Old Time KnowledgeThis is the BEST REFRIED BEANS RECIPE that you’ll ever have. These are so easy and economical to make. At the most basic level, all you need are some cooked pinto beans and a little bit of oil or fat (I use bacon grease). I also like to add a tiny bit of finely diced onion. See how I make the most delicious refried beans ever and be sure and share with your friends. There is no need to pay extra to buy factory-produced refried beans when they are so easy to make at home.
Also, I'm tagging @ThePoplarReport because it was totally after watching one of his videos the other day that I decided to make this one. I hope he sees this and can learn how to make refried beans at home so he can enjoy all those pinto beans he has stored up!
How to make Refried Beans - EASY RECIPE with your stored pinto beans! #prepping #prepperpantryOld Time Knowledge2022-06-18 | This is the BEST REFRIED BEANS RECIPE that you’ll ever have. These are so easy and economical to make. At the most basic level, all you need are some cooked pinto beans and a little bit of oil or fat (I use bacon grease). I also like to add a tiny bit of finely diced onion. See how I make the most delicious refried beans ever and be sure and share with your friends. There is no need to pay extra to buy factory-produced refried beans when they are so easy to make at home.
Also, I'm tagging @ThePoplarReport because it was totally after watching one of his videos the other day that I decided to make this one. I hope he sees this and can learn how to make refried beans at home so he can enjoy all those pinto beans he has stored up!
Chips & Salsa youtu.be/qpDEC4eCMRYBIG REVEAL! The Old Time Knowledge Cookbook is FINALLY HERE!Old Time Knowledge2025-06-17 | FINALLY! It's taken a few years, but I'm finally done and the cookbook is here! You can grab your copy on Amazon – amzn.to/3SSolZDPressure Canning Basics: Can Pinto Beans - Frugal Ways to Stock Your PantryOld Time Knowledge2025-04-25 | This is another video I've brought over from my OTK Garden & Preparedness channel since I'm consolidating everything onto this one channel. For you long video fans out there, I hope you enjoy it!
How to Pressure Can Pinto Beans - Frugal way to stock your pantry to beat shortages & save money! 💰
Want to learn how to pressure can? This video covers the basics with a session of canning one of the most affordable pantry staples: pinto beans.
Here are the links I promised in the video (links to merchants may be affiliate links):
National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP) – Canning https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_home.html
MORE GARDENING & PREPAREDNESS VIDEOS youtube.com/watch?v=fvBO14dQm6Y&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5cW3afWLmhpBpCz082QHtJHow to Can Leftover Chicken for Homemade Chicken Soup 🐔 | Easy Pantry Prep!Old Time Knowledge2025-02-14 | Since I've shut down my second channel, OTK Garden & Preparedness, I'm bringing some of those videos over here so everything is in one place. This is one of them. I hope you find it useful!
Don't waste those leftovers! When you roast a chicken, or cook chicken any other way, and you end up with more left over than you plan to eat anytime soon, this is a perfect way to preserve it in a shelf-stable way that will last way longer than using up space in your freezer.
Here are links to content or affiiliate products mentioned in the video:
National Center for Home Food Preservation https://nchfp.uga.edu/
Presto Canner weighted gauge amzn.to/40w5RkEHow to Pressure Can Chuck Roast for Easy, Homemade Meals Anytime! 🥩😋 A Pantry Must-Have!Old Time Knowledge2025-02-01 | Since I've shut down my second channel, OTK Garden & Preparedness, I'm bringing some of those videos over here so everything is in one place. This is one of them. I hope you find it useful!
I like to stock my pantry with a wide variety of meats and vegetables. Chuck roasts is one of my absolute favorites, and when I can buy up some of these on sale, I often will. They might go in my freezer for a while (aside from the one I might cook for supper right away), but I always like to can some up because we love having these as quick and easy meals any day of the week. It's especially good with mashed potatoes.
The canning time on this is the same as anything with beef, chicken, or pork: 75 minutes for pints and 90 minutes for quarts.
The pressure varies depending on your elevation. The National Center for Home Food Preservation is one of my favorite trusted resources for tested, safe canning recipes. https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_05/strips_cubes_chunks.html
Here is a link to the jiggler I use on my Presto Pressure Canner: amzn.to/3YmqFbA
Here is my canning playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5OOrange Fluff Salad - Old Fashioned Summer Mandarin Dessert with pudding & Jello. Easy and Delicious!Old Time Knowledge2024-07-06 | This is a classic summer fruit salad. Mandarins, orange Jello, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, marshmallows, and coconut for garnish. Do you remember this old-fashioned recipe?How to Make Classic Yeast Doughnuts – Youll love these PERFECT Soft & Fluffy Glazed Donuts! 🍩😋Old Time Knowledge2024-07-01 | Who doesn't love delicious yeast glazed doughnuts! Well, in this video, I'm sharing a favorite classic yeast-glazed doughnut recipe that will remind you of the treats at your favorite donut shop. These doughnuts are light, fluffy, and perfectly glazed—ideal for breakfast, dessert, or a sweet snack.
Doughnut Ingredients:
• 1 stick butter • 1 1/4 cup milk • 2 eggs • 2 2/4 tsp. active dry yeast • 1/4 cup sugar • 1 tsp salt • 4 1/4 cups all purpose flour (approximately) • Neutral oil for frying
Glaze Ingredients:
• 2 cups confectioner's sugar • 1/4 cup milk (you can add up to 1 Tbsp more if the glaze isnt runny enough) • 1 tsp vanilla (optional)School Cafeteria Pizza - Throwback to the 80s School Pizza Recipe! 😎 QUICK & EASYOld Time Knowledge2023-12-12 | I love school cafeteria pizza back in the 80s. The lunch ladies started doing something in the 90s that wasn't as great, but THIS recipe tastes spot on for how it was back in the 80s lunchrooms when I was in elementary and middle school. The recipe below is for a half-sheet pan.
