Feeding A Crowd From Scratch

[@silvermaple-n6n]

My dad, a coal miner was born in i912 and I was born in 1962. We lived in a holler and dad always had hogs, a smokehouse full of meat, cracklings; bee gums with various looks, often a little rugged; and big gardens. Dad and mom had the talents for homesteading. I was going through my teen years during late 70s and 80s, the times when lives were getting simpler and easier for people in Eastern, KY. In my naivety of course, I started to see all that as hard work and hard ways for my parents who were in their 60s and 70s. On cold, frosty mornings, I still reflect on them being up before daylight, mom building fires inside the fireplace and heating stove, dad building a big fire with a cauldron stacked on big rocks - full of hot boiling water, making sure there was freezer paper, salt for the meat, and plenty of sharpened butcher knives. Dad had walked up hill around 3/4 of a mile to feed the hogs at least once a day the year prior. On the day of killing, mom would fix a huge dinner, which included some fresh meat and maybe some liver and onions, and everyone at the hog killing would come into her kitchen and eat. Dad passed in 96 and mom in 2000, and dad continued his joy until he passed. I am 62 now and have such an appreciation for their character and knowledge of both parents. Thank you for sharing a little of what goes into hog killing. It is busy hard work, but oh what a treasure. You guys are living the good life.

[@amandaforeman2626]

Oh my goodness ! Buggy singing her biscuit song ! Freaking adorable !

[@jch1965]

So cute and such a great helper! ❤

[@ErinsTastyHeritage]

Right! I said it was my favorite part of the whole weekend!!

[@reneemorgan9320]

That’s awesome!! I love feeding a crowd! The food looks delicious! I spied Becky from Acre Homestead! How fun!

[@justme-uw6bz]

Me too, I think that was Becky's sister beside her too.

[@kgs2127]

I just spied her and commented 🥰...should have checked the comments first I guess 😁 I love watching the Acre Homestead channel!

[@FlossyT47]

Me to

[@justme-uw6bz]

@@kgs2127 me too

[@theredheadedhomemaker7644]

Mr too. That is awesome!!!

[@blockparty621]

Yay! Becky from Acre Homestead in da house 🎉

[@biologymom6238]

Thrilled that I found you through Becky. My Grampa was a State Patrol officer from the 40's through the late 60's. and Grammie was a gardener. I grew up going to the farm every weekend. they raised all their own protein. And butchered their protein. he always raised 2-3 extra animals to sell to friends. I raised my first cow starting at 9. My first pig at 11. I participated in butchering because it was farm live. I was raised to respect and treat our animals well. Nothing has ever tasted as good as the food from my grandparents farm. I am disabled now, so farm life is not possible for me, but watching your videos is such a blessing,

[@jodivanzant9376]

I saw Becky from Acre Homestead in your class how awesome she was there learning. You do a wonderful job.

[@jansoars4058]

I thought so, too, but wasn't sure.

[@susanelizabeth4448]

I noticed this too!!!

[@debbiecustard5225]

Wow, two of my favorite girls

[@phyllisroark8526]

I rewind (lol) to make sure it was her. It was cool to see her there, never know we might get to see her doing her own.

[@MrsPink64]

I saw her, then came to comments to make sure. ❤

[@rajinevin7273]

Buggy is so happy and loves to sing. she loves being outside, barefoot, with her Daddy. She is such a dear little child. I'm sure she has her "moments" like we all do - but she is so, so precious. I cannot wait to see how she does with her new sibling and I do so hope and pray it is a girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@justme-uw6bz]

Secretly hoping for a little girl too.

[@stevealldred4424]

Yay! Great video. We love the cookbook. Thanks for making it available!

[@rebeccafoust7145]

She reminded me of a young Loretta Lynn ... Well at least the stories of her young life

[@elainehinton2860]

Nothing brightens a day like a good biscuit song!!

[@marissashelley2362]

Biscuits taste twice as good when they are made with love. Between Meg & Buggie, those be some freakin delicious biscuits!!! 😃

[@dawngrimmius4971]

Meg and Becky?!?! Some of my favorite homesteaders!

[@Bex-rg8pj]

You’re an awesome cook! It was great to see Becky learning!

[@angeliquemcniff3076]

Love Becky!!!

[@dawn2949]

That was Becky from Acre Homestead, right? I love her channel too and awesome to see two channels I follow together!

[@JD-nk5mv]

It is my understanding that Becky is incapable of learning. Hell, she still calls her hero, Ina Garten, "Ina Gardener" even though half her comments are ppl correcting her. Becky believes she knows all, she's only here to boost her channel. She doesn't even eat meat with bones. Why should she be here??

