The Prairie Homestead cast iron. No questions. We keep a few small birds in the house for noise and using non stick gimmicks like tefflon will KILL them! Think about what it's doing to us...
I used to buy vintage stuff for decoration then one thanksgiving the power went out the night before and did not come back on. Was I ever grateful to have all that stuff, I lit the hurricane lamps, pulled the stuff off the walls and got to cooking, lucky for me I had a 75 year old gas stove and it worked without electricity. It was the most fun I have ever had cooking Thanksgiving dinner!
"When you start homesteading you're going to find you need a lot of big things that you didn't need before." I agreed to help a friend make applesauce this week. I headed over with my big pressure canner (removed the part necessary to just use it for water bath canning). We had to can 8 quarts in three batches since it turns out she had no idea that her three-quart saucepan wasn't going to do the job. I didn't know she didn't own a bigger pot, but I learned to ask these important questions for next time I agree to help anyone else can something in their own kitchen!
I honestly can't agree more. I've already declared that when we are done building, the only materials allowed will be cast iron, stainless steel, wood, or glass. I'm so over plastic, single use gadgets, etc. A tip for others: if you bulk buy or grow and dehydrate your own dry good and want to store in mason jars, you can vacuum seal them with a lid attachment for a vacuum sealer or use a brake bleeder to 15 lbs pressure if you dont have a vacuum sealer. Keeps spices amazingly fresh!
yes! I'd much rather invest in quality items that will last for years versus the cheap ones you constantly have to replace. And love the vacuum seal/mason jar idea!
@@rosejones4739 - Oh it wasn't my idea. I learned it from Rain Country homestead. She's quite brilliant and it saves the vacuum sealer and all the trouble of pulling it out all the time. 😊
I am trying to switch from "collage-kitchen" to old-school family kitchen, and i have found that i really REALLY love the stainless-steal measuring cups and bowles ... Also i love my vintage Pyrex that i started collecting when i was given a Pyrex-dutchoven by my Grandmama
Okay, so not exactly a tool. I love my kitchen table. It's an enamel topped one from the 1920's . I can roll out dough, put very hot pots on it and it's fine.
I am completely amazed at your videos… I never thought I’d ever attempt to get into canning, at least not for a while. But some of your videos are so simple, very little cleanup… you’ve inspired me. Thank you so much for the great content that you’re providing … I’m even sharing your videos with even friends that are experienced canners. 😊
My cast iron is my go to cookware. My favorite is a hand me down from my husbands great grandma! She gave it to us and it was her moms before that. Next is my glass jars and canisters! I also love my wooden spoons. My husband makes them from maple and walnut.
I don't have a homestead kitchen nor am anything close to a homesteader.... but I am on a mission to use fresh ingredients to cook and kick the box mixes out of my kitchen. My go to, most loved equipment is my Kitchen Aid Mixer and next to that my emulsion blender.
My most cherished wooden spoons and mallets are all hand carved and passed down from my mom and grandma. If memory serves they were carved by my grandpa’s grandpa who was a woodworker.
Agree with all of your go-to items. I would add a good rubber spatula and kitchen scale to my must have -- makes measuring flour (and many other ingredients) so much easier!
I'm 61 years old my husband and I are looking for a farm to buy. We live in California and I love your kitchen items. The 5 things you mentioned are what I grew up with and still love to use. I do however think a mixer is great for me in my old age and all the health problems I have and are getting rid of them slowly. I am a big fan of Justin Rhodes and I found you through him and I haven't gotten my farm as yet. A few things came up in last year and it kept us really busy. He's a realtor and I'm a writer who loves action, fantasies and just crazy stuff. I'm working on getting my novels done and out to the public this year and probably a little next year. I enjoyed your vid and what you had to say about the vibes you get. It is truly an art to be able to love to cook. I lost that art, when I met my husband and married a cook, that I never thought would happen. He's Filipino and he cooks so well, I can't even explain. It's just great. The farm will give us fresh vegetables, meat, eggs and so much more. He was raised around animals so that helps. I was a city gal that loved my pets. I thank you and I'll go back and watch older ones and keep up with the new ones. Hugs from Anna Banana - Big smile here!
What you said plus: glass pyrex storage containers for leftovers and side dishes, flour sack towels and high quality thick cotton towels, a good assortment of whisks, heavy stainless steal and glass measuring cups, a good chefs knife and a good meat carving knife.
Would like to share something with you that works well for me. Sprinkle baking soda on stains in the dutch oven, then spray vinegar onto all baking soda. Let mixture sit overnight. Scrub lightly. Removes most stains. Great video!!! Thanks for this information!
Water Bath Canner for High Acid foods like tomatoes etc. except I have a trick I use...My hubbie made me a 24x24’ line of rocket stoves from cement blocks with a fire pit for coals at one end to stoke ur fire with, my daddy was a welder and made many trinkets for the old homestead that I now own including a mini welded shovel just for coal control...hubbie fixed it to have 4 “Burner” eyes 1 foot apart or there about and added gas stove eyes from old gas stoves he found at our local scrap yard for pennies. These tubs Behrens 3-OV 16-Gallon Oval Steel Tub from amazon fit’s perfect on the burner’s coming to a nice rolling bubble with wood coal management...he also deisgned and lade me seperator so after I put in my first layer of jars I can do a second layer….we own 150 acres so canning is a BIG deal for the 150 mouths to feed (campground on site for the hired helpers usually couples homeless from hurricane Michael) it’s rustic but we make it work so neighbor’s are taken care of and fed. We have several aves of income for the worker’s also so they can chose which area they want to go into and work. BUT we ALWAYS have canner’s going day and night I even pressure can on the set up I mentioned..alot of good tree’s went down in the area we put those to use in providing food for as many as we can. Have a blessed day...Connie C
The number one best item is my sink--a stainless steel double tub with stainless drainboards on each side. It is absolutely priceless! We bought it at a restaurant bankruptcy auction. It can handle the huge pots and pans with ease, and especially the 5+ gallon milk pail from our milking system.For washing small items like dishes, we just put in plastic basins, one facing down with one facing up on top on each side. Other than the sink, the most used items are our grain mill, KitchenAid commercial mixer, Instant Pot, and Cuisinart food processor. We finally wore out the first Cuisinart I inherited from my mom. But, we also keep critical items in case the electricity goes off.
