A Good Kind of Intense

Meg is in the kitchen today canning up some meat stock, and making canned apple pie filling with the bounty of apples we bought earlier this month. Then, Ben is outside getting our setup ready for butchering meat chickens.
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[@nancycowan6109]

Gosh. I’ll be 70 next month and I cannot tell you how much you inspire me. I’ve always been a canner. Meg, your work in the kitchen is truly a thing of skill and love. Thank you!! ❤️

[@gailpetchenik3048]

My family wasn’t eating the apple jelly either. Soooo… I put apple pie spices in it & told them it was apple pie jelly & they devoured it👍😜

[@donnamays24]

Good tip! Tx

[@marthaosburn-henry1087]

What a great idea!

[@TanyardTerrace]

Genius!

[@CreatorInTrng]

Tricky. Sounds like a real Wizard of Oz move. 😃🧑‍🍳🍎

[@peggywieting2073]

How funny! And smart!

[@ischafer8073]

Happy healthy Sasquatch!!!! What a fun episode today. Corbin was a great Big Brother teaching Buggy how to turn the apple peeler 🥰👊. Awesome job on the siding, Brett 👍!! Glad everyone is feeling better. 🕊🙏🎶

[@parbatilakhan9159]

I know three of theboys names córbin jack and brett what us the other son name?.😊

[@lindadenny4923]

Tyler

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

I have found that using a waterproof Sharpie to label a mixed pressure canner load works just fine: the writing is still sharp and clear when pulled out. ❤

[@revonda5204]

Always a great day to see "What's cookin' in the Kitchen with Meg"! 😊 Love seeing Buggy learning how to do things in the kitchen, and my heart melted seeing Corbin helping her. 🫠

[@michaeleason7078]

What a great name for a Meg cooking channel

[@alicegilbert4186]

Buggy is so cute and so wants to help. Brett did an awesome job. It looks great.

[@marywaltz7871]

Meg's apple pie filling looked soooooo Goooood!!!

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

My wife just made 6 gallons of lard and it took her over 25 hours. 😂 yeah it was insane. But worth every minute. Definitely good kind of intense.

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Meg starting the video for a change WOW 🎉 good stuff

[@Steve-od6hi]

Buggie popping into the video brightened my Day. Loved Meg's canning and cooking review, as well as Ben and how the SUV was Going, Blessings on you all!

[@jangrahame4891]

We only used crabapples for jelly. It comes out pink and if you and I use it on glazed pork or lamb roasts, it is awesome! PS you can also add a little heat with your peppers.

[@jeanineadele]

Buggy and Brett put a smile on my face helping you with the apples. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family moments with us. I agree with you about jelly, it's a waste of time, dish soap, shelf space, jars, lids etc to can things your family doesn't eat. @Ben Looks like your new chicken coops are working great, if I may make a suggestion, if you put some poles in the coops for the chickens to roost on they would be a lot happier and healthier. The look a little stressed all crowded up in there.

[@maggidull1952]

Good job Bret! The pressure washing really spiffied up your home. Always great to see the kids participating in projects. Buggy learns how to do things by doing it...with a little help from big brother.

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Apple pie filling is so versatile! One of my fav uses is Oatmeal Cookie Sundaes. Put an oatmeal cookie in a bowl, top with vanilla ice cream and warm apple pie filling. A warm cozy hug in a bowl! ☺

[@TheHollarHomestead]

That sounds incredible! 🤤

[@jeanineadele]

That is a great idea.

[@heatheryoung9949]

Love seeing a family pray together over their meals!

[@jerrybrady9103]

That's one efficient apple pealer😊 and a very pretty little girl running it 😅

[@jch1965]

The apple pie filling looks wonderful! Great idea to use it as an oatmeal topping. 😋

[@Jazzgirlaust]

I just love how all your kids pitch in with whatever needs doing, especially Buggy. She's so little but that girl is older than her years! She's such a delight.

[@jdgibs3446]

Thank you for sharing your experience and creative expertise. Glad that you are healing and getting ready for end of year activities. Praying for your family to be safe, healthy, strong, discerning and successful in His Holy Name. Blessings Hollars...☝️🙏🙌💪❤️

[@stknmggs1788]

Buggy has great hand dexterity for her age! Such a great helper!

