I LOVE watching you work, you are so good natured, i love when u laugh and admit to mistakes in a good natured way, I dont know where you get all ur energy to work all day then come home to do your videos, writing cook books, working in the garden when its in season and now doing this off grid Thanksgiving dinner, wow !! wow, you go girl!! I guess ive never thought about baking a pie like you just did i find it amazing.. Thank you so much for sharing your "experiments" with all of us and you and Jim enjoy that pumpkin pie !! 🥧🥧🥧😉
I just stopped by to send Thanksgiving greetings to a Lovely Lady who gives so much of herself. Peace and Blessings 🙏 to ❤ you, Mr.. Jim and your family. From the Sunshine 🌞 State.
Pam and Jim, I just followed your previous tutorial about making turkey broth. I've been cooking all of this cold, rainy New England day and the broth was the best I've ever made. Thank you for your dedication to this project.
I am new to making Ghee. I am keeping a jar on the counter for use and one of the things I've noticed is how nice it spreads on bread and how nice it melts in a pan for me. Thank you for sharing all the ups and downs and ways to correct all this new way of cooking, for me, to be prepared.
What I've learned from this is that we must adjust our expectations for the outcome when cooking off grid. We spend the bulk of our adult life learning to use a modern kitchen. Texture, flavor and looks will be different when using simpler means of cooking.
This series of off grid cooking is just wonderful. I love that you are sacrificing so much to teach all of us. You and Jim are such wonderful teachers and thank you for taking us along on all of your journeys. I always anxiously await your next videos. Thanks again, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Much love and hugs. God bless.
Another thing to do with pumpkin pies is to pour the filling into the pie shell as close to the oven as possible! I'd put the shell into the Dutch oven and then fill it.
6:45 ?? What bad stuff was in it, please? 550°? Wow, this is fabulous! 🤗 I LOVE that aluminum foil box💖 Did you say you have, or don't have instructions on that one? I'll look and see, but would definitely appreciate a link, if you have one.
If you click on the thumbnail, find Details, there are two related videos, but unfortunately, Pam did not provide a written recipe. The aluminum foil box directions are located in one of the off-grid cooking videos. Jim
Another great video Pam. I've learnt a lot from Cowboy Kent Rowlings channel on how to adjust dutch oven temperatures with coals and a lot of other great off grid campfire cooking tips.
I wish I had 4 or 5 Dutch ovens. Once you figure them out, they do a great job on almost everything, especially the rolls. My current problem is that I can't practice. Where I am in the mountains of Colorado, we are under a burn ban, so no open fires...including charcoal. I do have a good wood stove and lots of firewood, and I thought ahead and picked my stove with a cook surface on the top. I so appreciate all the videos you do! I wish we were neighbors, you are such fun to watch. If we end up off grid for some time, we all need to know our neighbors and check on them often. God bless you and have a lovely Thanksgiving with your family.
BEAUTIFUL AND INFORMATIVE AS ALWAYS GUYS!! Just wanted to say hi, havent in a while. My favorite channel. You guys are just doing amazing and im so happy for you. JUST LOVE IT! I KEEP GETTING MORE ROSE RED HOMESTEAD CONTENT! WOOO-HOOO!!!!! 😀😍😀😍
You two are just amazing! We are so spoiled, as people, by having everything so handy to use, but boy if we ever lost the grid, so many of us would be in trouble :( I so appreciate everything you do for us all! This series is so amazing! More of us need to get ready like you and Jim are! I call myself a prepper, but am I really? Food wise, yes, and many other things. But all these things you two are doing, I'm moving in with you with the SHTF :) THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
@@RoseRedHomestead , jim. i check both of the channels everyday, to see what you 2 are up to. Jim. beard up your gonna have snow soon. i chopped. sliced 5 pounds of white onions today for the freezer. found a good deal on them. most stores here an onion is $1. 74 apiece...
I really love this! We were in Guam one thanksgiving when I was 13. My dad was in the Navy and a typhoon came and we had no electricity or running water, for Thanksgiving and a month before and after that! My dad grilled a turkey and everyone else did too! After a while you saw grills and smokers everywhere
You can make an oven like this: Option 1: Have your dough prepared and make a snake like long roll then put it in on the edge of your Dutch oven and place the lid, it is now sealed, this technique is used in dum biryani Option 2: For those who does not have a Dutch oven , take a wok put 1 cup of thick salt ( this salt can be repurposed infinite amount of time for such applications) then put your trivets or bowl or any other thing to provide height and then placed your pie plate/ pizza plate and cover this with a normal plate, it acts as a oven. Now, in option 1 it will take less time as there is a pressure and in option 2 it will take relatively more time. Edit: in these two option you can cook it directly over stove. It goes without saying that it will work over fire/ coals.
