God bless, I’ve been there when waiting for a back surgery and was in bed for ten months, it’s important to keep moving your ankles and legs and whatever you can do while in bed to keep your strength if possible. I hope you will recover your health and wish many blessings over you. It’s amazing to watch this TH-cam channel and I watch a lot of other homesteading channels as well. Take care and just wanted you to know I’ve had some experience of what you are going through. Take care and if you haven’t tried adult coloring I highly recommend it. It was a very relaxing activity for me and brought a lot of color into each day. 🥰❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
My grandmother taught me to always wear shoes when canning or making jelly/jam. Once time of dropping a piping hot glob of strawberry plasma on a bare toe/foot will make lasting memories of safety first...
I put my roasted/cooked pork, beef, and/or chicken in my kitchen aid mixer with the paddle and run it on low. It does a fantastic job of shredding the meat in no time.
I love the idea of canning this without sauce! I can imagine using it of course with BBQ sauce, but also making it into enchiladas with red or green sauce, fajita bowls, onions & peppers with Italian seasoning, mixing into stir fry, or quick chili, etc.
If I were a younger woman, I’d want to come and rent a bunkie. And then help you harvest some veggies and can it. I can dream. I wish you all the best! ❤️
I like to pulled pork for sandwiches. But I cut my roast in half (if it's big), add some spices, put it in my Instant Pot for 90 minutes with 2 cups of water, let it naturally release for 15 minutes, pull it out and it will shred like a dream. I then put it in a pot on the stove and add my BBQ sauce. Thinking about makes me want to make some this week. lol
My grandparents had a couple little houses on their farm as the oldest sons got married. They were called the “Weaning House”. My mom was the youngest of thirteen children. She was born in 1935. Each son was given a milk cow as a wedding gift. Love the idea of continuing that tradition.
One of my favorites: center cut pork roast, pour apple butter or apple pie filling or applesauce with blueberry chutney or pie filling on top of roast.along with some Dijon mustard. Add small amount of chicken stock, salt and pepper. Roast in oven 20 minutes per pound. Serve with mashed potatoes and turn drippings, sauce and whatever else is left in pan pour over sliced pork. It’s so good
When I have openings in my canner, I throw in a jar of dried beans…1 cup beans, 3 cups water. I’ve just started canning dried beans this year…I love it!!
I've been following Bunkie Life for years now. We'd love to have a couple on our property in the future too. Only issue is our municipality isn't keen on short term rentals. And yet they ask the community their opinions on how to bring more tourists to the area with zero places to stay. Thanks for always being so inspiring!
You are always a joy to watch. I love your relaxed chatter as if we are all sitting around your prep bench sipping coffee 😄 Um no biggy, but your walnuts looked a lot like pecans..🤔😊
I know from your videos that you work hard. But how do you stay so slim with all that good food you cook:):) Thanks for the muffin recipe. Greetings from North Bay Ontario.
Just bought quart Ball canning jars at a thrift store this weekend. No lids or rings. Used they were $1.99 each which is the average price for thrift store jar find. That makes my jars more expensive than your brand new ones that you just bought.I will have to look for deals on new jars.
I'm currently clearing out freezers and pressure canning venison from a few years of meat. It is such a good way to use lean meat! I call it stew meat, some people call it cube meat, but it's good for lots of things. Getting ready to hopefully get more meat this fall. The canned meat will be handy for some of the things that may happen soon, just in case.
Love the bunkies. The pork looks great and hopefully you will enjoy it. We are in northern BC and we got our first snow fall and it is current -6 ° C during the day.
Our true Value store had jars on sale for $14.99 a case for 12 quart jars. I sent hubs to get me three cases. Wide mouth too. I used all my quarts for tomato sauce and chicken and burger.
Nice job on the pulled pork. But, I have a suggestion for you! I make a ton of pasties every year - so chopping onions, yeah, I get you. But!!! I purchased a vegetable chopper from Amazon - if you google vegetable chopper, many will show up and I love it! I cut the onions into maybe quarters or a tad smaller and put it in the chopper and slam down the top and voila! Chopped onions! I do the carrots and potatoes that way as well. Mine is older - but it looks to me like any of the current offerings will work the same - you don't need the real expensive ones, at least I have never seen the need for it. In my book, that little kitchen tool is a game changer.
