Cooking Without Electricity - (Are you prepared?)

[@kesmarn]

Tessie, your "Endless Salad Bar" is just the best! To think that a 25 cent package of spinach could supply all of that good nutrition. And you'll be able to re-use the potting soil and basket in up-coming years. NO pesticides or other bad stuff on that spinach either. Talk about win-win-win. It's great to think that each dime you save on not using electricity, store-bought greens, dish soap, etc. eventually goes toward the big, wonderful projects like tree trimming, painting and repairs that make your home even "homier." It seems like a stretch to connect your little spinach plants with cans of paint down the road, but that's pretty much how things work out over time. For a wise woman anyway!

[@MindysPlace]

I am thankful to live on a lake with a fresh water spring and State owned woods all around me. If the grid goes down, we have resources. This is a great series.

[@susans9491]

I am in awe of your spinach basket! Definitely need one of those on our homestead! Growing up, I never learned many practical skills - my Mom considered a 4 star hotel camping - but I have learned a lot on my own and now I can, garden, cook from scratch, dehydrate food, keep bees and chickens - I try to make my family as self sufficient as we can manage to be. You’ve taught me so much! I think my Grandma would be proud of my efforts, as a young single woman she homesteaded land in Colorado and ran her own ranch. I just wish I’d had more time with her, she had soooo much knowledge!

[@owen4248]

Tessie I have everything I need to cook and clean and wash I have my fire pit and my gas grill plenty of gas cylinders :) I love to cook out doors as you know:) My fire pit grill is ready to go:) Love you Tessie:) God Bless you and Ken:)

[@TINA-pf2bb]

Hi Owen, this is pretty all new to me, so i'm still working on stuff. I'm hoping to substitute one of my grilling days for cooking over wood, :-)

[@caroldeaton619]

Good morning Owen hope you had a blessed day and evening. Take care God bless. I will chat with you soon.💙❤

[@603bornlivefreeordie5]

I have a wood sove and a fireplace we cook with them all winter, and we have a large fire pit with grates, and a pond and stream for water, as well as purifying tablets.

[@annalynn9325]

You are precious Tessie I am so grateful for you and the information you share 🤍

[@marybethsmith6458]

We always did what they call primitive camping growing up and with my husband and kids after I married. Cooking and washing like you just did. Always camped near a creek so we had easy access to water. We have a creek on our property and I can cook pretty much anything over a campfire so I don't worry about much.

[@kathieponder7708]

Wonderful ideas. We may be "off-the-grid" at anytime. The Oil Line Ransom should have been enough to wake us ALL up.

[@gailann7813]

You are so right. I'm awake Kathie, but that oil line ransom put me into a whole new level of concern and getting prepared even further.

[@eileenlester4342]

Amen.

[@caroldeaton619]

Never fear I am here watching the beautiful Tessie. My medicine is causing me to sleep at weird hours and wake up in the middle of the night. But I could not go a 24 hours without watching you Tessie. Great life lessons you teach us all. Love you God bless.💖❌⭕

[@Fite52]

I love cooking outside. Food taste so good cooked on an open fire. ❤️🙏

[@juliewebber2749]

Another great video Tessie.I am hoping my spinach grows good.So far only a few sprouts coming.My Swiss chard and carrots are coming.My potatoes too.Have a great evening everyone.

[@hollyh9334]

It's like all the stuff I learned way back in Girl Scouts. Cooking over a fire and using what's available to conserve resources. Long lost skills that you are teaching us so well! God bless, dearheart.

[@sharrilswindle752]

With all the crazy things going on in our world Your a real comfort to watch, calm ,peaceful and someone, we can learn from..Have a great weekend! Oh and thanks for yip on the soap handle holder, I got mine in mail this week! It even had old soap in it, which I think I will put my own in

[@eileenlester4342]

Wow!!!! That spinach is amazing. Great idea. Love it!!!!!!! 💜

[@owen4248]

Hi Eileen my friend:) LU :)

[@HomesteadTessie]

Thanks so much!

[@eileenlester4342]

@@owen4248 Hi Owen!!!!!! Love you too!!! 💜

[@sandrayarnell9498]

Thank you Tessie for teaching us how to cook and wash dishes without electricity. I appreciate you and your videos! God Bless!

