When Life Gives You Milk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2021
- 3 days into life with our new milk cow, and we have a surplus of milk! So today Meg is making a quick and easy cheese. Plus bacon, bread, and a quick farm animal update.
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I am so glad that times have changed. 21 years ago when my husband and I decided to live like your family everyone thought we were insane. Now everyone wants to live like we do. You are doing amazing.
I was raised on a large farm and was self sustaining and I’m 62. It’s been going on a long time. It’s a great life.
we just moved and im so excited more people are into homesteading then where we spent 40 yrs being different
It's still pretty crazy by most standards. Without TH-cam revenue it would be incredibly hard to make a living.
My MIL was horrified when she saw where we moved to in the country! Then we got goats, chicken and turkeys! Now she tells everyone how awesome we have it!!❤️
@@Bex-rg8pj yeah I was a homesteader before homesteading was cool!
Meg telling us she's "been lazy" and after watching her for years I have to say I don't buy it, her lazy days are probably more productive than most folks busy days.
Exactly what I was thinking.
heya yep totaly agree
Exactly!!!! There ain’t nothing lazy about that girl!
Yep she's definitely not lazy 🤣
And we only see a small portion of her working on camera then there is dishes laundry diapers and so on.
I am so honored that my handy work made it into a vlog for all to see. I am so glad you are enjoying the chicken towels I embroidered. The towel looked good on camera. I was not sure you got the box. Looks like you did. That vlog made my day. Thank you so much.
Your beautiful ❤️🌟 BLESSING of towels remind me of the kind my oma GRANDMOTHER from GERMANY. She would make them and mail them to us. I wish I had some. She made hankies for me. I have everyone of them. They are so lovely. 60 years old. And look brand new.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WISDOM and TALENTS.
GOD BLESS YOU BRIDGET. CHOW FROM SE MICHIGAN ✝️🛐🌹🇺🇸🌹🀄🀄🀄🌹🌹🌹💐
@ 19:14 if anyone wants to see that adorable towel!
@@JamieSantos I saw that beautiful towel at 3:25 into the video.
Glad to see you all are posting more! You are my favorite family on you tube. I'm 61, but want to be like you when I grow up!
I'm 75 and I am so proud of this family. I feel like a long distance granny (I live in western Canada) cheering on every accomplishment.
You are so sweet, thank you!!
I love this homestead! You cook, bake, can, freeze, dry preserve, roast, smoke, make cheese, plant & harvest a big garden, take care of a large family, YOU ARE AMAZING! So is the rest of the family. ❤
What you made is Indian cottage cheese (paneer) made in every home in india. Use lemon or white vinegar and rinse it with water in cheese cloth to het rid of sour flavor before hanging it to drain. It’s a Good protein alternative for vegetarian. Used to
make lot of curries as well as desserts. Look up indian Paneer curry recipes to make so many vegetarian dishes. Look up Sandesh or Rasgulla for just two of a million indian desert made with it.
It’s also called Mexican cheese and farmer’s cheese
I press the panir and then cut in cubs and saute in ghee (butter) with spices and add it to soups or veggie dishes or sometimes to salads.
Here in NC us southerners call it Farmer's Cheese. And some rinse it n some don't. Lol sometimes I do n sometimes I don't n I try n use lemons but more than likely have distilled vinegar on hand as I use it in the washer as a softener too n cleaning sometimes. Oh n I usually use a tea towel cause don't always have cheese cloth on hand.
@@judibohn2295 good info! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing! I love learning about the foods of the world and their history! Funny that the same things are being made worlds apart.
Making cheese, bread, and bacon all in the same video! Woot!!!
Now, make them into a sandwich! Amazing!
i get that part where you start one thing and get pulled into ten different chores. That's life. Good news is then life is never boring.
I know it's not relevant to you, but seeing you moving forward really makes me happy for all of you.
