Get a Glimpse Behind the Scenes of a Family Tradition with the Guenthers from Muddy Pond
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- Meet The Gunthers from Muddy Pond: A Look Behind the Scenes of a Family Tradition. In this first episode we take a behind the scenes look at the Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill and Variety Store.
In the 1960’s John & Emma Guenther settled in the Muddy Pond community of Tennessee where they started making Sorghum and the family tradition is still carried on today. Come along with me and meet Holly, Doreen and Michelle who run their families variety store.
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Muddy Pond Variety Store
4064 Muddy Pond Rd,
Monterey, Tennessee
931-445-3357
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You really have to admire the Mennonite for their close family and community ties. They are to be commended for their hard work,and their wholesome life style. Thanks John, Holly, and all the Family,and God Bless 🙂.
thank you for the nice comment our friend.. John
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Agreed! ☺️ I don't know much about the Mennonites but every single time I hear, read or see something about them they're always so insanely hardworking, close and family orientated which is really admirable ❤️ Sadly things that are seriously lacking nowadays.
@The Appalachian Channel where is this store located, these country stores never tell where they located
That was so nice of Holly to take the time to show all of their store and surroundings and show the kitchen, bread making and butchering areas. I think if I get down to Tennessee on vacation I will make it a point of going to visit their store. Thank you for this video.
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Outstanding video! Thank God there are still people out there that are keeping the old ways alive.
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Thank You Holly! Your Grandma wasn't lazy. She taught school, had 8 kids and a husband to care for, ran a store, baked bread, cakes, pies, kept house, split wood, tamed lions, straightened nails, repaired wagons, and balances the check book.. They don't make women like that and more!
We need to go back to these times. Here in the west we have lost our identity/respect/values. Such a crying shame. I could move there tomorrow. How refreshing.
I always appreciate how many skills they pass on to one another. It is truly admirable. They also present themselves in such a wholesome manner. It is nice that amidst the chaos and society's general loss of family values, they have carried on their traditions.
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I was born in Crossville Tn, I now live in the Chattanooga area but I go up there all the time to this store. I have been buying from them for years. They are really nice people I love the way they live. May God bless this family as they continue to help others. Thanks for making this video I love to watch all the places you go so glad that you went there blessings!!!
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Can i order food from there? Thanks
I've went by this place numerous times on my way to Jamestown but never truly understood. What a precious gift it was. Next time I make the trip I will make enough time to spend hours there 🙏👍
My mother loved this place... Muddy Pond in general. She has a time share in Lake Tansi, and I drove her over from there and to Jamestown, Rugby and bunch of other places. She died 10 years ago but she would have loved these video's.
An absolutely wonderful job, putting this video together. That young lady, what can I say, she makes you feel good inside from the enthusiasm she has, showing us around the place and her explanation of this place.
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I watched all the videos about this amazing family but I must admit I keep watching it for holly and her sister lol
Absolutely love learning about this community. Cool thing is I met John Guenther and Pete and doreen and some the rest the family back in 2015 when I was 14 as my family traveled all the the way up from Saskatchewan, Canada to visit them and travel the states to share about adoption (as me and my twin are adopted) as they are all actually our cousins too and we wanted to visit and learn more about the family and history. I remembered going visiting the sorghum fields and playing in with some the cousins at doreens house visiting the mill (didn't get to see them make any though unfortunately) but our short visit out there is one my fav memories. The whole family was super kind and accepting and we felt welcomed with open arms.
Neufeld from Saskatchewan, eh? I'm from Manitoba.
It's commending for this generation to continue what the grandparents started . It shows that they lived and nurtured this place with blood sweat and tears, with love and dedication
I'd love to marry into a Mennonite family. After watching these folk, I'm even more convinced I'd fit right in and work equally as hard. God Bless all y'all at the store and thank you, Appalachian Channel, for another great video.
Thank yo-u and God bless you too!
My name is al so I hear ya😊
What a friendly and hard working women here and they seems to be at the same time so soft and warm-hearted. Even through the video felt the good vibes there. Thank you for the happy moments by watching it!💚🙏
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Never seen bread like that, It looks delicious! Too bad Im living in The Netherlands... Love your channel, sounds like an amazing place to grow up, with these beautifull traditions and the simple living, like stepping back in history.