I have several cast iron skillets, pots and a Dutch oven that belonged to my Grandmother. They must be at least 60 years old or older. I love my wooden spoons but also my giant collection of silicone spatulas in every size and shape. My casserole dishes for sure!!! I use them constantly. ~ Jill. Gross
I have a beautiful Native American pot with a short wide neck and I fill it with rice to store my wooden spoons (handle down) in ...beauty and storage all in one place. Also use small Patrone Tequila bottles on my counter for vinegar storage, pretty and very functional. Lastly, I have a beautiful wooden cylinder vase that I also fill with rice and store my knives in...and Jars, Jars, Jars (with beautiful printed labels) everywhere.
We don't really do homesteading in the UK, but I've always wanted a farmhouse style kitchen which I guess is a similar thing. Unfortunately, I live in an ordinary semi in an ordinary street in the middle of am ordinary town, but, like you, I have a cast iron Dutch oven, lots of wooden utensils, some of which I've been using for 30+years and glass jars of oats, sugars, nuts, pasta etc and all my pans out on display. My whole kitchen is probably the size of your laundry room and over here we tend to have washing machines in the kitchen, so I haven't got much cupboard space, but I like to make sure that they are always fully stocked with lots of choice. I especially love my herb and spice racks and currently have a selection of about 40, all of which I use. I definitely couldn't manage without them. Well, those and my coffee maker. 🤣
Wow! Jill, I haven't seen you for 6-7years. You were my very first blogger I subscibed to. I did not realize you were vlogging now. I have been away from computers for a few years caring for my daughter who fell on our fireplace hearth and hit her eyebrow area. As she was growing she would complain of headaches and at that time we assumed they were headaches. When she turned 22 the pain became constant and severe. She is now 27 and from these past 6 years of doctoring all over, she recently had 5 neuromas removed, and the Dr. believes there are a few more to be removed. Finally getting to the cause of her pain. Anyway, it's so great to see your channel, and now that I found your channel I can't wait to catch up on all your videos. You inspired me to homestead at a later age, of 46. Also, love your kitchen. I too have the rustic hickory cabinets. You have a beautiful home.
Vintage crocks, old baskets and boxes are a great thing to have as well. I use them to hold all the stuff I am constantly grabbing during cooking, like spoons, measuring tools, towels of all sorts and they create such a nice warm look in the kitchen. Another essential is a set of good quality knives, butcher block and cutting boards. Who has room for decorative items is a working kitchen?? The tools naturally become the charming decor. 😉
I have eight 4-oz. glass bowls with lids. I use them all day every day for side dishes, sauces, desserts, tomato paste leftovers, a little fresh pesto and a zillion other things. Also in the glass dept., Pyrex measuring cups in 1, 2, 4 and 8-cup sizes are indispensable.
I absolutely love my big pottery bread bowls, for making bread, rolls you name it. They are old & lok old fashion. They are so cool. If they could talk, whats stories they could tell. Love them & love your videos. Keep up the good work, very informative.
1. Stainless steel bowls I have a huge thrift store collection 2. Wooden forks (pointed ones) These are so hard to find! I challenge you to find some. Good for cooking bacon & i use 2 when i am making stir fry. All mine have come fm thrift store or garage sales. Even had some made fm Amazon seller but they weren’t pointed enough. 3. Restaurant Ware !!!!!! Especially love the large platters. Dishes, cups & saucers & individual casserole dishes.
My most favorite utensil, apart from the ones you have as I have them too, is my gas cooktop. It saved me during a 27 hour power outage when I first moved to the area. I was able to boil water and make several dinners. I would strongly encourage anyone to get a gas cooktop if they are remodeling a kitchen. I also use it for canning.
Absolutely can’t survive without my ginormous cutting board. It is my cutting board, kneading board, catcher for oven-hot cast iron. Of course, if I could redesign my kitchen to incorporate my million ton chopping block, it would be my ‘can’t live without’ thing. And what’s a cutting board without a good knife? My Chinese knife (looks just like a meat cleaver) that I’ve had for 40+ years is far and away the most used utensil in the kitchen.
I inherited my grandmother's stainless steel mixing bowls. I STILL use them. Along with her electric hand mixer from the 70s. It's the only thing that can properly whip my crockpot potatoes.
My new 6 quart Crock Pot. I love it for making dried beans. You CAN make any dried bean in the a new Crock Pot because they cook from the bottom and sides, with NO presoaking. I rinse my beans in a colander, dump then in the Crock Pot, add the ham bone or ham hocks, cover the beans with water, and add your normal seasonings. Turn on to HIGH for 4 hours, then reduce to LOW. They are delicious and you do not have to watch them. i also make all my roasts and stews in it to.
At 67, I still love my non-electric hand crank Egg Beater. 3 large Tupperware mixing bowls with lids, newer (20 yrs old) potato masher with waffle sized square holes (so much easier and faster).
Once I started cooking real homestyle meals, I realized just how ill equipped the average person's kitchen is (mine included at the time!), especially living in the city/suburbs. I had to acquire a dutch oven, a skillet pan, numerous large bowls and pots, baking tins (for muffins and bread), and some proper knives for prep work. But in the end, it's all so worth the investment being able to make hearty, healthy, large batch recipes that'll keep for months in the freezer and keep our grocery budget low. I'm not a homesteader myself, but so many of the principles can carry over to the average household to help instill positive lifestyle changes and drastically improve one's diet. Love your videos!
I can't live without my cast iron stand. And all of my wooden spoons. Never heard of spoon butter. Need the recipe. I also use old jars to display. Love your videos.
One more advantage to glass and metal kitchen tools - they can be easily disinfected. That's why I no longer use wooden spoons or cutting boards. I do love my heavy, old fashioned Pyrex measuring cups. They are large and can withstand the microwave, holding boiling liquids, etc. And of course my old enamel roasting pan with lid. I've cooked a 25 lb turkey in it and still had room for veggies. Garage sale find $6.
My #1 is our big pressure canner! I feed 6 adults, so I cook large meals, and create "TV dinners" so my Dad for example can just pop it in the microwave. He is 85, doesn't cook anymore. Summer and fall its priceless. early winter after we process a steer, I can a lot of beef based meals too. I use it 2-3 times a week, except in fall then its daily. #2 is good sharp quality knives.