[@wenknight8586]

That's quite an apron collection you have there! Love your kitchen helpers ... they are learning great skills.

[@helenvander-heyden2383]

Anybody else fist pump when a hollar video comes up or is that just me?😂

[@eaccristo]

Glad you all feel better. Great Job Brett.

[@marthabartel604]

The mobile. Home needs patio covers to stop that greening. How about simple wood and aluminum lean to on that side. And you could till it for a rain barrel there also. Think of the water you waste this way. And you could use for in and out space. Park, toys, work table for spring lunches and bbq.

[@shannonsikes1032]

Just wanted to let you know you can mark your lids with sharpie before canning to be able to tell the difference. :)

[@deecooper1567]

Love this family 💖 True country living/homesteading at its best ! If the sinks full of dishes-that’s ok. Shows production is in progress. And outside if there’s a pile here or there or weeds get high- hey it’s country living. Many projects to do & sometimes things just have to stay as it. More important is sustainability & THIS FAMILY DOES IT 🎉🎉🎉. Love country living 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@davidstoddard9160]

One year I had a whole lot of pumpkins. It just happened when the Mall of America opened I went in a store that was selling small jars for like tourists, and it was pumpkin butter, and I thought oh yes I can make that too. I baked like 15 pumpkins and and cut the outside off of course and cooked the pumpkin down in a huge canner on the stove and used the same recipe as you would use for making apple butter, and it turned out so good. I actually gave a lot of it away to friends and family and they all loved it too. It was much darker than apple butter, but so good. on toast or pancakes too.

[@juleswins3]

The critters will go crazy over the apple scraps! Chickens, pigs, even the steer.

[@michaelmessick2407]

When me and my 6 brothers and sisters with my parents would visit my Dad's mom and dad on the farm in spiceland Indiana as a kid ! She had the best granny smith apple tree in her side yard ! Every year she canned spiced apple rings with cloves and cinnamon and they were the first thing I asked for to eat every time we would visit ! My grandpa always had a bag of cinnamon hard candies in his dresser drawer and butter scotch that he would pass out to us kids if we were good ! Watch you can those apples really brought back those memories and my mom drying apple to use in the winter for her homemade butter fried individual apple pies she fixed for us after she soaked them in water and cooked them with spices added them to small crust and fold in half and crimped the edges with a fork and fried in butter ! I suppose you could bakem if ya wanted and butter afterwards though ! Seems like yesterday but that was 60 years ago ! Boy how time flies when your just living ya best life ! Really enjoy seeing you guys progress with yours ! Living and learning is mostly what it is ! God bless y'all !

[@whitneybest1019]

I’m glad you all are on the mend!

[@marcialittle7893]

That is so funny, I was a Pampered Chef lady for ten years, and when the Apple, Peeler, Corer, Slicer came out, if there were kids at the show, it was the funnest shows that I ever did. Huge amount of volunteers! Loved this video, Buggie is so funny. I am not a huge apple pie fan, but that looked so good, I may have to go there. Lol, thank you Hollars for another great video.

[@Tina_at_Tiny_Ducks]

Photo Bomb 4:38 She has the most Beautiful Smile EVER!

[@donnamays24]

Meg…you are awesome! Blessings Hollars…love you guys🙏❤️

[@karendecosse2580]

So good to have you back, glad your all ok. Missed you.

[@indianacryptid6020]

hey people I hope your all good, thx 4 putting your story up for us to see

[@sharrongermanos7293]

My mother made cinnamon apple jelly out of the apple pealing. It was delicious.

[@michaelmorgan6154]

Hey Meg, you are a machine. You must be the hardest worker I’ve ever seen!!! Hat’s off to you for your continued work for your family, with never ever a word of complaint about anything. You have cramped work space and things overgrown outside plus the piles of crap everywhere and half done jobs. But you continue to push forward with your work!!! You are an amazing woman that deserves a great deal of recognition for what you do!!😊

[@sgrvtl7183]

AGREED👌💯🩵

[@tammystark6364]

My family always thought the apple jelly was too bland so I started adding cinnamon and changed totally. More flavor equated to more eating. And my neighbor and I traded mine for her apple mint. Love both on pancakes

[@bk30911]

Love the content. As an owner of a pressure washing business , I would suggest ‘soft washing,’ the vinyl on your home. Assuming the algae build up is on the north side which is recurring , a soft wash solution in a pump up sprayer of 12.5% sodium hypochlorite, diluted 3 parts to 1 would melt it off within minutes , requiring just a rinse of water. 5 minute job. This is assuming there is no implications of runoff or vegetation around the house that would need to be watered down to prevent plant burning

[@user-vo5ox8ef5g]

Gee that was nice to get some free advice!