I agree with you on the jar prices. I typically buy second hand, but I ran out and the second hand store didn't have any. I went to one of the "cheaper" places to pick them up and they were waay more than i'm used to paying. Worthwhile investment, but wowza!!
thank you for blessing me today with more good ideas. I may only have a young adult son at home now however the other one lives across the road with his partner and step children. Your gardening and cooking ideas I'm taking on board as I plan to give back to my church who have helped me when I needed it. Cheers from my family to yours
I was drooling over all that pulled pork, my absolute favorite meat! Recently had it with sweet potatoes and cole slaw. So glad to hear you want to make some onion jam, but even better is Bacon onion jam! When I finish making it I use a hand blender to make it more of a spreading "jam" consistency. Excellent on meatloaf, grilled cheese sandwiches, baked potatoes, pizza, potato pancakes. etc! Thank you for sharing your excellent canning info and homestead updates. (I even dice the onions for my french onion soup as I see no sense in have a long piece of hot onion possible smacking you on the chin when you eat it, lol)
I really enjoyed your video, I am really new to your channel and I am looking forward to seeing your journey with the cabin building. Living off the land, in my opinion is the best way to live and enjoy life. I wanted to also share a tip with you. You had talked about certain smells can last for days. My gramma, after a day of heavy canning or preserving, depending on what it was, she would about a cup of distilled vinegar on to boil. It took any strong smells out of the atmosphere. Just a trick she taught me years ago. It works well especially for the stonger smells
Great looking canning! The Bunkie is fantastic; way to go, Dan! You two are so ambitious & deserve the very best! We have about 8” of snow tonight in central Alberta, an hour east of the Rocky Mountains. Winter came fast!
Hi Chelsea, Have a great trick for chopping onions. We have the same french fry cutter that you have and that is what we use for onions. Cut them in half and it works great in half the time. Love the posts, please keep them coming!
I would love to see a plated dinner that you mention but don't cook for us in the video! I know, more work for you, but all of your meals sound so delicious!
You can rent cabins for at least $500 for 5 days! Just a thought, I said one time months ago, I think your cabinets in house be nice a burgundy color or a shade lighter! Your place is looking so good! A nice place called HOME!!
I highly recommend a commercial meat slicer for both onions (French onion soup & other caramelized onion recipes) I’ll include a link, but I got mine from a restaurant liquidator. (Couple $100 or so) i also was able to use it to thinly shave raw frozen meat for stir fry and on roasted and well chilled for deli style sandwich meat. I like the roaster better than my multiple crockpot method for sweating onions ❤
I live in Calgary, Alberta and on Saturday it was a chilly but nice Autumn day. Today it is winter! Snow fall is expected to be anywhere between 10-20 cm (4-8 inches) in the next 24 hours and temps of -8 to -12 C during the day (17F- 20F) and in the minus teens at night time. Anytime I need to make French Onion soup for an event I do the onions in the roaster. It is like the old phrase, set it and forget it. In the bunkies what are you doing for bathrooms and kitchen?
Then my parents passed away which they can a lot none of my siblings. Didn't want any of the jars or candy it all so after cleaning them all out because there were some pretty old I had a 150 jars, With it but I'm not pretty good tomorrow. I was talking to elderly lady in her neighborhood she says oh I'm done Canning if you want my stuff I'll give it to you . She had a large family of my . She had 200 charged already cleaned and her pressure cooker is everything of a cat student.
Great day - wonderful additions to the pantry and it has to feel so good to have them up. And congrats on the new cabin almost done. What in the world will you think of once this dream is fulfill? You can't possibly just sit around!
Mmmmmmm, that pulled pork looks delicious!! Goodness. I'm so happy your cabins are coming to life, they seem really cool- I would LOVE to construct one, just for the fun of it! Ha.
Good morning from the east coast of Canada! I just wanted to send you a quick trick we use to spoon out muffin mix. We use an icecream scoop (the ones where you can squeeze the sides and a metal piece in the scoop slides along the inside of the scoop to help the icecream come out easier). This tool helps to get nice clean & similar size scoops with no mess! There are a couple sizes, but you'll probably want a larger one 😉 I'm still absolutely loving your videos and am so excited for you guys about your bunkies! Can't wait to see the finished product...we might just get one ourselves!