The secret ingredient is what does it!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees F) 1 teaspoon sugar 1 package active dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup powdered milk 1 cup pizza sauce 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Toppings of your choice
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, combine the warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let stand until the yeast is foamy. 2. Add, olive oil, flour, salt, and the powdered milk. Stir or mix until a dough forms. 3. Use a stand mixer or turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. 4. Line the bottom of a half-sheet pan with parchment or sprinkle a light coating of corn meal. I prefer parchment! 5. Place the dough in the pan and then press and roll it out until it spreads to all 4 corners of the pan. You'll probably want to let the dough rest for a few minutes first so it's easier to work with. 6. Spread sauce, add cheese and desired toppings. 7. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly. (The recipe I had said 20 minutes, but I find that's way too long in my oven.)
Serve and enjoy!
Here is the Retro style Tupperware that I had in the video: Canister Set - amzn.to/3NqZw4G Bowls and Storage - amzn.to/3NnzCP8
I mentioned the wonderful channel @memesrecipessc. I highly recommend it! Delicious southern recipes from South Carolina. ❤️
Need a half-recipe, here you go:
½ cup warm water (105-115 degrees F) ½ teaspoon sugar ½ package active dry yeast ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the surface ⅜ cup powdered milk ½ cup pizza sauce ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese Toppings of your choiceEasy, Delicious Thanksgiving Side Dishes - Four Classic, Old Time Holiday Favorite Recipes 🦃Old Time Knowledge2023-11-05 | These are 4 classic, easy, and delicious sides for Thanksgiving. You can absolutely make all of these ahead of time and then just heat the casseroles up in the oven before serving. The congealed salad is served cold. Links to the recipes are below.
Need more ideas for Thanksgiving and Christmas? Here is my Holiday Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4wv2xCsN8zZXYZWqSVFfWCEasy Homemade Maple Pecan Granola Recipe - Make delicious granola YOUR way with YOUR ingredients!Old Time Knowledge2023-09-11 | This homemade maple pecan granola recipe is delicious, but even if you aren't crazy about maple syrup or pecans, you can swap those out and use the ingredients you prefer, such as almonds, macadamia nuts, or walnuts, or if you prefer honey to maple syrup, you can do that, too. The best part about this delicious granola is that it's wholesome and nutritious and you'll know exactly what you've got in there.
My favorite Coconut Oil amzn.to/3LkMEfnStarbucks style Pumpkin Bread - Pumpkin Loaf! Pumpkin spice & sunflower seeds - Fall recipes 🍂🎃Old Time Knowledge2023-08-05 | This spiced pumpkin bread will remind you of the Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf. The perfect taste to get you in the mood for fall. 🍂 🎃
Here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon * 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg * 1/2 teaspoon cloves * 1/4 teaspoon allspice * 1 1/2 cups sugar * 1/2 cup canola oil * 1/3 cup water * 1 cup canned pumpkin * 2 eggs * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract * 1/2 cup pepitas (sunflower seeds)
Instructions:
* Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper. * In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. * In a large bowl, combine the sugar, oil, water, pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla extract. Stir until well blended. * Gradually add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, stirring until just combined. * Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top with the pepitas, pressing them slightly into the batter. * Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. * Let the loaf cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Mentioned in the video:
How to Make Homemade Vanilla - oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extract Safe Cut Can Opener - amzn.to/3YpiVXHOld Timey Blueberry Cobbler Recipe! My grandmothers have been making this cobbler for generations!Old Time Knowledge2023-07-15 | This traditional blueberry cobbler recipe is how our family has made cobblers of all kinds for generations. The ingredients couldn't be easier:
- 1 cup self-rising flour (you can use all purpose flour, but it won't yield any rise to the crust) - 1 cup sugar - 1 cup milk - 1 stick butter - 1 egg - vanilla (optional) - 2-3 cups of fruit
Here is my peach cobbler video from the early days of this channel:
oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extractYou NEED THIS TOOL in your Kitchen - This All-in-One Vacuum Jar Sealer is better than a FoodSaver!Old Time Knowledge2023-06-24 | This has made it to my must-have kitchen tools list for food storage in 2023. I love this jar vacuum sealer! It's all in one piece (basically), keeps a charge for many jars, seals perfectly, and is so easy to use. While I love FoodSaver for vacuum sealing bags, this one is going to be my go-to tool for vacuum sealing jars.
Here's my affiliate link to buy this same kind of vacuum sealer - bit.ly/otk-jar-sealer
Tres Leches Cake Recipe (I made this for my son's birthday) youtu.be/OVQFNJYuFag
Favorite Foods to Dehydrate and Store youtu.be/9SO6Y8-MOewHow to Make the Best Homemade Sandwich Bread – Easy to Slice & Perfect for Lunch! 🍞🥪Old Time Knowledge2023-06-10 | Who doesn't want to know how to make sandwich bread you can actually use for sandwiches? If you've ever made homemade bread before, you know one of the trickiest things is getting nice, even slices and having a decent way to store it until you use up the loaf. In this video, I show you a Classic Sandwich Bread recipe from King Arthur Flour and I show you how I prepare the bread so it's ready for making sandwiches, french toast, or anything!
KitchenAid Mixer amzn.to/3Pd1MOmHow to Make a Tender, Succulent Pork Loin Roast - Ridiculously good and so easy to make! 😍Old Time Knowledge2023-04-22 | Here's a great dinner idea! This easy recipe will give you a delicious, succulent, flavorful, tender pork loin every time. I am using about a 2 lb. pork loin and Aldi Steak Seasoning (although any favorite seasoning blend that includes salt will do). I also often make this with my homemade Montreal Steak Seasoning.
So simple! Just pat the pork loin dry and coat in about a tablespoon of olive oil and prick all over with a small, sharp knife. You don't want big deep gashes. You just want little holes where the seasonings can penetrate the loin and it will help it cook faster. If you prefer, you can use a fork. Coat the loin generously with steak seasoning and then sear on all sides in a hot skillet before transferring to a 400º oven and cooking for about 15 to 20 minutes on one side before turning over to the other side. The pork loin is done when a meat thermometer registers 145º in the center of the loin.
If you're interested in the amazing knife I'm using in this video, visit the company at this link bit.ly/nk-otk and then you can use this code for a substantial discount: OLDTIMEKNOWLEDGEEasy Chicken Tinga Tostadas – Smoky, Spicy Mexican Classic Made with Canned Chicken!Old Time Knowledge2023-04-01 | Chicken Tinga is a highly flavorful shredded chicken dish made with chipotle chiles. The most common way to eat this is on a tostada with a variety of traditional toppings. Often, people like these with shredded lettuce, cheese, salsa, and thinly sliced radishes. Sometimes they use sliced avocado or guacamole. You can do it your way!