[@forlini4876]

Becky the slob at acre fakestead

[@gailbrault9251]

Buggie singing about the biscuits was priceless. Glad things went well!😊

[@faithevrlasting]

Was that Acre Homestead at the butchering? Looked absolutely yummy and I would be in a diabetic coma. Lol.😂

[@delsnyder8072]

Yes, she was there with her sister. It would have been nice if she had been acknowledged.

[@hardenmama1800]

Wonderful vlog! Nice to see Becky from Acre Homestead! Now get some rest…you earned it! Great job on the pork cookbook!

[@OMH412]

I was going to say no way, Becky!!! Even across our country, the homesteading community is so small and connected. Love that! I wonder if we're going to see an announcement this year that she's getting pigs 🤔

[@dorriwaldera3081]

I had to go back and look again.. yes, that is Becky! :)

[@jamesbrown8718]

Omg there was Becky from acres homestead!! I saw her and her sister and was wow this is crazy. But so great to see other KZbin channel creators coming to your classes. She is amazing cook and creator as well. Your video today was amazing as always. You both do amazing work in teaching others, and helping them get started on their homestead journey as well.

[@TheBonnieberry]

We spied our sweet Becky! Our faves at the Hollars!

[@rflcakepops]

I am so glad that Becky from Acre Homestead was able to join the class!!! It hopefully gave her some inspiration for the next time she orders a whole hog and not request the butcher to turn it all into bacon and sausage.

[@millermdiehl]

I thought that was her in the video

[@lynndhering1218]

🎵 "You make the bisuits, I put the biscuits on." What an adorable fun working song. I followed your page from Acre Homestead. I'm so excited to see and learn more. ❤

[@suzyschore5014]

Oh wow I just noticed Becky from Acre Homestead there, I love her. So excited for you guys. ❤ love your Chanel .

[@DebraCarey-h5t]

I love watching Meg cook. When someone can just eyeball the amount of ingredients you know they really know how to cook. Everything I've seen her make looks delicious. And to be able to cook for a crowd is just amazing. Great idea writing a cookbook!

[@mommaw329]

I saw Becky from Acre Homestead! 😆 Glad to see she’s learning what you have to teach!!! Thank you for all your wonderful content and for sharing with us the ways of homesteading🙏

[@Crazyfarmgal2011]

I have watched your channel for years but have never commented. Meg, it is so beautiful to see how you feed your family with such care and prepare it all with love. As a fellow homesteader Mom, I know it can be difficult to keep up with it all and seeing you do it with such a smile and loving heart, inspires me to keep on keeping on!

[@stellamalo6619]

Stopping by from Becky's (Acre Homestead) Channel. loved the little one singing while making biscuits❤

[@marissashelley2362]

I find it funny that we're ALL hoping for a girl for Buggie's sake & Buggie has NO idea she needs a sister!!! If this baby is a boy, I wouldn't want to be the guy walking up to the door to take Buggie out on a date!!! That's what I would call intimidation...Ben & his army!!! 😂🤣 😂😅

[@calicocat444463]

Loved seeing Becky from Acre homestead and her sister at your workshop..

[@saraguthrie-independentcol6419]

Coming from Acre Homestead! So excited to subscribe ❤

[@georgianative5735]

Great video! Also loved seeing Becky from Acre Homestead! It’s so great to see other creators learning from one another!

[@lisacornett9364]

Becky!!! Love her! You guys are great! You have unbelievable knowledge and skills. More people should be aware of how important these skills are.

[@caryrhea3974]

❤❤❤ Good evening! Meg, your family is so lucky to have you! God blesses great mothers like you. ❤❤❤

[@emccann5053]

*SO* happy to see

[@thistledrawfarm]

THANK YOU! I had such a great time at this workshop! Y'all are amazing hosts (all of you). 2 days of good learnin', good eatin', and good fellowship is hard to beat ... and Buggy is even more adorable in person! ❤

[@daphnerogers8280]

So great to see Becky from Acre Homestead there at the class. My 2 favorite channels together!

[@cheryllamothe2866]

Wow ! I thought I seen Becky. But then I said "Nay, can't be". But yep, I guess I was correct. And if I took the time to scan the comments, it wouldn't have taken me a week to confirm it. Nice seeing both of you together. 😊

[@lacyblack1]

lol Becky was there

[@bh2886]

lol she smelled sausage.

[@nanajack8527]

Wooohooo! Another day in the kitchen with Meg...and the singing helper!

[@Joanna-hq2el]

Newcomer here from acre homestead! Love this content!! I aspire to do everything from scratch so I really admire you

[@annwilliams2075]

Just watched Acre Homestead about Becky’s weekend learning to butcher a pig. Very informative!! I also bought your pork cook book so I can expand my sausage making skills. Your headcheese recipe look great. In the UK we call it brawn and I can remember my mother making it. It really is true to say you can use all of the pig except the oink. Even the trotters, love them served with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. Yum!!!