Thank you ❤️
Me too ☺️
@@TheHollarHomestead Hi Meg, What lights did you install in your kitchen? I am redoing my 1991 mobile home and will be replacing the lights. I need to know what recessed lights you used? Are they LED (I hate LED bad for eyes) Is that all that can be installed in a mobile home ceiling? I should probably be asking Ben?? Lol. Are you happy with the lights in your living room the recessed lights?
Patricia, it is relevant! What a wonderful comment!
Pamela remme they are not recessed. We have track lighting and hanging lights. They are LED, sadly, but that’s all we could find. We got them from Lowe’s.
Daisy and Biscuit they thrill me! It’s like now your homestead is so much more complete with the cows being there😀
So much yes!🐮 ...And the CHEESE 🙌
Fresh churned butter on homemade bread in the morning with a cup of coffee with home made bacon and fresh collected eggs cannot be beat. The flavor is amazing, the smell is something you dream of, you are so very lucky. Little Buggy Bear will be a hand full when she gets bigger. You and yours are truly blessed, love watching your channel, keep up the awesome work. When things slow down a little Meg will you be showing us your knitting skills later on?
You stop it right there! OK! My mind is already adding some honey to that fresh bread and fresh home butter.😆
Ahh, just watching you two walk the property reminded me of when you guys first bought the property and would walk and talk about your dreams💜!! What a great video guys! Meg, you are a Wonder Woman in your kitchen and Ben is Superman outside😘! Love you guys!
And eventually after the tree orchard is going strong we’ll cut back to this episode and remember them standing there, day dreaming of the event. awesome
Meg is back! This reminds me of your first couple of years of TH-cam, you are such a happy camper and so enjoyable to listen to. Hard times are behind you! Happy days are here again!
I have also noticed and welcome back her increasing presence in the vlogs. But also acknowledge she's had her attention and energy focused on enabling her daughter to grow and flourish in those crucial early months of life.
In Canada it goes on top of fries then covered in gravy, lol.
I had chips n gravy long ago with my grandma, we were visiting with aunts on Vancouver island. Long ago but never forgot. And a beer! I was 19, lol
I love this episode! You are doing ALL the things; Bacon, cheese, chickens, orchards, raising kids. This is everything! Nice to hear Meg narrating some of the episodes again too!
So, you had to do the pew pew pew on Peppy LaPew? 😂
I'm thankful the dingos didn't get to the birds.
Meg, please rest when you can.
Big hugs!
Big respect!
Big love!
☮️💖🙏✝️✌️😘
How fantastic is it that you guys are providing all of that nutritious food for your family! You guys have a great set up!
Regarding Coyotes have you thought of getting a farm dog? Your chickens need protection. Love your new cow and calf!
I love these types of videos done in a homestead kitchen. I love seeing how people USE the food they produce and grow, not just how they grow and produce the good. Loved it and I’m dreaming of my future milk cow 🤩
So glad you are making videos more ofter. My family enjoys your content and we never miss a video. God Bless.
Welcome to being a Curd Nerd! Gaven Webber is amazing, and might be worth pointing people towards if they want full recipes!
I totally agree, Gavin Webber is great.
You all are Amazing!
When I watch you, there is so much Peace emanating from your family, that I feel peaceful watching you all.
Keep up the good Godly work and may He continue blessing your family & land.🙏🥰💖
Look at you making cheese, baking bread ,curing and smoking bacon 👏👏👏 well you got that old house you could take one of those rooms since you don't heat the place and making a cheese room to age your cheese. Great video as always so stay safe stay strong stay healthy God bless and enjoy life🌻✌💖💪👨🍳🎅🚌👍
Absolutely the most productive family ever. Love your videos and I am amazed of the amount of food prep and storage. This winter you will certainly enjoy all your hard work.
Looks great . The animals are coming along, the children are so adorable and that baby is the cutest , dirty baby . Wish we had smell a vision for that bacon .
When Ben took it out of the smoker, I inhaled, then laughed because...no smellavision! Lol (omg, spellcheck didn't correct smellavision!, it must be legit!)
When life gives you milk, milk gives you life! That type of cheese is delicious over fresh fruit.