Next Monday they are predicting 30f for us here in New Mexico. That is really cold for this time of year. We have had no cold weather so far, it has been hot since June. Thanks for all your tips.
Love your channel so much and learn something new. The pulled pork will taste amazing when the temperature is cold. Thank you for sharing. Those muffins looked delicious as well like you said anything with carrots and zucchini can't be bad.
Great video. Love the bunky it’s so cute. I just made a batch of onion jam. I love that you canned your pulled pork plain, once we work through ours I will try it that way next. Great video Chelsea, keep warm, see you soon. 🇨🇦🌷
Mmmm… looks soooo good 😋. I’m typing this right at start of video , so don’t know if your dogs & cats get any of the scrapes mixed in with their dogfood… I would imagine that would make them pretty happy. I’m in Vermont , USA & we are having a miraculous week of temps in the 60’s & right at 70 x 2 days. Woo! Hoo!
Is funny..I canned up sweet potatoes in brown sugar cinnamon syrup most of the day & then I sit down at the pc & watch you having a big canning day. I say is time to rest! LOL We love pulled pork too..is great to have on the shelves for a quick meal..whether it be for sandwiches or doctored up with gravy & served over rice or mashed potatoes. Sleep well tonite..I think you`ve earned it! :) I`m almost at the end of my 'need to can' foods..then I`ll continue on as things go on sale to replace/fill in.
I look forward to your videos as I’m now totally bedridden and they remind me so much of when I used to be able to can. Brings back wonderful memories
So sorry to hear about your situation... hope your adjusting well
God bless, I’ve been there when waiting for a back surgery and was in bed for ten months, it’s important to keep moving your ankles and legs and whatever you can do while in bed to keep your strength if possible. I hope you will recover your health and wish many blessings over you. It’s amazing to watch this TH-cam channel and I watch a lot of other homesteading channels as well. Take care and just wanted you to know I’ve had some experience of what you are going through. Take care and if you haven’t tried adult coloring I highly recommend it. It was a very relaxing activity for me and brought a lot of color into each day. 🥰❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
My grandmother taught me to always wear shoes when canning or making jelly/jam. Once time of dropping a piping hot glob of strawberry plasma on a bare toe/foot will make lasting memories of safety first...
It’s always a good idea to wear shoes when cooking. Sharp objects are also a danger to toes. Your grandmother was wise!
@@debbiebarnes4688 good point
I put my roasted/cooked pork, beef, and/or chicken in my kitchen aid mixer with the paddle and run it on low. It does a fantastic job of shredding the meat in no time.
I love the idea of canning this without sauce! I can imagine using it of course with BBQ sauce, but also making it into enchiladas with red or green sauce, fajita bowls, onions & peppers with Italian seasoning, mixing into stir fry, or quick chili, etc.
If I were a younger woman, I’d want to come and rent a bunkie. And then help you harvest some veggies and can it. I can dream. I wish you all the best! ❤️
I agree! That would be so fun! I would love an opportunity to do that and really learn hands on with Chelsea!
I like to pulled pork for sandwiches. But I cut my roast in half (if it's big), add some spices, put it in my Instant Pot for 90 minutes with 2 cups of water, let it naturally release for 15 minutes, pull it out and it will shred like a dream. I then put it in a pot on the stove and add my BBQ sauce. Thinking about makes me want to make some this week. lol
My grandparents had a couple little houses on their farm as the oldest sons got married. They were called the “Weaning House”. My mom was the youngest of thirteen children. She was born in 1935. Each son was given a milk cow as a wedding gift. Love the idea of continuing that tradition.
One of my favorites: center cut pork roast, pour apple butter or apple pie filling or applesauce with blueberry chutney or pie filling on top of roast.along with some Dijon mustard. Add small amount of chicken stock, salt and pepper. Roast in oven 20 minutes per pound. Serve with mashed potatoes and turn drippings, sauce and whatever else is left in pan pour over sliced pork. It’s so good
How many other subscribers want to go stay at the Bunkie Airbnb??