[@maria2162]

How lovely, I found you from Becky’s vlog Acre Homestead. Becky really enjoyed her time with you all, you now have a new follow.

[@dawn2949]

I will buy that book. Love this channel and ask that everyone commenting here PLEASE share this channel on your social media and tell your friends. They should have so much more than 157k! Also, Buggy singing when helping Meg with biscuits was priceless. Awesome video today

[@beckiepatrick6900]

Oh how I’ve missed you Holler Homestead! I used to watch you every day no matter what and somewhere along the way you stopped showing up on my feed. Well while watching Becky from Acre Homestead I seen that she took your hog butchering class and I was like “hey! I know them!” She couldn’t say enough good things about you on her video so I knew she had the right people. I’ve got you back in the rotation now, can’t wait to get caught up. Glad to see y’all are doing well. ❤😊

[@jenelanderson241]

Becky sent me here and i lobe what you are doing here! New viewer!

[@carolkimbell5174]

Buggie is adorable!

[@kprairiesun]

So adorable that Buggy sings all th we time! Encourage her!

[@Wildevis]

YOu are such a Wiz in the kitchen Meg, it's about time you bring out a cookbook!!

[@aa37988]

Just came back to re-watch this one, after realizing that Becky from Acre Homestead was at it; as I watch each of her uploads just like I do yours. Maybe it is the genuineness your each exude and your amazing work ethic that most appeal me to never miss either of you. I can't believe I missed seeing she was at the last workshop; all l can surmise is it didn't occur I'd recognize any of your guests, unless it was Jason and Lorraine, who are sometimes there. Perhaps I was just focused on the process and not on the people. Anyway, glad you met and hope great things come from it for each of you. As always, blessings!

[@scarletbluefield2542]

As much as you love feeding people, Meg, I love watching you feed people :) Thanks so much for sharing.

[@brendalansdale8896]

Oh my goodness, I love Buggy's biscuit song. 😍

[@D.J.R63]

Meg you absolutely amaze me!!! Buggy is so sweet❤

[@JeanHudson2022]

I believe I seen Becky from Acres Homestead and her sister too cool. Love when I seen someone from the channels I follow on other channels I follow. Everything looked great. Congrats.

[@janhoblet9596]

Fun to see other people I watch on KZbin share in your class. Becky from Acrehomestead attended and participated in hog butchering. Enjoyed watching your video and then listen to her review on her experience. She had all complaints on her experience. She stressed what a wonderful cook you are and how delicious the meals were. So positive on the class and how interesting you made it. You may want to catch her videos as she has a wonderful new garden set up. Cooking, processing and preserving. Thanks for filling a lot of alone time. (74 year old widow). I also get a kick out of your kids. Buggy and the barefoot boys. Looking forward to the new little one to come. Blessings to you and your family😊♥️

[@AZJH8374]

Don't overdo Meg!!❤❤❤ take care of that precious cargo!!!❤❤❤❤

[@sanlen1944]

Hey I saw Becky there !!!! Everything you cooked looked delicious Meg , you and your family are such hard workers , and little Buggie singing was so cute . Thanks for sharing this video with all of us , God Bless .

[@andreahobbs6896]

Meg, in NC at a "hog killing" our family and our neighboring families always served baked sweet potatoes, corn bread (flat skillet style & raised cake style), biscuits with sausage & cured ham & homemade jams and preserves, cracklin' corn bread, collard & turnip greens, dried butter beans or blackeye peas, and liver pudding. We also had eggs,grits and sausage gravy or red eye gravy with breakfast. I live down in Southeastern NC. Our BBQ is made with a vinegar based sauce and our liver pudding and hog head cheese or scrapple is made differently than it is made in the Western part of the state. I believe our style of liver pudding has a higher meat to corn meal ratio and no flour compared to that made in the western part of NC.

[@shanamoon5785]

Wonderful video. Its nice to see true homesteaders on KZbin not pretenders. Beautiful family.

[@bh2886]

*cough*BECKY*cough* 😂

[@surelynot8914]

I was curious if they were homesteaders, or just people wanting to learn to process their own meat. Unfortunately there was a pretender there. The one from Washington state, chickens does not a homesteader make!

[@surelynot8914]

@@bh2886 YES!

[@Bebe-vk7kw]

Meg you are so awesome! Great food I am sure Becky (acre homestead) was very impressed with the Hollar's both the teaching and food experience. Good for you guys, this is going to be a great year for the Hollar's!❤

[@themonkeymama]

Becky could learn a lot from Meg on hosting, and cooking. Meg's food looks amazing and she never feels frantic in the kitchen; always relaxed. You can tell Meg enjoys cooking. Hopefully Becky picked up some tips from Meg as well as Ben. And not just about butchering but using various cuts of meat (maybe even ones with bones!) and not just her usual bacon and sausage she gets every year from her whole hog.