Lisa,I think Meg should pin that quote that you gave. It is very fitting!
That bacon looks amazing! Cheese like that is so good. I make it sometimes with store milk. Meg, I don't think anyone could ever pin the word "lazy" to you. You are always doing for your family. Creating good eats and storing them for the winter is a lot of work but rewarding work. Bless you all.
Thanks a lot Meg. That was a very simple way to make cheese, even I can do it. I think you should have put the cheese in the title so people can find the video. 🌹🇬🇧
So thrilled how you teach us to do things. ! A thousand times thank you.
“Done is better than perfect” I love that so much!
I'm so happy you guys are back to making videos! I totally get why you did not do much over the summer. It's a busy time. Definitely missed your videos.
Sweet, wonderful, and Great. Amazing Freedom lifestyle . Cheers to you all.
Thanks meg for the cheese recipe god bless your whole family 🙏💕😍👍
Awesome yall! Chickens are screaming no pants is perfectly acceptable.🤣
Seeing your orchard in that almost panaramic shot proved how big it actually is. The last time we saw it you really couldn't tell how many of those "sticks" there were in the ground. Meg, I feel you for the impatience of wanting them to be big enough to enjoy the fruit. I can see picnics under their shade and maybe a roadside stand to sell the excess.
If you have an excess of milk ,we used to ad it to stale bread and feed it to the ducks they absolutely love it ,at least you fatten the ducks so it’s a win win , love your family and life style 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 John UK
Meg, you do not have a lazy bone in your body, woman. You are doing amazing. Just remember progress is one step after another not about perfection.
Beautiful people,you guys are a true family,prospering and blessed,you remind me of my mom and Dad in their younger days,so in love and happy.
Wonderful family, wonderful day. Thanks for thee walk about. Everything is looking so good. I hope y'all have a Blessed weekend.
I'd wrestle a Bigfoot for a slab of that bacon. Lol. Split pea soup sounds really good, and that fresh homemade bread would be to die for.
Hi - you might want to remove the grass from around the trees in the orchard, or the grass will steal both water and nutrients and the trees grow much slower. Just remove the grass, cover the earth with paper or moss, and putt cut grass on top around the trees. I did this with one of my roses, and kept up the cover over several years, and the rose is now three times as big and had lots of flowers.
Wood chips make an excellent mulch around your fruit trees. Put a cylinder of hardware cloth around each tree to protect from rodents and then eight inches deep of wood chips surrounding the tree out as far as the drip line. Keep expanding the chip mulch as the drip line expands and keep the mulch deep/thick.
Comfrey
Your homestead is so much more complete with the cows being there and I love how the little one looks at what her big brother is doing and wanting to get in and do what they are doing. You have such a good set up there now on the farm. In such a short time that you have lived there look how far you have come, fantastic. Have a great day Holler Homestead.
This was just simply an easy (and informative) and enjoyable vlog to watch. Thank you for letting me use your vlog to relax and detach my from daily drama. All the best to you, your family and your expanding homestead!
Always a good day when I get a Hollar video. Today was my day for salsa Verde, as well as making granola, and putting my largest garden bed down for a long winter nap.
Be sure to use the whey to add to the pig feed. they will love it!!
Very nice to have this walking around at the end, after salivating watching your homemade food !
That’s amazing !! 😍😍😍 Meg you are so amazing and great cooker (I can tell by the video & family’s reactions) !!
Y’all amazing and so hardworking!! 🤩 can’t wait to see the full vision of your ideal farm one day in the future 😍🥰 God Bless y’all and may you keep your family & animals happy and healthy 😌😊
You are not lazy Meg. You are an awesome mom wife and preserver, oh and soap maker etc. You have been a little busy. God bless
I would love to know your bread recipe❤️
My favorite cheese I add a bit of cream (cottage cheese) serve with canned sliced peaches
If you have pickled jalapenos use that vinegar to make a spicy cheese,, sooo good!!!😋💕
Ooooh that would be amazing!!