[@owen4248]

This reminds me of my camping days Tessie making hot water over a fire and cooking up our dinner sitting around the fire at night fond memories:)

[@owen4248]

Who Loves Tessie Time :)

[@kesmarn]

All the time!

[@juliewebber2749]

I love Tessie time.

[@scorpio7938]

Me

[@owen4248]

Hello Everyone Welcome to Tessie's Place:)

[@marybethsmith6458]

Hello Owen

[@owen4248]

@@marybethsmith6458 Hello Marybeth Smith:)

[@kesmarn]

Good to see you, Owen!

[@owen4248]

@@kesmarn Hi kes S :) Good to see you too:)

[@juliewebber2749]

Hello Owen

[@hollyj2925]

Wow the spinach looks so good! I really enjoyed this video!

[@corinnerichardson9093]

Your idea to grow spinach in that basket was ingenious. So much spinach on a budget. Well done Tessie.

[@terririccardi2194]

Love cooking outside the flavor is just so much better. And it helps to keep the house cooler. Look how much bigger the chicks have grown. I don't collect rain water but I do have a couple of empty barrels out in the shed just in case I need them. Keep smiling sweetie xoxo

[@owen4248]

Good evening terri riccardi:) I love to cook our doors any time when ever possible :) I have two rain barrels here nice and full with all the rain I'm having:) Have a blessed evening :)

[@terririccardi2194]

@@owen4248 raining heavy here in Tennessee too the last two days. I need to have my son in law set one of the barrels up for me and make a top. Hope you have a wonderful weekend sweetie xoxo

[@marciabartch185]

So thankful for your good heart and informative channel! You’re the best, Tessie!!

[@HomesteadTessie]

Marcia Thank you so much!!

[@henryottis295]

Tessie, I am currently in the process of making Hobo stoves out of number 10 cans that I got free from the local pizzeria. There are tons of tutorials on YT about how to make them. They take almost no fuel to speak of, mainly twigs and sticks, whatever you have in the yard mostly...... And best of all, totally free. You can cook on them and boil water ect.

[@HomesteadTessie]

I been wanting to try that Henry !!! great idea !

[@kathieponder7708]

So awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@lindah629]

Tessie your awesome 😊✌❤🌼 your friend from ohio

[@dianadelacruz8944]

Hi sis your garden is amazing and love watching your outdoor video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@soniahenney9827]

Wow, that spinach harvest is great. Thanks for the update. I may have to try that next year or in the fall.

[@bettyadkisson1681]

I bought a plant sprayer too use a easy shower. I wet down soap up they rinse. And yes it works I've used it when camping. The bottle a pump presser and it only takes 1 quart of water.

[@deborahgilchrist1445]

I use the dollar store baskets for harvest.I bought 10 and filled them all with apples,nectarines,peaches plums,and almonds.surprise they were strong enough to fill and carry.needed more,lol

[@charlotteclark2207]

We have gas and charcoal grills with a bountiful supply to operate both. We also have a huge fire pit with grates, a solar generator and we catch rain water, plus have water filters. We have gas stove and heat as well. We're continuing to stock our pantries.

[@tinadoyle7026]

Tassie today your video was so relaxing to me. Please have a great weekend❤

[@HomesteadTessie]

Thank you! You too!

[@barbisrule]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jeanphillips1030]

Evening Tessie. Lovely video.

[@quietmadness1768]

Excellent lessons to be had here. You should start your own Amazon store with supplies and your neat books! People should be ready now more than ever. Thanks for sharing your days with us!

[@HomesteadTessie]

I do have a store front :) everything I use is in it the link is under every video :)

[@quietmadness1768]

@@HomesteadTessie That’s awesome, thanks! 💗

[@abbyechevarria5322]

Hi Tessie , that spinach basket is such a good idea. Cooking outdoors seems so much fun👍I live in the city San Francisco.Maybe someday I could live in the country,that’s what I wish for😊

[@christinehall238]

Great video! Everybody should learn to cook outdoors & practice that skill at least 3-4 times a year. People always say, “I know how to do that,” but when you actually do it, you realize that it does take practice to be skillful. Thanks for sharing!

[@HomesteadTessie]

Well said!

