Come DUMPSTER DIVING With Me!! Freegan Haul and Preserving FREE FOOD 🍑🥬😎

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[@lynnloehr1566]

It's amazing how much good, usable food our country throws away. So glad there are young people like you to carry on these life skills!

[@kathyw7143]

OH Girl plum jelly is to die for. And the foam on the top let it sit on a saucer in the fridge and spread it on buttered toast the next morning...that is GOOD eatin.

[@conniehemmer6831]

Good video - the fruit preserves look delicious. If you like apple butter it’s super easy to make in a crockpot next time you have some apples.

[@DumpsterCam]

yum, will definitely try

[@Gail_Garcia]

Everything looks Delicious!! Your really good at that canning & preserving things ! ❤❤

[@nataliepierce894]

Always a pleasure ❤

[@kathyorio718]

I would have used those peaches to make peach pound cake (it freezes well) in a tube pan or a loaf pan. I love peaches and to get great tasting ones right now is perfect because they have a short great tasting window. Love watching your videos 💕💕

[@DumpsterCam]

Thank you! I love peaches as well, so summery and delicious 😁

[@RoseCottageColleen]

You had some wonderful hauls. It's great that you never take more than you can use. I think you will be so happy in the dead of winter to be enjoying the fruit you've canned and frozen.

[@DumpsterCam]

Thank you 😊 I try to take what I know I will utilize, and leave what others may want

[@bonnieyoung4037]

Excellent fruit haul

[@janejdough2230]

WOW! Good score, You will appreciate these come winter.

[@kathyweber6844]

It looked full so probably the garage man was coming so that's why it was open!! Need to remember that day! 👏👏👍✌️

[@DumpsterCam]

Exactly what I was thinking! I'll be back every week at that time now 😆

[@debicorwin6978]

All your canned food looks delicious!!❤❤

[@cherylsalinas1548]

Always great seeing you know matter what you are doing. That canned fruit will be delicious. My mom used to can peaches and they are so yummy. Enjoy the fruits of your labor as they say. Have a great weekend. ❤️❤️

[@whittimom5280]

Good for you saving food from the Landfill. You do such a good job preserving and canning food. It all looks delish. Maybe try a fruit cobbler with the canned fruit?

[@DumpsterCam]

mmm I do love a fruit cobbler 😋

[@lindastewart8815]

All looks good keep up the canning God Bless you

[@Jo.H.]

Hi Cam, you did so well, glad you found that dumpster open, will have to back at the same time next week. It’s great you saved and preserved so much food.

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

NIce haul! The Ball book is a great reference book for preserving food and worth the investment. My grandmother always added a peach pit for flavor in her canned peaches. They were delicious.

[@tammymcgill3050]

It all looks great! I make a brussel sprout salad with craisins, pecans, and a maple vineigrette dressing. Cracker Barrel had a brussel sprout and kale salad for a while and I made up my own recipe. I slice the brussel sprouts thin with a mandolin, add the craisins and chopped pecans. Dressing is real maple syrup, olive oil, and red wine vinegar.

[@jackieburnett6881]

You are really doing well well with your canning! Great dumpster haul!!!

[@DumpsterCam]

Thank you so much 😁

[@susancousins8766]

Wonderful work with all of the fruits and Brussel sprouts yummy 😋 have a great week ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜

[@geralyndebolt6099]

What cuties !🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛❤❤❤🦋💜🦋💜🦋💜

[@samwright8599]

Excuuuuuuuse me! Holes. Fun upload. Sorry bout the Canning accident xxx

[@DumpsterCam]

It actually cleaned up really easily, so I wasn't irritated for too long 😆

[@teresautterback1492]

Awesome Cam! I need to pick up the Ball blue book guide you have. I want to start doing exactly what you've done here. Nummm. So much to rely on later & you know what went into each step. Love it. Good for you, Woman! Great job!

[@DumpsterCam]

Thank you so much😁 It really is a fun process

[@mrs.krystale.navarrette868]

Freeze it to feed it to the chickens they will love it

[@DumpsterCam]

Got a record 5 eggs from the ladies today! So I gave them half of the watermelon for a job well done 😊

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

Plum cobbler is my favorite!!! Next time, put 1 peach pit into the bottom of each jar. It helps them keep their color.