I’m confused about Crisco too. Maybe Jim and Pam do a video about it! One of my favorite muffin recipes calls for it, but what can I use as a substitute?
Companies can get away with saying their products have “zero trans fats” when they have 0.5 grams or less but that doesn’t make them trans fat free. Keep that in mind when using Crisco shortenings, as hydrogenated oils are still in the label.
I used to keep an electric cooler in my vehicle for when I go shopping in the big city an hour away. I could plug it into my car. It came in handy in the SUMMER time to keep meat, eggs, cheese from spoiling. However, in the winter or in a grid down in cold season I could just set it outside or in a cooler with no ice. When the BIG EMP hits all electronic devices will be worthless. That's why I want to practice using No modern conveniences. That digital thermometer will be worthless. Even the Bluetti will be worthless. We are looking at the potential of being knocked back into the dark ages. No computers. That's what I'm preparing for. Cold Dark Winter. You guys are entertaining and I enjoy watching ya'll having so much fun with your little adventures. LMAO Funny Stuff. Love you guys.
I would do the roll in the Dutch oven. Thry would brown top and bottom. There is a method for degrees of coals. Per every second is 100 degrees. So if you can only hold hand above coals 3 seconds it's 300°.
Regarding the rolls, it could be that crescent rolls were invented after the advent of modern ovens. It seems like in earlier eras, just regular rolls or biscuits were most common. Probably because that's what baked best with the available methods in those eras.
Living in Fl is native Fl people know how to live off grid without electricity or generators it’s tough but you get a lot of satisfaction when hurricanes come along practical and not fancy like fry bread
I love this wonderful video! So far - I have not followed you very long - but every single one has inspired me and set my brain working. In (much) older times my dad was one to use his outdoor charcoal grill to try all kinds and ways of cooking. he even pushed the charcoal into a bucket of water at the end of cooking in order not to 'Just Waste" the charcoal bits that had not burn up. Now - regarding the rolls. Our indoor ovens are lined - top, bottom and sides - with Solid metal - the heat comes at the pie and rolls from all directions. That is why we pre-heat the oven. Perhaps placing a cookie sheet or two to the inside Top of your Cardboard and Foil oven would work. My idea would be to try to affix the cookie sheets to the inside of the top by sliding a piece of clothes hanger wire long enough to poke through the corners Diagonally in order to support the corners and that will keep them on place. All this would be done - not only well ahead of time but also with the "homemade oven" upside down - cookie sheets first then cloths hanger wires next.so the cookie sheet would be close to the top. Just a thought...
We have a local group who reenact sodbuster ways and the ladies bake pies in Dutch ovens in the coals and sell as a fundraiser. They do this dressed in the long prairie dresses of the period.
It was fun watching you try this. 😂 I remember learning how to cook, in the Girl Scouts, over a fire and with coals. We used a reflector oven, kind of like your box but on its side by the fire to cook rolls. And the pie, we lined our Dutch over with foil, easier to clean it if there were spills. We used coals from the fire . Brings back memories. 😊
Such a fun video. I appreciate your experiments and mishaps. It shows me how important it is to record all the data so improvements are easier to make. Thank you.
I’m loving your channel. I’ve been a prepper since before the term was coined. I also made a tin foil wrapped box for an oven in response to the Y2K scare. We have the same setup for outside cooking. I’m always looking for good ideas for adapting to a grid down situation. It happens around here every summer when we have seasonal fires.
Why not turn the rolls over midway to brown them on both sides? They pan was gheed up 10 mins a side..They wouldn't deflate...You two are wonderful to share the results and methods. Thank you so much for all you do 💜💜💜💜💜
Excellent experiments Jim & Pam! I second the idea of using a dutch oven for the rolls as well. I realize that the pies and the rolls will be baked on different days, but I think the extra work would be worth it. Perhaps try using a dutch oven for a potato recipe, or perhaps a vegetable in a smaller inner pan, then going straight to the rolls while the oven is already warm. Just a suggestion.
