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Processing Chickens & Canning Broth at the Cabin

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  • After dispatching and processing several young roosters and older hens, we stew down the carcasses with an assortment of vegetables from the garden to make our best chicken stock to date. Chicken broth is a vital canned food for us during the winter months and although it is not an easy task we are grateful to be able to utilize our thriving chicken flock to make our own flavorful broth.
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  • @ciadaclark9110
    @ciadaclark9110 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Who else gets a big smile on their face when they see their vlog come on.

    • @annstewart1983
      @annstewart1983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me

    • @carmengibson
      @carmengibson ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🙋‍♀️

    • @noramaegomez197
      @noramaegomez197 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too😃😊 it’s my favorite TH-cam channel! I always save the Best for last!!!

    • @bsalii
      @bsalii ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me!

    • @raywhite5068
      @raywhite5068 ปีที่แล้ว

      This one, perhaps some of the roosters, not so much……

  • @melb5022
    @melb5022 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    This might be a more difficult video to watch, and I contemplated letting the kids watch it, but I think it's important to know where food, especially meat, can come from.
    My kids love your videos, especially the fishing ones, and often ask me to put on "Mum shows" thanks for another great watch. Much love from Australia 🙂

    • @texasjustice1861
      @texasjustice1861 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Glad you let the little ones watch. I am a firm believer that kiddo should learn about life... this helps them appreciate, valve things so much more.
      Hope you and your family have a great day!

    • @naval0nly
      @naval0nly ปีที่แล้ว +26

      "This might be a more difficult video to watch" - It doesn't get more animal friendly then this. If your kids eat meat, at a minimum they should see this video. Be careful raising snowflakes.

    • @melb5022
      @melb5022 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@naval0nly I'm not saying it isn't a more humane way, of more animal friendly, but it can be hard for a child to understand seeing an animal that has been cared for then dispatched for food. My kids are young, and in no way am I raising "snowflakes" my point was that I think it's important for them to understand it, even if it is difficult for them so see it.

    • @ColoringGoatlover913
      @ColoringGoatlover913 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I thought they did a great job showing what they did. They always do. Some are sensitive to this but they sure use discretion and did an excellent job. So much wisdom. They showed the reality of how we acquire our food and I am glad for it.

    • @Sammysam44
      @Sammysam44 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@melb5022 YOU know YOUR kids. That's all. 😉

  • @HomeandHearthHomestead
    @HomeandHearthHomestead ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yeah, this is the thing for me. Knowing where your food comes from, knowing how to humanely process an animal. These are the things we need to learn again from our history. It's important and I'm so grateful that we are blessed with lovely people like this, who are willing to share with us.

  • @anitamartin953
    @anitamartin953 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    My mother and I used to process at least 50 chickens per year; 25 on one day, 25 the next. They were sooo good! Took quite a lot of time, but made us appreciate fried chicken, or chicken and dumplings all the more :)

  • @jo-annjewett198
    @jo-annjewett198 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Putting chicken feet in your broth is absolutely fabulous. Lots of flavor and gelatin (collagen). I don’t have my own chickens yet but I do buy feet for my broth.

    • @PopsieLouisiana59
      @PopsieLouisiana59 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We did a quick sear on them before simmering. Feet were done separately.

    • @tbbart6463
      @tbbart6463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES! The feet have the connective tissue and collagen that is great for joints, hair, nails!

    • @phantomframe
      @phantomframe ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bone broth using chicken feet is amazing. So much better than buying collagen peptides.

    • @sarah082177
      @sarah082177 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feet in the broth makes it SO rich, then the bones are soft enough to feed to the puppies for treats

  • @ramsgrl909
    @ramsgrl909 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My local chinese food place in Vermont had you guys on their TV! 💙

  • @laeli77939
    @laeli77939 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am an East-European, and we cook chicken very slowly, and then we eat the veggies and the meat too, and in the soup we take soup-noodle, so delicious!

