There is a grocery store near me that has what they call “ugly produce” it’s all the fruits and vegetables that are not so pretty but just fine to eat and they cost a fraction of the “pretty produce.” It’s a great way to save money.❤️
This was standard in stores when I was a kid. Meat was also discounted considerably when it began turning a bit brown. Now they gas meat so it stays red but most people know brown meat is the most tender. Nothing wrong with it. I'm 73 so that was a long time ago.
A store I shop at regularly has awesome produce guys that showed the code dates on when the mushrooms will be marked down so I go in and inventory them a few times a month to find the clearance ones to be marked down I just ask and they are happy to know they have one less thing to do lol. I dehydrate them and seal them in jars. I prefer these over any canned or even fresh for cooking they end up with such an earthy flavor from dehydration
My state doesn’t offer a program like this, but I really appreciate that the food doesn’t end up in the garbage. I feel like we, as Americans, tend to waste a lot. Good job!
I love all your ideas. My Father was involved with the church pantry for years. We picked up food from Hannaford, and Panera with him until He was 92 years old. Blessing others with a big heart. ❤️
5lbs of Yukon Gold potatoes at my local Kroger today costs almost $6.00! I about fainted! I have learned so much from you about saving food. Thank you! God bless, dearheart.
Dear Tessie, I’ve heard you say numerous times that you’re just a simple woman. You’re not simple at all, you’re fabulous!! Thank you for sharing your great tips.
Great video Tessie! It's great you save as much food as you can. I don't waste anything , An elderly German lady worked for my mother's restaurant many years ago and she had been in a camp during the war, She said "Food is gold" and to never waste it. I have always remembered this. God bless you 🙏.
Very very true , having Food and knowing there won’t be shortages in the House hold especially with Kids is a godsend. Groceries stores throwing away way to much edible Food I used to work in one , it was (is)a shame
I also use salvage food I just wish there was more of it in my area . Some months my grocery bill is only $150 for 3 of us . It's a great help . We are able to use our grocery money that we would have spent to keep up with dental visits, medical bills and sometimes it has helped with preventative car maintenance.
What an awesome opportunity! For years, I volunteered for a local CSA. For two hours each week, I sat at the designated place where members picked up their weekly baskets of food. In return, any food that was left over was mine to take. It was a HUGE help for our family for many years.
Thank you so much living in the Amish community it is amazing what the Amish have done for our lives this was started by the Amish who would go to produce auctions then would see so much food go to waste and it's such a blessing for me to have the opportunity to work with them side by side in helping to create a family type feeling and knowing that we are helping other people we are to be the hands and feet of Jesus and it feels so good to see that the needy are being fed spiritually and physically
I wish my town had something like this I don't care what people say I'll be eating while they are complaining lol at least if the you and your family will be ok for a long time I would love a pantry like yours it's a big blessing Tessie thank you for sharing much love and hugs and prayers ❤️💗🙏
Some Churches at a specific day and time offer a drive in and or walk in Food Bank based on needs of the person(s) whom are visiting. They provide a voriety of good foods . Usually when visiting they only ask for your name. The foods given are like those Homestead Tessie shared in her video.
You are one of the few homestead preppers that reaches out to your fellow citizens!! Too many others are all about being an individualistic mindset that FEARS EVERYONE ELSE!! Long live Tessie & her family!!
I just recently started getting the free food from one of the Churches that has been set up to distribute the food here in TN. We go to one church and drive up get a number then at 12 noon they send us down the road to another church where the pallets of food are set up. Open our trunks and they fill it with food. Out of room they will put it in back seat or car or hand it to you. You don't have to get out of car other than to open your trunk. They give you a lot. most fruits will go bad in a few days so make sure you freeze, dehydrate or can.
I am glad you take the leftover food. I often watch dumpster diving videos on TH-cam and it never fails to shock me how much perfectly good food goes to waste in this nation. Stores throw away whole boxes of undamaged can goods and other foods which are not expired. While I would never take meat or eggs thrown away in the dumpster, I have seen people find fruit and vegetables that are in good condition, as well as cases of unopened water! Unbelievable! Thanks for another interesting video! Take care and God bless you always my sister!
If the meat doesn't smell off, it's fine. Just cook it well. Chicken sometimes smells a bit off but if you rinse it well, it smells fresh again. If you still aren't comfortable eating it, cook it up for your dog or cat. They have strong acids in their stomachs and can eat things we can't without any problems.
Blessings all around. I found a local grocery store that gives me its produce they pull for my bunnies. People only want to buy the best looking produce. They call me to pick up. I get 3 to 5 boxes every 7 to 10 days. Most times it brings me to tears. What my bunnies can eat I feed them. The remainder I cull through and wash a second time, freeze, dehydrate or can. I give a lot away to family and neighbors.There is so much food that would otherwise be going in the dumpster I am greatly blessed
I've been involved in similar food give-away operations in this area. I have always observed that people do not go hungry in this country for lack of food. Rather, hunger is because of rules and regulations and because of poor management. Crazy amounts of food are thrown out every day!
Blessings Tessie! I sure wish we had something like this around in my state. I make too much, but don't make enough; seems that even my parents were caught in the middle too. I'm so glad that you have access to this wonderful program as well as those you serve! I love that you' tell people to be careful of doubtful food (no matter where it comes from) and that you reuse the glass jars. Never do I toss a jar! Blessings to all 🥰
There are so many people caught in the middle, not qualifying for any assistance but not making enough $$ to pay all the bills. I think there will be more people added to the numbers.