[@virginiagrenier8572]

When I had a mobile home, I hired someone to attach rigid insulation to the back side of the skirting. Man did that really change things! Electricity prices were going up but my electric bill actually went DOWN! and it was so much quieter - muffled the outside noises. Highly recommend!

[@katehopkinsbrent5573]

You need to add as catch name sniff here too. Love the farm life style ♥️ You cook the way I do 😄. You don’t go into the step by step which is nice for those of us that’s been cooking for YEARS. Home grown and home made- doesn’t get any better than that 👍. Glad you’re all feeling better. TIS the season. Last week in October my Mom always started the can on the back of the stove of Friars Balsam, none of us kids got sick and somehow over the last 5 years, nobody carries it anymore 😯. So all of us older wives now chop an onion and a couple cloves of garlic setting it up in the higher traffic area and we don’t get sick - I’d rather the friars Balsam LOVE that smell but this concoction works just as good

[@Franciso-so1bg]

Kill things and eat good. You should put that on a shirt. Meg, you're wonderful in the kitchen. I'm totally amazed at the amount of food you provide for your family. I know that it is hard long work, day (and night sometimes) in and out. You're crushing it!

[@user-ml6vh6vp1c]

Just a big thanks from my wife, she watched your video on making no measure bread and it has worked out great, we now have excellent 5 grain bread and walnuts all the time, and it all you, thank you very much. Love watching your Family way.

[@jenloveyc]

What about apple mint jelly for the lamb!!! Oh my goodness! Delicious 👍🏻

[@susanw9630]

Just seen a YT video of somebody extolling the virtues of a plant called Sorghum. It sounded wonderful and I thought of you. He lives in Florida and gets 4 crops a year. It's perennial and he says it's delicious and very easy to grow and provides fodder for animals too. The channel is Tfarms and the video was "Small scale grain production. The best grain to grow! Years of testing out." Love from England. x

[@thedelightfulcottage343]

Oh thank you for the shout out! I was so surprised! The recipe is pinned on my Instagram same name as this account without the numbers! i love making applesauce with my scraps but we also do the egg 😂and bacon route too.

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Hollers, Buggy and Munchie in the House🎉. We never liked Apple Jelly either but it was always around🤔. It must have been cheap! Great job Brett👍. Im glad yall feel better. We had the same thing here 🤧. Snow in the we hours of the morning, first Frost as well Brrr. JO JO IN VT 🥸👹👻👿🎃💞

[@cherylmoran5134]

Yeah fellow Vermonter!😊

[@joanneganon7157]

@@cherylmoran5134 👋👻 JO JO

[@belieftransformation]

Great accomplishments, & wonderful family! Thanks for sharing! Have a successful chicken processing day! Blessings to everyone 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@territn8871]

Lots of goings on over there! Glad everyone is better and feeling back to normal! Brett's pressure washing work looks great👍 I miss my mom's homemade applesauce. She did hers in a crockpot which kept all of us supplied throughout the year until next apple season.

[@marcycampbell4118]

I loved that you used the different sized canning jars for the broth. Quick, creative solution.

[@marycook9607]

My husband and i are suffering thru the beginning cold of wintet season. Im trying to can as well. Then my neighbor gave me one-half 5 gallon bucket green tomatoes. Majority are cherry.

[@Karmacalifornia67]

the peeling apple scraps add a 1/8 lemon juice let sit for 10-15 minutes. Then take out strain, pat dry, add cinnamon, sugar and shake in a big bag til very covered. Bake until a little crispy and enjoy a crispy treat. Utilizing all of apple with pigs getting the cores. xo

[@SandraNelson063]

Buggy will build up muscle from running the peeler. Millie is supervising! 😊

[@EhGardenerGuy]

Well I feel silly, now I know how to properly get the core off of my apple corer.