  • @moonmountain_2841
    @moonmountain_2841 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when I was around 4 or 5 (I'm 64 now) my grandmama would buy chickens from the butcher shop and would make chicken soup and broth, it was delicious, but I remember her taking the chicken fat off the top and would do 2 things with it. First she'd put aside some and put it in the frig. When it cooled off she'd take rye bread and toast it in a skillet, then she'd smear some of the fat on the bread and then sprinkle it with coarse salt, I think it was kosher salt....YUM!!! I can almost taste in my mind...The 2nd thing she'd do was fry up the chicken fat in a skillet and if I remember correctly she'd fry it till they almost became something like pork cracklings....OMG sooooo good. You guys always make me so hungry, but I was smart today I ate dinner before I watched, thank you so much for bringing back some amazing memories =^..^= xo

  • @txredkim867
    @txredkim867 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I just ordered your big calendar! I've been making homemade chicken stock for years and when you get that kind of color it's fabulous! I appreciate your discretion while dispatching the birds it's hard for some to watch. I hunt and perform all that's necessary to process the meat and it doesn't bother me but you respect the audience and that's great!

    • @Userxyz-z2d
      @Userxyz-z2d ปีที่แล้ว

      YT wont allow humane homesteading dispatching of their stock to be shown but YT allows vids of people slowly crushing their pets to death or feeding their pets to sharks & the pain & suffering the pets go thru & its OK. YT is evil

    • @AnAbortiveRomance
      @AnAbortiveRomance ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They'd risk demonetization or youtube pulling the video if they showed it.

    • @homeschoolontheCroft
      @homeschoolontheCroft ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I totally appreciate your comment but have this one thought… I feel like some day in the not-so-distant future, we may really need to learn how to do it for ourselves so actually *seeing* the process (however 🫣!) may be useful sometime. Anyway, yes, for today, I liked the video just as was!

    • @txredkim867
      @txredkim867 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@homeschoolontheCroft I agree that seeing the process to learn is absolutely necessary. I grew up as a child hunting, fishing, cutting hogs, processin birds, gardening, living off the land and all that stuff that teaches you the skills to feed yourself and survive off grid. But you'll agree, I'm sure, that some, can't take it!

    • @judyabernathy80
      @judyabernathy80 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I really appreciate the discretion in not showing certain stages of processing. As a child, my folks, and relatives, all processed their own meat. I always cried and hid. Especially when they processed a cow. That is burned into my memory. So, thank you, Eric and Ariel.

  • @JamesCouch777
    @JamesCouch777 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I grew up on a farm and we hunted, fished, butchered and grew almost all of our food. It's encouraging to see young people who are doing what you do.👍

  • @Jane_Friday
    @Jane_Friday ปีที่แล้ว

    You are younger than me, but your videos remind me if my late grandma and her work in the garden and kitchen to cook and to preserve. Thank you.

  • @gailrothermund9209
    @gailrothermund9209 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I can just imagine the pride that your families feel for your homesteading skills..

  • @tabo0026
    @tabo0026 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Oh my~ the noise they made when you picked them up. 😵‍💫 I have been loving your videos lately. I am so happy you are showing almost all of the steps in the process. Thanks for another great one this week! ♡ from Korea

    • @SimpleLivingAlaska
      @SimpleLivingAlaska  ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I know it's sad, they make that sound because of their lack of human contact. We can handle our original hens and roosters that were incubator hatched and raised inside for a few weeks but all the chickens that have been hatched naturally fear us ☹

    • @kobygrimes1234
      @kobygrimes1234 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The rooster is screaming because he's scared. No big deal, he's not in pain or anything.

    • @waterboy8999
      @waterboy8999 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kobygrimes1234 it's because it just dawned on him why he had such a nice nice breakfast, old chicken folklore, if you're fed a nice breakfast you are getting it!.......

  • @huttonsvalleypermaculture
    @huttonsvalleypermaculture ปีที่แล้ว +149

    I recently pressure canned broth for the first time. Don't know why I felt nervous about it - but you guys have shown how easy it is and gave me the confidence to do it. Thank you so much!!

    • @SimpleLivingAlaska
      @SimpleLivingAlaska  ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yay! That's wonderful, we hope you are enjoying your home canned broth 🙂

    • @PopsieLouisiana59
      @PopsieLouisiana59 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I am scared of the pressure cooker.

    • @loricassata5259
      @loricassata5259 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@PopsieLouisiana59 it is scary at first but once you done it a few times it gets better. Do you have any friends that can walk you through it?