@@TheNoonie50 churches would also love volunteers to help hand food (and some do clothing as well) out if you have the time available to do so. Its a great way to be involved in the community and help our, with the added convenience of taking food you can use home at the end of the night. We organized a couple of outings when my sons were in cub scouts... great way to teach and involve children early.
You are blessed to be able to get food whete you work. I could certainly benefit from such a program. It's getting harder to make ends meet. On SS and wanted to have a small garden this year, but health problems kept me from even having a couple of tomato plants. But I'm feeling a bit better now, so I'm asking God to give me the health to have a garden next spring. Enjoy watching you do your to preserve food. Blessings to you and yours.
What a great bunch of frugal and creative ideas, Tessie! I know I've said it before, but you are amazing when it comes to your homestead being thrifty and yet charming and pretty. As for the eternal nay-sayers, I'm glad that you addressed the issue of the shaming that seems to be a part of their DNA. Their mission in life seems to be to try to make people feel bad about themselves and they have amazing creativity when it comes to finding ways to do that. If they don't criticize someone's appearance, they'll make it about the way she manages her house, or spends her money. They'll critique her spouse and/or children, her religion, her cooking, you name it. There's no end to it. Anyone would start to believe that they actually would prefer it if the pigs got the leftover food, as long as it wasn't the video creator! Madness! They should stop and think. When you save food from being thrown out, you are freeing up cash in your budget that eventually goes for other things (and that means it goes back into circulation in the economy). If you and Chevy Man purchase a building for a shop/garage to be placed on your homestead, the people who designed, built, painted and delivered it are able to keep working. If you purchase a new (to you) car, the people at the dealership earn a paycheck. When you pay a hospital bill. the health care workers get to stay employed and people can get health care. And so it goes, on and one! 🙂 I think when you address the naysayers, you help to get rid of the shame that some others are trying to put on the shoulders of everyone who makes use of food distribution services. What you're saying is -- in effect -- "We're all in this together." It's not the food distributors against the people who need food -- one group feeling superior and the other group feeling embarrassed. It's everyone together trying to cope with a very challenging economy
@@owen4248 She really is! Collecting those aluminum pans from the potato packages was a great idea. And saving the spices? I admit i didn't think of that one!
We go gleaning in the fields a few times a year during the harvest season. We can and eat everything we glean and choose our pumpkins for the season as well. We get nutritious foods while exercising/working for our food at the same time. I just canned Pickles and Green beans recently that we harvested from the fields. I love dehydrating onions and herbs/spices. They are ready whenever you need them.
It makes me happy to watch you doing these frugal projects, you seem to enjoy them so much. You remind me of myself years ago. I don’t have the energy or drive now!
Oh how I love learning the old ways from you Tessie. It’s a lost art to be a true homemaker. I wish I had learned these things when I was young, but I guess it’s better late than never.
Tessie this was very enlightening. Especially the info on keeping potatoes. I take the sprouted ones and grow them in containers on my deck. God bless you and keep you and your family safe.
Oh bless your heart tessie, when I dehydrated onions inside my home it smelt like 100 hard working men were sitting in my living-room stinky lol I dehydrate my onions on my back porch now lol thanks for these tips so important, wish I lived in Lancaster but I am down south texas and it’s been so hot I have struggled with my garden in this blistering heat and only 1/2 inch rain in 10 weeks. I pray I get a job soon as been without since December I didn’t qualify for unemployment as a truck driver I worked for a company in Cali but lived in Texas, both states denied me and I can’t drive trucks because of my eyesight…hard to change careers at 60 no one wants to train or higher me…pray for me please
Have you looked into the administrative end of trucking? Perhaps as a dispatcher or overseeing the inventory of goods, the manifest, for trucks being loaded. I will pray for you and your family, that you be safe, and fed, and employed again. God bless you.
@@melodyclark4347 thank you yes there is a dispatch training program in arizona I looked into but the cost and distance from where I live was the breaker, I got called about a interview august 25th they have 2 people out this week so my interview was put off till then . Praying I get this office clerk position
Hello Danielle. I'm retired but worked for the state of TX many years. There are so many different agencies. They always need clerks because they are a demanding employer. I knew several who started at age 60 and your retirement vests after 5 years. Try CPS and DHS (food stamp office). If you have 60 hours of college you may qualify for a caseworker position with the food stamp office. Good luck!
Yeah, wish somebody had told about the onions before I did my first batch too! 🥴 I boiled a little white vinegar on the stove for and hour then just turned off the heat and let it sit all day. Boy did our house stink, onions & vinegar! 😖 But the next morning when we woke the house was back to normal. Like you, I now do onions OUTSIDE!!!🤣
My father in law made a wooden bin for apples and as long as the apple didn’t touch each other they didn’t spoil. He used straw or newspaper. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I grew Yukon gold potatoes one year but didn’t get as many of them as regular potatoes.
For the last several weeks someone who has access to food a grocery store would be discarding has been putting it out in front of a local organization. I check for it each day & have been blessed with a huge amount of viable produce. Some of what I've brought home hasn't been viable, but most of it has been good & I have even been blessed with some stuff that I was able to freeze for later. So much healthy food that I wouldn't have had that would have beem thrown out. There were two bags of peeled garlic one day, I went through, took what was good & froze them. I'll have garlic for a while. I can't stand food waste & I'm glad for you to be able to have this food rather than it going in the trash. What a blessing.
