My Life in Appalachia 1
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- Along with celebrating and preserving Appalachian heritage and culture I'm always hoping to shine a light on the good life that I live in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina. I hope you enjoy this peek into my life in Appalachia.
Back ground music: "Twilight Train" by Dan Lebowitz
Pickin and Grinnin in the Kitchen song: A Pressley Girl original "Ruby in the Kitchen"
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This is the way my grandmother would cook before my grandfather went to milk the cows at 4 am, I loved waking up early to get breakfast with him before he left. This is also the way I cook for my boys. Making food from scratch is so much more rewarding. Using your hands for growing food, canning, knitting, sewing, or praying are all useful task. As a young mom (28 this year) that Homeschools, these are skills I want to pass on to my sons. Getting back to the basics, I loved it!
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5am breakfast 930 am lunch noon dinner 4pm lunch when ever done at nite supper then snack b4 bed we from MN
Wow ! 28 ! Good for you mama ... granny used to say younguns are kinda like your garden , you get out of em what you put into em ! They will remember all the extra love it sounds like you put into every little thing! God bless
@@franktrautman2817 I know right ...
Money can’t buy a peaceful mountain life. Thank you for sharing.
I'm 59 years old and I can remember my Grandmother, lived like this. She cooked a big breakfast, canned food from her garden and she owned chickens. Both my Parents worked full-time, so I stayed with my Grandmother until I started the first grade. I have so many nice memories of her. She taught me many things. I like this laid-back life-style.
It was not a laid back life style. They got up every morning and started working and finished only a sun down. The difference you never heard one say it was hard life.
@@johnnieharper2221 it was so bad when at night after that hard day, one could lay down and almost experience a high.
Finally! Somebody on TH-cam not trying to be something they ain't. I absolutely love everything about these videos. The honesty, the sincerity, the home-spun knowledge, just hearing somebody that talks the way that I do is almost more than I could ever ask for. As an old man with granddaughters of my own, I especially love seeing them pretty young-uns telling stories and just being kids. The world needs more of this. Please keep them coming. Love you, mean it.
I appreciate that! Thank you so much 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia I'd love to hear some good ole horror stories. Grandma used to talk about the wandering light, a feller walking behind them with no head, all manner of scary things. If you have any of these tales in your recollection, I think they would make a great video.
@@chuckspring These are more on the humorous side but check them out: th-cam.com/video/ilyyM9Pa6K4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you inviting us into your home for a nice visit with you. We live in Northeast Tennessee. I have planted a new orchard with 36 verities of herlom apples. We raise heritage breeds of cattle and pigs.
Billy-thank you for watching!! That orchard sounds wonderful. I wish we had room for pigs and cattle.
Mm butter and honey.
Loved this video. It shows exactly how many Appalachians live. From the homemade cream gravy to the huge woodpile it is so familiar. It is a good clean life, and thanks for all your efforts to portray it as it really is.
Thank you!!
Reminds me of home.
What s the state of economics and healthcare there? Have hospitals closed? Healthcare bankruptcies?
@@janellleepdx3214 There are 2 hospitals close to where I live, but there has been some hospital closures in the larger region. Thank you for watching!
Simple living, paired with long held living routines. Would love to live a simple life, no huge debts which are usually created by excess, a roof over your head with workable fixtures.
the way the house smells after cooking good like that is one of those treasures money cannot buy.
What a life! Beats the heck out of living in a city anyday.
Well, you better live next yo the city and healthcare when eating this way.
@@cheezheadz3928 -- I can't disagree with you.
@@cheezheadz3928 They will still have food when the country goes bankrupt, will you?
Everyone dies dont matter how eat whatever you want
my granpaw ate a breakfast like that every day lived to be 89 and loved every day of it .
@Joyce Woodruff A little bit of poison won't kill you.
My grandpa did too
If you haven't tried butter and honey you don't know what you're missing!
We used to do butter and sorghum too.
Molasses & butter
Like Hank Williams Jr. said, "a country boy/girl can survive".
I got a pistol, a rifle and a four wheel drive. I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn!
I'm glad to see someone celebrating Appalachia. My grandparents lived in Appalachia and it was wonderful. Great people, lovely life.
Thank you!
My grampa used to mash his butter into sorghum syrup is that what that was or was it honey?....