    • @PopsieLouisiana59
      @PopsieLouisiana59 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@loricassata5259, I wish. Where I live WAS semi-rural, now built out. We have great farmers markets for folks like us, but mostly these folks eat fast food. I have a food saver and we will be double bagging.

    • @terrybunsey8015
      @terrybunsey8015 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know, their awesome about showing the process of canning and how to cone them. They rock!!! I even grew up in the city, lol 😝even though we would go to our grandmas and grandpa’s farm growing up 😉🇺🇸

  • @colleenlynch5370
    @colleenlynch5370 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Respect your honesty and dedication living a clean honest life. It is a circle and we do live it.

  • @rockinroxxi3710
    @rockinroxxi3710 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Im grateful for your video today. I was in the epicenter of Hurricane Ian where we clocked 190 mph wind gusts in my neighborhood. I managed to survive but my house did not make it. Im grateful my next door neighbor is letting me sleep on her futon so I didn’t have to pitch a tent in my backyard. Im grateful to be alive to view more videos from my two favorite Alaskans. Thank you and keep doing these videos 🙏

    • @dorothyallen3614
      @dorothyallen3614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m so sorry your home didn’t make it, but you’re here with us and that’s the great news. My son is helping neighbors clean up and he sent me a picture of a large alligator in a home he went into,that alligator was not happy!

    • @noreenoleary5190
      @noreenoleary5190 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sorry 😔

    • @oldstuffbethtx8052
      @oldstuffbethtx8052 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Prayers for you & all the storm survivors. Recovery from disaster is hard work.

    • @rockinroxxi3710
      @rockinroxxi3710 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dorothyallen3614
      I rode out the storm in my house so any alligators found in my house would have to pay rent 😜😝😛

  • @pirateslovesanta
    @pirateslovesanta ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I don’t know what it is, but I absolutely love watching you guys do chores

    • @keithandlindabaldrey7413
      @keithandlindabaldrey7413 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      After 70 years, I am fortunate to be happy just watching people work.

    • @hermithag
      @hermithag ปีที่แล้ว +6

      they are in sync, like dancers

    • @pamelaeilf
      @pamelaeilf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your living my life 30 years ago

    • @stephaniewoodson7655
      @stephaniewoodson7655 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are funny 😂. I thought the same thing!

    • @robinsouth8555
      @robinsouth8555 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I agree interesting, no politics, or gloom and doom. I look forward to their videos.

  • @kingrafa3938
    @kingrafa3938 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love watching you guys processing your own food. It is so satisfying to watch you two canning and working together.

  • @brianmoore5752
    @brianmoore5752 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going to pot. That’s what we called dispatching chickens in West Virginia. I very much enjoy your channel and your work ethics with each other. Thanks for sharing your life and the beauty of Alaska.

  • @PaullaWells
    @PaullaWells ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Your stock looks amazing! Y'all are really going to enjoy that over the winter for sure. Enchiladas looked yummy too.

  • @sarah082177
    @sarah082177 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    We just rode out Hurricane Ian, our power is back up, and I am overwhelmed by all of the amazing things you both do. I grew up in Wyoming with pigs, chickens, turkeys, and steers. We had to dispatch, skin, gut, pluck, and store in our deep chest freezers. We also had to break down the deer, elk, and antelope after hunting season. Im grateful for the experience, yall are exemplary at explaining how to do what is required. Food shortages are coming.

    • @Userxyz-z2d
      @Userxyz-z2d ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep, they are!!

    • @justkimdg2
      @justkimdg2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad you are safe!

    • @colleenlynch5370
      @colleenlynch5370 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have amazing respect for all who survived Ian. Sending love and blessing your way

  • @simonepeterson773
    @simonepeterson773 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chicken stock- perfect for those cold nights ahead! 👏

  • @truthseeker9688
    @truthseeker9688 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, that is pure gold in a jar! I am SO jealous. Homegrown, free range chicken stock.

  • @abbyrawson9144
    @abbyrawson9144 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Memories of my grandparents and aunties doing this, coming home to that delicious smell after school and playing with the feathers.
    Appreciate all the work you do to share your knowledge and lifestyle with us all, watching is great escapism for us townies!