This video auto-played after your newest upload. Rewatched the whole thing- this is so right on! My sister has a housecleaning business and has observed that modern, sleek kitchens specialize in being these sterile environments - #1 rule: there should be no evidence of cooking! Countertops must be completely barren and of course no food. It’s asinine! I much prefer a working kitchen. Skip decor- go with utility and you’ll find your own style.
I am Tupperware lady because I once sold it but I love cast iron, metal bowls and wood handled knives, kitchen fork and whatever else I can find. I live in town but would not mind living out of town one day.
Cast iron skillets some more grandmas and dutchovens x3 ( some were grandmas) - they go from kitchen onto the BBQ or hang from iron tripod over fire pit. Good sharp knives! No plastic or teflon. Parchment paper to bake bread on in dutch ovens and wrap things up in. Your kitchen could literally be my kitchen tools, even down to the white KitchenAid and grandmas stoneware bowls. I recently moved to my new Southwest High Desert Homestead property and live in a trailer to save money. No electric just solar, there is a well and 2000 gallon water tank and that's it everything else I'm adding or building myself. No bills no debt, thanks to mr. Ramsey. Barter barter barter. I also run Anderson equine rescue, I have a Facebook page where I post about Farm Life.
Our cast iron pots n pans, new set of kitchen knives and new stainless steel bowls! I am working the plastics out and need a really good set of mixing spoons, spadulas and glass containers. Would not mind a few wood n glass bowls either.
Lol that's funny about the bowls "never" being forgotten in the coop 😉riiight.. *this was very good information* these are also my favorite.. **add the STAINLESS STEEL STRAINER & my coffee percolater**
The staining on the inside of Dutch Ovens and other enameled cookware can be removed by filling the pot with water and dropping in 4-6 denture cleaning fizzies.
Number 1 for sure is my cast iron. 2. My amazing knives each weighted perfectly in my hand. 3. My Bosch mixer with the stainless steel bowl added. 4. Large stainless steel mixing bowls. 5. My All American pressure canner.
All of those are true for me. But also, my pressure canners and stock pots. I have several sizes. And I have round enamel dish pans used for prepping veggies or fruit. Colanders of different shapes and sizes. Funnels. Stainless steel spoons and spatulas. And yes, I keep most of them hanging on the wall, purely out of necessity. And I keep my canning rings on belt hangers, also out, since I am constantly grabbing from them.
@@theprairiehomestead I have been looking for a "Bigger" stainless steel heavy duty stockpot for canning and haven't been able to find one I consider heavy bottom clad enough for especially long simmering-without-burning times. Do you have a favorite?
Dad used to make wooden spoons. My favourite kitchen tools pretty much mimic yours... I also have a good quality cutting board, hand peeler, blender, hand grater that grates super fine root veggies for a juicy raw salad, ie beets, carrots, kohlrabi and celeriac ; I have a wooden mandolin with adjustable blade that is indispensable for paper thin slicing cucumbers for salad.
New to your channel. I must have my herb snips with blades that come apart, a huge bowl, and cast iron is a must must must. We use cast iron and a little stainless steel. Mmmm fat!
Simple, poignant, factual, and excellent info! Thanks for this. I like the stainless bowls because they are light compared to heavy glass bowls. I can also pound my sour kraut in them without worry.
My cast iron. Some of which is my mothers that she got when she was first married. I have my glass jars out because I have limited cabinet space. I do love your knife holder I may have to copy that idea
Cast Iron Pots and mason jars. Thank you for the free down load. I missed your sour dough video one 's. Maybe at next time if you repeat them. I don't do comp. to much but I love the you tube!!!! And I love what you have done to your home. Keep sharing thank you again!!!!!
I don’t have a homestead kitchen, as I’m basically a city girl with a country girl that likes to come out sometimes. 😉 My can’t live without tool is my grain mill.... I cannot imagine having to grind by hand...so my electric grain mill is tops. I do love my Ankarshrum mixer ...then many of the items you mentioned. And, I totally agree...a premium wooden spoon is essential. Nice video. You look like you truly enjoy your life. Good for you and yours! 💕 Thanks for the presentation!!
Cast iron is great, I have been around it for more than 7 decades, but I found stainless steel is better for the watery and acidic things that destroy the cast iron seasoning. Aluminum, not in my kitchen. I order glass items directly from Anchor Hocking on line. I agree with you and I have a lot of it. You can store anything in glass, plastic sucks. My stainless steel bowls have been with me for more than half a century. I also love my glass bowls. Plastic bowls are great for bringing in the harvest but not much else.
I love this video! My mother was a stainless steel collector. She went to garage sales a lot And bought stainless steel. I have stainless steel cookware. And also a set of cast iron. Sauce pans, several skillets. One is designated for cornbread only. I gave $5 for it at a thrift store. I have an old hand cranked egg beater. I got it from my sis-in-law after she passed away. It is one of my prized possessions. I need a rack for my cast iron.
I have two appliances I use a lot. My bread machine (I remove the dough after kneading, roll it out, and bake it in a regular bread pan) and my Insta-Pot, because I can cook beef stew, chili, or a tender pot roast in an hour. Otherwise I also have all of the tools shown, although I found them all perusing thrift stores. :) Love your kitchen. It's just beautiful (and functional!)
While I don't have a homestead kitchen, I do wish I did! My absolute must is my FoodSaver vacuum sealing system. I love how easy it is to immediately seal everything, especially when I open big cans or bags of things I'd like to keep fresh but don't use all that often...or when I make a big casserole and can portion it properly and pop those bags into the freezer. I also love my 1/2 gallon mason jars (that I use to dry-can my dried foods). And my 2 big magnetic knife racks full of some really great knives. I also love my Chantal stainless steel pots and pans; they hold the heat evenly like my cast iron ones but are much easier to clean (and to lift). Got drawers full of utensils too...wooden spoons, silicone spatulas, whisks, huge stainless steel ladles/tongs/spoons/etc. Okay, so I'm a cooking geek...a frustrated one, with a tiny galley kitchen. My ginormous stainless steel bowl set is packed...along with half of my kitchen gadgets. Love your cupboards, BTW; natural wood is so beautiful.