Tessie, You are a master at salvaging food it's good you and others can get food and preserve it, like how you decorated the jar lids you gave me an idea now :-) Love you my sister:-) God Bless you and Ken :-)
Hi Tessie. Good to see you. Hello to all here. We're enjoying cooler weather today in Maryland. So welcome after stifling heat. Hope others are getting a break also. God bless all. ♥️
I love Lancaster, but I am in the south, We have no salvage anything here, grocery prices are 25, 50, & sometimes 150% higher than they were in 2019. I am 75, and i am allergic to a lot of food. things. We have one food bank, I went there once it cost me $90.00 for a cab, and they kept pushing foods on me that I am allergic too, and I came home with $15.00 in useable food. I used to spend $120 a month for food last month it was $365. and I was eating oatmeal the last 4 days. Next weekend I'm having a yard sale to help defray the cost of buying some freeze dried food to help me make it through the winter. I'm planning on powdering the freeze dried and putting up the soup mixes, then I can spend way less in the grocery store. I have to get my grocery bill under $200. a month or I will be robbing Peter to pay Paul. I love your channel it is so helpful, I am going to vac seal the soup mixes in 2 serving portions.
Our church food pantry gave away yogurts that had not been given away and was near the use by date. We took 10 for the two of us and many others got all they needed. No one was deprived and food was saved.
It is criminal, the amount of food that is thrown to landfill, when it is still quite okay. I think you are doing a good job, helping out at the food centre and using what others don’t want.
When in doubt throw it out. I'd rather do without the extra than make somebody sick. You are lucky to get those baby potatoes. Those are my favorite but they are 3$ a lb now. All that extra food is definitely a blessing. Thank you Lord for taking care of Tessie and Ken.
Wow, that celery was perfect! What a great thing to have... wish every city did that. So much waste... your voice is so peaceful and soothing... just what I needed today!❤🇨🇦
Very good. Some local Churches do have a drive up food bank scheduled at a day of week at an hour time. The Church distributes donated foods that Chain Grocery Stores such as Walmart donate for redistribution. Usually the Church Staff only ask for your name for their records keeping.
How lonely it has been to find your channel! Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with the rest of us. I just adore your vintage art containers!!!
Tessie!!!! I love LOVE all that you're doing. your home is amazing, the jars and how you decorated them is beautiful. I would be honored to have you as my neighbor. Learning from the best. I enjoy all those things. YOU are rich beyond measure and gifted too. loved your mini dishwasher. 😃. thank you so much for sharing all the goodness and PS - your pantry is fabulous. take care 🥰
When my husband and I lived in PA the church my husband worked at and we went too had that a couple Weds a month. Many times they had a lot of food left over. So they told us we could take some and then asked us if we knew of anyone in our neighborhood that could use it. I find it kinda strange that those need food would be so super picky. Your getting food for free and it does not have to be perfect to be eatible. The times we got some of the extra foood was helpful. We did not make with my husband working at the church. So those time it was a blessing. There was also a meal night our church did on every Weds and they encouraged people of the church to come so when homeless or those i need came to get the free meal we could make them feel welcome and we could eat along side of them.
Most the times people who come to food pantry don’t want to do any work with or for the food by this I mean they want it in a can or bag ready to go in microwave or oven and that they have to do nothing to it.The pantry had fresh vegetables and fruits and some meats even and they ended up throwing most of it out as can’t keep it for next week a new truck comes in and they have no place to even store it. The pantry has even cut their hours and last I heard was down to 2 hours or less sometimes one hour if no one shows up. It’s awful that people expect you just to give them already cooked and prepared food that they have to do nothing with it.
I'm happy for you & am glad you have access to food that is salvable for consumption. Thank you for sharing, & thank you for thinking of others too. In todays world there are people who need this food, & there are people who are getting food boxes that don't need them. I like seeing communities work together to help each other. 🙏❤😊🌼
I remember we used to live in a big potato-growing area and once a Girl Scout in our Council gleaned the left-over potatoes from one field after the big machinery had been through (with the owner's permission). She and her troop were able to take out pounds and pounds of leftover potatoes from one field and gave them to the local food bank. It was backbreaking and muddy work, but the food they could glean was worth it. I remember when I was little, over 60 years ago, that my mother would scout the supermarket shelves for dented cans because they were sold at a discount.
Great video Tessie, I always look forward to seeing your video. Yours is the first one I watch every evening for some reason is the first one to appear on my feed and so I've grown accustomed to watching you first. Love the way you are and the way you live. This world is full of mean people but God looks at ar hearts and yours my friend is a good one, in my opinion. God Bless you and your family.
Tessie, You amaze me. It’s so funny I grew up same way but I’m not Mennonite. Makes me proud I listened to my mom and canned. Thank you for all you do God Bless you and keep making videos you’re helping people.
That's some good items for your Pantry's Tessie. So glad you were able to salvage that. The way you are storing it all is absolutely beautiful too. Have a blessed day friend. Leaving Florida this Saturday morning and heading to Lancaster to the Garden Spot to visit Hubby's Mom.
A local food pantry (before the pandemic) had a table full of food every Friday. These were left after all the low income people sorted through everything. The director said the food was approaching the sell by date. I'd get 6 lbs of pasta or rice every Friday about 4 pm. I didn't want to be greedy. Haven't tried it recently. Tina, Al's wife
I believe every state has that same program - all the food is donated by manufacturers, various warehouses, church warehouses, etc. It is all food that would otherwise go to the landfill. I didn't go for a long time because I mistakenly thought it was only for low income, Then, I realized it was run by friends of mine. So, I asked one friend what it really was and how it worked.