  • @GreeneGene33
    @GreeneGene33 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    We would get along just great, you two are so much like us, just a little younger. I love the raw nature of the things you do at your homestead, keep it up! Great content and info. thanks for sharing!! One of my favorite down to earth, true no nonsense homesteading how to do it informational channels out there.......

  • @alloriel6732
    @alloriel6732 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waste not! It’s the simple reality of life. It is more respectful to utilize all of the bird than to waste it, or forget where your food comes from. It’s good to appreciate, even if it is sad. They lived a good life.

  • @tmoomoo42
    @tmoomoo42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Canned broth for years. Tried your way This year it came out way better flavor even my sister was impressed, will doing your way from now on. Thank You.

  • @beverlyjenkins4370
    @beverlyjenkins4370 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love watching you guys everyday It was always my dream to go to Alaska. I have been trying to recover from cancer surgery and yall make me forget about how bad I feel. Thanks for all your adventures

    • @SimpleLivingAlaska
      @SimpleLivingAlaska  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Beverly Jenkins hang in there 💕

    • @Ruth152
      @Ruth152 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Beverly Jenkins wishing you all the best in your healing! I would have watched Simple Living Alaska 24/7 while recovering from cancer surgeries years ago, for sure, but that was back when Arielle and Eric were probably still basically kids and TH-cam was in its infancy! It’s now 15 years out for me, and I am sending you best possible vibes!

    • @chris3m98
      @chris3m98 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Beverly. prayers to you from Mich. Stay strong. 😷🙏⚾

  • @rehendrix13
    @rehendrix13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just tried canning for the first time! I made berry jam and roasted pepper sauce. I LOVED DOING IT! Thank you for showing me how easy it is! Really gave me the confidence to try it.

  • @sandymarkham5131
    @sandymarkham5131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Our dream is to see Alaska. Enjoy your show you guys are great cooks

  • @TXDHC
    @TXDHC ปีที่แล้ว

    I have made a lot of broth for 25 years but that is GORGEOUS!!!!!

  • @williamfreeh1198
    @williamfreeh1198 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    my German grandmother God bless her soul had many chickens my aunts and others would process about 200 chickens at a time. it was a regular production line. i was on the blanching and plucking station. you are so right about plucking being a tedious long job. i wanted to share that with you two. i very much enjoy your channel.

  • @katiebwheeler
    @katiebwheeler ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This was perfect timing! I can watch you guys can while I am canning 😁 I did chicken a few days ago though, today it’s pears, apple sauce and apple butter 🙂

  • @debvandell491
    @debvandell491 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's Liquid GOLD in Alaska!! Yum.

  • @amye4131
    @amye4131 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ok....I had a hard time with this one...Guess I'm not one to face reality. Yes, I do eat chicken, I love broth so I'm not complaining just a little reality check for me and you guys are so great about it. Thanks for showing us your process.

  • @bettysumey1456
    @bettysumey1456 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I remember as a young person helping my grandmother process chickens. We would do about 50 a day. It was about 5 people working to do this.

    • @davidbuben3262
      @davidbuben3262 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen. Always so much easier with assembly line help. Even after processing just two limits of razor clams by myself, my old back is killing me. Not to mention an entire elk.

    • @alvyderek7778
      @alvyderek7778 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just took me down memory lane, this means a lot to me. I’d like to be friends, I guess we could share a lot of experience if that is okay with you.

  • @doug8525
    @doug8525 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don’t know if it’s a mental or physical effect,or both, but when I’m sick, drinking chicken broth makes me feel so much better. Your video brought back some nice memories. Thank you!

  • @alexbalogh2464
    @alexbalogh2464 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hehe, 12:50 was my favourite moment of the video because how simple and genuine that moment of happines was.

  • @glendascott2971
    @glendascott2971 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was great …. Food looks delicious as always…Thanks for sharing 😊

  • @sherryllynnjones7077
    @sherryllynnjones7077 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    YAY!!! 🙏❤️🙏🐕👵 FL n fine here.
    Please pray for lower West FL.🙏🙏

  • @eloleddie
    @eloleddie ปีที่แล้ว

    That broth beats the “chicken broth” that you buy in a grocery stores, just no comparison! You have the realMcCoy!