Sign me up for a summer stay!!❤
Jars here in Michigan are running between $12-19 a case,it's crazy how much they have increased in price.
Here in the Bahamas they are $35 a case even for half pints.
$26.99 for a dozen reg. mouth jars in southern Alberta. Highway robbery!
@@wereachhomestead6348WOW!! That’s a crazy!
@@wereachhomestead6348 wow
I just need to tell you, you are beautiful inside and out. I love the days you post ❤❤❤
When I have openings in my canner, I throw in a jar of dried beans…1 cup beans, 3 cups water.
I’ve just started canning dried beans this year…I love it!!
So lovely to see you all reaping the rewards of the changes you made, you are so intentional and the new cabin is looking gorgeous
Your new food processor probably came with a “slicing” blade so you can get the long skinny pieces of onion.
I've been following Bunkie Life for years now. We'd love to have a couple on our property in the future too. Only issue is our municipality isn't keen on short term rentals. And yet they ask the community their opinions on how to bring more tourists to the area with zero places to stay. Thanks for always being so inspiring!
That sounds sort of counterintuitive if you ask me😂
I couldn’t imagine having 13 pork roasts in the freezer. Of course, it's just two of us and we don't live on a farm. I do enjoy watching your videos.
You need to make an Onion jam. It is so yummy; I love onion jam! Everything looks excellent, Chelsea.
This was an enjoyable episode. 🥰 I love watching you can.
Yes 👍🏻 put on really good shoes- it’s a must. Great job
We use the dough hook to cut up pork for our pulled pork for our local carnival. We make up 100 pounds at a time.
You are always a joy to watch. I love your relaxed chatter as if we are all sitting around your prep bench sipping coffee 😄
Um no biggy, but your walnuts looked a lot like pecans..🤔😊
I can't find the link for the apple pie filling...could you link it please? Looks and sounds great! 😊
I know from your videos that you work hard. But how do you stay so slim with all that good food you cook:):) Thanks for the muffin recipe. Greetings from North Bay Ontario.
Just bought quart Ball canning jars at a thrift store this weekend. No lids or rings. Used they were $1.99 each which is the average price for thrift store jar find. That makes my jars more expensive than your brand new ones that you just bought.I will have to look for deals on new jars.
I'm currently clearing out freezers and pressure canning venison from a few years of meat. It is such a good way to use lean meat! I call it stew meat, some people call it cube meat, but it's good for lots of things. Getting ready to hopefully get more meat this fall. The canned meat will be handy for some of the things that may happen soon, just in case.
Onion jam made with balsamic vinegar is delicious with cheese!
I like the cabin! Cozy ...nice job!!😊
That cherry chocolate smoothie/milkshake looked awesome!
Love the bunkies. The pork looks great and hopefully you will enjoy it.
We are in northern BC and we got our first snow fall and it is current -6 ° C during the day.
Our true Value store had jars on sale for $14.99 a case for 12 quart jars. I sent hubs to get me three cases. Wide mouth too. I used all my quarts for tomato sauce and chicken and burger.
I’ve found that after we smoke a whole butt, we can divide it and freeze it and the taste is loads better.
Watching from Ireland so appreciate your Celsius comments ❤
Nice job on the pulled pork. But, I have a suggestion for you! I make a ton of pasties every year - so chopping onions, yeah, I get you. But!!! I purchased a vegetable chopper from Amazon - if you google vegetable chopper, many will show up and I love it! I cut the onions into maybe quarters or a tad smaller and put it in the chopper and slam down the top and voila! Chopped onions! I do the carrots and potatoes that way as well. Mine is older - but it looks to me like any of the current offerings will work the same - you don't need the real expensive ones, at least I have never seen the need for it. In my book, that little kitchen tool is a game changer.
I agree with you on the jar prices. I typically buy second hand, but I ran out and the second hand store didn't have any. I went to one of the "cheaper" places to pick them up and they were waay more than i'm used to paying. Worthwhile investment, but wowza!!
I just love your little white shelf above your stove. It makes me smile every time I see it 😊
The cabin looks great. Good job canning....I need to do the same with some of the meat and poultry in the freezer.