I work as a community ministery worker. We offer this program and it is amazing helping the hungry, low income, homeless etc. God does provide In many ways. I love that you save the food from what people do not want. Little is much when your hungry !!
Wow!!!! So very excited to have found you Tessie- so so so valuable all your knowledge is- for those of us who didn’t have a mom to teach us… you’re truly a blessing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Tessie yet again another inspirational and teaching video!…this is so important for those who do not have recourses for survival…you my friend are loved!….xxxooo
Waste not, want not. Is a saying that is rooted deep in my being. My grandmother, my mother and now I find myself saying it in life. I have chickens and a rabbit and a compost bin so when we have food scraps or not so fresh foods, it goes to feed or nourish something. One way or another. Blessings Tessie🙏❤️🙏
There is just the two of us here and I often buy those potatoes because I don't want to buy a whole bag. Those are delicious with the seasoning pack. I am probably not going to be the type of person that cans things. But I did buy a food dehydrator at your suggestion. And we recently bought a box freezer to take advantage of meat sales. Thank you for sharing so much of your knowledge with us. You truly are a treasure.
Just discovered your channel. I’m glad you’re able to have access to these foods. For the life of me, I can’t imagine why people get mad because someone is able to eat and not starve. Where I live, I have too much income to get any help of any kind, but my income is depleted terribly after paying bills and buying things we absolutely have to have..not really enough left for food. I’m very thankful for what I do have, but I do wish I were able to get a little extra food somehow so that I didn’t have to worry so much about how my family is going to eat. God bless everyone and may God watch over you all.
Good Morning Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:-) Wish you all a wonderful blessed Tuesday filled with Gods Joy and Happiness :-) Remember to pray for one another and for all around the world :-) God bless You ! Love you all:-) Keep smiling be safe :-)
Last summer a farmer had a truckload of fresh tomatoes he had to get rid of. I got 11 cases & had a blast giving some away and canning about 10 cases. The best tomato sauce ever.
Tessie I love your home .. I would love a home like yours.. I live in a small camper but it is homey and comfortable. But I would absolutely love a little more room .. but I really am happy to find your channel
What a blessing it is for you to have something like this! Too much food is wasted in this country; I would definitely take advantage of this if we had something like it where I live.
Canned five pints of tomato sauce from salvaged tomatoes today, and made a half gallon of apple/carrot/celery juice ... Perfectly delicious, healthy food from imperfect produce!
Good idea with the panera bread! I get tons of it when i go to the food bank(im poor) anyway we can never eat it fast enough i wish i would have thought of this before! I know what to do now from here on out!
Tessie you could give before you ever took thats who you are. You make my days brighter, simpler, my easier happy clothesline days the most awesome time for me peaceful its like therapy for me.I finely found two churches here that give out food once a month on different day so my friend and I said we were going to see what it was all about and not to lie but a little embarrassed but my friend if you could have seen what we got sure cans were bent just a small example 1 case corn 1 case peas 1case green beans a case of caned potato's that was our first time there was more but to much to list. Now I go without embarrassment. Thanks to you I gave it a try. God Bless much love. I loved the way you did those jars just beautiful my friend you have such talent you were born for this.
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There is a grocery store near me that has what they call “ugly produce” it’s all the fruits and vegetables that are not so pretty but just fine to eat and they cost a fraction of the “pretty produce.” It’s a great way to save money.❤️
This was standard in stores when I was a kid. Meat was also discounted considerably when it began turning a bit brown. Now they gas meat so it stays red but most people know brown meat is the most tender. Nothing wrong with it. I'm 73 so that was a long time ago.
A store I shop at regularly has awesome produce guys that showed the code dates on when the mushrooms will be marked down so I go in and inventory them a few times a month to find the clearance ones to be marked down I just ask and they are happy to know they have one less thing to do lol. I dehydrate them and seal them in jars. I prefer these over any canned or even fresh for cooking they end up with such an earthy flavor from dehydration
Chinese restaurant owners do this then they cook it and sell it to you
My state doesn’t offer a program like this, but I really appreciate that the food doesn’t end up in the garbage. I feel like we, as Americans, tend to waste a lot. Good job!
I love all your ideas. My Father was involved with the church pantry for years. We picked up food from Hannaford, and Panera with him until
He was 92 years old. Blessing others with a big heart. ❤️
5lbs of Yukon Gold potatoes at my local Kroger today costs almost $6.00! I about fainted! I have learned so much from you about saving food. Thank you! God bless, dearheart.
Used to get 50lb bags for 30 cents a pound
Yes, potatoes are expensive and hard to find that aren't already gone bad sometimes.
Dear Tessie, I’ve heard you say numerous times that you’re just a simple woman. You’re not simple at all, you’re fabulous!! Thank you for sharing your great tips.
Great video Tessie! It's great you save as much food as you can. I don't waste anything , An elderly German lady worked for my mother's restaurant many years ago and she had been in a camp during the war, She said "Food is gold" and to never waste it. I have always remembered this. God bless you 🙏.
Very very true , having Food and knowing there won’t be shortages in the House hold especially with Kids is a godsend. Groceries stores throwing away way to much edible Food I used to work in one , it was (is)a shame
I also use salvage food I just wish there was more of it in my area . Some months my grocery bill is only $150 for 3 of us . It's a great help . We are able to use our grocery money that we would have spent to keep up with dental visits, medical bills and sometimes it has helped with preventative car maintenance.
What an awesome opportunity! For years, I volunteered for a local CSA. For two hours each week, I sat at the designated place where members picked up their weekly baskets of food. In return, any food that was left over was mine to take. It was a HUGE help for our family for many years.