Yes it’s sure is like stepping back in time
My girlfriend is Mennonite and she is slowly moving away because she decided not to wear anything on her head anymore since she lived in the city. Her family disowned her over it. She is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life and tells all the stories. I met her because she had a small spot in a farmers market that sold the most amazing bakery items. One day she said a minor curse word near me and my jaw dropped. I of course do curse but don't around her. "Really Connie? You're shocked that I said sh*t? I say a lot worse than that some days!" It was then that we became close. She felt that she could be true to who she feels she is. She loves being a Mennonite, but she also likes being herself. She loves to teach others the Mennonite ways. She is quite a unique treasure to have as a friend, and I can confirm that yes, she has said worse words.
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There are many Mennonite congregations that are more progressive and do not wear a head covering or practice shunning and such. I pray she finds a church that she feels comfortable and blessed in.
There are Mennonites in Brooklyn, NYC that do wear head coverings. The men are less obvious, but I can easily recognize them.
Too bad she no longer lives by the teachings of scripture like she was taught. People need to get back to it, not leave it.
She is of Mennonite heritage, not one herself. She as many do , has left the faith.
Love my Amish heritage and it was so good to see others with the same family heritage doing this an having a store will definitely have to make a visit out there
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The food looks delicious! I love those little stores - reminds me of the one in Gap Mills, WV. BTW the logo in the lower left hand corner is misspelled. Thank you for your videos.🙂
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I thought cracklins were fried skin.? i guess means something different here..
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i absolutely love to watch Holly in her natural Habitat!!!she is soooo well versed in Mennonite Bullcorn..she is a lil uptight though...i wish i could give her a massage to relax that tension...keep on keepin on ya'll!!LOve ya!
Great Video Shared Mr. Ward, Could Use A Couple Slices Of Fresh Sour-Dough Bread With Some Sorghum, Thanks For Sharing This. Cheers From The Frosty Maritimes In Canada ATB T God Bless
I'm a new subscriber and we will be moving to Tennessee in 2024 and can't wait to visit your store. So excited. Great video.
Another great video showing behind the scenes of a store, sorghum processing, baking along with interesting side comments. Thanks for preserving Americana in your videos. Blessings to you.
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💕 A lot of hardwork goes into successful farming, the extreme cold winters and very hot summers don't help either. Some farms here in N. Alabama used to mill and cook sorghum mallases too.
The skills handed down through your family can only be learned through experience, and a labor of love.
Thank you for sharing; I learned so much.
Thank you for the video, and for providing your products.
So happy we're close enough to shop at your store!
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I've got the cast iron vat where we rendered lard over a fire (when I was young). We raised 4 hogs every year, cured hams and shoulders; mostly sausage for everything else. There was sorghum in the area, but we never raised cane.
That was a fu and educational tour by this very articulate young lady. What a nice life!
I can’t believe this place! I’d have to buy that good bread and all those goodies they make. I can’t believe the apple stack cake is only $2.50/slice! That’s a deal. I didn’t see the fried pies or pumpkin rolls or fruit cakes but heard them talk about them. I wish they had mail order because I would be ordering !
SAME!! 😊
No that would destroy the product. If you want it go get it.
I enjoy shopping for jams and dry foods.in the stores. .My husband loves the sticky buns and has to have one. I am fortunate to only live about 14 miles away,
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I know about the out house my brother and I bought my grandfathers house so he didn't have to deal with the up keep and taxes and the out house is still here and we use it when working outside working. Grandpa said you need a two holer for every household. Wight with a red roof and a half moon on the door for good luck. When family comes to visit guess what they use. A old country home in the northern PA mountains.
This has been so interesting. I love the minimite people in the Amish and we have some friends. Here and they they are just wonderful people. I've enjoyed this watching you with the store. And her and her telling all the story about how they farm and they have their cattle and everything and their store was so neat I loved watching it. Thank you very much for what you have given us.
Enjoyed all of the video John. Holly is sweet and did a Great job explaining everything, a great place to visit.
Holly and all her family are great people and hard workers for sure.
I am fascinated by Mennonites and Amish. I try to visit them whenever I learn about a new-to-me enclave. There’re all around the outskirts of Chattanooga!
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Hi neighbors I'm looking to buy land up in the mountains I'm in Knoxville right now and I want to get me and my daughter out of here
I have so much respect for the Mennonites, hard working talented humble people.
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That’s a gas light you were showing on the video
I have never heard a grandchild mention grandma and grandpa so much❤. Grandma and grandpa r beautiful, Granddaughter is amazing.
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The kind of grapes were called muscadine grapes. My mom had some grapes growing,
She told me that was what kind of grapes they were called. Ask her if those grapes were green ones an round like a marble.
If she says yes then that is what they are called. Love this video, thank you for sharing.