[@kathyreeves8853]

I live in the desert and burn mesquite in a Rocket Stove. I use a gas grill, camp fire, not now fire restrictions for camp fires. Rocket stove, 3/4 cinder blocks.Depends on style.

[@mariaretired9711]

Great video I wish I could cook on a fire maybe one day I live in an apartment and would love to live like you

[@beaandmaddy6623]

HI TESSIE, I AM SO TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT DOING ALL THIS. LOL!!!! GOOD TO KNOW OF COURSE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCE. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THE CONVENIENCES OF LIVING IN AMERICA ALL MY LIFE HAS ALLOWED ME TO HAVE. I NEVER TAKE ANY OF THEM FOR GRANTED AND APPRECIATE THEM ALL. EATING SPINACH IS SO HEALTHY, I PUT IN MY OMELETTES, SALADS, AS A HOT VEGETABLE PLAIN OR CREAMED, IN SOUPS, STEWS, SANDWICHES, ETC. STAY SAFE AND HAPPY. 💕💕💕💕💕

[@Mel-vr2cl]

So true that it is easier to learn all these skills when we don't NEED to and that way when an emergency situation happens, we are better prepared. Wise words! The spinach and carrot plants in the baskets look great! Nice work growing them....

[@connieoermann3592]

Tessie..how does the rainwater get Into your rainbarrel? Could you show it please. Or do you have another video on that topic? Thanks!

[@rexcarebear4701]

Although I'm not for certain how Tessie does it I believe in past videos I have seen that she simply puts it under the downspout so the water comes off the roof and into the rain barrel you simply remove part of the downspout adjustment the rain barrel directly underneath

[@HomesteadTessie]

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[@janedarby7521]

It is all good! Thankyou for sharing with us.

[@kimberlystone3987]

You go girl, I too can cook anywhere at any time ..... Without going to the grocery store!!! Prayers to you 🥰🙏🏻❤️💕🇺🇸

[@shannonfrisby9760]

What was the thing that was holding your homemade soap

[@HomesteadTessie]

1930's soap saver

[@shannonfrisby9760]

@@HomesteadTessie that is so neat. I googled it. Thanks for all the time you put into the preparedness community. Your time and effort is appreciated more than you can imagine

[@brightstarr57]

Super video! You just never know when we will need these skills...thanks for the lessons in survival. I wish I could do dishes that fast...lol

[@carriemindplsable]

Your spinach is amazing. It is thriving! Tfs this is a very helpful video

[@donnabodiford7920]

Hello Tessie . I'd love to meet you but I'm in Arkansas. Thanks for sharing

[@shannonfrisby9760]

Me too

[@cathyvazquez3276]

Hi Tessie another awesome video. My friend when I think you have taught me everything you amaze me with another wow. I thank God for finding your channel so many years back I've watched you grow from a shy and sometimes scared young lady into the strong amazing lady you are today. You amaze with all the things you have taught over the years I have learned so very much from you. You have showed me a life that has given me so much peace. Now with my husband passing I know I will make it on a much lower income because of what I have learned from you. God Bless you and Ken. THANK YOU FOR EVERTHING MY FRIEND.

[@owen4248]

Good Evening Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:) Be sure to hit that like button Tessie will appreciate it lots:)

[@owen4248]

@@MichaelR58 Hi Michael 58:) Stay safe and healthy my friend:) God Bless:)

[@lindah629]

Hi Owen, have a great night 😊✌❤

[@owen4248]

@@lindah629 Hi Linda H:) Have a great night :)

[@WilletteB]

I'm glad you are sharing your talent of making do with outside resources. We would all do well to learn basic primitive survival skills. Thank you for the thoughtful video. W

[@mizfrenchtwist]

great share ......the food looked delish......thank you , for sharing..............

[@valeriegrice4775]

You are so inspiring!!! I bought a rain barrel thanks to your advice and tutorials!! Looking forward to using it- thanks Tessie💛

[@pama.6410]

Love seeing you use these skills, Tessie. Hope we never HAVE to do it. My husband is good about cooking our meats on the grill in summer so we don't have to use the oven, but it is gas.

[@lauraraines767]

Hi Tessie 🖐️

[@wandahershey9227]

Tessie you are amazing! Enjoyed this video much. Have a great blessed day

[@lisa32469]

I have a set up similar to yours. I saw a picture of an outdoor kitchen set up I am thinking of making...so handy to keep cooling costs down and to have ready for grid down situations!