  • @russellwatters5891
    @russellwatters5891 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Everything that comes from your lean to, kitchen, or backyard, always looks delicious! Alot of work pays off for you big time. Love ya'll ❤️

  • @tannenbaumgirl3100
    @tannenbaumgirl3100 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lookup the Whizbang DIY chicken plucker. It's nice to get a virtually clean chicken, like store bought.

    • @hxhdfjifzirstc894
      @hxhdfjifzirstc894 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking that there should be some kind of automation for a chore like this, LOL.

  • @oliverproductions3746
    @oliverproductions3746 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teamwork makes the dream work❤ Thank you for today's lesson. I've never seen this done before!

  • @davidgeorge4784
    @davidgeorge4784 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are truly self sufficient. 👍

  • @dfg2936
    @dfg2936 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    You read our minds. Last night we rewatched your latest video and just chatting we wondered if you ate your chickens. We quickly concluded you had to, and wondered how you made the broth, if you gave the leftovers to the dogs, etc. And then today’s video answered all our questions. Excellent video with everything related to disposing and processing. Super interesting! Gosh, I wish I could taste that golden broth!

  • @petoetjuh
    @petoetjuh ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So how do you not get emotionally attached to your chickens? I understand and respect the process and think it's amazing be be able to provide for yourself. I just think I'd be crying my eyes out 😅

    • @SimpleLivingAlaska
      @SimpleLivingAlaska  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its always very hard for us to do

    • @hazelscobbie8290
      @hazelscobbie8290 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I grew up in a farm cottage and we had so many hens & ducks some goats and we couldn't eat any of them. They lived out their lives there with us untill they had all gone x

  • @trudyschaffer8016
    @trudyschaffer8016 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, the difference in color is so interesting. What a process, but SO worth it! Thank you for the lesson on using EVERYTHING on the homestead!👍🐣🐔🫑🧅🧄🥕

  • @tehresaenriquez6207
    @tehresaenriquez6207 ปีที่แล้ว

    love how u live ur life..just shows how u guys work together❤🙏🙏

  • @jacalnan
    @jacalnan ปีที่แล้ว

    Man there are a lot of comments but what I want to say is I bet that broth you made would cure any disease out there! Wish I could taste it! You two are awesome!

  • @robertcourser24
    @robertcourser24 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for being so transparent with the way life is off grid I appreciate your videos amd enjoy watching and learning so much from you guys keep up the good work

  • @darthdarksbane1096
    @darthdarksbane1096 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Too funny! This video drops on the day I happen to be making my own homemade chicken stock. Thanks for the vid.

  • @curtisblair7618
    @curtisblair7618 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another hard working couple of days. Nice job. That looks so good, I can almost smell it. Have a great week again.

  • @IneeYang
    @IneeYang ปีที่แล้ว

    Exactly how we dispatched our chickens too!

  • @queenbee3647
    @queenbee3647 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your birds are/were very pretty and obviously healthy. 👍 I paid $10 for a package of three chicken breasts last week! Today a "family sized" package of hamburger was $15!!!!! You are doing the right thing. I was hoping you saved the livers. Fried crispy in a wine sauce and served over rice is yum. I love fried chicken hearts. No big mystery. Just flour em, salt em, fry em. Great to make giblet gravy at holiday time too. Thanks for the video. 😁

  • @patriciaherman6499
    @patriciaherman6499 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The way you dispatched your chickens with the hot water to pluck the feathers is why I hated to do chickens many many years ago. Yes Eric, I can almost smell that wonderful broth. Like the wind chimes in the background. Enchiladas yum. Can't wait to see what's next. Hopefully there's no damage from the storm.
    Blessings to you both. 😊🇺🇲

  • @reneemarie3164
    @reneemarie3164 ปีที่แล้ว

    The color of that stock is amazing….so rich.

  • @danielsymon4944
    @danielsymon4944 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the channel, we actually just bought a new house today after years in our current one. Nice watching you guys and picturing ourselves and 3 dogs doing a move in a couple of months. Hopefully goes as smoothly. ❤

  • @paulineclarke5388
    @paulineclarke5388 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your chicken stock looked so good, I make mine using the cooked carcasses of roast chickens so it was interesting to see you using whole raw chicken, if we choose to eat meat we have to know how they are processed you know that your chickens had a great life ❤

  • @KNYD
    @KNYD ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In Finnish the idiom "bone to pick" with someone is "kana kynittävänä" which means "chicken to pluck" with someone, because plucking chickens is tedious work, that you don't want to do, but eventually you need to sit down and get it done.