Here are links to other recipes referenced in this video: How to make Refried Beans - youtu.be/jNOAKWAvmLE Can Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast - youtu.be/OK5RCU9HagE Can Bone-In Chicken Breast - youtu.be/wV7hn40Zlb0 How to can Pinto Beans - youtu.be/R6rWJ155BuI How to can pork for carnitas - youtu.be/RsoUpT9NYsQCanning Food Lion boneless chicken breast - At only $1.79/lb, it was $2 cheaper/lb than Walmart! 😮Old Time Knowledge2023-03-18 | ...Tonkatsu - Japanese Fried Pork Cutlets ~ Delicious served with steamed rice! Breaded pork loin chopsOld Time Knowledge2023-03-11 | Tonkatsu, or Japanese breaded, fried pork cutlets are delicious and easy to make. Get the cutlets ready and then some steamed rice started. Fry these up while the rice is cooking to have a delicious dish on the table in about a half hour.
For extra crispy tonkatsu, after you drain them and let them cool a bit, fry them a second time!
Here is the Japanese cookbook I mentioned in the video: amzn.to/3LcHMJW
Here's an easy recipe for quick, 4-ingredient Katsu sauce to serve with (Pork) Tonkatsu or (Chicken) Katsu: cookerru.com/katsu-sauce
Here is another delicious recipe from the cookbook above, Karaage, Japanese style chicken nuggets: youtu.be/1VHzcI1Ox6c
My chicken fried rice recipe: youtu.be/zDtd86E6ETcSams Club Grocery Haul AND my *controversial* take on the best way to get and store ground beef! 🐮Old Time Knowledge2023-03-02 | I frequently use our Sam's Club Plus membership to order staples and have them shipped to the house. It's a huge savings. I've never done the online pickup before because the nearest Sam's Club is over 40 minutes away on a good day without heavy traffic. I decided with soaring grocery prices, it was finally time to do it. My son was going to town anyway so it wouldn't be an out-of-the-way trip. This video will show you what I got in this haul, as well as how I'll store it and what I'll do with it.
Luxury Bath Towels (only $6.98 each!) samsclub.com/p/hotel-premier-collection-luxury-cotton-bath-towel/prod20930545Molasses Cake - Old timey, 100-year-old recipe from the Home Comfort Wood Stove Cookbook!Old Time Knowledge2023-02-11 | This Molasses Cake recipe was published in my great-grandmother's "Home Comfort Wood Stove Cook Book." The company started producing wood stoves before the end of the Civil War. This copy of the cookbook comes from the early 1930s, but no doubt, this recipe goes back to the 1800s. Molasses Cake is a very old, traditional southern dessert. I've tried other Molasses Cake recipes but I love the flavor of this one. The baking instructions were written for a wood stove so you'll have to determine the best time and temperature for your liking, but I'll publish the recipe below exactly as it was printed in the cookbook.
⚠️ Also, I noticed while typing up this recipe that I read the baking time wrong! I baked this too long anyway. Even 40 minutes would've been enough by this recipe. I thought it had said 45-55 minutes. 🤦🏻♀️ Still, in the future, I'll start checking this at around the 30 minute mark for doneness.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking
powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon mixed spices 1 egg
INSTRUCTIONS
Cream butter, and gradually cream in
the sugar; add molasses and beaten egg and mix; sift and measure flour, add baking
powder, salt, soda and spices, and re-sift
together; add flour and milk alternately and
mix well; bake in well greased shallow pan
in a moderate oven-baking time about 40
to 45 minutes. Serve while yet warm. Ice
if desired.Banana Coconut Muffin Recipe NO EGGS - versatile base can be used for all kinds of muffins!Old Time Knowledge2023-01-21 | This no-egg muffin recipe is so versatile! It starts with ripe bananas. I added in shredded coconut, but you can add in whatever you want: diced peaches, apples, raisins, toasted chopped pecans, chocolate chips, you name it!
I wanted to keep the ingredients super simple so here's what I came up with:
2 - 3 ripe bananas 1/2 cup butter 2 cups self-rising flour 1/2 cup milk ~1 cup brown sugar (or white sugar, or white sugar + a spoonful of molasses), use more or less to taste 1 tsp vanilla Dash of nutmeg (optional) Dash of cinnamon (optional)
Mix ingredients then spoon batter into greased muffin tin for muffins or into a loaf pan if you want to make it into a sweet bread.
Here's how you can make self-rising flour from all purpose flour: For every cup of all purpose flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon table salt.✨EASY Chicken Fried Rice Recipe! How to Make Japanese style fried rice! Perfect & So Tasty 😋 ✨Old Time Knowledge2023-01-13 | This is the PERFECT chicken fried rice recipe — at least for our family. I'm not giving exact amounts because you can make this so many ways. Just learn the basics in this video and then make some delicious chicken fried rice for your family!Quick & Easy Toffee Recipe - Few ingredients & SO delicious! Great idea for Valentines Day! ❤️Old Time Knowledge2023-01-01 | Learn how to make easy homemade toffee!
This was supposed to get posted before Christmas, but this is good any time of year. It might be a very good idea for Valentine's Day! You'll need a candy thermometer for this one, but it's so worth it!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup chocolate chips Crushed pecans (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and grease it with butter. Set aside until toffee is ready to pour. 2. Melt butter, sugar, and salt in saucepan stirring constantly until butter is melted. 3. Bring mixture to a boil then stop stirring (except maybe a few times) and keep it boiling until candy thermometer reaches ~285-290º. 4. As soon as toffee mixture reaches the right temperature, pour in greased baking sheet. 5. Sprinkle chocolate chips all over hot toffee and let it sit for a few moments until it softens. Once it softens, spread melty chocolate chips around toffee until surface is covered. 6. If desired, add crushed nuts on some or all of the chocolate layer. (I like to do half with and half without.) 7. Place pan in fridge for about an hour until it sets and then it take out and either break into pieces or use a sturdy knife to score toffee and cut into squares.
