Saurkraut, the first basil tea, & just trying to make dinner.
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Jess, I love watching you in the kitchen just using what you have on hand. I'm excited to get some onions out of my garden later this summer, and my plan is to can them, as I don't have any cool, dry space in which to store them. I've also got some potatoes started, with two more types needing to go in the dirt over the next week. Today I made a recipe I was given 50 years ago by my then mother in law of meatballs (instead of bread crumbs add parmesan cheese) and cook in a gravy of cream of soup. I've used chicken, mushroom or celery to good effect. I added fresh mushrooms to make it special and we all enjoyed a weekend meal in the middle of the week, as I'm now on summer vacation.
Blessings, friend!
I would rather eat the caterpillar than the poison in conventionally grown food.
I've tried dried brussel sprouts from the store–I'm sure freeze dried cabbage would be delicious! It's a wonderful potato chip-like "snack" alternative.
Jess, where did you get that micro plane! Did I see that right? It folds?
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HARVEST GRAIN MILLS ARE IN STOCK!
That bowl!😮 I needs it. I neeeeeeeeds the precious!
I plant so I get some to eat n then the rest to can. One acre of garden half to eat fresh daily, the rest can up.
I am so grateful for your knowledge and wisdom, and your desire to share with others. ❤
My day started out kinda blah. Ended up making basil tea and quick pickle radishes because of the inspiration of this video.
Perhaps I will try cabbage next year… or this fall? I'm thinking of Filderkraut variety since I have a small space. 💚
Everything looked delicious, well done!
Jess- the world is a bit crazy but God is never outsmarted. Cooking. Planting, and harvesting videos are so educational and comforting. I recommend you to the young moms in my church. We all need some productive content to unwind from the news.
sun heat is safer with plastic -put the honey out briefly on a warm day before it gets super hot. Let the sun do its magic. Much saver than cooking honey bottles
I had no idea that's how sauerkraut is made! I've never eaten it, and it wasn't something my family ate in the South growing up. But my grandmother did make a lot of Slang-Jang and Chow-Chow, which totally grossed me out as a kid. I basically just wanted Dr. Pepper and Doritos. 🙂 I love learning new things from you, and it's fun seeing Bear in the hallway and of course Toby! You raised your kids right – doing dishes! What a concept. 🙂 Thanks for letting us hang out with you!
Thank you Jess! I have been wanting to make my own sauerkraut. The purple cabbage is so pretty. Maybe I will make purple sauerkraut.❤️✝️🙏
Has Ben ever tried painting or clothing design? He seems to be very colorful even with his harvesting. <3 Listening to him telling you about how to balance the flowers was great the other day lol.
Love the crock where did you get it
I haven't tried this yet, but I heard that you use crystalized honey to make Whipped honey!🐝
Purple sauerkraut is my favorite! I throw in a few caraway seeds — yummy 😁
I cut up the leek green parts and dry them for stock. Smells so good in winter!
I just learned a new superpower when it comes to fermenting vegetables. When you don't have enough liquid to cover (after the salt has done it's thing) add raw KOMBUCHA to finish covering the cabbage/vegetables. It comes out perfect every time! I also HIGHLY recommend trying the recipe 'Orangeade Kraut' by Donna Schwenk.
Put the big cores on top, gives a taste of it weekly, we use to have cabbage day, all family, lots of hands squeezing 30 heads at a time, we're my fav days, back in the day, kohlrabi added is good also, your awesomeness is a lovely breath of my day
Yum potato mash salad, amazing purple colour. Hi Tody 👋🇦🇺
I reached for my phone to find a video to keep me company while I made dinner and started some basil tea and saurkraut! I shrieked out loud when I saw the title of this video! 🤯
"That was a little squirrel hunt." I laughed out loud and totally related!
A great video. I love making sauerkraut. Just got some cabbage to do that. I am going to have to look into a jar like that, even the crock. I recently invested into a fermented jar.
Several years ago I had an accident and ended up in ER. Well the antibiotics they gave me wiped out all the good bacteria, so I went on a kick with fermented foods. I enjoy keeping some fermented carrots, red onions, and celery on hand. At the end of garden season, I love taking green tomatoes, onions, and garlic for a fermented relish.
The potatoes and leeks dish sound wonderful.
forget the crock PLEASE link the fermenting jar !
My life was forever changed when Jess introduced me to basil tea💜
If you stand on a stool or find a lower surface for the bowl of cabbage, you will be able to more easily put your weight into the stirring and crushing without straining your back.
Jess I absolutely love what you just said. Make a T shirt out of it. "If the 🐛🐞🦗don't want to eat it I don't want to eat it either" 🫶🫶🫶👏👏👏👌👌👌
I highly recommend adding some chopped bacon to mashed potatoes and leeks. In the Netherlands, we make a dish called "stamppot". Classically, you cook potatoes together with kale and mash them together with some butter and milk, and then mix in diced bacon. There are many other versions with different vegetables, and doing this with leeks is quite yummy! Other options would be cabbage, brussels sprouts, or carrots. A mix of veggies is also yummy (and more common in Belgium, where they call it "stoemp").
In the Netherlands, most people will use the full leek, including the dark green parts. They just need to cook a little longer to soften, but it still gets tender! Happy cooking!
Where can I get that fermenting jar
Okay Jess I just have one thing to say lady are you growing tarragon? I think some tarragon with a leak should be mouthwatering insane. So if you got it maybe next time if it turned out well use some tarragon instead of the chives.🤤😁💖
So its 2 teaspoons of salt per pound of cabbage ?
I love you Jess! I have watched all of your videos and most of them twice!! So excited to see this new one drop! Your voice and content relax my nervous system and just make me happy!