[@Diana_the_green_dragon]

Canning videos and food stuff will never get old

[@emyreotutar3187]

Buggy is so cute😊

[@michalmarcus9562]

I believe it was Rachel, from "That 1870 Homestead" that mentioned you can write with Sharpie on the lid before it goes into the canner, and the stays during the canning process.

[@deannewilliams3321]

Yes! That’s what I need… bone broth! I haven’t been up to par since I got out of the hospital. Little Chicky getting all up in those apples…so cute! Brett needs to advertise lol. Make dat money! Good job! 👍🏻

[@denisewilson8367]

I'm glad you are doing better and you're home from the hospital. Now, to get feeling better. I hope you can get some bone broth, I know it makes me feel better.

[@deannewilliams3321]

@@denisewilson8367 Thanks! Yes, you know how awesome hospital food is (not) lol. They were giving me ensure… ew

[@erikas974]

We need a window on youtube so we can also enjoy Meg coocking. That Cocovan looked amaizing and I never tasted it so need to try. 😊🎉🎉🎉

[@Karamelk4]

Coq Au Vin - Chicken In Wine. 😊

[@debbyplank2189]

On a mixed canner load like that I always write on the lid before I put them on. I have a lot of squirrels running around so I need all the help I can get. LOL

[@noahvale2627]

Meg wearing a sow the land shirt? Great!

[@oliviafox3605]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@srqlisa7881]

Oh my lily was so proud of herself working that apple peeler. Glad you got that on video.😊

[@-DIVINEHAZEL]

💜A Hollar Homestead Cookbook by Meg would be so very awesome to own💜

[@buffeysarber836]

Meg! You are awesome!!!! Such an inspiration in the kitchen! God bless you!❤

[@loritanner4478]

I use to make apple pie filling using apples that I sliced with one of those spiral slicer/peelers. But I found that the slices were too thin. And after canning it. When I used it to make a pie or whatever. Baking those thin sliced apples again made them mush out like applesauce. This year I'm making it by slicing my apples thicker by hand.

[@terresiagregg9326]

Awesome video Meg the apple pie filling looked amazing n your son pressure washing the trailer looked amazing also

[@terresiagregg9326]

So glad you all got over your colds

[@corymccombs3041]

If you spray pool shock on the siding let it sit for 15 minutes then wash it off, the algae and dirt will just melt off and kill any spores that are left on there.

[@southloupriverhomestead4696]

Thanks for the video!

[@annieisenhower8138]

As always love “spending time” with the Hollars.

[@doityourselflivinggardenin7986]

Pressure washing upwards could send water behind the siding and cause rot or mold. Best to wash downward or at least perpendicular. I don't make jelly because it is mostly jelled flavored water with sugar. I prefer jam instead. However, removing seeds from raspberries to make jam is labor intensive. I pressure cook my roosters. It can turn a five-year-old roo into tender dark meat quickly. Tons of flavor. That way you can drink the wine instead.🙂

[@pandrews45]

Apple jelly is so neutral it can be used as a flavorful base for other jellies like jalapeno jelly (or other hot pepper), mint jelly for lamb (sort of like cranberry sauce for turkey).... cowboy candy, herbed meat jellies, think rosemary, thyme, or sage. Sage is also good in blackberry jelly and my son's favorite iced tea flavoring..... just in case you decide to make it again in the future.

[@alicegilbert4186]

Thanks for letting us visit

[@the_Fat_Catz_Farm]

I cover my holiday hams in apple butter when bake them. It is amazing!

[@dianebrodeen3863]

Having an apple frenzy here! Got a bunch of big Granny Smiths for 89¢/lb. As soon as they're all turned into apple sauce & crisp, the scraps will make a batch of cider vinegar.

[@marywaters7068]

The boys are so sweet with Buggy.

[@colleenlynch5370]

Quick tip, set your oven at 350 and set your canning jars on a cookie sheet. Heat up for 15 minutes before canning.

[@pamelacrowell2007]

One of our fall favorites is a canned blue plum cake. When I used to make pie filling and apple butter, I would make the plum cake and add the juice to the juice from the cores and peels. It's 12:49 a beautiful color, and way more flavorful than apple jelly. Plum is my favorite jelly/jam anyway and the apple plum jelly is still my son's favorite!