Thank you so much living in the Amish community it is amazing what the Amish have done for our lives this was started by the Amish who would go to produce auctions then would see so much food go to waste and it's such a blessing for me to have the opportunity to work with them side by side in helping to create a family type feeling and knowing that we are helping other people we are to be the hands and feet of Jesus and it feels so good to see that the needy are being fed spiritually and physically
This is exactly how I’ve been stocking my pantry for the last few yrs. Restaurant kits are the best- we separate and preserve it!
I wish my town had something like this I don't care what people say I'll be eating while they are complaining lol at least if the you and your family will be ok for a long time I would love a pantry like yours it's a big blessing Tessie thank you for sharing much love and hugs and prayers ❤️💗🙏
Me too, even though I’m only about an hr to so away from her, our town doesn’t have this program here yet.
What is the name of the program?
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Some Churches at a specific day and time offer a drive in and or walk in Food Bank based on needs of the person(s) whom are visiting. They provide a voriety of good foods . Usually when visiting they only ask for your name. The foods given are like those Homestead Tessie shared in her video.
Me too there are plenty of needy
You are one of the few homestead preppers that reaches out to your fellow citizens!! Too many others are all about being an individualistic mindset that FEARS EVERYONE ELSE!! Long live Tessie & her family!!
I just recently started getting the free food from one of the Churches that has been set up to distribute the food here in TN. We go to one church and drive up get a number then at 12 noon they send us down the road to another church where the pallets of food are set up. Open our trunks and they fill it with food. Out of room they will put it in back seat or car or hand it to you. You don't have to get out of car other than to open your trunk. They give you a lot. most fruits will go bad in a few days so make sure you freeze, dehydrate or can.
I am glad you take the leftover food. I often watch dumpster diving videos on TH-cam and it never fails to shock me how much perfectly good food goes to waste in this nation. Stores throw away whole boxes of undamaged can goods and other foods which are not expired. While I would never take meat or eggs thrown away in the dumpster, I have seen people find fruit and vegetables that are in good condition, as well as cases of unopened water! Unbelievable! Thanks for another interesting video! Take care and God bless you always my sister!
In the cold wintertime I have found that it’s often safe to take vacuum sealed meat.
If the meat doesn't smell off, it's fine. Just cook it well. Chicken sometimes smells a bit off but if you rinse it well, it smells fresh again. If you still aren't comfortable eating it, cook it up for your dog or cat. They have strong acids in their stomachs and can eat things we can't without any problems.
I watch dumpster diving videos all the time on the "freakin frugal" youtube channel. Check 'em out!
Blessings all around. I found a local grocery store that gives me its produce they pull for my bunnies. People only want to buy the best looking produce. They call me to pick up. I get 3 to 5 boxes every 7 to 10 days. Most times it brings me to tears. What my bunnies can eat I feed them. The remainder I cull through and wash a second time, freeze, dehydrate or can. I give a lot away to family and neighbors.There is so much food that would otherwise be going in the dumpster I am greatly blessed
I've been involved in similar food give-away operations in this area. I have always observed that people do not go hungry in this country for lack of food. Rather, hunger is because of rules and regulations and because of poor management. Crazy amounts of food are thrown out every day!
Blessings Tessie! I sure wish we had something like this around in my state. I make too much, but don't make enough; seems that even my parents were caught in the middle too. I'm so glad that you have access to this wonderful program as well as those you serve! I love that you' tell people to be careful of doubtful food (no matter where it comes from) and that you reuse the glass jars. Never do I toss a jar! Blessings to all 🥰
There are so many people caught in the middle, not qualifying for any assistance but not making enough $$ to pay all the bills. I think there will be more people added to the numbers.
That describes me hun
Your out porch is awesome!
Our churches in town never ask any questions if you go to the food pantry. Have you tried your local churches?
@@TheNoonie50 churches would also love volunteers to help hand food (and some do clothing as well) out if you have the time available to do so. Its a great way to be involved in the community and help our, with the added convenience of taking food you can use home at the end of the night. We organized a couple of outings when my sons were in cub scouts... great way to teach and involve children early.
I was born and raised in York PA. That’s a great program. Thank you for being a part of it and for saving as much food as you can. Blessed be Tessie
You are blessed to be able to get food whete you work.
I could certainly benefit from such a program. It's getting harder to make ends meet.
On SS and wanted to have a small garden this year, but health problems kept me from even having a couple of tomato plants.
But I'm feeling a bit better now, so I'm asking God to give me the health to have a garden next spring.
Enjoy watching you do your to preserve food. Blessings to you and yours.
What a great bunch of frugal and creative ideas, Tessie! I know I've said it before, but you are amazing when it comes to your homestead being thrifty and yet charming and pretty.
As for the eternal nay-sayers, I'm glad that you addressed the issue of the shaming that seems to be a part of their DNA. Their mission in life seems to be to try to make people feel bad about themselves and they have amazing creativity when it comes to finding ways to do that. If they don't criticize someone's appearance, they'll make it about the way she manages her house, or spends her money. They'll critique her spouse and/or children, her religion, her cooking, you name it. There's no end to it.
Anyone would start to believe that they actually would prefer it if the pigs got the leftover food, as long as it wasn't the video creator! Madness!