@@TheHollarHomestead I thought you might like the idea!!💕😜
That sounds so good ! A little habanero would take it to another level !
@@shirlthepearl3167 it really is!!😋💕
@@shirlthepearl3167 we have chile de monte so we use that but habanero would be delicious!!!!😜💕
Tip: wash your curds & it won’t taste like vinegar. You can use lemon or lime as well & not rinse it. When I do that I add hot peppers & garlic. So good with tacos!
I’m amazed at how young y’all are with all this knowledge with farming and making cheese, bread etc.
Great family working together.
Blessings and Prayers 🥀🙏🥀
I thought the exact same thing!
@The Hollar Homestead thank you both for the nice easy going vlog, walk around your lil farm, stories about the skunk, and bit on bread, bacon, how cheese how to and suggestion of hot pea soup for dinner. It felt like a nice visit with y'all. And the weather looked beautiful, looking past you on the drive, all green and sunshine. Have a great evening ❣
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So much fun watching you come along!
I have made this cheese too many times to count with our goats milk. What I discovered was that I could make raw (fresh) milk cheeses that did come out softer and more moist. It melts, too if done right. You can Play with reducing the temperature below what would pasteurize the milk. I would freeze what I didn’t need. My favorite flavors are chipotle chive and garlic dill, using freeze dried herbs.
Hi.... Meg and Ben nice to see you, thank you for showing your video homestead chicken Duck farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
So good to see how much progress u have made! U guys have been busy! Great work, it looks amazing and I can literally see that u have put a lot of thought into ur property! P.s. Lilliana is getting so big and those handsome hollar boys are turning into young men so fast! Great to see u all and thank u for sharing!
Meg,you are a gem. With all that knowledge of how to feed all them boys,and buggy too, you are priceless. Everything looks good on the homestead.
Nice to see that your farm is becoming more diversified in terms of your stock. You folks have done a stellar job in turning an old farm into a real homestead. Congratulations! I know that there is a lot of work ahead but you're getting there quickly. May God continue to bless you!
Meg=Superwoman! Doing ALL the things! We love y’all!
Amazing how your farm is developing. Thanks for sharing your journey with us all.
I just now ate a piece of homemade bacon my husband smoked on his smoker. Delicious!
As an experiment, why don’t you mix breed the American hog with Mangalitsa (I don’t know how to spell it) ? 🤔 you could create your own “breed” based on your needs and land !! Think about it 😍😍😍 love y’all, xoxo Marios from Greece 🇬🇷❤️
Yall gonna have to invite me to dinner. I want a beef brisket from that smoker, please and thank you. 😋
Bacon 🥓 made with love is the best bacon ❤️
Hey Meg, a Bread recipe would be very cool! Please 😁
I just made my 2nd bread product ever last night. Dinner rolls 👍👍
I know Meg has tons of videos before they left CA, lots of breads n yummy things there. Look thru their video list
Great update! 👍
One of my all time favorite families......you two compliment each other so well.....Love your family.....
I have an AGH boar that needs a good home. He was a bottle baby. He is a sweetheart.
Such a beautiful calf and cow. Meg, I'll have to try making cheese like you did today. I am perfecting mozzarella and curd cheese. So far cream cheese is okay. Cottage cheese is a goal too. If you have a video on cream cheese or Cottage cheese those would be so cool.
There are lots of cheese channels on YT with tutorials.
I never want your podcast to end cause it's so interesting to see all the things you're doing!!! Often I watch it 2 or 3 times! Glad you're going to raise Guinea hogs!!! Meg, your cheese making was so interesting. Anxious to see more goodness you use the milk for!!! When you said you'd been lazy about making bread and getting bacon ready to smoke, I thought, you girl, are never "lazy"! You and Ben (and boys) are the hardest working people I know!! I love your podcasts so much. I'm so happy watching you grow your farm!!! Sad hearing the Skunk got some of the meat birds but so glad Meg woke up to know something was happening. The whole time I was just thankful that didn't happen when the boys and Ben were at the Rhodes campout!🙏
The boys are old enough to make bread, treat it as a science experiment. Kneading will build muscles too!