[@normatrewhella9003]

I like the idea of being able to throw the peelings, etc. In the fire.Loved the video.

[@michaelhenderson8071]

Good evening Tessie

[@HomesteadTessie]

evening Michael it is so cold here tonight !!! cold front came in :)

[@homesoulgrownhandmaidenoft5276]

Great laundry basket garden. I was planning to try this growing mushrooms. But my laying hen had others plans😁🐣. Looks like you have enough blocks to try a rocket stove setup. It would be great at conserving wood and heat. Great videos. 💐🌱

[@scorpio7938]

The meals cooked outside look yummy

[@jayejohnson5257]

Blessings Tessie! I know your chicken meal was delicious and smelled amazing! I remember when you and your granddaughter made the laundry basket gardens, perfect for small spaces! Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@RhondaRichter-1234]

Really great ideas!!!

[@debbiemoore8599]

Hi Tessie..it is amazing what you do....

[@owen4248]

Good Morning Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:) Wish you all a wonderful blessed Sunday filled with Gods Joy and Happiness:) Remember to pray for one another and for all around the world:) God Bless You ! Love you all:) Keep smiling be safe:)

[@sherryllynnjones7077]

Hi Owen! Got behind some. (Family emergency) Thank you for the welcome. Love you & your Mom, too. God bless y'all 🙏❤🙏🤗😘👵

[@owen4248]

@@sherryllynnjones7077 Hi OmmyNana:) Hope nothing to serious Love you too:) God Bless:)

[@Aleisha313]

Hi Tessie❤

[@debbyatwell7851]

thank you

[@DianeTheCanningNana]

Excellent video Tess 🤗❤️

[@HomesteadTessie]

Thank you! 🤗

[@feleciasmith5092]

That chicken looked so yummy! I buy all the Rubbermaid boxes for $1 all year at the thrift store and I plant in them. I get to reuse the next year too.

[@kimm.8014]

I learned a lot!!

[@jaynelymer6442]

Really very impressed with your spinach basket what a great result !! 👍 It looks really fresh green and delicious. Lots of love to you Tessie Xx ❤️

[@HomesteadTessie]

Thank you so much 😊

[@damehome2563]

You motivate me to continue to learn. Thanks

[@kekevasconcellos9093]

Alright Tessi u always make me hungry. Looks so good and I feel like I am only next door. I'm ready to bv eat. Learned bbn to do all this in the camp fire girls. Besides my nana and my dad.Have a good night. Make sure u take time for ur self.

[@teresakryvenchuk6205]

Ohboy...this meal looks so good.

[@richardschmidt2430]

What a nice video, Tessie! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)

[@practicallyheidi8505]

If we lost electricity it would be a new day for me since my hubby loves cooking on the open fire and is good at it. 🤣🤣 No more cooking for Heidi. Woot, woot. Love all that spinach.

[@woodsie5796]

Yet another great video. Missed this one from the other day...

[@abuelaconsazon]

Hi Tessie

[@dee2086]

Really enjoying your videos Tessie, I am a new subscriber :) Do you have any past videos where you show how you start your fire for cooking?

[@HomesteadTessie]

I am not sure earlier this week I think I showed it when canning on the open fire ,I use cotton balls with Petroleum jelly on it and they start amazing as cheap fire starters And also welcome so much to my channel I am honored to have you here !

[@dee2086]

@@HomesteadTessie Thank you for responding! Looking forward to watching more videos!

[@debbiealtman4572]

Great video Tessie. Love ya . From north western Oklahoma.

[@SensaiMan]

The food always seems to taste better when cooked outside. 🍳 Just have to avoid the smoke getting into your eyes.

[@jemorbo7408]

Please show a PICTURE OF THE SPINACH SEEDS YOU GOT A DOLLAR TREE THANK YOU

[@HomesteadTessie]

seeds shown in the tutorial video kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4WpZHuaeaqVf6c

[@lindah629]

Hi everyone 😊

[@justkeepfishingt]

Hello 🤗

[@owen4248]

Hi Linda H:)

[@lindah629]

@@owen4248 hi Owen 😊✌❤🇺🇸

[@lindah629]

@@justkeepfishingt hi😊

[@lindah629]

@@owen4248 hi 😊

[@gramee0566]

4th.