Jill, I could really use some help with innovative ideas about the homestead garbage. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the new things I have to do with garbage now. Somethings are going to the chickens, some need to be used for fire starters in the burn barrels, somethings need to be composted, Lord only knows what goes to the worms!! Then there are dog scraps and I can't even imagine about pigs or goats or ... good grief! Can you please do a garbage tour? How do you keep fruit flies off the chicken scraps? I mean should I keep a cannister on the counter or a pale under the sink? Thanks for your help!
I am thrifty and frugal so I have always used a rubber spatula. Now, it's the new safe material (name? can't remember.) A good sharp sturdy chef and utility-sized knife, with a honing rod are my second and third choices. And there has to be the cutting board! My idea of relaxation would be to spend a few hours in a country thrift/antique store among in the kitchen section.
I am not a "homesteader"....I am now a gramma who used to cook and can alot-- and my favorites in my kitchen are wooden spoons from my grandma's kitchen who was a homesteader. I have always used cast iron (those estate sales got me every time) - and my husband's grandma's cast iron that was used for many fish fry dinners up north in MN...and bacon, bacon, bacon as well as anything else she could throw in there. I am a new sub and will go back and see your other videos!
I'm with you on cast iron-I love it my hubby hates it. Wooden spoons-well worth buying. Cookie sheets or cake pans-aluminum or stainless steel for baking veggies. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
I loved all of your picks! All of my bowls are Pyrex, not stainless steel, and I use them and reuse them every single day. I will absolutely look into the better wooden spoons. One of the things I use most in my kitchen is my crockpot for making stocks. I let the rabbit or chicken or beef bones stay in the crockpot for up to four days to make some delicious, homegrown stock. It would be very difficult to make stock like that on the stovetop.
We agree right down the line although I have a jones for my Wusthoff knives. I'm a saver of empty jars and containers too to re-purpose. It drives my wife crazy!
My cast iron and Dutch oven are a must. I use them more than anything else. I even have an old Cast iron from my husband’s grandparents that is my favorite.
Im not lucky enough to live in the country any more, but I used too and even cooked on an authentic wood burning cook stove at one time. I have several cast iron utensils, wooden spoons and spatulas, and stainless bowls. I also have some of my mom's and Grandma's crockware! Wouldn't want to do with out them!
Like you, I gotta have my wooden spoons, some were even my grandma's, lol. But the one thing I absolutely will never give up, okay two things, is my cast iron antique coffee grinder and my collection of really good old knives. The ones like you have on your magnetic rack, with the good steel and the wooden handles. My coffee grinder also grinds wheat or corn to perfection, and looks amazing hanging on my wall, and those knives last forever if cared for and are easy to sharpen when needed. I've butchered many a deer with them and I won't trade them for anything ever. I do have a Kershaw set that I can change the blades on, but about the only one of them I ever use it with is the fillet blade for when I'm doing fresh caught fish. If I had a good old fillet knife like my old butcher knife and cleaver I'd use it instead but that Kershaw blade does the trick for now. Oh, yeah, one more thing is a must have, gotta have a good hone to sharpen all those good blades!
I would agree with your list 100%! I would also add that I need a pressure canner (can double as a regular boiling water canner), a extra large stainless steel stock pot, and a fine sieve strainer! I use the heck out of those on my homestead.
I gotta know! What are your most-loved & most-used tool(s) in your homestead kitchen? Do we share any of the same favs?
The Prairie Homestead cast iron. No questions. We keep a few small birds in the house for noise and using non stick gimmicks like tefflon will KILL them! Think about what it's doing to us...
Wooden spoons. Couldn't imagine cooking without them!
I tried to go to the website you recommended for your spoons, but it didn't work. Would it happen to be the poldersoldworldmarket.com
@@horsebabyhehe I've heard about that happening with birds & teflon- so crazy!
@@SLRoth yes! I had it wrong-- updating the description now! www.poldersoldworldmarket.com/ is the correct link!
I used to buy vintage stuff for decoration then one thanksgiving the power went out the night before and did not come back on. Was I ever grateful to have all that stuff, I lit the hurricane lamps, pulled the stuff off the walls and got to cooking, lucky for me I had a 75 year old gas stove and it worked without electricity. It was the most fun I have ever had cooking Thanksgiving dinner!
I love your enthusiasm!!
Gigantic stainless bowls are the best. Giant colander too
1:16 Cast iron pots / pans
3:00 Wooden spoons
4:08 Dutch ovens
4:51 Glass jars and canisters
6:06 Stainless steel bowls
My black Y shaped vegetable peeler is fantastic for peeling winter squash - just have to be careful with the fingers.
"When you start homesteading you're going to find you need a lot of big things that you didn't need before." I agreed to help a friend make applesauce this week. I headed over with my big pressure canner (removed the part necessary to just use it for water bath canning). We had to can 8 quarts in three batches since it turns out she had no idea that her three-quart saucepan wasn't going to do the job. I didn't know she didn't own a bigger pot, but I learned to ask these important questions for next time I agree to help anyone else can something in their own kitchen!
I honestly can't agree more. I've already declared that when we are done building, the only materials allowed will be cast iron, stainless steel, wood, or glass. I'm so over plastic, single use gadgets, etc. A tip for others: if you bulk buy or grow and dehydrate your own dry good and want to store in mason jars, you can vacuum seal them with a lid attachment for a vacuum sealer or use a brake bleeder to 15 lbs pressure if you dont have a vacuum sealer. Keeps spices amazingly fresh!
yes! I'd much rather invest in quality items that will last for years versus the cheap ones you constantly have to replace. And love the vacuum seal/mason jar idea!
a brake bleeder? lol, i never would have thought of that one. Good quality kitchen tools make life much easier.
@@rosejones4739 - Oh it wasn't my idea. I learned it from Rain Country homestead. She's quite brilliant and it saves the vacuum sealer and all the trouble of pulling it out all the time. 😊
Quiet using brake bleeder.
I have the attachments for bot pint and quart jars. We bought the huge bag of flour and put it in jars. I love, love, love my mason jars.
I am trying to switch from "collage-kitchen" to old-school family kitchen, and i have found that i really REALLY love the stainless-steal measuring cups and bowles ... Also i love my vintage Pyrex that i started collecting when i was given a Pyrex-dutchoven by my Grandmama
Okay, so not exactly a tool. I love my kitchen table. It's an enamel topped one from the 1920's . I can roll out dough, put very hot pots on it and it's fine.