@@davidwiley3440 it was honey but I love syrup too 😀
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Marigolds good in vegetable gardens help keep pest away.
Full of vitamin c too
Also good for chickens.
Greetings from Tennessee and another woman and musician of the Mountains. I live on the beautiful Cumberland Plateau and enjoy all things old and honest. I first saw your cornbread video while seeking escape from the current sad state of affairs here in America. If we could all sit down to a a big plate of homemade biscuits and gravy, we'd find we all have more in common than not. Mother Maybelle Carter said it best , "Keep on the Sunny Side!
Getting back to basics here to; live at the beach but my love for making gravy comes from Kentucky and WV (my dad and my nana-in-law taught me)
Marigolds will keep some of the pesky bugs away from your crops and they're edible too.
It’s called love no matter the region. This is Americana... beautiful!
My favorite part of the day when I was a kid was waking up and smelling the breakfast that my mom would be cooking. She made biscuits and gravy the same way. She was from the hills of Kentucky in the south eastern parts. She used to tell us about how they lived then and it sounded hard and very satisfying. God bless you and your family
My Mama was from same area of Kentucky. Pike County or Some call it Pikeville. Cherokee Indian and Hatfield & McCoy territory as ya'll know.
Lord I miss my mom and grandmother's
I'm from letcher co would still be if there were work but government state and fed don't care nothing exits east of Winchester in my opinion
@@watchinglclowns9890 A lot of people are not aware of the poverty of white people in places like Kentucky the Appalachians Eastern Tennessee and Mississippi. If there were news coverage at this particular point in time they could probably get a lot of help hopefully since there are people who want to help our own rather than those coming in at the border that are not really impoverished like many white people in America are and no one knows about it.
I went to school at Johnson Central High in Paintsville, Ky. 1982
I burst into tears when I saw the flour hit the bacon grease. I watched my grandma make gravy that way too many times to count growing up. She was from Appalachia (Kentucky and my grandpa was from Ohio). Ty for doing these videos. Even after my grandparents moved to Washington state during WWII for the war effort, he had a garden and always grew some tobacco. I was also so happy to hear you say “granny”. That’s what we called mine and now that I live in Texas I rarely hear anyone called that. Hugs 🤗 and ❤️. Absolutely blown away!🙌🏻🤗❤️✨😊
I grew up making gravy for the puppies when they was born... That’s how I learn to make gravy.....2021
My grandkids call me Granny my Mom was Granny and her Mom too and back it was Irish
I grew up in Texas. I always called one of my grandmothers Granny .
The other was Grandma.
That was how my mom made gravy too. So yummy.
I’m an Australian and living in California, I am unwell now and don’t think I’ll ever reach my dream to visit Appalachia . I love the way of life there, so pure and simple and clean. Thank you so much for sharing. Blessings to you and your family, stay safe.
Thank you for watching-sorry to hear about your poor health-wishing you all the best!
Like up in the Victorian high country
We don't know each other, but if there is any way at all you can go visit there, I pray you get to do that. I don't know what medical issues you suffer with, but I had some of my own and doctors weren't making me too happy with how they handled my issues. There are old natural remedies that have been in use in that part of the country that brought me a lot of relief. And no bad side-effects like with big pharma/AMA.
I hope you get better! In the meantime maybe you can do small trips to NorCal? Davis and sonoma people live more of the simple farm life
I hope you're feeling much better now xx
I especially enjoyed the family playing music together.
I love that youre showing the positive aspects of appalachia!! So many people believe the worst when its really fiercely loyal people living a normal life.
I grew up in NYC and knew nothing about Appalachia until I ran across your videos. I envy your wonderful life. Thank you for sharing it in your videos.
Beautiful music. This family is truly talented!
I always loved to eat the runt biscuit from the leftover dough! It bakes up extra toasty! 😋
Now that is living good in my opinion this is exactly what the world is missing Simple Life with family really enjoyed thanks for sharing
my kind of people and country
I just came across your videos. I too was born, raised and still live in the mountains of Western North Carolina, on property that has belonged to my family for almost 100 years. My grandparents, who lived across the road from us, had a wood cook stove. One of my earliest memories is waking up to the smell of homemade sausage and biscuits with a fried egg and oatmeal. I still heat with wood and raise a garden. This took me way back, to some really great times. We didn’t play music but spent many hours sitting around twisting tobacco or hand rolling sausage to cook up and can. Thanks for the wonderful memories.