They should stop and think. When you save food from being thrown out, you are freeing up cash in your budget that eventually goes for other things (and that means it goes back into circulation in the economy). If you and Chevy Man purchase a building for a shop/garage to be placed on your homestead, the people who designed, built, painted and delivered it are able to keep working. If you purchase a new (to you) car, the people at the dealership earn a paycheck. When you pay a hospital bill. the health care workers get to stay employed and people can get health care. And so it goes, on and one! 🙂
I think when you address the naysayers, you help to get rid of the shame that some others are trying to put on the shoulders of everyone who makes use of food distribution services. What you're saying is -- in effect -- "We're all in this together." It's not the food distributors against the people who need food -- one group feeling superior and the other group feeling embarrassed. It's everyone together trying to cope with a very challenging economy
Amen to that kes S :-) Tessie is very creative in ways to make the most out of everything :-)
@@owen4248 She really is! Collecting those aluminum pans from the potato packages was a great idea. And saving the spices? I admit i didn't think of that one!
I wish we had that in Kentucky!!! Hundreds could benefit from that awesome service!!! 🙌🏻🦋🙌🏻
We go gleaning in the fields a few times a year during the harvest season. We can and eat everything we glean and choose our pumpkins for the season as well. We get nutritious foods while exercising/working for our food at the same time. I just canned Pickles and Green beans recently that we harvested from the fields. I love dehydrating onions and herbs/spices. They are ready whenever you need them.
I wish we had a program like that. I think it is awesome even the pigs are happy! Have a great evening everyone!
A wonderful evening to you too, julie.
It makes me happy to watch you doing these frugal projects, you seem to enjoy them so much. You remind me of myself years ago. I don’t have the energy or drive now!
I love what you are doing with the lids!
Another two thumbs up, Tessie! 👍👍
Love your tips and ideas, Blessings!
Brenda
in Arizona
Oh how I love learning the old ways from you Tessie. It’s a lost art to be a true homemaker. I wish I had learned these things when I was young, but I guess it’s better late than never.
Tessie this was very enlightening. Especially the info on keeping potatoes. I take the sprouted ones and grow them in containers on my deck. God bless you and keep you and your family safe.
Oh bless your heart tessie, when I dehydrated onions inside my home it smelt like 100 hard working men were sitting in my living-room stinky lol I dehydrate my onions on my back porch now lol thanks for these tips so important, wish I lived in Lancaster but I am down south texas and it’s been so hot I have struggled with my garden in this blistering heat and only 1/2 inch rain in 10 weeks. I pray I get a job soon as been without since December I didn’t qualify for unemployment as a truck driver I worked for a company in Cali but lived in Texas, both states denied me and I can’t drive trucks because of my eyesight…hard to change careers at 60 no one wants to train or higher me…pray for me please
Have you looked into the administrative end of trucking? Perhaps as a dispatcher or overseeing the inventory of goods, the manifest, for trucks being loaded. I will pray for you and your family, that you be safe, and fed, and employed again. God bless you.
@@melodyclark4347 thank you yes there is a dispatch training program in arizona I looked into but the cost and distance from where I live was the breaker, I got called about a interview august 25th they have 2 people out this week so my interview was put off till then . Praying I get this office clerk position
Hello Danielle. I'm retired but worked for the state of TX many years. There are so many different agencies. They always need clerks because they are a demanding employer. I knew several who started at age 60 and your retirement vests after 5 years. Try CPS and DHS (food stamp office). If you have 60 hours of college you may qualify for a caseworker position with the food stamp office. Good luck!
Yeah, wish somebody had told about the onions before I did my first batch too! 🥴
I boiled a little white vinegar on the stove for and hour then just turned off the heat and let it sit all day. Boy did our house stink, onions & vinegar! 😖 But the next morning when we woke the house was back to normal. Like you, I now do onions OUTSIDE!!!🤣
My father in law made a wooden bin for apples and as long as the apple didn’t touch each other they didn’t spoil. He used straw or newspaper. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I grew Yukon gold potatoes one year but didn’t get as many of them as regular potatoes.
Nice jars, and what you did to them, gave them a new look...🥰
For the last several weeks someone who has access to food a grocery store would be discarding has been putting it out in front of a local organization. I check for it each day & have been blessed with a huge amount of viable produce. Some of what I've brought home hasn't been viable, but most of it has been good & I have even been blessed with some stuff that I was able to freeze for later. So much healthy food that I wouldn't have had that would have beem thrown out. There were two bags of peeled garlic one day, I went through, took what was good & froze them. I'll have garlic for a while. I can't stand food waste & I'm glad for you to be able to have this food rather than it going in the trash. What a blessing.
Tessie, You are a master at salvaging food it's good you and others can get food and preserve it, like how you decorated the jar lids you gave me an idea now :-) Love you my sister:-) God Bless you and Ken :-)
Theresa is my name and gleaning my game !
Hi Tessie. Good to see you. Hello to all here. We're enjoying cooler weather today in Maryland. So welcome after stifling heat. Hope others are getting a break also. God bless all. ♥️
I love Lancaster, but I am in the south, We have no salvage anything here, grocery prices are 25, 50, & sometimes 150% higher than they were in 2019. I am 75, and i am allergic to a lot of food. things. We have one food bank, I went there once it cost me $90.00 for a cab, and they kept pushing foods on me that I am allergic too, and I came home with $15.00 in useable food. I used to spend $120 a month for food last month it was $365. and I was eating oatmeal the last 4 days. Next weekend I'm having a yard sale to help defray the cost of buying some freeze dried food to help me make it through the winter. I'm planning on powdering the freeze dried and putting up the soup mixes, then I can spend way less in the grocery store. I have to get my grocery bill under $200. a month or I will be robbing Peter to pay Paul. I love your channel it is so helpful, I am going to vac seal the soup mixes in 2 serving portions.