[@lorrenagoodwin1333]

Good advice

[@freshbeanne]

Oops...hey we would like to see what your plated meal looks like and take a bite out of it! Not finished watching yet, maybe you show us at the end 🤞

[@AC-qi9wo]

We did this at a family cabin the stove was from the late 1890's, we wash dishes in a pan, I took the tea kettle that we used to get the running freezing water, from the river, it was ok for a couple of weeks but not for everyday, tho I could do it again boy I sound like a brat 😀

[@StormofTruthPrepping]

good tips...

[@AnitaChakravarty]

I like it very much.l want to have cooking outside with firewood.But I am not having a proper heating arrangements.I will try to get one.

[@lulabelle4760]

Great video and advice Tessie! Is that a type of rocket stove or are the cinder blocks to contain the fire and a place for the grill??? Looks like an easy build.

[@HomesteadTessie]

the blocks are just to place the grill :)

[@decoy8645]

Looks delicious! Got enough for one more,? Lol. Thanks again for the great tips today (and everyday) .

[@HomesteadTessie]

Any time!

[@paigeyap4082]

In keeping with your off grid series, could you do a video on your rain barrel water catchment series. I would like to see how it is attatched to your gutter. Did the barrel come with the spicket or did you have to add that yourself? If you had to add that could you explain how you did that? If the electricity ever goes out long term, I believe that would effect the water coming into people's homes because all the water treatment plants run on electricity so you might not get water coming out of your faucets or if you do, it might be contaminated if the water plants aren't working. If you could do a video on this step by step showing how to set up a rain barrel catchment system, this would be very helpful to a lot of people. 😊

[@HomesteadTessie]

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[@paigeyap4082]

@@HomesteadTessie Thank you. I did watch the video. 😊

[@anetteholm6384]

Thank you Tessie! Excellent serie! (Y)

[@HomesteadTessie]

You are so kind thank you !!

[@crystallogan5790]

I have such a hard time growing spinach! Maybe I start it too late..Idk. Any tips??? Love your videos!

[@HomesteadTessie]

spinach is a cool crop so when the summer heat comes it will not germinate I start mine outdoors as soon as frost is gone in april

[@JB-pd4ni]

Very good points, thanks. Tessie, I have a oblong galvanized container, like the one you have planted. I want to plant strawberries in mine, do I need to drill drainage holes?

[@HomesteadTessie]

Yes !! you will need holes in it

[@JB-pd4ni]

@@HomesteadTessie thanks for your help!

[@uppanadam74]

Just like how grandma used to do it!! LOL!!

[@katherinekeon7034]

Yummy

[@mommas2470]

💖💖💖💖

[@marybethsmith6458]

3rd,

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Learned all that in Girl Guides. Just pretend your camping. What kind of spinach is that?

[@HomesteadTessie]

not sure it was seeds from dollar tree :)

[@Cooking-With-Missi]

Very nice. By any chance do you have a video showing how you built your fire pit?

[@TINA-pf2bb]

Good evening Tessie and Friends. Tessie, is that big pot spicifically for cooking out doors? What is it called and where can I get one? Thank you for sharing this awesome video. Just want to say, I watched your doller tree vido today as well, and decorating your mailbox. You just gave me the idea to do the same. Thank you :-)

[@owen4248]

Good evening TINA:)

[@morrisapruett2118]

The big dark pot is a cold pack canner or water bath canner. They sell them at Walmart. Not expensive. I can tomatoes in mine.

[@LLjean-qz7sb]

Tina....you might want to look at thrift stores, yard sales, garage sales in country neighborhoods, etc. for any utensils and heavy duty pots to use for your outdoor cooking use! Lots of people don't cook large amounts of food anymore so they sell all the big pots and utensils! Or maybe used restaurant supply stores for larger pots and utensils. Just a thought to save money! Hope it helps. God Bless!

[@TINA-pf2bb]

@@LLjean-qz7sb Thank you

[@TINA-pf2bb]

@@LLjean-qz7sb Thank you LLjean 2857

[@vernabryant2894]

Years ago my husband and I canned on a fire outside.