[@gabrielebehr563]

Fruit day👍😋

[@user-oe6kk5kt4f]

Mmmmmmm make you some plum preserves! Sooooooooo good!😊

[@countrygal3688]

What a tasty and beautiful array of canned fruit!

[@sallyapplegate4591]

Great video!!!!! Makes me want to learn to can!!! Thx😊

[@DumpsterCam]

It's so easy! I love pressure canning as well, you should give it a try :)

[@flowrinse9671]

We have a Gordon’s here and I have not been impressed by the produce there. Great haul, make jam or preserves with your fruit!

[@terryhenderson424]

That is a nice haul. Look up both preserves and also conserves. Some say they are the same but, the fruit in conserves is a little chunkier than in preserves.

[@terryhenderson424]

Oh, with conserves often all, half, or just residual skins are left on.

[@lissaflatt9500]

Just a little FYI chicken's like frozen watermelon and frozen cantaloupe when it's really hot. It cools them down. Love the fact that you can so much of the goodies you find in the dumpster. I enjoyed canning fruit and making pickles. Peace hope love 💓

[@rakamas]

Wiw thats wonderful that you got all that canned..WTG DC..Gus is definitely looking good,im glad he is feeling better.Kippy likes the stroller, lucky for you,sge enjoys watching outside so much from the window so i know she would 💕 love it going for a ride outdoors.Good shot of your hen too. You might ask some of the ladies on your channel for a good fruit preserve recipe one they have used for a long time . 👍❤️

[@DumpsterCam]

Finally got Gus on a diet that seems to be agreeing with him better 😁 Thank you!

[@sjbutler2330]

You are doing just wonderful with all your yummy finds! Our family background is Slovakian and my mom used Plums and peaches canned ones like yours inside LG steamed dumplings, covered in melted butter with Crumbled dry cottage cheese mixed through the dumplings. This recipe is to die for! So so good. 💙

[@moviemakerwannabe]

You could probably make the Brussels sprouts into sauerkraut. The home made kind tastes different than the store kind. The fermentation process makes them really good for you.

[@DumpsterCam]

ooo I didnt even think of that!

[@terryhenderson424]

English muffins, biscuits, pancakes/ waffles, the heels of bread ehich will sop up and thinner preserves around the fruit. They taste great when scooped onto hot buttered corn bread in enough quantity that you need a knife and fork. The fruit on the bottom yogurt is basically yogurt into of a conserve or preserve. Dump a dollup in the center of drop biscuits or muffins as if they were thumb print cookies. Speaking of which deoending on the size of the fruit and the amount of sugar, use preserves to make stained glass or thumb print cookies.

[@DumpsterCam]

Great ideas, thank you, yogurt will be great!

[@kathyjean4785]

Love that you are canning!

[@noranalu5669]

I would take it all and give it to the cute chickens.

[@christyv4125]

My favorite preserves are plum. Yay!

[@sarahgoodwin3337]

If you keep your peach skins, dehydrate them and blend to a powder. Mix with a bit of sugar, and it makes a great dessert topping 😋

[@cooleysbutterfly]

Good job cam

[@Linda-in9ns]

Nice video. Thanks for saving the items! 🍉🍑👍😀

[@lethaharris1608]

I shred brussel sprouts and use to make a coleslaw.

[@donnaokoniewski3761]

Cam, you are an amazing young woman! Great video. Love seeing all the canning, etc. A lot of Life Skills I do not possess and have never done. At almost 70, I don't know how I've made it this far. I'll attribute it to Grace. I do have a suggestion. Instead of using all the sugar, perhaps try a sugar alternative, like Swerve, Stevia, Erythritol, Allulose , etc. Just a thought. xo

[@DumpsterCam]

Thank you 😊 They have no sugar added recipes using white grape juice, but my store was out when I looked, definitely don't want everything to be full sugar though

[@Mulva_]

Peaches and plums.. my favorite. Great haul. It's been hot here also.. brussel sprouts 🤢🤢 yuck

[@a31656]

I have had peaches which had cinnamon added and they were delicious. I imagine apples would be also. You have done a great job.

[@terryhenderson424]

For preserves, cut or chop your fruit into pieces closer to 1/2" to 1" cubes or chops. Chopped fruit actually looks and cooks better. With the smaller sized fruit, if the preserves don't set up (well) they can become labeled conserves as they come out of the jar.