Enjoy!Bacon Cheese Crackers 🎄 Christmas Appetizer - EASY! Bake crackers wrapped in bacon @ 250º for 2 hrsOld Time Knowledge2022-12-17 | These bacon cheese crackers are an easy Christmas Appetizer. You can make these ahead and reheat them for about 15 minutes before serving. All you're doing is putting a little bit of cheese on a Club cracker (or your favorite cracker) and wrapping it with half a slice of bacon and baking in a 250º oven for ABOUT 2 HOURS. Keep an eye on them. You can adjust as needed, but definitely do not go over 2 hours.
Enjoy!Sausage Balls Recipe! Old, hidden recipe card reveals beloved family recipe! Easy Appetizer! 🎄😋Old Time Knowledge2022-12-12 | This is an easy Christmas appetizer, ideal make-ahead food for the holidays. I published a sausage ball recipe a couple of years ago and it is one I've been using for probably close to 10 years, but I recently found a stack of recipe cards that were given to me by family members DECADES ago. I was in my early 20s and I'm in my late 40s now, so we're talking almost 30 years ago. This particular recipe came from my Aunt Belle and I was a little skeptical since it uses less cheese and more Bisquick, but her sausage balls always were delicious so I didn't hesitate to give it a try.
THESE ARE IT, Y'ALL! These are so good! Way better than that other sausage ball recipe, and that other one was also delicious! These add paprika (and I added in some cayenne, even though it wasn't in the recipe.)
If you want, you can add more cheese, more sausage, or less bisquick, but I think adding in the teaspoon of paprika and not using that full pound of cheese really makes for a better sausage ball.
INGREDIENTS
1 lb sausage, mild or hot 10 oz grated cheese (in this video, I'm using an 8 oz block that I grated, so not quite 10 oz.) 3 cups Bisquick (I'm using Great Value brand since Walmart was out of Bisquick) 1 tsp. paprika
I also added a few shakes of cayenne.
If you need to add in some water to bring everything together, you can do that, but probably no more than about 1/4 cup.
Once it's all mixed together, form into little balls and bake in 350º oven for about 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
Here is my holiday playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=yQj94KVZiW4&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4wv2xCsN8zZXYZWqSVFfWCTiny Biscuits!🎄 Easy Christmas appetizers (Hors doeuvres) Perfect & Tasty Holiday Party Food!Old Time Knowledge2022-12-10 | We love these miniature biscuits as easy Christmas appetizers, or anytime really! These make-ahead hors d'oeuvres are also great for baby or bridal showers, parties, or any kind of get together. You can fill them with ham (as shown in this video), sausage, cheese, or offer a variety of jams and jellies and let your guests decide how to fill them.
The ingredients for the biscuits are so simple:
2 cups self-rising flour (I prefer Daily Bread brand) 5 Tbsp. butter, grated into flour 3/4 cup milk
Mix ingredients well and roll out dough. Cut out small biscuits with biscuit cutters (I'm using 2" biscuit cutters in this video.)
Bake in 475º oven for about 10 minutes or until tops are brown. Start looking at them at around the 8 or 9 minute mark.
These biscuits are filled with pieces from Daniel Boone Biscuit Cut Ham Slices amzn.to/3Yq2ier
For Holiday cookie recipes, visit my Cookie Recipes playlist youtube.com/watch?v=7ABCPa89qR4&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a6eyE6KnrIH0I7qI-vdh39KChristmas Cookies! 🎄 Oatmeal, Ginger Molasses Cookies & Church Windows #ChristmasCookieExchange2022Old Time Knowledge2022-12-03 | Need some Christmas Cookie recipe ideas? Well, you've come to the right place! In this video, I'm sharing my recipes for Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies, Ginger Molasses Cookies, and Church Windows. This video is part of a collaboration put together by Lou Ann of @HeartFilledHomemaking and there are several great ladies sharing their favorite Christmas cookie recipes with you. For the full playlist, go here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL51z0E9DW4SgeURoYV0gALZTIkO7N8O8j&jct=EsqkU_TpLI7Nze_26DsadXZLeFJiwg
In this video, I'm sharing three of our family's favorites:
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OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES 👵🏻
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 3 cups oatmeal
INSTRUCTIONS
For best results, wrap cookie dough in rolls in sheets of wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours before baking.
Bake ~12 to 13 minutes (or longer, if necessary) in a 350º oven. If you have refrigerated them first, they should start to brown around that time. At that point you can decide how done you want them before you pull them out of the oven. Get a nice glass of milk, a plate of warm cookies, and enjoy!
1. In a large pot, melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat; stir until smooth. 2. Take melted mixture off the heat, give it a stir. 3. Add in marshmallows and mix them in. 4. Put mixture into roll shapes on wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours. 5. Slice and enjoy!
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GINGER MOLASSES COOKIES 🎄
INGREDIENTS
1 stick (1/2 cup) of softened butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup molasses 3 cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg Decorative or large granule sugar for decorating (or you can use this cookie dough recipe to make gingerbread men!)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350º. 2. Mix all ingredients. 3. Chill dough until it's firm enough to roll out. 4. Roll out dough to about 1/4" thickness and use your favorite cookie cutters to cut them into shapes. (I just used circle cookie cutters.) 5. Dust tops with decorator sugar or wait until they come out of the oven and then decorate with icing. 6. Enjoy!
Holly Pond Hill Christmas Treasury (out of print) amzn.to/3izf09U
My cookie cutters (affiliate link) amzn.to/3Ut98fJCranberry Jello Salad Recipe - A great side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any timeOld Time Knowledge2022-11-24 | My Aunt Betty's Cranberry Jello Salad recipe is delicious! You can enjoy this for the holidays, or anytime of year. She usually makes this with sugar free Jello, but you could use sugar free or regular. Just use a small box for this particular recipe and just double the other ingredients if you use a larger box of Jello.
INGREDIENTS
1 can whole cranberry sauce 1 small box strawberry or cherry Jell-O (regular or sugar free) 1 cup hot water 1/3 cup finely chopped celery 1/4 cup toasted chopped pecans Orange zest (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Boil one cup of water then remove water from heat and add Jell-O packet to mix until it's dissolved. 2. Add in can of whole cranberries, chopped celery and pecans, and if desired, some orange zest. 3. Refrigerate until set - at least a few hours, though I usually refrigerate this over night. 4. Enjoy!