Hi Pam and Jim! I love experimenting, that’s right up my alley so too speak. This is a perfect way to see what works and what doesn’t. I’m excited too see your next experiment off grid. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed evening!
Great vid as always! Just a suggestion: You can squeeze/twist the aluminum flaps for pie pan into a "basket handle" to lower and lift it, and it should stay out of the pie filling ! 💞⚘️
Thanks for the great video. The rolls would probably do better if you had a higher rack. When I was a Boy Scout leader we built cardboard ovens with a fold down front and a coat hanger rack about half way up the box which allowed good heat. Cooked cake, cookies, pizza and bread in those with good results.
Hi Pam. Can you place the pie plate with crust in the Dutch oven then pour the filling while it's over the flame then close the lid? The pie can be removed by lifting the rack out with 2 bent hooks. Your croissants and pie both look beautiful. I cooked off grid for 4 months when my ex and I moved onto our 3 1/3 acres. We moved onto an empty lot that needed electricity installed and the gas burners converted to propane. In the meantime, he built a grill and we learned really fast how to get it right. No gadgets or fancy things like a generator. We also used a portajohn until we had the septic installed. Try holding a flaming stick over the rolls to brown them.
To get the tops of your rolls to brown better, try using a higher insert(rising it more evenly from bottom where the heat is & top where heat collects) That’s why the bottoms browned, but not the top. Good luck.
I learned how to use a box oven when my daughter was in girl scouts. It is fun to make cinnamon rolls or pizza, etc. while camping. I put my window (made with a turkey roasting bag) on the top of my box so I can just look down in. Also, I prop my pan up on small pinneapple juice cans. I wonder if you lid holder isn't tall enough? They taught us to arrange the coals in a checkerboard pattern covering the whole space under the box. The box is elevated on little rocks, enough so that I can push extra coals in around the edges as needed without lifting the box. I do mine on the ground so I have access all the way around. Fun times! Also, have you discovered Kent Rollins videos on dutch oven cooking? I have learned a lot from him too. Thank you for your lovely videos!
I love all that you do and I was wondering if you can safely can turkey meat. I have been buying as much as I can now 49¢ /pound and plan to store as much as possible, if not can you show us the best way to store it please.
Have you ever made these crescent rolls with freshly milled grain? Still new to milling my own wheat and I’ve yet to find a good recipe for crescent rolls. Actually I don’t think I’ve ever even made crescent rolls myself - I used to always used the prepared cans!
I got my pressure canner! I canned some chili and hamburger. I made some sloppy Joes with the canned hamburger and canned sloppy Joe mix. It was good, I'm not sure I'm sold on the texture though. Going to try tacos with the last two jars to see how that is. We haven't used the chili yet, it was delicious before it was canned so I'm curious to see what it's like after. Next I'm going to can some chicken and I have about 20 lbs of sweet potatoes.
Upon removing your rolls, I wonder if you could use a torch and lightly browned the tops to give them the illusion that they were baked that way. I would be happy to eat the pie brown! Yum
We had our Thanksgiving yesterday because of schedules. I made orange cranberry sauce. I will forgo the orange zest next time I cake it. Just to strong of an orange taste. My kids didn't like it either. If I put orange in it at all. I used a navel orange with a fine zester taking off just the orange layer of rind.
Jim & Pam the two of you are an inspiration and a hoot to us all. Pam I want to call you Rose lol because your sweet and beautiful like one. Thank you for all the wisdom you share.
This is really cool to watch & learn about the more pricy end of off grid preparedness but for a lot of us it's completely out of our budget range. Lol. I would have prepare food with my hands & cook with my cast iron over wood or coals.🤠
Thank you for sharing this with us! Good information.
Very successful trial!
What a great video I learned a lot!
I LOVE watching you work, you are so good natured, i love when u laugh and admit to mistakes in a good natured way, I dont know where you get all ur energy to work all day then come home to do your videos, writing cook books, working in the garden when its in season and now doing this off grid Thanksgiving dinner, wow !! wow, you go girl!! I guess ive never thought about baking a pie like you just did i find it amazing.. Thank you so much for sharing your "experiments" with all of us and you and Jim enjoy that pumpkin pie !! 🥧🥧🥧😉
I just stopped by to send Thanksgiving greetings to a Lovely Lady who gives so much of herself. Peace and Blessings 🙏 to ❤ you, Mr.. Jim and your family. From the Sunshine 🌞 State.
