction to you making english muffins makes me want to make them for my husband.
I started making my own bone broth and chicken stock and people are begging me for quarts. You were my inspiration and I send them all to you to learn how to do it for themselves!
You are looking great Becky! Just love your style and videos ♥️
Hi Becky! I had to cuckle when i saw who's English muffin recipe you used. I love John Kanell! I've learned so much watching him. He's the reason I drove my husband crazy with anything I could buttercream on!😅
Hello from Canada 🇨🇦! You inspire me big time, Becky.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Last year, I freeze dried all my celery leaves and made a celery salt. And it's AMAZING! I love it so much .
Becky, first of all, I love your channel. My question is about the digital canner. I bought it, I've used it, I've eaten the food I've canned with it and I'm still alive. The reason I bought the digital is b/c I have a glass top induction stove. However, I've become so paranoid about it due to SO MUCH controversy about it. I would love your take on it, so to speak, and how you feel about its safety. And, I would love to hear from your viewers regarding the same. (Sorry for the lengthy comment) Thanks for your input!❤
Becky. The center oval burner is designed for a griddle ,rather than using the two side burners. Have fun
Husband watching college baseball regionals. Me--on my phone with ear buds watching Becky!😊
My husband watching those baseball games too!
You could freeze dry the drink concentrate and powder it, would be simple to make just a single glass.
Thank you for explaining the honey! I was actually wondering why you kept getting new spoons! Had no idea about the moisture!