Here is a link to that safe can opener I used in the video: amzn.to/3gySn4YBUTTERSCOTCH PIE - This is so AMAZING! 😍 Perfect dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas - Delicious!Old Time Knowledge2022-11-23 | This Butterscotch Pie recipe comes from Taste of Home magazine. I had never even tried butterscotch pie before, much less made it, but when I came across this recipe I knew I had to try it. I ADORE BUTTERSCOTCH! You can't find it anymore. I used to love to get Butterscotch Milkshakes from Baskin Robins but then they did away with the butterscotch syrup. Butterscotch used to be available all over the place but then the confectionary powers that be ruined it by ditching butterscotch for "salted caramel", which, let's face it, is just a poor excuse for butterscotch.
Here is how I make my own homemade vanilla. WAY more cost effective than buying it in those little bottles. oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extractTurn a roast chicken into bone broth & chicken soup - PANTRY PREPAREDNESS #PreppingOld Time Knowledge2022-11-19 | You'd be amazed at all that you can get from roasting a couple of chickens. Even one chicken! Not only can you enjoy supper and then maybe some leftovers the next day, you can get several pints of delicious, nutritious bone broth AND more pints of chicken soup to have on your pantry shelf.
Here are some of my favorite chicken canning recipes and recipes using home-canned chicken and broth:
Pressure Canning playlist youtube.com/watch?v=6x5xkxoi6sU&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4NtdWRdYSkkE_0ZcYxlbCUPickled Jalapeño Slices! EASY & DELICIOUS! Water bath method in steam canner. Super fast to make!Old Time Knowledge2022-10-23 | These pickled jalapeño slices are so great to have in the pantry! I use these for picadillo, scrambled eggs, salsa, fajitas, and so much more!
Super easy to make. Combine these ingredients and bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes to make brine:
• 5 cups white vinegar • 1 cup water • 4 tsp non-iodized or canning salt • 2 Tbsp sugar
Fill jars with jalapeño slices (or leave them whole and just cut slits on each side so the brine can get inside) and then add brine up to 1/2" headspace.
Process at the following times depending on your altitude:
0 - 1,000 ft / 10 minutes 1,001 - 6,000 ft / 15 minutes 6,001 ft + / 20 minutes
Here is an affiliate link for my steam canner (I love it!) amzn.to/3MYjSk9
National Center for Home Food Preservation - How to Pickle Hot Peppers https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/pickled_hot_peppers.htmlHomemade Chicken & Rice Soup - FAST! Healthy recipe with canned, shredded chicken - So Delicious!Old Time Knowledge2022-10-18 | Just a quick detour from the scary recipes with this homemade chicken and rice soup, but I had this filmed and ready to go so I'm publishing this while I have a minute! More scary recipes coming later this week.
This homemade chicken and rice soup is so quick and easy to make and you only need a few ingredients and about 20 minutes of time!
Add more rice if you want, or more broth, or less chicken, or herbs, vegetables, whatever you like! Make it your own. This is just to give you an idea of something delicious you can do with your canned chicken breast.
Want to learn how to make quick chicken & pastry (aka chicken & dumplings)? Check out this video: youtu.be/Fc7Oxy_FYvY
Want to learn how to can chicken breast? Here are a couple of options:
How to can bone-in chicken breast - youtu.be/wV7hn40Zlb0How to Make French Toast - My Grandmamas Recipe! Easy homemade French ToastOld Time Knowledge2022-09-30 | You can learn how to make real, homemade French Toast without milk, or vanilla extract, or cream, or cinnamon, or anything extra. This is an OLD SCHOOL recipe for how to make French Toast. This is exactly how my grandmama makes it and it's delicious and perfect. The only ingredients you need are bread, eggs, salt, pepper (yes, really... trust me!), and butter, and of course your syrup or topping of choice.
You can add a splash of milk or water to your eggs, but it's not necessary! It can make your eggs go farther if you want to use less eggs in your French Toast.PREPPER PANTRY - Summer Vegetable Soup Pressure Canning Recipe - Preserve your harvest! Food storageOld Time Knowledge2022-09-24 | Preserve your harvest with this delicious Summer Soup recipe. Full description is below.
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Summer Soup is a very traditional eastern NC soup. It may be popular elsewhere, but I'm from here so this is what I know. This is an ideal way to enjoy the fruits of your garden harvest and even have them in your pantry through the winter. This soup uses a small amount of ham for seasoning and it is SAFE as it is using the same ratio of ham to vegetables as you will find in the tested safe recipe for Split Pea with Ham soup.
Some say that you can never can ham, but if you follow the principles in the tested recipes, you certainly can can ham — but just know what you're doing. This is not something that brand new or inexperienced canners should do, but modifying recipes with the same content principles is how we wind up with so many canning cookbooks with lots of safe recipes.
In this video I'm canning 9 pints. The ingredients are:
• just under 2 cups of ham • corn • okra • green beans • fresh (or frozen) lima beans (not dried lima beans) • tomato • salt
I also use a weighted gauge (regulator) on my canner. Here is an affiliate link if you're interested in checking it out. This will help you listen to ensure your canner is at the right pressure without having to keep your eye on the dial gauge the whole time. amzn.to/3LGHqcw
Here are other tested canning recipes that use a small amount of ham or other cured meats:
Canning Split Pea Soup https://ucanr.edu/sites/mfp_of_cs/files/312455.pdf
National Center for Home Food Preservation https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/beans_baked.html Pork, ham, or bacon
Bean Soup (Bernardin - Canadian division of same company as Ball) bernardin.ca/recipes/en/bean-soup.htm?Lang=EN-USHow to make Crispy, Lacy, Fried Cornbread - Old-fashioned southern style recipe. Easy & delicious!Old Time Knowledge2022-09-10 | Crispy, lacy cornbread is so easy to make. You don't even need a precise recipe. You just need to understand the principles of how it's made. You're using regular corn meal, salt, and water. If you like sweet cornbread, you can also add sugar. Some people call this hot water cornbread, but we never bothered with using hot water to make this. It turns out the same with room temperature water.
The main thing to remember is make a batter that you like the taste of and then thin it out to make a crispy cornbread. The thicker the batter, the thicker (and chewier) your cornbread will be. The thinner the batter, the crisper and thinner the cornbread will be.