  • @thegreatoutdoors2000
    @thegreatoutdoors2000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks guys, you are such an inspiring couple. Keep up the good work👍🏻🇮🇪

  • @velmad5dilbert344
    @velmad5dilbert344 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello friends, all.ready for winter.much love.

  • @faithrada
    @faithrada ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yup... 12 roosters is WAY too many.. so, culling is good for the flock. At least they had a great summer and don't have to suffer through a long Alaskan winter. In the BiG picture a true Win / Win.
    You have such a wonderfully healthy Natural diet. So happy for you guys... living the legend 🙌

    • @SimpleLivingAlaska
      @SimpleLivingAlaska  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly that is our thought as well. They got to live during the best period, winter is rough on everyone.

  • @SC-tu4ug
    @SC-tu4ug ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for sharing your life and recipes with us.

  • @patrobinson1579
    @patrobinson1579 ปีที่แล้ว

    The stock looks so good. Looks like it's so rich. Beautiful color pretty golden. I received my 2023 calendar. I love it. Thank you.

  • @soniab.estacio3008
    @soniab.estacio3008 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !

  • @rachelwhittington4130
    @rachelwhittington4130 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely love your videos. Thank you so much.

  • @nicko4384
    @nicko4384 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Will you let us know the flavor profile differences between the pressure cooked and boiled stock? It looks amazing. 👌

  • @michellesmith6610
    @michellesmith6610 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Look at that color

  • @salonisalvi3484
    @salonisalvi3484 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bottle of broths look so appetising 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @lenalyles2712
    @lenalyles2712 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Love fresh chicken stock, but always hated butcher day. It was a family affair, we would do between 50 to 100 in a weekend. Some would be cut up for frying, some left whole for roasting and the backs, necks, feet, and wing tips were roasted and broth was made and canned. Liver and gizzards we're cooked and eaten as snacks during the weekend while we worked.

    • @Userxyz-z2d
      @Userxyz-z2d ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing better than fried fresh chicken livers!!

    • @davidbuben3262
      @davidbuben3262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Userxyz-z2d Maybe Turkey livers. Fresh of course. With eggs for breakfast the next morning.

  • @kosmickreation
    @kosmickreation ปีที่แล้ว

    Its such a blessing to be abel to grow and harvest your own food and also be physically fit to do so, yall take good care of your critters too! 🧄

  • @cosmichef75
    @cosmichef75 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Happy Fall

  • @maryguy9013
    @maryguy9013 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember my great grandmother doing this when I was small.

  • @ThePmloc
    @ThePmloc ปีที่แล้ว

    We scrub the chicken feet with a wire brush under running water, scald and boil with the rest of the ingredients. Totally worth it, delicious.

  • @stephaniecandelaria8141
    @stephaniecandelaria8141 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My mouth was watering!.. those chicken stocks looked amazing.. 👌.. and so did the enchiladas 😋..ty

  • @JasonHuebel
    @JasonHuebel ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Practical and humane. Thank you for the videos. While I'll just stick with running down to the market to get chicken for now, it's good to understand the process given the current state the food supply chain.

    • @hxhdfjifzirstc894
      @hxhdfjifzirstc894 ปีที่แล้ว

      First they must destroy America, so it can be rebuilt as a communist country, without the hassle of following the Constitution.

  • @sjmom5119
    @sjmom5119 ปีที่แล้ว

    just the broth with a piece of buttered bread yum

  • @meganh5948
    @meganh5948 ปีที่แล้ว

    My mom grew up on a farm and she had process chickens 🐓 turkey 🦃 etc. she said you appreciate your food more when you have to process it yourself.

  • @kathrynhelm4176
    @kathrynhelm4176 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh man, I think I DID get a whiff of that glorious stock!😂. It is a lot of work but your end product couldn’t be bought in any store. Eric, those enchiladas made me drool. Thank you for sharing with us. 👍❤️🇺🇸

  • @jimmieburleigh9549
    @jimmieburleigh9549 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When using the kill cone I find it more humane and just plain easier just to quickly cut the head off instead of trying to cut the neck on both sides.