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I used your roll recipe and made the most beautiful rolls I have ever seen, thank thank thank you for sharing!!
You are welcome!! Jim
This experiment is really 😃 great. Thanks for doing this. Happy Thanksgiving to you,Jim and your entire family.
You are amazing, thank you for all of your priceless knowledge and information. You are a blessing to us all.
You are so welcome, Jim
Pam and Jim, I just followed your previous tutorial about making turkey broth. I've been cooking all of this cold, rainy New England day and the broth was the best I've ever made. Thank you for your dedication to this project.
I am so happy to hear that. I think there is nothing like cooking and canning on a cold and rainy day! So glad you like the turkey broth.
I am new to making Ghee. I am keeping a jar on the counter for use and one of the things I've noticed is how nice it spreads on bread and how nice it melts in a pan for me.
Thank you for sharing all the ups and downs and ways to correct all this new way of cooking, for me, to be prepared.
@barbaram: You are welcome. Jim
Interesting experiment!
Thank you! Cheers! Jim
Admire your video’s, off grid cooking a very useful.Thank you both so much. I learn so much and then give it a try
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing
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Very nice !
@COWELLGIRL: Thank you! Cheers! Jim
I love it! You're great!
That is all cool stuff! Thanks.
Fun experiment! Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 🦃 🦃
I am so impressed how you wear your dress clothes and cook and not get full of flour and other foods. I am such a messy cook.
Me too
It amazes me how you do all of this! Just love it!
What I've learned from this is that we must adjust our expectations for the outcome when cooking off grid. We spend the bulk of our adult life learning to use a modern kitchen. Texture, flavor and looks will be different when using simpler means of cooking.
@rjohn: Yes, we agree. Pam and I have this discussion numerous times. Jim
This series of off grid cooking is just wonderful. I love that you are sacrificing so much to teach all of us. You and Jim are such wonderful teachers and thank you for taking us along on all of your journeys. I always anxiously await your next videos. Thanks again, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Much love and hugs. God bless.
Another thing to do with pumpkin pies is to pour the filling into the pie shell as close to the oven as possible! I'd put the shell into the Dutch oven and then fill it.
I admire how you guys are doing this off grid-we all need to learn how-BEFOREHAND!😘
6:45 ?? What bad stuff was in it, please? 550°? Wow, this is fabulous! 🤗 I LOVE that aluminum foil box💖 Did you say you have, or don't have instructions on that one? I'll look and see, but would definitely appreciate a link, if you have one.
If you click on the thumbnail, find Details, there are two related videos, but unfortunately, Pam did not provide a written recipe. The aluminum foil box directions are located in one of the off-grid cooking videos. Jim
Another great video Pam. I've learnt a lot from Cowboy Kent Rowlings channel on how to adjust dutch oven temperatures with coals and a lot of other great off grid campfire cooking tips.
Thanks, we will check it out. Jim
I wish I had 4 or 5 Dutch ovens. Once you figure them out, they do a great job on almost everything, especially the rolls. My current problem is that I can't practice. Where I am in the mountains of Colorado, we are under a burn ban, so no open fires...including charcoal. I do have a good wood stove and lots of firewood, and I thought ahead and picked my stove with a cook surface on the top. I so appreciate all the videos you do! I wish we were neighbors, you are such fun to watch. If we end up off grid for some time, we all need to know our neighbors and check on them often. God bless you and have a lovely Thanksgiving with your family.
BEAUTIFUL AND INFORMATIVE AS ALWAYS GUYS!! Just wanted to say hi, havent in a while. My favorite channel. You guys are just doing amazing and im so happy for you. JUST LOVE IT! I KEEP GETTING MORE ROSE RED HOMESTEAD CONTENT! WOOO-HOOO!!!!! 😀😍😀😍
Heather: Thanks, we really appreciate your comments. Jim
You two are awesome
Thank you.
What a fantastic video Pam. You guys rock. I love that you are testing this and sharing all the info. I love your zest for life. 🇨🇦💕
lyn: Our pleasure! Thanks for watching our channel. Jim
I have the same hand mixer
When my daughter (now 30) was in Girl Scouts they made a box/foil oven and used charcoal biscuits. I believe each briquete/biscuit is 40 degrees F.
My husband has been roasting our turkeys off grid for years in a Weber Kettle. They are delicious.