💕🥰😲wow... the history embedded in that table is amazing
OMG! I HAVE THE SAME TABLE AND I LOVE IT . IT'S GOOD FOR CANNING BAKE GOODS EGG NOODLES ,JUST EVERYTHING.
A good knife.
I agree! My knives are very important. We have a set of Calphalon knives. I LOVE them!
I can’t live without my wooden spoons! They make me so happy and I just feel like they’re a part of our family♥️☺️
I am completely amazed at your videos… I never thought I’d ever attempt to get into canning, at least not for a while. But some of your videos are so simple, very little cleanup… you’ve inspired me.
Thank you so much for the great content that you’re providing … I’m even sharing your videos with even friends that are experienced canners. 😊
A good microplane...minces garlic, shreds hard cheese, powrder nutmeg/cinnamon...the possibilities are endless...One of my most used tools!
My cast iron is my go to cookware. My favorite is a hand me down from my husbands great grandma! She gave it to us and it was her moms before that.
Next is my glass jars and canisters!
I also love my wooden spoons. My husband makes them from maple and walnut.
That's so awesome that your husband makes your wooden spoons! I love it. Rebekah
grater, colander, whisk, wooden spoons, large cook pots, cast iron pans, and knives
Hands down, my favorite is my 12” cast iron skillet! ❤️❤️
I have a 12" too. :-) It's the best skillet in the world!
I love my cast irons and wooden spoons and I do the same with jars!
😏I do have roosters on my walls 😂
Finally scored a Dutch oven at goodwill for 9 bucks! LoVE having one!!
NICE!!
I got the Lodge 2 qt. Red hen cast iron dutch oven for $5. Perfect size for 1 or 2.😉
good find
Why does the iron taste come off into the food.what am i doing wrong
I don't have a homestead kitchen nor am anything close to a homesteader.... but I am on a mission to use fresh ingredients to cook and kick the box mixes out of my kitchen. My go to, most loved equipment is my Kitchen Aid Mixer and next to that my emulsion blender.
My most cherished wooden spoons and mallets are all hand carved and passed down from my mom and grandma. If memory serves they were carved by my grandpa’s grandpa who was a woodworker.
Agree with all of your go-to items. I would add a good rubber spatula and kitchen scale to my must have -- makes measuring flour (and many other ingredients) so much easier!
I definitely use my stainless steel bowls every day, but I also have many glass storage bowls for holding leftovers.
I'm 61 years old my husband and I are looking for a farm to buy. We live in California and I love your kitchen items. The 5 things you mentioned are what I grew up with and still love to use. I do however think a mixer is great for me in my old age and all the health problems I have and are getting rid of them slowly. I am a big fan of Justin Rhodes and I found you through him and I haven't gotten my farm as yet. A few things came up in last year and it kept us really busy. He's a realtor and I'm a writer who loves action, fantasies and just crazy stuff. I'm working on getting my novels done and out to the public this year and probably a little next year. I enjoyed your vid and what you had to say about the vibes you get. It is truly an art to be able to love to cook. I lost that art, when I met my husband and married a cook, that I never thought would happen. He's Filipino and he cooks so well, I can't even explain. It's just great. The farm will give us fresh vegetables, meat, eggs and so much more. He was raised around animals so that helps. I was a city gal that loved my pets. I thank you and I'll go back and watch older ones and keep up with the new ones. Hugs from Anna Banana - Big smile here!
What you said plus: glass pyrex storage containers for leftovers and side dishes, flour sack towels and high quality thick cotton towels, a good assortment of whisks, heavy stainless steal and glass measuring cups, a good chefs knife and a good meat carving knife.
Would like to share something with you that works well for me. Sprinkle baking soda on stains in the dutch oven, then spray vinegar onto all baking soda. Let mixture sit overnight. Scrub lightly. Removes most stains. Great video!!! Thanks for this information!
Water Bath Canner for High Acid foods like tomatoes etc. except I have a trick I use...My hubbie made me a 24x24’ line of rocket stoves from cement blocks with a fire pit for coals at one end to stoke ur fire with, my daddy was a welder and made many trinkets for the old homestead that I now own including a mini welded shovel just for coal control...hubbie fixed it to have 4 “Burner” eyes 1 foot apart or there about and added gas stove eyes from old gas stoves he found at our local scrap yard for pennies. These tubs Behrens 3-OV 16-Gallon Oval Steel Tub from amazon fit’s perfect on the burner’s coming to a nice rolling bubble with wood coal management...he also deisgned and lade me seperator so after I put in my first layer of jars I can do a second layer….we own 150 acres so canning is a BIG deal for the 150 mouths to feed (campground on site for the hired helpers usually couples homeless from hurricane Michael) it’s rustic but we make it work so neighbor’s are taken care of and fed. We have several aves of income for the worker’s also so they can chose which area they want to go into and work. BUT we ALWAYS have canner’s going day and night I even pressure can on the set up I mentioned..alot of good tree’s went down in the area we put those to use in providing food for as many as we can. Have a blessed day...Connie C
The number one best item is my sink--a stainless steel double tub with stainless drainboards on each side. It is absolutely priceless! We bought it at a restaurant bankruptcy auction. It can handle the huge pots and pans with ease, and especially the 5+ gallon milk pail from our milking system.For washing small items like dishes, we just put in plastic basins, one facing down with one facing up on top on each side.
Other than the sink, the most used items are our grain mill, KitchenAid commercial mixer, Instant Pot, and Cuisinart food processor. We finally wore out the first Cuisinart I inherited from my mom. But, we also keep critical items in case the electricity goes off.
I’ve made a few homemade wooden spoons, rustic chopping boards. Love also rustic cutlery with wooden handles. Iron kitchen ware, old fashioned jars…
I have several cast iron skillets, pots and a Dutch oven that belonged to my Grandmother. They must be at least 60 years old or older. I love my wooden spoons but also my giant collection of silicone spatulas in every size and shape. My casserole dishes for sure!!! I use them constantly. ~ Jill. Gross
I have a beautiful Native American pot with a short wide neck and I fill it with rice to store my wooden spoons (handle down) in ...beauty and storage all in one place. Also use small Patrone Tequila bottles on my counter for vinegar storage, pretty and very functional. Lastly, I have a beautiful wooden cylinder vase that I also fill with rice and store my knives in...and Jars, Jars, Jars (with beautiful printed labels) everywhere.