  • @tonistephens4068
    @tonistephens4068 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your chickens are always so pretty, and healthy looking. Love your channel.

  • @Wookietown
    @Wookietown ปีที่แล้ว

    1000 comments you probably will not see this. You have referenced friends in your community which share some tools and stuff and moose meat, etc. I went in with three other friends on a chicken plucker about four years ago. None of us raise enough birds to justify one, but together it makes sense and it is a game changer! We also all get together and help each other butcher our birds and get a nice assembly line going. Between the four of us we do about 150 birds per year. We also share our canners for processing them. The plucker is so fast and does a great job. If you have like-minded friends nearby, maybe consider getting a communal plucker! Greetings from Maine!

  • @HHeirloomIA
    @HHeirloomIA ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Such beautiful stock!! I needed this as an incentive. I have 9 birds (mostly ducks) to deal with asap. 💙🍁😀

  • @staceyhazelett2397
    @staceyhazelett2397 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I know that this isn't too fun for you either, but I can't lie, I cried a little bit! You treat your chickens so nice all year long, and this is a part of real life! As always, I have been waiting for the next video. You guys rock, in my opinion!

    • @sammom8599
      @sammom8599 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hazelscobbie8290 they don’t seem to shed a single tear. As a city girl I don’t understand that.

    • @danatookatumble
      @danatookatumble ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sammom8599 do you cry every time you buy a pack of chicken in a styrofoam container?

    • @sammom8599
      @sammom8599 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danatookatumble yes. Yes I do. Thanks for asking.

  • @thereseavelis1372
    @thereseavelis1372 ปีที่แล้ว

    My calendar arrived!!! Exquisite photography ❤

  • @bettyward2456
    @bettyward2456 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you two, I watch you all the time!

  • @shawnfarrell9772
    @shawnfarrell9772 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks you guys, it's amazing to know and see how other people do there thing. Thank you for your time and effort both of you are amazing. I love both your points of view.

  • @bc30cal99
    @bc30cal99 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Greetings from south central BC, thanks for another video. Kudos for the way you're processing the birds, it's a humane way to do it and using the whole bird shows respect as well. It's an efficient looking setup too, well done there. All the best to you both this fall.

  • @melissareid640
    @melissareid640 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful stock and food for you, the chickens and your dogs. 💝🙏💝 it has to be hard to dispatch your chickens but necessary. 💝

  • @greeneyes2256
    @greeneyes2256 ปีที่แล้ว

    Processing 30 jars of beef broth this week. Have lots of chicken broth stowed away. Tomorrow will be making and canning breakfast sausage Pattie’s. Those are fun, and the aroma drives our neighbors crazy. 😁

  • @richardliles4415
    @richardliles4415 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quite a process, thanks for sharing.

  • @karlsteingall6832
    @karlsteingall6832 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow!
    Another great meal at then end of your day. Truly if I lived with you guys I would be obese, you whip up some delicious meals!! Keep up the good work!

  • @theresagosselin2705
    @theresagosselin2705 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember my mom plucking chickens on the farm and they also ate the feet yummy ❤

  • @tibbs4000
    @tibbs4000 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG I bet that broth is amaze-balls!

  • @naomidoss1837
    @naomidoss1837 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I gagged when you put the chicken in the hot water as it brought back memories of the smell when Dad got us to pluck the feathers when we were young

  • @bane8305
    @bane8305 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn that broth looks fire and those enchiladas at the end look insane

  • @maryschmidt6945
    @maryschmidt6945 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember helping dad on the farm processing chickens. He would use a blow torch to burn off the pin feathers. The torch was a small one that attached to a small canister of propane. I’m in the Charlotte. nC area and remnants of Hurricane Ian is going through our area.

    • @annstewart1983
      @annstewart1983 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m in Spruce Pine, NC and we got some needed rain and wind. Thankful you made it through safely.

  • @ponyrang
    @ponyrang ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, My best friend, Wonderful video dear. I enjoyed watching. Hope to see you soon...

  • @teresaedwards3659
    @teresaedwards3659 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video.