You defiantly have to grade that pie on a curve, it’s absolutely a beautiful pumpkin pie!!
@Yoda: Does that mean it is above average? Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead yes yes yes!
That pie is beautiful.
You two are just amazing! We are so spoiled, as people, by having everything so handy to use, but boy if we ever lost the grid, so many of us would be in trouble :( I so appreciate everything you do for us all! This series is so amazing! More of us need to get ready like you and Jim are! I call myself a prepper, but am I really? Food wise, yes, and many other things. But all these things you two are doing, I'm moving in with you with the SHTF :) THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
Starr: You are welcome. Jim
Good morning you two.. enjoy your weekend. stay warm.... chilly here in far northern calif..
dennis: We are staying warn and you stay warm and safe, too. Thanks for watching our channel. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead , jim. i check both of the channels everyday, to see what you 2 are up to. Jim. beard up your gonna have snow soon. i chopped. sliced 5 pounds of white onions today for the freezer. found a good deal on them. most stores here an onion is $1. 74 apiece...
Fascinating how you adapt to what might be. Good on you, both of you.
@mudoh: Thank you! Jim
I really love this! We were in Guam one thanksgiving when I was 13. My dad was in the Navy and a typhoon came and we had no electricity or running water, for Thanksgiving and a month before and after that! My dad grilled a turkey and everyone else did too! After a while you saw grills and smokers everywhere
@pantryonly: Thanks for relaying the off-grid experience when the family was in Guam. Jim
You can make an oven like this:
Option 1:
Have your dough prepared and make a snake like long roll then put it in on the edge of your Dutch oven and place the lid, it is now sealed, this technique is used in dum biryani
Option 2: For those who does not have a Dutch oven , take a wok put 1 cup of thick salt ( this salt can be repurposed infinite amount of time for such applications) then put your trivets or bowl or any other thing to provide height and then placed your pie plate/ pizza plate and cover this with a normal plate, it acts as a oven.
Now, in option 1 it will take less time as there is a pressure and in option 2 it will take relatively more time.
Edit: in these two option you can cook it directly over stove. It goes without saying that it will work over fire/ coals.
I looked at a jar of Crisco last week and it still has hydrogenated fats. What is "the bad stuff" that is no longer there?
I would like to know the answer to that question also.
I’m confused about Crisco too. Maybe Jim and Pam do a video about it! One of my favorite muffin recipes calls for it, but what can I use as a substitute?
Companies can get away with saying their products have “zero trans fats” when they have 0.5 grams or less but that doesn’t make them trans fat free. Keep that in mind when using Crisco shortenings, as hydrogenated oils are still in the label.
I used to keep an electric cooler in my vehicle for when I go shopping in the big city an hour away. I could plug it into my car. It came in handy in the SUMMER time to keep meat, eggs, cheese from spoiling. However, in the winter or in a grid down in cold season I could just set it outside or in a cooler with no ice. When the BIG EMP hits all electronic devices will be worthless. That's why I want to practice using No modern conveniences. That digital thermometer will be worthless. Even the Bluetti will be worthless. We are looking at the potential of being knocked back into the dark ages. No computers. That's what I'm preparing for. Cold Dark Winter. You guys are entertaining and I enjoy watching ya'll having so much fun with your little adventures. LMAO Funny Stuff. Love you guys.
It nice having fun
How are you doing at the moment?
👍
I would do the roll in the Dutch oven. Thry would brown top and bottom. There is a method for degrees of coals. Per every second is 100 degrees. So if you can only hold hand above coals 3 seconds it's 300°.
Regarding the rolls, it could be that crescent rolls were invented after the advent of modern ovens. It seems like in earlier eras, just regular rolls or biscuits were most common. Probably because that's what baked best with the available methods in those eras.
Living in Fl is native Fl people know how to live off grid without electricity or generators it’s tough but you get a lot of satisfaction when hurricanes come along practical and not fancy like fry bread
I think if you raised the rolls higher in your oven further away from the coals the rolls would brown more evenly. Excellent video!!