God this takes me back to everybody sitting on the porch on summer nights sighhhhhhhhhh
Makin meals - really cookin. I grew up eatin biscuits & gravy. Mmmm
Thank you for inviting us into your home. I wish I had been raised like this and my children
What a kind thing to say-thank you so much for watching. I hope you drop back by often!
Not me
I'm in South Alabama and that's how we do breakfast and life in general! Beautiful!
Roll Tide!
I live in Jemison Alabama, we have breakfast like that every morning, we have a garden.we can, put food up in freezer.
I have wild deer in my yard every day/ night. I have chickens and ducks.. I love my southern life I wouldn’t change for all the money in the world. God bless ty for sharing.🙏❤️
You might think about saving ALL the pumpkin seeds.
Roasted and salted they make a great snack.....
What if a pumpkin grows inside your stomach?
There's so much to say about this! I found your channel today and I'm in love ❤️ This reminds me of our lives. The little biscuit makes me think of the homemade biscuits my Dad makes. When I was a kid, he always made me a baby one just like that little one you had. It makes me sad for those people who don't know what our lives are like or haven't experienced it.
Kayla-glad you found me!! Seems like I always have a baby biscuit 😀 and I usually eat it myself as soon as I get it out of the oven!
Mama Little would always fix me a baby "bread" for my eggs and gravy sausage gravy that is ! Yummy 🤤...
Ya especially when they judge us, call us stupid, make fun of our accents, act like we are so dumb and that's why we don't know what shoes are for.
@@WillBlindYouWithLight agreed... I remember being in a statewide competition during high school and the big city kids were all making fun of us. Later when I walked off the stage with first prize, I remember feeling especially proud of my heritage and home. Hope that I taught them a lesson they haven't forgotten! 😂
My mommy used to fix me little biscuits and put them in a pan with the bigger ones too. She also played the guitar and piano too. Thanks for sharing. We lived in north eastern Kentucky.
This is my favorite video so far. Tipper, you have done so well illustrating the common, ordinary beauty that is Appalachia. How blessed and thankful I am for being born here and living my life here. God bless you and your family for sharing your lives with others.
Paula-wow thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate you!!
Just like my mom did. She was from Kentucky. Great video your actions speaks for itself.
That’s the kind of breakfast I grew up on. In the foothills of NE GA! Got to stir that gravy to make it good.
@Tn wild man You can help yourself, Sir, by preparing that same breakfast. The first step is to walk into the kitchen. Wink.
@Tn wild man Hahahahaha! Your grandmothers want you to be the cook now.
Funny thing, I love biscuits, but I do not understand putting gravy with them. Jams and preserves go with biscuits, even honey, compote, and syrup, not gravy. Let's see you bake some biscuits from scratch. No Gravy!! Yuck! Huug.
Watching from Ireland and our music is so similar to ours! Really enjoyed it
Appalachia was originally settled by immigrant Irish and Scots, maybe that's why it sounds familiar.
Yep came to those hills and said paradise. Ive been to 3 places Arkansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
Missouri and Nebraska were 2 places to many.
Yea the way things are gone . I have half a idea to check out Ireland. And go the hell back where I might fit in. I’m appaltion
I grew up in appalachia and I moved away 20 years ago. I hope my wife and I are able to move back in the near future. I want my kids to have that experience.
I was born and still live in East Tennessee. My relatives go back to the 1600s in this area. They are Scotts/Irish and English. Many people like to ridicule this mountain culture. They just don't understand. I am proud to be from this part of the South and don't really care what other people think. Our roots are in the UK and we are more alike than different. You would feel at home in this area.
Appalachian patience .....
Tried n true
Much respect
Mountain city, Tennessee
We can all learn a little something from watching this.
I live in Franklin and I've noticed there's a diffrent since of pride and independence with the old timers and it's nice to see it passed down through the generations
Thank you for watching 😀 and yes we do our best to pass on our traditions to our girls the way they were passed on to us 😀
I'm English & I'm fascinated by Appalachia, & how folk live. It all looks so peaceful.
I'd love to visit one day.
I absolutely loved this video .... The music is the BEST !!! Talent right here !!
Awesome job!
That type of music is something you could listen to while driving around the mountain areas, just to break up the silence. I think so any way.
You had ME at fried eggs & bacon!
Nice Gibson Dove too!