Learn how to make eastern NC style collards and cornmeal dumplings here: youtu.be/MFMT5sz5fNY
More traditional, old-fashioned, southern recipes: youtube.com/watch?v=MFMT5sz5fNY&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a6LbnIJGxmNHjwsWyDC95zmEasy Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe - SO DELICIOUS! 😋 Better than a restaurant!Old Time Knowledge2022-09-03 | This easy Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe is one of our ABSOLUTE FAVORITE things to eat for supper. And it's so easy! I use one pan and one pot for everything. This recipe does call for capers, but if you can't find capers or you're just skeptical about them, you don't have to use them. I do recommend them, though. They make this dish extra special.
Here's how to make it.
INGREDIENTS
For the chicken: • Boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced (I use about 1 lb for this recipe) • 1/2 cup flour • 1/4 tsp. salt (+ more to taste when done) • 2 Tbsp. olive oil (+ more if needed)
For the sauce: • 1 tsp. minced garlic • 1 cup chicken broth (I use chicken stock base + water) • 1/4 cup lemon juice • 3 Tbsp. butter • 2 Tbsp. capers, drained
Also you'll need a box of your favorite pasta (I use angel hair) and a jar of your favorite pasta sauce. (I like Bertolli Garlic & Olive Oil.)
You also might need a little bit more olive oil to ensure your chicken is all cooked through, as well as some salt to taste for the chicken.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 180º F (or no more than 200º F) to keep chicken warm once it's cooked. 2. Mix 1/2 cup flour and 1/4 cup salt then lightly dust diced chicken. 3. Heat 2 Tbsp. olive oil in skillet and cook chicken until done. Don't crowd the pan. Cook in batches and keep cooked chicken warm in oven. 4. Once chicken is done, use same pan on low or medium low to heat garlic until fragrant. (Note: If pan has a bunch of oil in it when you're done cooking chicken, blot some out with paper towels. If the bottom of the pan has too much flour stuck to the bottom so that the whole bottom of the pan is brown, you might actually need to clean the pan a bit before adding a bit more oil. Too much of anything is going to make a less-than-pleasant sauce.) 5. As soon as garlic is fragrant, add 1 cup chicken broth and continue to stir, breaking up bits of flour at bottom of pan. Continue cooking until it begins to thicken. Once thickened, add lemon juice. Stir and continue heating. Just before you're ready to serve, add butter to melt and and add in capers and heat through. 6. Heat up pasta sauce in a separate bowl. 7. Once pasta is cooked, assemble everything and serve. Pasta with pasta sauce. Chicken beside it with lemon caper sauce.
Enjoy!PREPPER PANTRY - Canning Pinto Beans with Quick Soak Method for food storage (ForJars lids Review)Old Time Knowledge2022-08-27 | For USDA guidelines on canning dry beans, go here: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/beans_peas_shelled.html
You can get 10% off and try out ForJars canning lids for yourself by clicking here: bit.ly/OTK10ForJars
This review of ForJars canning lids may help you make a decision as to whether or not you want to spend your hard-earned money on this product. I know my mind is made up.
Some backstory: I've had more than more jar failures than I care to count over the last year or so — and with Ball lids, no less! I don't know what is going on with them lately, but their product is just not up to the standards that I've long come to expect from them. I wanted to try out a different brand —and put this different brand to the test on some totally new jars from the same case in which I had a few failed jars when I canned potatoes a month or so ago. I thought it would be good to put aside the unused (brand new!) Ball lids and rings that came with them, and use ForJars lids instead.
So, how did they turn out? You'll see in the video!
For more canning videos, visit this playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=VJoRtr4JpTE&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5O&ab_channel=OldTimeKnowledgeCLASSIC Watergate Salad Recipe (made with pistachio pudding mix). Super quick and easy!Old Time Knowledge2022-08-13 | I have so many cookbooks with recipes for Watergate Salad (and the many names by which it is known). In this video, I show you how I make Watergate Salad and I explain the variations that you can make to have a recipe that is perfect for your palate and that is truly you're own.
Here's what I use:
1 jar pineapple (do not drain liquid) 1 box Jello pistachio pudding mix 1 container Cool Whip Marachino cherries crushed pecans
Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for at least an hour. To make more decorate before serving, drain some cherries on a paper towel and add to the top and sprinkle on a little bit more crushed pecans.
This is a great recipe for church fellowship meals, family reunions, or anytime.
Here are more delicious desserts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a62-vRZFJ6zBym2lLRqlR5dHow to make Strawberry Jam without pectin - Easy stawberry jam recipe! 🍓 Just 2 Ingredients!Old Time Knowledge2022-07-20 | This is the easiest jam recipe ever! It's a one-to-one ratio of crushed berries to sugar. You'll love this homemade strawberry jam recipe! (See your correct water bath processing time below.)
In this case, 4 cups of crushed strawberries (about 2 lbs fresh) to 4 cups of sugar. Yield: 5 half-pints
Process in a water bath canner for the appropriate time based on your elevation:
0-1000 ft / 5 minutes 1001-6000 ft / 10 minutes Above 6000 ft / 15 minutes
• To prepare fruit. Sort and wash the strawberries; remove any stems and caps. Crush the berries.
• To make jam. Measure crushed strawberries into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9° F. above the boiling point of water, or until the mixture thickens.
Remove from heat; skim and stir alternately for 5 minutes. Ladle jam into hot containers and seal immediately.
Here's my chopper (Made in the USA!) amzn.to/3PI7p4l You might also like this Peach Jam video youtu.be/VJoRtr4JpTE More favorite canning recipes: youtube.com/watch?v=VJoRtr4JpTE&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5OHow to make Cheddar Cheese Biscuits! BEST EVER, EASY — 4 ingredients! 😋 Oooey-gooey cheesy goodness!Old Time Knowledge2022-06-25 | These are the BEST EVER Cheddar Biscuits! (Use any kind of cheese you like!) They are sure to impress your family & friends! 😍 You like Cheddar Bo biscuits from Bojangles? You will LOVE THESE! I'm not even kidding. These are made differently than the fluffy biscuit video you might have already seen. You will have to handle the dough a little bit more, but don't let that worry you. These biscuits are meant to hug right around that melty cheese on the inside.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups self-rising flour (I love Daily Bread self-rising flour) 5 Tbsp. cold butter 2/3 to 3/4 cup milk Enough cheese to go in all the biscuits
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 475º and make sure it is up to that temperature for at least 20 minutes before you are ready to bake. 2. Mix together all ingredients, beginning with flour and butter, then add in the milk. 3. Work dough until it is all together in a nice ball. You aren't kneading it like you would yeast bread, but you do need to press the dough together so it's all sticking and holding together well. 4. Pinch off a ball of dough, flatten it on your hand, and press some cheese in the center. Pull the edges of the dough up around the cheese and pinch together before putting the seams face down on your baking pan. 5. Once you have all biscuits on pan ready to go, bake them for about 10 minutes or until tops begin to brown. 6. As soon as you take biscuits out of the oven, brush tops with butter. 7. Wait about 5 minutes or so before serving.