We absolutely love our canned pulled pork
thank you for blessing me today with more good ideas. I may only have a young adult son at home now however the other one lives across the road with his partner and step children. Your gardening and cooking ideas I'm taking on board as I plan to give back to my church who have helped me when I needed it. Cheers from my family to yours
I love your channel. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your life with us! I have not had canned pulled pork before... interesting! I think I have to try to make the muffins sometime!!😊
It's so yummy, nice recipe and your kitchen looks great.
I was drooling over all that pulled pork, my absolute favorite meat! Recently had it with sweet potatoes and cole slaw. So glad to hear you want to make some onion jam, but even better is Bacon onion jam! When I finish making it I use a hand blender to make it more of a spreading "jam" consistency. Excellent on meatloaf, grilled cheese sandwiches, baked potatoes, pizza, potato pancakes. etc! Thank you for sharing your excellent canning info and homestead updates. (I even dice the onions for my french onion soup as I see no sense in have a long piece of hot onion possible smacking you on the chin when you eat it, lol)
Just FYI if you didn't know they recently changed some of the rules for short term rentals in BC to try to help the housing crisis.
I really enjoyed your video, I am really new to your channel and I am looking forward to seeing your journey with the cabin building. Living off the land, in my opinion is the best way to live and enjoy life. I wanted to also share a tip with you. You had talked about certain smells can last for days. My gramma, after a day of heavy canning or preserving, depending on what it was, she would about a cup of distilled vinegar on to boil. It took any strong smells out of the atmosphere. Just a trick she taught me years ago. It works well especially for the stonger smells
Great looking canning! The Bunkie is fantastic; way to go, Dan! You two are so ambitious & deserve the very best! We have about 8” of snow tonight in central Alberta, an hour east of the Rocky Mountains. Winter came fast!
I just love your channel.
Hi Chelsea, Have a great trick for chopping onions. We have the same french fry cutter that you have and that is what we use for onions. Cut them in half and it works great in half the time. Love the posts, please keep them coming!
I really enjoy watching you cook/can!! Thank you for your videos. I learn so much from you!
The cost of jars is why I am contemplating a freezedryer set up vs a pressure canning set up as costs to start keep getting closer between the 2.
The company I work for uses one of those french fry cutters to cut samples of our soaps
PERFECT timing! I have heard such great things about canned pulled pork. This will be on my agenda in the coming weeks!
I would love to see a plated dinner that you mention but don't cook for us in the video! I know, more work for you, but all of your meals sound so delicious!
The kitchen looked so bright today! Lovely!
I use the slicer/ shredder on my Bosch and then freeze the onions.
We are just going to have our first frost tomorrow morning. I live in Connecticut USA
Pork gotta be delicious. I love watching your videos, you make canning and cooking easy.
Looking for your canned apple pie filling and apple butter recipe please! Thank you!
I didn't see the link that you mentioned for the recipe to make apple pie filling. Did I misunderstand what you said?
I absolutely love all of your videos. Thank you for sharing with us. Have a wonderful week.
Are you going to insulate and drywall the new little cabin?
Wonderful prep ideas for your very busy days! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to everyone 🤗💗🇨🇦
Absolutely love how you measure, my grandma would approve. The roasts look amazing. Thank you for the great videos.
You can put your pork into your kitchen aid with the dough hook attachment and it will shred the meat beautifully. Works for chicken too.
You can rent cabins for at least $500 for 5 days! Just a thought, I said one time months ago, I think your cabinets in house be nice a burgundy color or a shade lighter! Your place is looking so good! A nice place called HOME!!
All the canning was wonderful. Having the soup base is such a good idea. I have french onion soup that I use as a base. About the same idea.
Hope to stay in one of your cabins next year and learn about homesteading 😊
Mmmm, freeze dried bbq pulled pork for camping.😋
I highly recommend a commercial meat slicer for both onions (French onion soup & other caramelized onion recipes) I’ll include a link, but I got mine from a restaurant liquidator. (Couple $100 or so) i also was able to use it to thinly shave raw frozen meat for stir fry and on roasted and well chilled for deli style sandwich meat. I like the roaster better than my multiple crockpot method for sweating onions ❤
I am hungry, Chelsea!😘
Totally enjoyed!!
my goodness your a busy woman ....love your channel!!