Those chickens are gorgeous! We call 'em 'chooks' in Australia. My grandparents farmed and lived like this.
OMG!!! The breakfast you cooked, I haven’t had one like it since my granny died (25 years now) but I do make my gravy the same way you do, it was the way I was taught! Thanks for sharing! By the way, I live in Alabama!
I love this video ! Living the good life in Appalachia !
Thank you for watching!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia your welcome peace to you.
Grandma would make the best green fried tomatoes
That breakfast made me hungry!!!
It was a good breakfast 😀 Thank you for watching!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia Your marigolds are beautiful! My garden is the same in Arizona except different times of the year ! 💖🌵
I love southern peoples acent and the way they cook
milk gravey! I have made this almost every Saturday mornin for my husband for almost 50 years. He taught me. The molasses and butter was a treat when we went to mamaws when I was just a little kid.
I am enjoying your channel. My Grandpa grew up in Anniston, Alabama. I never realized how many of his traits and sayings came from Appalachia. He moved with his family to Dallas, Texas in the early 1900's. We never realized how many of the wonderful sayings, games and music came from Appalachia! This has been really wonderful for me and my cousins to be able to learn about. Thank you for sharing your life.
Me2. Grew up in Anniston. Go figure. Wow.
I find your videos to be so soothing, peaceful and relaxing. I can definitely see myself adapting to such a multi-faceted and genuinely humble lifestyle. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share Appalachia with us.
Soothing peaceful and relaxing very true. I recently moved from Florida, after seeing the world I finally I am home.
GOD bless you and your family Mrs, you Braught joy to my soul . this is how a real motherhood is meant to be , my grand father always said in our native tongue ARAMIAC the language Christ spoke , a mother is the foundation of the home with out the mother the home collapses when she is not present.
Thanks for sharing this video, I was born & raised in the Appalachian mountains. Wouldn't call anywhere else home.
That's beautiful! I love the pictures speaking for themselves, a silent story. Remember...one picture is worth a thousand words.
Thank you for watching!!
Amen real Americans
Beautiful I grew up in Louisiana just the same , I would never change a day of it . Thank you for showing people how to live. It’s a beautiful way of life! We can survive anywhere! Bless you
This lady has unrivaled kindness in her heart
Thank you for this! My ancestors come from Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the Cumberland area. Made me happy to see the cast iron skillet making milk gravy and the biscuits looked so good. Some of my best childhood memories are of spending time with my grandmother snapping beans snd helping her cook. So much love.
I must have snapped a million beans when I was a kid. And most of them while sitting on the front porch, visiting with who ever came by to visit a spell.
As a young child I remember visiting with grandpa back in a holler in Kentucky. My mother's family raised what they ate. There wasn't a grocery store to go to. Her family raised meat livestock and raised a large garden. As a cild I never understood why grandpa never had electricity or indoor plumbing. My mother would tell her children how she was raised. Life was hard, but very rewarding. The girls of the family would always help out in the house & garden. The boys would tend to the livestock or father firewood or coal to heat with. They would hunt everyday and it wasn't unusual for grandpa to have fried squirrel with biscuits & gravy for breakfast. They provided everything that they needed just by the things that they raised. I have been blessed by learning the way my mother cooked. I miss not being able to be a child again and enjoy grandpas way of life as an adult.
This reminds me of the women on my father’s side of the family. Also reminds me of how lucky I am to have a good wife since 1971. Good luck to you and your family from west Tennessee
I remember cooking with my mama. As time went on I lost touch , because their were no recipe s. But watching you making biscuits and gravy. Brought back a lot. Thank You, so much.
Robert-thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Visions of home from fifty years ago!
I'm in Georgia. This is my life. The best life in the world.
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???
Reminds me of my loved, departed gran ma. What great memories. Thank You.
Now that is what I call quality family time. Thank you for sharing
So glad you are sharing this. We only ever hear negative things about the region. There is so much knowledge to be lost if we are not careful. I make wild plant videos for the same reason.
Absolutely amazing! A good lesson for our Country ...
Kentucky southeast 20 miles from Tennessee..Love this I am very proud of my culture and heritage...glad to see you are too!!
Thanks so much for sharing your family music awesome more families should do the same... Thanks so much for sharing god bless you both and your family
What an awesome life, and such a talented family!
How lovely! It's quickly becoming a dream of mine to move to Appalachia.