We don't really do homesteading in the UK, but I've always wanted a farmhouse style kitchen which I guess is a similar thing. Unfortunately, I live in an ordinary semi in an ordinary street in the middle of am ordinary town, but, like you, I have a cast iron Dutch oven, lots of wooden utensils, some of which I've been using for 30+years and glass jars of oats, sugars, nuts, pasta etc and all my pans out on display. My whole kitchen is probably the size of your laundry room and over here we tend to have washing machines in the kitchen, so I haven't got much cupboard space, but I like to make sure that they are always fully stocked with lots of choice. I especially love my herb and spice racks and currently have a selection of about 40, all of which I use. I definitely couldn't manage without them. Well, those and my coffee maker. 🤣
Wow! Jill, I haven't seen you for 6-7years. You were my very first blogger I subscibed to. I did not realize you were vlogging now. I have been away from computers for a few years caring for my daughter who fell on our fireplace hearth and hit her eyebrow area. As she was growing she would complain of headaches and at that time we assumed they were headaches. When she turned 22 the pain became constant and severe. She is now 27 and from these past 6 years of doctoring all over, she recently had 5 neuromas removed, and the Dr. believes there are a few more to be removed. Finally getting to the cause of her pain. Anyway, it's so great to see your channel, and now that I found your channel I can't wait to catch up on all your videos. You inspired me to homestead at a later age, of 46. Also, love your kitchen. I too have the rustic hickory cabinets. You have a beautiful home.
Vintage crocks, old baskets and boxes are a great thing to have as well. I use them to hold all the stuff I am constantly grabbing during cooking, like spoons, measuring tools, towels of all sorts and they create such a nice warm look in the kitchen. Another essential is a set of good quality knives, butcher block and cutting boards. Who has room for decorative items is a working kitchen?? The tools naturally become the charming decor. 😉
Vintage crocks = YES!
Working decor😏
I have eight 4-oz. glass bowls with lids. I use them all day every day for side dishes, sauces, desserts, tomato paste leftovers, a little fresh pesto and a zillion other things. Also in the glass dept., Pyrex measuring cups in 1, 2, 4 and 8-cup sizes are indispensable.
I absolutely love my big pottery bread bowls, for making bread, rolls you name it. They are old & lok old fashion. They are so cool. If they could talk, whats stories they could tell. Love them & love your videos. Keep up the good work, very informative.
1. Stainless steel bowls
I have a huge thrift store collection
2. Wooden forks (pointed ones)
These are so hard to find! I challenge you to find some. Good for cooking bacon & i use 2 when i am making stir fry. All mine have come fm thrift store or garage sales. Even had some made fm Amazon seller but they weren’t pointed enough.
3. Restaurant Ware !!!!!!
Especially love the large platters.
Dishes, cups & saucers & individual casserole dishes.
I am converting to Stainless Steel and glass myself. My faves are wooden spoons, crock pot..my decor are all used in some manner or other.
We're doing the same thing. All of that yucky plastic is going in the garbage, little by little. :-)
My most favorite utensil, apart from the ones you have as I have them too, is my gas cooktop. It saved me during a 27 hour power outage when I first moved to the area. I was able to boil water and make several dinners. I would strongly encourage anyone to get a gas cooktop if they are remodeling a kitchen. I also use it for canning.
Absolutely can’t survive without my ginormous cutting board. It is my cutting board, kneading board, catcher for oven-hot cast iron. Of course, if I could redesign my kitchen to incorporate my million ton chopping block, it would be my ‘can’t live without’ thing. And what’s a cutting board without a good knife? My Chinese knife (looks just like a meat cleaver) that I’ve had for 40+ years is far and away the most used utensil in the kitchen.
Knives like that are the BEST!
I inherited my grandmother's stainless steel mixing bowls.
I STILL use them. Along with her electric hand mixer from the 70s. It's the only thing that can properly whip my crockpot potatoes.
My new 6 quart Crock Pot. I love it for making dried beans. You CAN make any dried bean in the a new Crock Pot because they cook from the bottom and sides, with NO presoaking. I rinse my beans in a colander, dump then in the Crock Pot, add the ham bone or ham hocks, cover the beans with water, and add your normal seasonings. Turn on to HIGH for 4 hours, then reduce to LOW. They are delicious and you do not have to watch them. i also make all my roasts and stews in it to.
At 67, I still love my non-electric hand crank Egg Beater. 3 large Tupperware mixing bowls with lids, newer (20 yrs old) potato masher with waffle sized square holes (so much easier and faster).
Once I started cooking real homestyle meals, I realized just how ill equipped the average person's kitchen is (mine included at the time!), especially living in the city/suburbs. I had to acquire a dutch oven, a skillet pan, numerous large bowls and pots, baking tins (for muffins and bread), and some proper knives for prep work. But in the end, it's all so worth the investment being able to make hearty, healthy, large batch recipes that'll keep for months in the freezer and keep our grocery budget low. I'm not a homesteader myself, but so many of the principles can carry over to the average household to help instill positive lifestyle changes and drastically improve one's diet. Love your videos!
I love your choice of Pyrex Cinderella bowls in the Snowflake Garland pattern, my favorite!
It was my Grandmas! :)
@@theprairiehomestead I can't find the link for you free book or the spoon butter?
I'm in love with your hickory cabinets!
I can't live without my cast iron stand. And all of my wooden spoons. Never heard of spoon butter. Need the recipe. I also use old jars to display. Love your videos.
One more advantage to glass and metal kitchen tools - they can be easily disinfected. That's why I no longer use wooden spoons or cutting boards.
I do love my heavy, old fashioned Pyrex measuring cups. They are large and can withstand the microwave, holding boiling liquids, etc. And of course my old enamel roasting pan with lid. I've cooked a 25 lb turkey in it and still had room for veggies. Garage sale find $6.
My #1 is our big pressure canner! I feed 6 adults, so I cook large meals, and create "TV dinners" so my Dad for example can just pop it in the microwave. He is 85, doesn't cook anymore. Summer and fall its priceless. early winter after we process a steer, I can a lot of beef based meals too. I use it 2-3 times a week, except in fall then its daily. #2 is good sharp quality knives.