Thanks Tessie. I watched your video on how to recan tomatoes from cans. I had no idea I could do that. Thank you.
Our church food pantry gave away yogurts that had not been given away and was near the use by date. We took 10 for the two of us and many others got all they needed. No one was deprived and food was saved.
Some folks freeze yogurt
You are an inspiration with your service to others. I appreciate your help and advice for feeding our families economically.
Thank you so much!
It is criminal, the amount of food that is thrown to landfill, when it is still quite okay. I think you are doing a good job, helping out at the food centre and using what others don’t want.
When in doubt throw it out. I'd rather do without the extra than make somebody sick. You are lucky to get those baby potatoes. Those are my favorite but they are 3$ a lb now. All that extra food is definitely a blessing. Thank you Lord for taking care of Tessie and Ken.
I love how your name is who you are! Jesus said… John 6:12 “gather up the fragments that remain so that nothing is lost “ waste is terrible,
Thank you for the verse.
Tessie that's wonderful. Great what we can make of the food others don't want.
Wow, that celery was perfect! What a great thing to have... wish every city did that. So much waste... your voice is so peaceful and soothing... just what I needed today!❤🇨🇦
I always love these videos, its so creative ways you preserve what they have..the food truck is a real blessing
You are amazing hun So proud to see a young person as you take on such old money saving techniques
I love the decorated jars! It looks like you had a good variety of free food this week. Thank you for the video. God Bless!
🐯🐯Tessie your bright blue outfit looks fantastic on you🐯🌼🐯Tessie we all know you are helping from your heart🐯🐯🌼🌼🐯
Very good. Some local Churches do have a drive up food bank scheduled at a day of week at an hour time. The Church distributes donated foods that Chain Grocery Stores such as Walmart donate for redistribution. Usually the Church Staff only ask for your name for their records keeping.
This type of program is needed all over our country. Food waste is shameful. 😪
How lonely it has been to find your channel! Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with the rest of us. I just adore your vintage art containers!!!
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Whoops. I meant to say “lovely” not lonely. Haha. Happy to be here!
Tessie!!!! I love LOVE all that you're doing. your home is amazing, the jars and how you decorated them is beautiful. I would be honored to have you as my neighbor. Learning from the best. I enjoy all those things. YOU are rich beyond measure and gifted too. loved your mini dishwasher. 😃. thank you so much for sharing all the goodness and PS - your pantry is fabulous. take care 🥰
I love how innovative and hardworking you are! Im so inspired! Thankyou!
When my husband and I lived in PA the church my husband worked at and we went too had that a couple Weds a month. Many times they had a lot of food left over. So they told us we could take some and then asked us if we knew of anyone in our neighborhood that could use it. I find it kinda strange that those need food would be so super picky. Your getting food for free and it does not have to be perfect to be eatible. The times we got some of the extra foood was helpful. We did not make with my husband working at the church. So those time it was a blessing. There was also a meal night our church did on every Weds and they encouraged people of the church to come so when homeless or those i need came to get the free meal we could make them feel welcome and we could eat along side of them.
Most the times people who come to food pantry don’t want to do any work with or for the food by this I mean they want it in a can or bag ready to go in microwave or oven and that they have to do nothing to it.The pantry had fresh vegetables and fruits and some meats even and they ended up throwing most of it out as can’t keep it for next week a new truck comes in and they have no place to even store it. The pantry has even cut their hours and last I heard was down to 2 hours or less sometimes one hour if no one shows up. It’s awful that people expect you just to give them already cooked and prepared food that they have to do nothing with it.
Nice haul. Great stocking ideas. Beautiful jars. 💚🌞
I'm happy for you & am glad you have access to food that is salvable for consumption. Thank you for sharing, & thank you for thinking of others too.
In todays world there are people who need this food, & there are people who are getting food boxes that don't need them. I like seeing communities work together to help each other. 🙏❤😊🌼
I remember we used to live in a big potato-growing area and once a Girl Scout in our Council gleaned the left-over potatoes from one field after the big machinery had been through (with the owner's permission). She and her troop were able to take out pounds and pounds of leftover potatoes from one field and gave them to the local food bank. It was backbreaking and muddy work, but the food they could glean was worth it. I remember when I was little, over 60 years ago, that my mother would scout the supermarket shelves for dented cans because they were sold at a discount.
Great video Tessie, I always look forward to seeing your video. Yours is the first one I watch every evening for some reason is the first one to appear on my feed and so I've grown accustomed to watching you first. Love the way you are and the way you live. This world is full of mean people but God looks at ar hearts and yours my friend is a good one, in my opinion. God Bless you and your family.
The jars are so great for storage. So nice to salvage and not waste.
Tessie,
You amaze me. It’s so funny I grew up same way but I’m not Mennonite. Makes me proud I listened to my mom and canned. Thank you for all you do God Bless you and keep making videos you’re helping people.
You make it look so easy! It takes planning and equipment. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for this great video, Tessie. You share so much educational and inspirational information that we can all learn from.
I love what you did with the jars . Tessie you are a very smart cookie .
That's some good items for your Pantry's Tessie. So glad you were able to salvage that. The way you are storing it all is absolutely beautiful too. Have a blessed day friend. Leaving Florida this Saturday morning and heading to Lancaster to the Garden Spot to visit Hubby's Mom.
Thank you Tessie for all your help-I can’t count how many times you have given me tips and best of all encouragement.