Glad that you enjoyed it!
In PA a lot of the older homes had a summer kitchen to keep the heat out of the house during the summer.
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❤ Love the Geunther Family!! And everything they are doing! God Bless them and You for keeping old traditions and letting us know about it! Laura from Florida.
The Guenthers are the best! Thank you so much for watching what we do here on The Appalachian Channel..
Wonderful video. I make bread at least twice a week. Everyone loves sourdough bread.
I do
Wonderful family traditions!
I’ve been there many times. I drive up from Manchester TN. I knew that had to be Mark’s daughter before she said she was because she sounds like Mark when she talks. If you heard both of them talk you would know what I’m talking about. Good Folks. Great Sorghum.
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I’m a midwife assistant for this area and my husband grew up around this family! Great family of people. 😊
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@@theappalachianchannel I’m from Crossville but I live in Ozone now
It is and I think you're doing a wonderful job because so many things from the past and most of all of our lives are dead and gone because the younger people don't carry on with it so it's nice to see that you're keeping up with the tradition God bless you and your family! Do you sell products on line?
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Such rich traditions and family roots!! Truly things that are disappearing that are so much needed today!! I still remember my grandfather killing hogs, smoking meat, etc. God bless this family and I think I will have to visit!!
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My daughter and I enjoyed this so much! I think this is my favorite video so far! These ladies and their legacy is beautiful and is the stuff of the richness of history in this country! Thank you again and again for always having such great content!
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Holly wasn’t correct about cracklins….We butcher too.. Cracklins are actually the skin of the hog ….And lard is fat rendered…We also smoke our sausage in casings… We don’t scald and have cracklins anymore..The hogs are skinned….Everybody is very disappointed that there is no longer any cracklins… And in our big kettle we put some lard in it when the lard gets hot we add popcorn….Good times…Hard work!!!
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Been there to the Guenthers many times and their sorghum is, by far, the best I have ever used. Thanks for sharing this video.
21:30 I find it amazing that even in a place as remote as Muddy Pond Tennessee you need to place that sign on your door.
❤ I was just here a couple months ago. Lovely area and people.
yes they are awesome people for sure
This young lady is very knowledgeable. Wait till she gets internet.
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We make sorghum - that we just call syrup - here in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina
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My grt uncle had the only can press in Randolph county NC....helped make a many a vat full of molasses.
Thought the Mennonite were going to be some type of pond creatures
Hello from Alberta Canada, surprised to see Mennonites living in this area. love the video and hope to see more of the Mennonites.
yes the Mennonites are hard workers
Yeah, I'm surprised too
Proud to be from Muddy Pond
This the most beautiful Bread. Now I understand give us this day our daily bread.
Yes
I'm forming a rock band and we're calling ourselves the Muddy Pond Mennonites.
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Yes. Learn how to do everything you can so you can pass it on. True words. I just hope they listen and learn. Cause it's not gonna be long places like this will be gone. And that's a mortal shame.
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It’s nice to view wholesome content on TH-cam with lively hosts!
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Really like all your videos. Very interesting. New subscriber here. Love all your content.
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I grow up also with the no power with a out house , a one burner kerosene stove wood fire and a grill..!! Talking about grandpa, seeing the Train BBQ PIT and then Holly making the cheese jalapeño loaf I said...That’s the girl I want to get married to 😍💐..!!
Thank you for sharing, loved it💯❣️
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@@theappalachianchannel Guam U.S.A
@@theappalachianchannel A small Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Great area, my brother lived up the road from Muddy Pond! Always visited Muddy Pond for great tasting treats and there is a leather shop up the road with beautiful saddles, bags, belts, purses, etc.
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So cool to see this!
I'm Mennonite as well, and it's so neat to see that our people are so similar no matter where they live (I live in Ontario, but have lived in Mennonite communities in Paraguay, Texas, Manitoba, and Alberta)
Our family just did a butchering day a few weeks back. It felt really nostalgic 😊
great history about your family , thank you for the comment
Was it Winkler or area you lived when you lived in Manitoba?
Thank You for bringing us along to visit and learn from Holly, Doreen and Michelle. My kind of people. I Loved this and am looking forward to many more visits with these good people, via your videos. May all your paths be clear, and your hearts be joyous.