Love those type of "TV dinners!" :)
This video auto-played after your newest upload. Rewatched the whole thing- this is so right on! My sister has a housecleaning business and has observed that modern, sleek kitchens specialize in being these sterile environments - #1 rule: there should be no evidence of cooking! Countertops must be completely barren and of course no food. It’s asinine! I much prefer a working kitchen. Skip decor- go with utility and you’ll find your own style.
I am Tupperware lady because I once sold it but I love cast iron, metal bowls and wood handled knives, kitchen fork and whatever else I can find. I live in town but would not mind living out of town one day.
My husband...because he is a great cook! He also does the dishes! He’s a keeper!
My silicon spatula. Can use no matter the temperature of the cookware and really minimises waste AND helps with cleanup
Cast iron skillets some more grandmas and dutchovens x3 ( some were grandmas) - they go from kitchen onto the BBQ or hang from iron tripod over fire pit. Good sharp knives! No plastic or teflon. Parchment paper to bake bread on in dutch ovens and wrap things up in. Your kitchen could literally be my kitchen tools, even down to the white KitchenAid and grandmas stoneware bowls.
I recently moved to my new Southwest High Desert Homestead property and live in a trailer to save money. No electric just solar, there is a well and 2000 gallon water tank and that's it everything else I'm adding or building myself. No bills no debt, thanks to mr. Ramsey. Barter barter barter.
I also run Anderson equine rescue, I have a Facebook page where I post about Farm Life.
Enjoyed this video, thank You so much for sharing your beautiful tips. Can’t live without my old coffee drip pot. 😍✝️💟
Our cast iron pots n pans, new set of kitchen knives and new stainless steel bowls! I am working the plastics out and need a really good set of mixing spoons, spadulas and glass containers. Would not mind a few wood n glass bowls either.
My cast iron skillet and 44 year old flour sifter.I use them when baking my biscuits.
now that I am doing more in my kitchen, I would not ever want to be without my cast iron or my mixing bowls. I absolutely adore them!
Lol that's funny about the bowls "never" being forgotten in the coop 😉riiight..
*this was very good information* these are also my favorite..
**add the STAINLESS STEEL STRAINER & my coffee percolater**
haha-- if they are mysteriously missing, the coop is the first place I always look!
@@theprairiehomestead That part of the video made me laugh too! This would NEVER happen on our farm either. (okay.. maybe it did once or twice..lol)
Yeah. This has totally happened to me. The few times it was a plastic bowl that someone took out, I threw it away 🤮.
The staining on the inside of Dutch Ovens and other enameled cookware can be removed by filling the pot with water and dropping in 4-6 denture cleaning fizzies.
Number 1 for sure is my cast iron. 2. My amazing knives each weighted perfectly in my hand. 3. My Bosch mixer with the stainless steel bowl added. 4. Large stainless steel mixing bowls. 5. My All American pressure canner.
All of those are true for me. But also, my pressure canners and stock pots. I have several sizes. And I have round enamel dish pans used for prepping veggies or fruit. Colanders of different shapes and sizes. Funnels. Stainless steel spoons and spatulas. And yes, I keep most of them hanging on the wall, purely out of necessity. And I keep my canning rings on belt hangers, also out, since I am constantly grabbing from them.
a big YES to the stock pots! I almost included them in my list too-- the bigger the better. :)
@@theprairiehomestead I couldn't agree more! The bigger the better, especially since our family is so big!
@@theprairiehomestead I have been looking for a "Bigger" stainless steel heavy duty stockpot for canning and haven't been able to find one I consider heavy bottom clad enough for especially long simmering-without-burning times. Do you have a favorite?
Dad used to make wooden spoons.
My favourite kitchen tools pretty much mimic yours... I also have a good quality cutting board, hand peeler, blender, hand grater that grates super fine root veggies for a juicy raw salad, ie beets, carrots, kohlrabi and celeriac ; I have a wooden mandolin with adjustable blade that is indispensable for paper thin slicing cucumbers for salad.
New to your channel. I must have my herb snips with blades that come apart, a huge bowl, and cast iron is a must must must. We use cast iron and a little stainless steel. Mmmm fat!
My most used items in my kitchen are: wooden spoons: food processor: knife set: stainless steel mixing bowls!
Simple, poignant, factual, and excellent info! Thanks for this. I like the stainless bowls because they are light compared to heavy glass bowls. I can also pound my sour kraut in them without worry.
So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
My cast iron. Some of which is my mothers that she got when she was first married. I have my glass jars out because I have limited cabinet space. I do love your knife holder I may have to copy that idea
Cast Iron Pots and mason jars. Thank you for the free down load. I missed your sour dough video one 's. Maybe at next time if you repeat them. I don't do comp. to much but I love the you tube!!!! And I love what you have done to your home. Keep sharing thank you again!!!!!
I don’t have a homestead kitchen, as I’m basically a city girl with a country girl that likes to come out sometimes. 😉 My can’t live without tool is my grain mill.... I cannot imagine having to grind by hand...so my electric grain mill is tops. I do love my Ankarshrum mixer ...then many of the items you mentioned. And, I totally agree...a premium wooden spoon is essential. Nice video. You look like you truly enjoy your life. Good for you and yours! 💕 Thanks for the presentation!!
Most used: good knives, spoons, and skillet. Most loved: my pressure canner and jars. 😍
My jars are definitely some of my favorite things in the kitchen. Plastic doesn't even compare when you're talking about glass!
A good cutting knife for vegetables and one for meat! A big must
Cast iron is great, I have been around it for more than 7 decades, but I found stainless steel is better for the watery and acidic things that destroy the cast iron seasoning. Aluminum, not in my kitchen. I order glass items directly from Anchor Hocking on line. I agree with you and I have a lot of it. You can store anything in glass, plastic sucks. My stainless steel bowls have been with me for more than half a century. I also love my glass bowls. Plastic bowls are great for bringing in the harvest but not much else.
I love this video! My mother was a stainless steel collector. She went to garage sales a lot And bought stainless steel. I have stainless steel cookware. And also a set of cast iron. Sauce pans, several skillets. One is designated for cornbread only. I gave $5 for it at a thrift store. I have an old hand cranked egg beater. I got it from my sis-in-law after she passed away. It is one of my prized possessions. I need a rack for my cast iron.