[@bunnybazaar3070]

plums canned are lovley

[@erikagreen5685]

Awesome🎉

[@robinbadura2226]

Oh yea put your canning date on your jars, then you can keep track on your rotation of what order you what you canned your canned goods.

[@DumpsterCam]

This is definitely something I need to start doing, all of my old stuff is just unorganized 😬

[@michaelfrohlich4271]

Ich finde es toll das man bei euch Containern kann ist bei uns nicht erlaubt. Meine Hühner lieben auch Wassermelone und anderes Obst mach weiter so😊❤

[@marenbegnaud5253]

Plum jam is amazing.

[@becca0912]

Yay, finally it was open. My chickens love love love watermelon btw, hopefully yours do too.

[@DumpsterCam]

They were a bit skeptical at first, but ended up eating the whole thing 😋

[@TheBaitShoppe-CrumpTN]

Plum jelly is delicious ❤

[@terryhenderson424]

Look about the internet for different state's agricultural universities because many have additional canning recipes they have deemed safe.

[@terryhenderson424]

It is Dec 24th, but i realized ive missed you and am now catching up. Some 6 months later, i am so glad you picked up that produce. Between chickens and compost pile you cant go wrong. In the summer when there are more concerns of winged insects and smells, veggie pit stuff. Dig a hole, dump, and cover with a good 1 to 2 inches of dirt.

[@ellen3883]

Sploosh!!

[@mariediaz9299]

we have chickens and keep a plastic bucket on the back portch for peels, cut out brown

[@kathylecluyse7820]

You could also make a tasty, easy jam with plums!

[@DumpsterCam]

definitely will be trying that and peach jam next time! yum!

[@Mejiaelis]

Gus bathing at the end ♥️

[@DumpsterCam]

I could watch him all day, just so cute 😊

[@katenickels617]

well done

[@uberdogsequoia]

If you freeze the melon before you give it to the chickens it will help cool them down in this heat

[@shannonwolf7188]

You could try them on pancakes and waffles! Angel food cake and shortcake too!

[@DumpsterCam]

Mmm, angel food cake sounds perfect!

[@robinbadura2226]

Plum jam....!!

[@DumpsterCam]

I did want to try to make some jam, sounds so good! But I have tons of blackberries that I'm going to make jam with, so I decided to hold off for now :)

[@robinbadura2226]

@DumpsterCam cool...sounds great...

[@jrae6608]

Nice video. Continue the good work

[@tinagillhamevans667]

Custard, have em with custard!

[@karenblackwell1577]

👍😁💪💯

[@lethaharris1608]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@reed9795]

We are coming to the days when this abundance of food and its waste will seem like a dream

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

Ive home canned brussel sprouts into pickles. Look up frog ball recipe.

[@DumpsterCam]

I prefer to stick with only safety tested recipes for canning because although the risk is small, botulism is not something I want to risk. Many people do use other canning recipes and have success though!

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

@@DumpsterCam Brussel sprouts & cabbage are interchangeable in pickling. Chow chow is an example of pickled cabbage. The vinegar makes it acidic.🙂

[@norah6304]

I'd love to see an inventory and generally how much money dumpster diving saves you

[@DumpsterCam]

I will try to remember to do this in the winter, that's when the big savings are!

[@TheBaitShoppe-CrumpTN]

Make cobbler ❤

[@rebeccakerr652]

All your can goods look delicious, I’d help you eat them.

[@moann56]

🌸👍🏻🌸

[@janschlitter461]

You found a watermelon. You also said you love pickles. Why not try making and canning pickled watermelon rind.

[@DumpsterCam]

I've never heard of that! I'll have to look it up and try 😁

[@janschlitter461]

@@DumpsterCam It is a sweet pickle. My grandma used to call it a dessert pickle. We used to eat them by the jar full.

[@mariakies5564]

Where did you get the canning book.

[@DumpsterCam]

This one I got in a big lot of canning supplies off of facebook, but you can get them on amazon, or even walmart, there's an aisle that has lots of jars, canning supplies, and even canners

[@patriciasantillanes2497]

Is there any way to can apple pie filling and peach pie filling? Just curious.

[@DumpsterCam]

Yes! I just went the easiest route here to save on a little bit of time, but you can definitely can pie filling, yummy!