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Heck I live in west Tennessee we’re there are Mennonite’s by the 1000’s on one end of county and old Amish on the other end of the county..and no the Amish do not care for the Mennonites there to of the world..and Mennonites do not want to be called Amish!and our Mennonites celebrate Christmas just like everyone else..the Amish do not!and if you do not understand the difference in Mennonites and Amish then you need to do research because there no we’re near the same.here we’re I live we are slug burger capital of the world if you haven’t had one there very addictive and delicious!we have no less than 10 in my town and been here for 100 years+ and all over the county down into north Mississippi..even have slug burger festival and world slug burger eating contest..
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What a nice video I enjoyed watching this Holly keep the tradition going next time I'm in Tennessee I'm going to stop by your store thank you for making this video,✌️🇺🇸♥️
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So nice to see the old fashioned goodness livin on. Wholesome loving folks livin right!!!
Holly is sweet y’all. A real woman in modern times!!’
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All the way up here in Canada.
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no additives or preservatives not sure my physiology handle that could go into shock
Thank you Holly, Doreen, and Michelle for sharing all of this with us.
Very nice store & people who work there. What’s so nice about these small communities is they have good people and these small businesses don’t have to deal with rampant shoplifting & destruction of their property like we see currently happening in so many cities.
The Mennonites and Amish share a love of family, clean living and traditions. Each of them have different sects, so that local customs are not universal.
Nice to see traditional skills being passed down.
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I LIKE THE PICKLED EGGS.
John love watching all your videos RM Brooks , Ralph Robert's and the Mennonite women baking bread and their sorghum all really so great and interesting you do such an excellent job showing all of these great people in there home settings. Keep up the great work always look forward to your videos.
Thanks for watching.. I enjoy making the videos and meeting all the people that I do.
This was such a neat video. I would love to go visit and purchase many of their bakery goods.
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Holly is an amazing lady! We both have the same name so I know she is awesome!
I admired the MENNONITES and the AMISH they re both very good in making Mouth Watering food what l like is their HOME MADE BREAD AND I FEEL Hungry
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Great , glad to see some of these many wise people. And there devices they built ! Thanks
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Great video these are always fun 👍👍👍👍
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Really interesting video, I really enjoyed it. I want a homemade pie now, wish that could happen......... Take it easy and stay safe, William from Long Island.
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Hard working ladies to keep family traditions going. Seems to me the younger people in the family need to organize to make sure things continue to run smoothly.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks. Wonderful people.
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Oh I love family stores my grandpas farm in Missouri is now 4 th. generation . And I love it. Blessings
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♥️♥️♥️ Mennonites. ♥️ from the saskatchewan Mennonites 😊
I'm from Ohio. Watching these videos reminds me of the cracker barrel. These videos bring joy to my heart
Wow finally some normal marriage martial. Thanks for having some faith in humanity again.
What a great video. I can smell the bread from here and that's a long ways up here in Alberta LoL It's really too bad you don't sell on-line, I'd take a cook book.
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My uncle used to grow Sargam cane and he sold it to muddy pond his name Carney Walker
That’s cool
Muddy pond is in my neck of the woods!! Always love this place so much!!
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Good to see some real women God bless these ladies.
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This is awesome all the way around. Soo cool !!!
I don't understand she now loves cracklings and the main guy Mark said he does not butcher and does raise his own hogs all things said just the opposite here. Can you clear that up.
I understand the confusion there because I did say I did not like cracklins in the first video, so let me explain. I grew up eating them as it was a staple food in our home. Therefore, I grew a distaste for them. I guess my tastebuds change as I got older because I do like them now after eating them when we butchered the hog.
My dad, Mark, has raised and butchered many hogs. It's not a yearly thing anymore. He does it only when the meat is needed.
Hope that makes sense.
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-Holly
So very informative. Would love to try a loaf of that bread…yum!
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I'd really like to buy one of the cookbooks!! Do you know who buys the whole sale ones?... I'd really love one!
I can give you some information on how to contact them to purchase one! Muddy Pond Variety Store
4066 Muddy Pond Rd, Monterey, TN 38574
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I would like to get their bread,looks delicious and other foods of the making home made.I will find where it's at and visit one day.
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in door bathroom have been around since the mid 1800's The first indoor plumbing system is thought to have been installed in the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete around 2000 BCE. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that indoor plumbing became standard in homes across America
They are beautiful women inside out
What a lovely way to live. There should be more stores like this, worldwide...I would be so happy to buy from a family business rather than the huge supermarkets. Thank you for this wonderful video.
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A lot of good people in that part of the country. I used to travel quite a bit up to Johnson City for work, same good people.
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Have you visited the Amish store near Scottsville Ky? It’s pretty neat, you can buy all kinds of pastries, fresh made sandwiches, ice cream, all kinds of spices etc.