I have alot of bowls but I use large stainless steel ones mostly and definitely cast iron every day and lots of glass jars small ones for spices.
A good Rollin pin and Biscuit cutter
God bless your Family, I just found your channel and love it.
I have two appliances I use a lot. My bread machine (I remove the dough after kneading, roll it out, and bake it in a regular bread pan) and my Insta-Pot, because I can cook beef stew, chili, or a tender pot roast in an hour. Otherwise I also have all of the tools shown, although I found them all perusing thrift stores. :) Love your kitchen. It's just beautiful (and functional!)
While I don't have a homestead kitchen, I do wish I did! My absolute must is my FoodSaver vacuum sealing system. I love how easy it is to immediately seal everything, especially when I open big cans or bags of things I'd like to keep fresh but don't use all that often...or when I make a big casserole and can portion it properly and pop those bags into the freezer. I also love my 1/2 gallon mason jars (that I use to dry-can my dried foods). And my 2 big magnetic knife racks full of some really great knives. I also love my Chantal stainless steel pots and pans; they hold the heat evenly like my cast iron ones but are much easier to clean (and to lift). Got drawers full of utensils too...wooden spoons, silicone spatulas, whisks, huge stainless steel ladles/tongs/spoons/etc.
Okay, so I'm a cooking geek...a frustrated one, with a tiny galley kitchen. My ginormous stainless steel bowl set is packed...along with half of my kitchen gadgets. Love your cupboards, BTW; natural wood is so beautiful.
Jill, I could really use some help with innovative ideas about the homestead garbage. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the new things I have to do with garbage now. Somethings are going to the chickens, some need to be used for fire starters in the burn barrels, somethings need to be composted, Lord only knows what goes to the worms!! Then there are dog scraps and I can't even imagine about pigs or goats or ... good grief! Can you please do a garbage tour? How do you keep fruit flies off the chicken scraps? I mean should I keep a cannister on the counter or a pale under the sink? Thanks for your help!
Cast iron skillets and good, sharp knifes. They both make cooking so much easier and more enjoyable.
Amen!
I am thrifty and frugal so I have always used a rubber spatula. Now, it's the new safe material (name? can't remember.) A good sharp sturdy chef and utility-sized knife, with a honing rod are my second and third choices. And there has to be the cutting board! My idea of relaxation would be to spend a few hours in a country thrift/antique store among in the kitchen section.
Pie dough cutter! I use it all the time when working any dough, not just pie dough!
I LOVE my big set of stainless bowls! And wooden spoons! Love them!
Absolutely!
I am not a "homesteader"....I am now a gramma who used to cook and can alot-- and my favorites in my kitchen are wooden spoons from my grandma's kitchen who was a homesteader. I have always used cast iron (those estate sales got me every time) - and my husband's grandma's cast iron that was used for many fish fry dinners up north in MN...and bacon, bacon, bacon as well as anything else she could throw in there. I am a new sub and will go back and see your other videos!
I love my KitchenAid mixer
My Favorites are the same as yours but I would add my kitchenaid mixer. Btw I love your cabinets.
Knives, cutting board, SS bowls, cast iron everything, sifters, jars.
I'm with you on cast iron-I love it my hubby hates it. Wooden spoons-well worth buying. Cookie sheets or cake pans-aluminum or stainless steel for baking veggies. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
I loved all of your picks! All of my bowls are Pyrex, not stainless steel, and I use them and reuse them every single day. I will absolutely look into the better wooden spoons. One of the things I use most in my kitchen is my crockpot for making stocks. I let the rabbit or chicken or beef bones stay in the crockpot for up to four days to make some delicious, homegrown stock. It would be very difficult to make stock like that on the stovetop.
yum! my crockpot gets quite the work-out too. :)
We agree right down the line although I have a jones for my Wusthoff knives. I'm a saver of empty jars and containers too to re-purpose. It drives my wife crazy!
Great stuff. I love my heavy stainless spatula and spoon/ladle, good ones.
Big Stonewear bowls for my big family. Good knives, Cast iron, wooden spoons, and mason jars.
Cast iron, stainless steel bowls, dutch ovens, & a ton of mason jars- all sizes!!!
My cast iron and Dutch oven are a must. I use them more than anything else. I even have an old Cast iron from my husband’s grandparents that is my favorite.
Im not lucky enough to live in the country any more, but I used too and even cooked on an authentic wood burning cook stove at one time. I have several cast iron utensils, wooden spoons and spatulas, and stainless bowls. I also have some of my mom's and Grandma's crockware! Wouldn't want to do with out them!
Like you, I gotta have my wooden spoons, some were even my grandma's, lol. But the one thing I absolutely will never give up, okay two things, is my cast iron antique coffee grinder and my collection of really good old knives. The ones like you have on your magnetic rack, with the good steel and the wooden handles. My coffee grinder also grinds wheat or corn to perfection, and looks amazing hanging on my wall, and those knives last forever if cared for and are easy to sharpen when needed. I've butchered many a deer with them and I won't trade them for anything ever. I do have a Kershaw set that I can change the blades on, but about the only one of them I ever use it with is the fillet blade for when I'm doing fresh caught fish. If I had a good old fillet knife like my old butcher knife and cleaver I'd use it instead but that Kershaw blade does the trick for now. Oh, yeah, one more thing is a must have, gotta have a good hone to sharpen all those good blades!
Your coffee grinder sounds amazing!
One of my must haves is a canning funnel. I must have 5 or 6 not just for canning but for adding beans or flour into a mason jar to store.
Thank you for the free handbook....
Thumbs up! I know your awesome organized. Love hearing you,. Great ideas
I just really learned how to care for my cast iron and it has been my favorite go to ever since.
It took me a while to get in the swing of caring for it as well!
What do you do when using tomato based things. I was told you shouldnt put that into cast iron
@@jenbright2358 I don't do them in cast iron. I have stainless steel for those alone.
my hand cranked Food Mill its smooth, stainless and ageless!
I would agree with your list 100%! I would also add that I need a pressure canner (can double as a regular boiling water canner), a extra large stainless steel stock pot, and a fine sieve strainer! I use the heck out of those on my homestead.
I use my canning jars for leftover soups. My cast iron skillet (square) I purchased at a flea market about 40 yrs ago. It is essential for cornbread.