[@farmernledell]

You can make jelly later if needed BUT you can’t get the time back so good on ya for be a good steward and time frugal !

[@hancockhale]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@PiaLiljebladh]

I would REALLY love to come to your class ❤ on Nov 10th, which is my 50th birthday 🎉, but I live in Sweden 🇸🇪… I hope everyone has a wonderful experience. And I would really really wanna taste yor food, Meg! 🥘 Good luck with the butterflies, Ben. I know you’re gonna do awesome. 🙌 Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you. Blessings

[@gowest5145]

When we lived in Florida we had to clean our RV like that. Since we moved to New Mexico haven't had to clean it one time, so nice.

[@rosewright9451]

You two don't believe in being busy at all, do you. Wow, I have been watching a few homesteaders for a few years now and I had no idea how hard you work, inside and out.

[@pammurphy9311]

Good idea with the vinegar on a towel!

[@dugel3]

Great job on the pressure washing Brett. It looks very nice and you should be proud of a job well done

[@camicri4263]

Great to seeyou guys! Blessings!

[@evalinawarne1337]

Brett you've done an excellent job. It looks brand New. Looks much nicer, like your wallet 💰💰 FULL.💰💰💰 You're a hard worker.❤️👍👍🌿🐟🐠🌟✨ MEG, dinner looked fabulous. Apple's,.BUGGIE and BIG BRO. Worker very WELL together. You're a great TEACHER. My favorite time is dinner praying together as one family. AMEN. Thankful your feeling better. I was sick too. Had a heart attack last Tuesday, right at this time. PRAISE GOD ALL is WELL. Thank you JESUS for BLESSING each of us and HEALING TOUCH STRENGTH. We are fine. See ya morrow. Thank you. PEACEFUL HOME October 31. We are having our second snow flakes. NOT staying. YES 🌹🥀❤️LEAVE 🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️✝️🀄🀄🀄🎁🐦

[@BakeALegAndLetsDigIt]

I don't comment often but I watch every video. Smaller youtuber here and Meg is such an inspiration God bless from Pennsylvania Sincerly Melody

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

Maybe next year, when I've been out touring America with mt wife while towing a tiny house on wheels, I'll contact yall about a seat at the butchering table. I need to learn the process so I can do it when we find home, wherever that is.

[@miriamramirez6236]

I have been following your channel for years and ilove it,, I know that yow like cachucha in Spanish it is “ ají dulce” you can used them whole, cut them in small pieces,or grind them,, and afterwards use them when you kook chicken, pork,any kind of meot,soup,souse beans etc in Puerto Rico and all the Caribeean island we make a “sofrito”with garlic onions cilantro regular peppers cachucha ,tomatoes and some salt then you fri them the same way you do the onions and afterwards you save it I the fridge an use it when is needed i believe that maybe you can get a recipe in google as “ají dulce”. I hope this is another very good way to use your favorite pepper, please let me know if this information has been useful for your family’ god bless you and your wonderful family and thanks for the chanel ,

[@acornhomestead3575]

We'll kill things and eat good! That should be every homesteaders motto! 😂😂😂 That tickled my funny bone!

[@larryfeeks6620]

Good job on the siding, Brett!

[@lucretiawrolstad3997]

I often cook the apple scraps and process to add to fruit for natural pectin.

[@gkiferonhs]

Apple makes a good jelly-extender. If you don't have quite enough of something else to make a full batch, just fill it out with apples. They gel well and don't really add any noticeable flavor. Smuckers used to offer a line of apple-blend jellies I liked. Pears can do the same thing.

[@Rabbiton]

Meg you are inspiration with all your cooking, canning etc : )

[@henklenting2821]

my dad used to clean house exteriors professionally, he said that pressure washing leaves behind some algea, making it grow back quicker. Should keep clean a lot better if you clean it with a rag and some cleaning agent

[@daniellalambert9941]

Coq au vin is my favorite. True authentic French recipe calls for Brandy in addition to wine.

[@Pamtorres2003]

I think half the apples you cut up went into Buggy. Lol

[@davidstoughton3257]

You could use the cores and scraps for apple cider vinegar too, but you know what your craps will be best used for. You and your family use your resources to the best or your abilities. I wish I could do the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!