Yes, we agree. Jim
I love this wonderful video! So far - I have not followed you very long - but every single one has inspired me and set my brain working. In (much) older times my dad was one to use his outdoor charcoal grill to try all kinds and ways of cooking. he even pushed the charcoal into a bucket of water at the end of cooking in order not to 'Just Waste" the charcoal bits that had not burn up. Now - regarding the rolls. Our indoor ovens are lined - top, bottom and sides - with Solid metal - the heat comes at the pie and rolls from all directions. That is why we pre-heat the oven. Perhaps placing a cookie sheet or two to the inside Top of your Cardboard and Foil oven would work. My idea would be to try to affix the cookie sheets to the inside of the top by sliding a piece of clothes hanger wire long enough to poke through the corners Diagonally in order to support the corners and that will keep them on place. All this would be done - not only well ahead of time but also with the "homemade oven" upside down - cookie sheets first then cloths hanger wires next.so the cookie sheet would be close to the top. Just a thought...
Love this series!
Tip: add the pumpkin filling after you put the pan in the dutch oven. Rolls can be made in the dutch oven too
Wow! You can literally SEE how cold that dough got in there! The glass dish its in is fogging up!😅😅
We have a local group who reenact sodbuster ways and the ladies bake pies in Dutch ovens in the coals and sell as a fundraiser. They do this dressed in the long prairie dresses of the period.
@newtondak: Interesting! Jim
Would your rolls brown using dutch oven w/coals on top?. Great video
It was fun watching you try this. 😂 I remember learning how to cook, in the Girl Scouts, over a fire and with coals. We used a reflector oven, kind of like your box but on its side by the fire to cook rolls. And the pie, we lined our Dutch over with foil, easier to clean it if there were spills. We used coals from the fire . Brings back memories. 😊
Such a fun video. I appreciate your experiments and mishaps. It shows me how important it is to record all the data so improvements are easier to make. Thank you.
@sharonn: Glad it was helpful! Jim
I LOVE your adventures and great sense of humor 💕
I am amazed your blue blouse in the front didn’t get floured. Mine does. I have to wear an apron. You’re amazing at everything !
Coleen: Pam appreciates that observation. Jim
So much fun to see the off grid trial for Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you, I learned right along with you
Annette: Yes, we are looking forward to it, too. Jim
This was such a positive video to watch and fun! I’m looking forward to making your family’s roll recipe. Thank you both and blessed weekend to you!
@bonnie: Thanks fir watching our channel and let us know the of roll recipe. Jim
I’m loving your channel. I’ve been a prepper since before the term was coined. I also made a tin foil wrapped box for an oven in response to the Y2K scare. We have the same setup for outside cooking. I’m always looking for good ideas for adapting to a grid down situation. It happens around here every summer when we have seasonal fires.
What equipment do you use for canning outside?
You are so brave and adventurous!
What fun! Thanks for bringing us along. Happy Thanksgiving & God bless.
Please share the size of your 12 inch high Lodge Dutch Oven. What is the quart capacity?
WOW! This video is amazing. I love the homemade oven and I believe our grandson Logan will have so much fun making the oven.
Why not turn the rolls over midway to brown them on both sides? They pan was gheed up 10 mins a side..They wouldn't deflate...You two are wonderful to share the results and methods.
Thank you so much for all you do 💜💜💜💜💜
@Chief: Yes, that sounds good. We will have to see if we can do that next time. Jim
Excellent experiments Jim & Pam! I second the idea of using a dutch oven for the rolls as well. I realize that the pies and the rolls will be baked on different days, but I think the extra work would be worth it. Perhaps try using a dutch oven for a potato recipe, or perhaps a vegetable in a smaller inner pan, then going straight to the rolls while the oven is already warm. Just a suggestion.
@roraev9296: Ye, we are looking forward to a lot of off-grid this coming year. Jim
Hi Pam and Jim! I love experimenting, that’s right up my alley so too speak. This is a perfect way to see what works and what doesn’t. I’m excited too see your next experiment off grid. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed evening!
@Willow: Thanks for your comments. Jim
Great vid as always! Just a suggestion: You can squeeze/twist the aluminum flaps for pie pan into a "basket handle" to lower and lift it, and it should stay out of the pie filling ! 💞⚘️
That's a great idea! Thanks.
Thanks for the great video. The rolls would probably do better if you had a higher rack. When I was a Boy Scout leader we built cardboard ovens with a fold down front and a coat hanger rack about half way up the box which allowed good heat. Cooked cake, cookies, pizza and bread in those with good results.
Sounds like you and your troop had a great time. Jim
If you pour your filling into the crust after putting the pie pan with the crust into the Dutch oven you could prevent the filling tsunami .