Love the way you are using your animals to help each other and the land. Just a brilliant plan.
You both are amazing. You both give 150%.. Love your homestead and family.
The Hollar Homestead / This is one of your best videos ever!
Glory, glory family.
I bet the kids are happy to have milk 🥛 anytime!
I make this often. I press it and use it as the indian cheese, paneer. I usually cube it and then fry it for many different indian dishes. I also leave it as chunky curds and use that in poutine. So versatile, so delicious. 🤤❤
The Hollar family. I'm so happy for you guys, you and your family are so awesome and I appreciate all the homestead knowledge that you all offer to the future homesteaders. God bless you and your family.
Perfect day.
"Done is better that perfect." I needed that!
Meg you amaze me doing all the scratch stuff with Buggy. Homemade bread, smoking your own bacon, and fresh cheese. Your family will not go hungry with you around. Ben you have really taken to all the animals like you have done this all your life!! Plus you brought your mechanic and knife skills. Add milling your own wood it’s just fantastic how you have built this healthy self sufficient homestead. Your boys look so happy and Buggy couldn’t be cuter. Carry on my (ex) fellow Californians.
I am SO GLAD to see more videos from you guys!!! Ya'll have ALWAYS been my favorite family to watch! You make my day whenever I see a new video from you! Thank you!
That whey is so healthy for people😄. Use it in making bread, use it as a hair rinse and leave on for a few minutes then rinse out; leaves hair nurished and very healthy. Use instead of soap on body and face in shower; nurishes our body as it gently cleans. Put into smoothies for gut health. It's just amazing! Not just for animals! Keep left overs in frig😄. Can keep about 3+ weeks.
Brook👩🌾🍏🍎
mmmmm mozzarella.... hand crank ice cream.... yoghurt.... so many great things to do with fresh milk ...
I grew up on farm. We raised all our food. Garden, cattle, pigs in chickens. All we ever knew. Mama and daddy worked full time jobs besides. We had a wood stove until I was about 10yrs old
I churned every Saturday and made butter. Great way to grow up. I'm 79yrs old now. Daddy had a garden every year till he passed away at age 85. Mama always canned vegs and made jellies and jams.
Normally farmers with a large cow herd, they have a few donkeys. When it comes to Coyotes. Waving from VA
I recently read about “guard donkeys” and they sound great! They’re cheaper to feed than dogs, very protective and very independent. There are fun videos on TH-cam showing them taking care of business - they can be fierce!
Your homestead has really gone next level !! So awesome. May I suggest Guinea fowl. They are awesome at alerting & even running off a lot of predators. We have 16 & they truly WORK the homestead. Will NOT destroy your garden while snacking on bugs. They eat mice , ticks etc.
When it’s growing season for the orchard you can spray the whey as a bug spray on the trees and developing fruit. Ooo, one other item draw the mulch about two inches away from the trees.
Yea for the Guinney hogs!
Easy way to make cheese!!! Thank you for showing us! I was so hungry after seeing the bacon come out of the smoker. I'm saving for a smoker of my own!
"My side tracks have side tracks", so true!!! Made me smile. Love you guys!
Only got 11 chickens?! That would kill me.
Chucks flock is also eating the fly larva. That's so great. I hate flies!
Thanks for the cheese lesson. Looking forward to more.
Oh heck yeah!! Ben on the smoker and Meg making cheese and bread! I was like this is going to be a good video! You didn't disappoint! Tfs 😁
Love seeing your family and farm animals n your kiddos. Orchard is going to be so good
Just love watching you both and your family. You both work hard at it and are very smart in your purchases. Not out trying to spend , spend, spend . You are a gem in the kitchen and it shows . Keep being real.
The days of wine and roses. just remembering
Thanks for showing us the cheese making.
So much life ❤️ thanks for sharing 🐄
Grapes and curds!!!!! Yum
I love watching Meg cook! Who knew cheese was so easy? 🥰