Enjoy!
Here is the grater I use: amzn.to/3QGSPeC Here are some of my other biscuit videos:
Sausage Gravy & Biscuits youtu.be/5-p1T_bRMYkPREPPER PANTRY How to Can Collard Greens SOUTHERN STYLE recipe (ham hocks or side meat) #preppingOld Time Knowledge2022-06-08 | I didn't plan to make a video about canning collards with seasoning meat, but when I started making this batch of collards to make use of what's coming out of my garden, I decided it was a great time to answer a viewer request. Initially, this was just going to be about cooking collards with a DIFFERENT meat than I normally use for seasoning. Typically I use streak of lean (salt pork) or ham hocks, but this time I decided to try using side meat.
The flavor of the broth from the side meat is good, but I did have to add salt, whereas when I use ham hocks or streak of lean, I typically don't need to add salt.
While I didn't intentionally add the meat that I used in this video to the jars, you would use the same process if you were using a better meat (like ham hocks or streak of lean) — assuming you are using quart jars! The processing time is the same for collard greens AND meats so 90 minutes per jar. If you wanted to add meat to pint jars, you'd need to process them for 75 minutes instead of the 70 minutes that you would typically process collard greens.
Here is the guidance from the National Center for Home Food Preservation about canning "Spinach and other greens": https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/spinach_greens.html
I do have two other videos about COOKING collards eastern NC style. We typically cook collards and make corn meal dumplings (and often potatoes) to go with them. DELICIOUS! And it can be a meal all on its own.
Here are my other collard cooking videos: How to make collards with corn meal dumplings and potatoes youtu.be/MFMT5sz5fNY
How to make eastern NC style collards and corn meal dumplings (the first ever video on this channel from May 2020!) youtu.be/eYaDkLrny5g
Here is an affiliate link to the PRESTO REGULATOR I use with my Presto Pressure Canner. amzn.to/3QdmBHy
If you have a hard time finding ham hocks where you live, you can the same brand that I buy right here: danlbooneham.com/our-products.phpPREPPER PANTRY - Pork for Tacos de Carnitas | Budget friendly, DELICIOUS #prepare #prepping #canningOld Time Knowledge2022-06-01 | Tacos de carnitas with salsa verde is one of my very favorite things, so when I first tried canning Ball’s Roast Pork in Spicy Broth recipe, I was super excited. This is a super easy and convenient way to have pork carnitas in your pantry ALL THE TIME!
Here is the recipe from The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving amzn.to/3NpBc17 (affiliate)
Here is the link to the regulator that I use on my Presto pressure canner. amzn.to/3tcpYVA
The recipe makes about 6 pint jars or 3 quarts.
INGREDIENTS (and what I do differently)
3 lb. boneless pork shoulder (Boston butt), trimmed and cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes 4 tsp. salt, divided (I don’t divide my salt, I only add salt to broth) 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1 Tbsp canola oil (I don’t use this) 2 qt. chicken bone broth (I just used water + chicken bouillon) 1 8 oz onion, halved then sliced into thin slices 2 Tbsp. dried crushed red pepper (I think I only use 1 Tbsp) 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried oregano 3 garlic cloves (I use about a Tbsp or so of minced garlic instead)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 425º. 2. Roast pork cubes for about 30 minutes or until it’s beginning to brown. 3. While pork is roasting, make broth with all the other ingredients. 4. Bring broth to a boil, then turn down to simmer for 5 minutes. 5. When pork is ready, time to get everything in jars. Add pork first, then broth. (I get onions from broth first to ensure even distribution, then ladle the broth on top.) 6. Debubble jars. 7. Clean rims of jars with vinegar, add lids and rings. 8. Process pints for 75 minutes and quarts for 90 minutes at the appropriate pressure for your altitude. (See this chart https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_05/strips_cubes_chunks.html) 9. Once jars are done processing and pressure in canner has naturally dropped to zero, leave jars in canner for 10 minutes before removing them from canner and cooling them.
Be sure once your jars are down to roon temperature that you remove the rings and wash the jars before storing them in your pantry.Classic NO-BOIL Lasagna - Old school recipe, uses REGULAR lasagna - Easy with ricotta, ground beefOld Time Knowledge2022-05-21 | We LOVE this no-boil lasagna recipe. You can use regular lasagna noodles. You don't have to buy the "oven-ready" kind. I first learned about this decades ago because my aunt used to make it for family reunions. I couldn't believe it when she told me it was the recipe from the back of a Mueller's pasta box!
Here is the full recipe, exactly as it appeared on boxes of Mueller's lasagna decades ago:
INGREDIENTS
8 oz. (1/2) package Mueller's® Lasagne, uncooked 15 oz. Ricotta cheese or 2 cups cottage cheese 2 cups Mozzarella cheese, divided 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 2 eggs, lightly beaten 6 1/2 cups (52 ounces) of your favorite pasta sauce 1 lb. ground beef or Italian sausage, cooked and drained 1 tsp. parsley flakes
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350º 2. In medium bowl, combine Ricotta cheese, 1 cup of Mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and eggs; mix well. 3. In separate bowl, add browned meat to pasta sauce; mix well 4. Spread 1 cup of meat sauce mixture in 9" x 13" pan 5. Place 1/3 of the uncooked Lasagne noodles over sauce. Spread 1/2 of the cheese mixture over noodles, top with 1/3 of meat sauce mixture. 6. Repeat layering. Top with remaining noodles and meat sauce mixture. 7. Cover with foil. Bake 55 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with reserved Mozzarella cheese and parsley flakes. 8 Bake an additional 5 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
ENJOY!Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pie Recipe - Easy to make and SO delicious!Old Time Knowledge2022-05-14 | I love this old fashioned buttermilk pie recipe! This quintessential southern pie is a perfect spring or summertime dessert, although it's delicious anytime! It's super easy to make. You really can't get it wrong! And you just need a few ingredients.