You are so welcome!!!
A local food pantry (before the pandemic) had a table full of food every Friday. These were left after all the low income people sorted through everything.
The director said the food was approaching the sell by date. I'd get 6 lbs of pasta or rice every Friday about 4 pm. I didn't want to be greedy. Haven't tried it recently. Tina, Al's wife
I love those decorated jars, Tessie! What a neat idea!
I believe every state has that same program - all the food is donated by manufacturers, various warehouses, church warehouses, etc. It is all food that would otherwise go to the landfill. I didn't go for a long time because I mistakenly thought it was only for low income, Then, I realized it was run by friends of mine. So, I asked one friend what it really was and how it worked.
I work as a community ministery worker. We offer this program and it is amazing helping the hungry, low income, homeless etc. God does provide In many ways. I love that you save the food from what people do not want.
Little is much when your hungry !!
Tessie you are truly amazing! I love to watch you process salvage food. I have so much from you. Thank you for sharing! God bless
Thanks so much!!!
Love to watch the old times ways we lived like that too had a great life I think thats the best life thanks
Tessie you are so amazing and bless my heart everyday.
Wow!!!! So very excited to have found you Tessie- so so so valuable all your knowledge is- for those of us who didn’t have a mom to teach us… you’re truly a blessing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Tessie yet again another inspirational and teaching video!…this is so important for those who do not have recourses for survival…you my friend are loved!….xxxooo
Waste not, want not. Is a saying that is rooted deep in my being. My grandmother, my mother and now I find myself saying it in life. I have chickens and a rabbit and a compost bin so when we have food scraps or not so fresh foods, it goes to feed or nourish something. One way or another. Blessings Tessie🙏❤️🙏
thank you ❤
Tessie you are amazing everytime I watch you I learn something new..
Blessing
Great video Tessie! Love what you did with the jars. Thank you for sharing!
I live in Pensacola FL, I truly wish we had a place like this here.I think it's great that you and all the other people can do this.
There is just the two of us here and I often buy those potatoes because I don't want to buy a whole bag. Those are delicious with the seasoning pack. I am probably not going to be the type of person that cans things. But I did buy a food dehydrator at your suggestion. And we recently bought a box freezer to take advantage of meat sales. Thank you for sharing so much of your knowledge with us. You truly are a treasure.
Just discovered your channel. I’m glad you’re able to have access to these foods. For the life of me, I can’t imagine why people get mad because someone is able to eat and not starve. Where I live, I have too much income to get any help of any kind, but my income is depleted terribly after paying bills and buying things we absolutely have to have..not really enough left for food. I’m very thankful for what I do have, but I do wish I were able to get a little extra food somehow so that I didn’t have to worry so much about how my family is going to eat. God bless everyone and may God watch over you all.
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Good Morning Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:-) Wish you all a wonderful blessed Tuesday filled with Gods Joy and Happiness :-) Remember to pray for one another and for all around the world :-) God bless You ! Love you all:-) Keep smiling be safe :-)
I love the cute labels. 👍 I wish we had a place for salvaged food here. I do my best to pick the sales if I can.
I just love what you did with the jars 😉
Last summer a farmer had a truckload of fresh tomatoes he had to get rid of. I got 11 cases & had a blast giving some away and canning about 10 cases. The best tomato sauce ever.
Fantastic job, Tessie! Your so, so thrifty. Thanks for showing how to make sure all the food you got was reused!
Tessie I love your home .. I would love a home like yours.. I live in a small camper but it is homey and comfortable. But I would absolutely love a little more room .. but I really am happy to find your channel
You are so amazing Tess ! Is there anything you don't do.God Bless your knowledge that you share with us all.Love ya girl.🙏👍💞🧞♀️😍
What a blessing it is for you to have something like this! Too much food is wasted in this country; I would definitely take advantage of this if we had something like it where I live.
Canned five pints of tomato sauce from salvaged tomatoes today, and made a half gallon of apple/carrot/celery juice ... Perfectly delicious, healthy food from imperfect produce!
Good idea with the panera bread! I get tons of it when i go to the food bank(im poor) anyway we can never eat it fast enough i wish i would have thought of this before! I know what to do now from here on out!
It’s a great life you’ve created! I’m feeling motivated to do more. ❤️
Wish I had something like that. Good for you. Enjoy being you.
New to dehydrating good to know I can do bread. I buy older bread from discount outlet and at goes stale pretty quick. Thank you
Tessie you could give before you ever took thats who you are. You make my days brighter, simpler, my easier happy clothesline days the most awesome time for me peaceful its like therapy for me.I finely found two churches here that give out food once a month on different day so my friend and I said we were going to see what it was all about and not to lie but a little embarrassed but my friend if you could have seen what we got sure cans were bent just a small example 1 case corn 1 case peas 1case green beans a case of caned potato's that was our first time there was more but to much to list. Now I go without embarrassment. Thanks to you I gave it a try. God Bless much love. I loved the way you did those jars just beautiful my friend you have such talent you were born for this.
Thank you for showing us another way to save and feed my family. God bless you and yours.
Thank you Tessie for another wonderful video. You are such a smart lady and I appreciate so much how you keep us informed.
I love those jars!! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge!
Thanks so much 😊
I think it's great how incredibly industrious you are. You would survive well off grid, you practically are already!
I learned something new ! Thank you i never knew storing them in there bags were bad!
I just discovered your channel, very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I wish we had a place like this near to me. Occasionally we can get some things a out Amish store. So glad the food isn’t going to waste.