I am about to cry...Memories of my childhood overload. Music on the porch...Would love to have some of Moms shuck beans (leather britches)as we called them in East Tn. My friend did some in the dehydrator that were pretty good! ❤❤❤
Luv that music them all sitting in the kitchen playin music. Didnt see a piece of sheet music either.
Am I alone in getting ready to tear up?? Please tell me it's not just me.
I'm just sobbing I'm eighty one in california I'm sad none of these children will know these things they are good enough for television
What a lovely video to see at the end of this day! You know, it's been a privilege to be a follower of your blog all these years, to feel we've been invited in to share these stories and the life there. Now, through your videos it feels like we're right there with you, cleaning up after breakfast and then listening to the music. Thank you for that! And oh my, that's sure a pile of wood for the winter ;)
Aww-you're so nice!! I feel like my blog readers are family too!! So glad you enjoyed the video.
This looks like our old home so many years ago. I'm so glad y'all can carry it on. Always be greatfull the Lord raised them mountains there.
Stumbled on to your site reminds me of good times snapping beans with mom and sitting on the porch pickin with the ken folks , look forward to more videos .
When that honey and butter but the plate. My mouth began to water for homemade biscuits with honey and butter.
Can't believe how much I enjoyed the video. Beautiful family!
Good videos , reminds me of mom cooking when I was kid ,love to hear the girls sing, here in east tn our life is good
Enjoyed your video, takes me back to growing up eating breakfast, we had the same thing except instead of honey we would mix sogum syrup and butter, now that some good eating right there, thanks again for another amazing video, God bless.
Tipper, this was just wonderful! I didn't want it to end! I have had so much going on and somehow missed when you started this series, but so thankful I had time to sit and enjoy it today. The production of the video was great, also. Just SO enjoyable to watch! I told Zach you cook breakfast just like I do. I loved it all and am so thankful you all put so much into doing these. God bless you and your family this Christmas season!
Thank you so much-I know you've been super busy 😀
Really enjoyed this video, like someone else said, pictures speak for themselves...thank you!
Glad you liked it-thank you for watching!!
Omg bacon grease gravy !! Yes !!! I haven't seen anyone make this since my Grandma passed.
It's so good.
Wonderful You Tube video. Music, cooking, family and all. Perfect for our troubled times. Thank you.
The Appalachian way is a good way ! I've spent months exploring the wilderness and meeting the most hospitable and easy going people on the planet !
Absolutely love your kitchen; especially the sinks.
O’boy my favorite family group playing and singing!
Born and raised in Appalachia momma made red eye gravy called coffee gravy sliced tomatoes up with the breakfast homemade biscuits with a slice of tomatoe in between, corn pone water bread plus ate out of the garden made pickles green beans and corn pickled chow chow pickles kraut Miss those days that's for sure my dad worked the coal mines
Love this video!! Watching you fry that bacon & make that gravy reminded me of my sweet Momma ❤️ She always made gravy that way & we'd eat it with her spoon bread 😋 great memories here in East TN. All of you picking in the kitchen- awesome!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Love the music.
In my home Sunday morning is sausage or bacon butter milk biscuits sunny side eggs and fried tatter lol I live in city I was raised in Tennessee my nabors tell me they love the smells that come from my home cause most people who live in city doesn’t eat this good old country school style is heaven lol my grandma who was born in Kentucky taught me how to cook at very young age I am grateful she did
Amazing, what a beautiful family and home you have. Awesome home cooking. Thank you and Happy New year too. Peace!!👍
This was so lovely!! Thank you!
Sarah-thank you for watching!
I love it...I love to see this way of living still exist and i wanna live there
Thank you! I hope you drop back by often 😀
Hi from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦😊🤗 Just found your videos and loving them. So many similarities. People are basically the same all over the world. Looking forward to following you and your family.
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???
Love your music.
Thank you!!
This was so enjoyable. Thank you, for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching! Hope you drop back by often 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia Thank you. I most definitely will! I’m subscribed.
Wow! I love this! Im from Tennessee and this reminds me of my mamaw and papaw. I cant tell you how much I regret not learning more from them than I did! I hope you do videos of canning soon!?
We live in southern most county of WV! Been here all my life! Wouldn’t like any place but Appalachia
Farm life is hard work ,but a beautiful life. Love your videos! God bless
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???