Some people keep this refrigerated (like myself). Others keep it out on the counter. Do what you like, but regardless of how you store it, I can't imagine it will be around longer than a day or two!
Here's how to make this delicious old-fashioned, homemade buttermilk pie.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 cup buttermilk 2 tsp. vanilla 1 Tbsp. flour 1/4 tsp. salt
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350º. 2. Mix together all ingredients. 3. Pour into pie shell and bake at 350º for 50 minutes. 4. Turn oven temp down to 325º and bake for an additional 10 minutes. 5. Take pie out of oven and let come down to room temperature and chill before serving. (This pie should not be eaten hot. It's much better when it's cool.)
Enjoy!
Here's how I make homemade vanilla extract: oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extractRaised Bed Gardening - Vegega 9-in-1 🤔 Is it sturdy? Is it deep enough? Will it work in my garden?Old Time Knowledge2022-05-11 | I have had a bad experience with a metal raised garden bed, so I was skeptical when I was first approached by Vegega to review one of their garden beds. Nevertheless, I went into it with an open mind. Even once the box had arrived, I could tell it was different than the other one I had. It was HEAVY. In this video, I show you the 9 possible configurations for this bed from the garden bed's instructions, how I chose to assemble it, how I filled it with cardboard, compost from my own garden, collard leaves, garden soil, and covered with a layer of straw mulch before adding plants.
I am definitely going to want more of these. No wood to haul home from the hardware store. MUCH taller than my regular raised beds (which I do love, because my son built them for me). MUCH sturdier than other metal raised beds I've seen (and used!).
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If you decide to buy something, here's a coupon code that will get you 10% off your order: OTKGARDENPREPPER PANTRY - Stock up by DEHYDRATING your favorite foods! Space saving & super easy! #prepareOld Time Knowledge2022-05-06 | I love canning, but I also love dehydrating. I bought my dehydrator in 2020 and since then I have dehydrated tons of things for long term food storage that are staples in our family's menu. In this video, I show you some of those items:
• Diced Potatoes O'Brien (breakfast potatoes) - from frozen • Mixed Vegetables - from frozen • Garden Peas - from frozen • Peppers & Onions - from frozen • Scalloped Potatoes • Mushrooms
I also talk about dehydrating your summer's harvest from the garden, as well as delicious dehydrated snacks like fruit leathers.
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For all things dehydrating, I HIGHLY recommend @ThePurposefulPantry . She has wonderful advice, tips, and tricks about dehydrating — things you should and can do, things you should avoid, etc. Also, lots of items you may never even have thought to dehydrate.PREPPER PANTRY - How to Can Sausage - Shelf-stable for quick meals and helps save money! #prepareOld Time Knowledge2022-04-22 | I rearranged my freezer a couple of days ago and found some country sausage I bought last winter — a 5 lb box of rope sausage — and I decided to take out it out of my freezer, remove it from the casings, fry it up, and pressure can it. This will be a great shelf-stable meat to have on hand. I decided to can it in smaller jars — mostly half-pint jars, but also a couple of 12 oz. jars and a single pint jar. Why? Because a lot of times when we use sausage, we just need a little bit and end up freezing the rest anyway. This way, I just take down the amount I need from off the shelf and dump it in a pan, fry it up, and there's no worrying about how to store what we're not eating right then.
For more canning recipes, check out my playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=VJoRtr4JpTE&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5O&ab_channel=OldTimeKnowledgePREPPER PANTRY - OLD Ball Bluebook Chili Recipe – Pressure canning saves you $$$! #prepping #prepareOld Time Knowledge2022-04-13 | This chili recipe comes from a 2003 Ball Bluebook. The most recent versions don't have this, but it's a classic and so delicious! The recipe says it yields about 6 pints or 3 quarts, but the way I make it, I wind up with 10 pints. Your mileage may vary!
INGREDIENTS
5 lbs. ground beef (I use 80/20) 2 cups chopped onions 1 clove garlic, minced (I use a couple of heaping Tbsp of minced garlic) 6 cups canned tomatoes and juice (I use two quarts of my home-canned Roma tomatoes and I added an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce) 1 tsp. cumin 1 1/2 Tbsp. salt 1/2 cup chili powder 1 hot red pepper, finely chopped (optional -- I don't use this)
1. Brown meat and drain off fat. 2. Add onions and continue cooking. 3. Add remaining ingredients, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 4. Fill jars and process in pressure canner at your required altitude for 75 minutes for pints or 90 minutes for quarts.
To learn about your altitude and for other canning basics, go to the National Center for Home Food Preservation https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_home.htmlPREPPER PANTRY - Pressure canning beef stew STOCK UP NOW! #prepare #prepping #stockupnowOld Time Knowledge2022-04-09 | Stock up while you can! Between inflation and food shortages, before you know it, comfort foods like beef stew could be a luxury! Pressure can as much as you are able in case high prices or shortages make it no longer an option — or at least not for a long while.
As I mentioned in the video, I use chuck roast for my beef stew. For vegetables, I use carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes. I season it with thyme, salt, pepper, and beef bouillon, then I add water to all ingredients to fill the jars.
I will be including this and other recipes in the next issue of my PDF newsletter, which you can subscribe to by going here: bit.ly/otk-subscribe
If you'd like to visit my Amazon store for more recommendations, go here: amazon.com/shop/oldtimeknowledgeVegetable Garden Tour 2022 - What Im growing + How to make 100% FREE FERTILIZER in days!Old Time Knowledge2022-04-02 | Here's my 2022 Vegetable Garden Tour where I'll show you what I'm growing in our garden AND how you can make 100% FREE FERTILIZER. (Hint: This is not about making compost!)
Those of us who keep a well-stocked pantry AND grow some of our own food will be glad we did as we get further into the challenging year 2022. I've been talking on this channel about stocking up and being prepared and the importance of growing a garden. Growing your own food is a great way to offset the economic impacts of inflation and the serious problem of food shortages.