What does the vinegar do for the pie crust recipe?
DIY: kingarthurbaking.com says that it helps from overworking the dough and keeps the dough from oxidizing and turning gray. Jim
How did people make rolls & pastry before refrigeration? Did they only make in the winter when they could chill all?
Cellars if they had one. "The rich man gets his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his ice in winter," Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Vera: Sounds like a history lesson. Jim
Hi Pam. Can you place the pie plate with crust in the Dutch oven then pour the filling while it's over the flame then close the lid? The pie can be removed by lifting the rack out with 2 bent hooks. Your croissants and pie both look beautiful.
I cooked off grid for 4 months when my ex and I moved onto our 3 1/3 acres. We moved onto an empty lot that needed electricity installed and the gas burners converted to propane. In the meantime, he built a grill and we learned really fast how to get it right. No gadgets or fancy things like a generator. We also used a portajohn until we had the septic installed.
Try holding a flaming stick over the rolls to brown them.
I love using egg and vinegar in my pie crust. It makes it so flakey!
This is a great video!!! So amazing and fun!
So why can’t you just use the lid of a charcoal grill as the oven? Is it too hard to regulate temp?
@astaine: Yes, that is correct. Jim
Could you put a cookie sheet above them with coals to get them some heat above?
To get the tops of your rolls to brown better, try using a higher insert(rising it more evenly from bottom where the heat is & top where heat collects) That’s why the bottoms browned, but not the top. Good luck.
I learned how to use a box oven when my daughter was in girl scouts. It is fun to make cinnamon rolls or pizza, etc. while camping. I put my window (made with a turkey roasting bag) on the top of my box so I can just look down in. Also, I prop my pan up on small pinneapple juice cans. I wonder if you lid holder isn't tall enough? They taught us to arrange the coals in a checkerboard pattern covering the whole space under the box. The box is elevated on little rocks, enough so that I can push extra coals in around the edges as needed without lifting the box. I do mine on the ground so I have access all the way around. Fun times! Also, have you discovered Kent Rollins videos on dutch oven cooking? I have learned a lot from him too. Thank you for your lovely videos!
Absolutely wonderful video! Pie looks amazing!
I love all that you do and I was wondering if you can safely can turkey meat. I have been buying as much as I can now 49¢ /pound and plan to store as much as possible, if not can you show us the best way to store it please.
We are sorry to hear about that. let us know how your new one works and the results. Jim
Have you ever made these crescent rolls with freshly milled grain? Still new to milling my own wheat and I’ve yet to find a good recipe for crescent rolls. Actually I don’t think I’ve ever even made crescent rolls myself - I used to always used the prepared cans!
@jenniex: Not yet! Pam tends to use KA packaged flour. Jim
Why not experiment with using the Coleman oven over coals - i havent done itover coals but I have used my for baking over a butane stove -
This is awesome, thank you! One idea I had: put the crust into the dutch oven and THEN add the filling; no tsunamis. :D
I got my pressure canner! I canned some chili and hamburger. I made some sloppy Joes with the canned hamburger and canned sloppy Joe mix. It was good, I'm not sure I'm sold on the texture though. Going to try tacos with the last two jars to see how that is. We haven't used the chili yet, it was delicious before it was canned so I'm curious to see what it's like after. Next I'm going to can some chicken and I have about 20 lbs of sweet potatoes.
Upon removing your rolls, I wonder if you could use a torch and lightly browned the tops to give them the illusion that they were baked that way.
I would be happy to eat the pie brown! Yum
We had our Thanksgiving yesterday because of schedules. I made orange cranberry sauce. I will forgo the orange zest next time I cake it. Just to strong of an orange taste. My kids didn't like it either. If I put orange in it at all. I used a navel orange with a fine zester taking off just the orange layer of rind.
Sounds great! Jim
Love all of your video posts but this one has no picture😢😱
Jim & Pam the two of you are an inspiration and a hoot to us all. Pam I want to call you Rose lol because your sweet and beautiful like one. Thank you for all the wisdom you share.
This is really cool to watch & learn about the more pricy end of off grid preparedness but for a lot of us it's completely out of our budget range. Lol. I would have prepare food with my hands & cook with my cast iron over wood or coals.🤠
@lifesajourney: That is still off-grid. Jim
Yeah, but...unfortunately, that style of off grid is still out of my price range raising 3-son's..