I live in Calgary, Alberta and on Saturday it was a chilly but nice Autumn day. Today it is winter! Snow fall is expected to be anywhere between 10-20 cm (4-8 inches) in the next 24 hours and temps of -8 to -12 C during the day (17F- 20F) and in the minus teens at night time. Anytime I need to make French Onion soup for an event I do the onions in the roaster. It is like the old phrase, set it and forget it. In the bunkies what are you doing for bathrooms and kitchen?
They have an outhouse and plans to build a separate building for cooking and laundry, she said that in the video
Then my parents passed away which they can a lot none of my siblings. Didn't want any of the jars or candy it all so after cleaning them all out because there were some pretty old I had a 150 jars, With it but I'm not pretty good tomorrow. I was talking to elderly lady in her neighborhood she says oh I'm done Canning if you want my stuff I'll give it to you . She had a large family of my . She had 200 charged already cleaned and her pressure cooker is everything of a cat student.
Wow it looks like you painted your cabinets. They look so great! 😊
Great day - wonderful additions to the pantry and it has to feel so good to have them up. And congrats on the new cabin almost done. What in the world will you think of once this dream is fulfill? You can't possibly just sit around!
Can you imagine how good all that pork smelled as it was roasting?
This is a super video. Your enthusiasm is absolutely infectious. Thank you!
Mmmmmmm, that pulled pork looks delicious!! Goodness. I'm so happy your cabins are coming to life, they seem really cool- I would LOVE to construct one, just for the fun of it! Ha.
Fantastic video as always.
i can't wait for the pantry tour ❤ the muffins look really yummy and i will try making them!
Jars in North Pole Alaska have been 20 USD for over a year, yes price hurts.
I can't wait to see the finished cabin.
I enjoyed this video on canning shredded pork📝informative☺
Good morning from the east coast of Canada! I just wanted to send you a quick trick we use to spoon out muffin mix. We use an icecream scoop (the ones where you can squeeze the sides and a metal piece in the scoop slides along the inside of the scoop to help the icecream come out easier). This tool helps to get nice clean & similar size scoops with no mess! There are a couple sizes, but you'll probably want a larger one 😉
I'm still absolutely loving your videos and am so excited for you guys about your bunkies! Can't wait to see the finished product...we might just get one ourselves!
Next Monday they are predicting 30f for us here in New Mexico. That is really cold for this time of year. We have had no cold weather so far, it has been hot since June. Thanks for all your tips.
That cabin is so cute!
Very much enjoyed this video. Love them all. You amaze me what you can get done in a day.
Love your channel so much and learn something new. The pulled pork will taste amazing when the temperature is cold. Thank you for sharing. Those muffins looked delicious as well like you said anything with carrots and zucchini can't be bad.
You could make pulled pork enchiladas 😊
Love your videos!!❤️
I usually put a small amount of liquid in my jars before I put in the solid- helps with de~ bubbling
lot of work but worth it long term nice job
Great video. Love the bunky it’s so cute. I just made a batch of onion jam. I love that you canned your pulled pork plain, once we work through ours I will try it that way next. Great video Chelsea, keep warm, see you soon. 🇨🇦🌷
Mmmm… looks soooo good 😋. I’m typing this right at start of video , so don’t know if your dogs & cats get any of the scrapes mixed in with their dogfood… I would imagine that would make them pretty happy.
I’m in Vermont , USA & we are having a miraculous week of temps in the 60’s & right at 70 x 2 days. Woo! Hoo!
New to your channel, love to see your processes 😊
Good job missy 😊
Is funny..I canned up sweet potatoes in brown sugar cinnamon syrup most of the day & then I sit down at the pc & watch you having a big canning day. I say is time to rest! LOL We love pulled pork too..is great to have on the shelves for a quick meal..whether it be for sandwiches or doctored up with gravy & served over rice or mashed potatoes. Sleep well tonite..I think you`ve earned it! :) I`m almost at the end of my 'need to can' foods..then I`ll continue on as things go on sale to replace/fill in.
You can also use the pork for hot pork sandwiches.
It was nice seeing the new progress on the construction projects. Will the cabins have wood burning stoves?
Please show us the final product of the pork when you use it 💗