[@nettyhughes6680]

Bec from acre homestead was there… 🙂 and buggy singing ❤ warms my heart!

[@krickette5569]

"My biscuits ~~~ you make the biscuits I put the biscuits on the pan~~~" Oh my word, she is SO precious! Such a creative little gift from God. I got my Pork Cookbook!!!! I'm SO excited. We are butchering in the near future And helping our neighbor lady butcher hers as well, so this will be a Handy cookbook indeed! Thank you Meg! Excellent video too by the way!

[@sharonbrown2352]

Meg, out of all of the other channels that I follow- YOU by far are the best cook- you are knowledgeable and your food looks amazing. Nothing against the others, but if I was learning to cook- you'd be the one I'd follow :). Love the biscuit song, Buggy. Was that Becky from Acre Homestead? I'm in on the cookbook!!!!

[@kaydefreese7586]

I noticed Becky too. Did she mention she was going to be there?

[@sharonbrown2352]

No, not in her recent videos, but her videos are about two weeks behind when we see them. @@kaydefreese7586

[@lieuwina]

Meg with all you do in the day, cooking, cleaning and kids school and that food looked absolutely amazing and you still do a cook book. Wow. Glad you had a great day.

[@TheChefLady4JC]

Meg's Fudgy Brownies 🍫 1 cup Butter 🧈, melted 2 cups Sugar Whisk together. Then add: 4 Eggs 🥚 4 tsp Vanilla Extract Whisk together. Then add: 2/3 cup Cocoa 1 cup Flour 1/2 tsp Salt 🧂 1/2 tsp Baking Powder Whisk together until it's like a cake batter. Pour into an oiled 9×13 pan. Bake at 350°F for 45 or 50 minutes, but start checking around 35 minutes into bake time.

[@willem3206]

Screenpic - thanks!

[@karenfromnj3104]

Meg all of the food looked delicious!!! I loved seeing Buggy singing putting the biscuits on the pan She’s so cute! And Becky came from Acre Homestead! How cool is that !

[@beverlyclark4352]

Becky!!! I love seeing everyone come together eating, drinking and having fun. I recently discovered this channel and have enjoyed watching it. I live in NC also :)

[@edithjones1995]

I saw Becky from Acre homestead. I sure was surprised. All the food looked amazing.

[@delsnyder8072]

Loved seeing Becky and her sister from @acreshomestead!!! I follow her channel and really enjoy her recipes!!! It would have been great to see her acknowledged!

[@TreasureReynolds-w7i]

Meg, you are amazing. God bless❤️

[@jenniferwood9164]

Omg, Congratulations on the book. I know I just saw Becky.

[@sharonserrano5638]

Hey I'm a new subscriber coming from Acres Homestead Becky and I'm so happy I found u you are such an incredible amazing inspirational woman I'm here to stay

[@freecalkid]

I'm so proud of you two. Look how far you have come!! What a year of butchery. Good job!

[@jadestar1580]

Meg is awesome! Such an inspiration!

[@jessicapabon2105]

That was a very cool enjoyable video. I had to do a double take because I saw Becky from 1 acre Homestead in y'alls class. Started watching her recently and I don't know where she gets all the energy to make all those freezer meals.

[@alwaysjoedigirl4746]

I see Becky from Acre Homestead. Love her! She’s the reason I have the desire to homestead. Both of y’all are my favorites!

[@TheBPDFairy]

I came here from Becky's channel! Very interesting to see her perspective when she logged and now the other side of the story.

[@maryharris2124]

Love to watch you and family,I always watch you. Today I seen Becky I also watch her channel! Good job all you guys did!

[@glide1204]

Loved seeing Becky from Acre Homestead there! It’s like two worlds colliding.

[@JD-nk5mv]

Yes, the two worlds of real homesteading mothers and million dollar KZbin sets.

[@pinkplateful1957]

Buggy and her little song was adorable!!! I saw Becky from @AcreHomestead too!!!

[@gratituderanch9406]

Love it when my favorite KZbinrs are together, learning from each other, supporting each other.

[@PghFlip]

"Not Stylish just us" Not true!!! you guys have a style of your own. Loving Family, Great Homestead, Full of Sharing.... just good people

[@katiebwheeler]

Here from Acre Homestead! Love watching Becky and so glad she did this, just a brief look thru ya'lls content it's right up my alley, new sub and excited to explore your content!

[@BirdYoumans]

As an artist myself in the field of music, there's something about an artists hands that I love to watch. And every field has it's artists. I love to watch Meg's hands as she cooks. Just a certain awareness that she probably never thinks about. She just always seems to know what to do next. In music we jam. That's where you take a few ingredients known as chords and then flavor them to our own specific liking with some melodic content that we just draw from somewhere, I still don't know where, but we do. I watch her do that in her kitchen over and over. OK, maybe I need to get a life, but I just love watching her cook! And then there's little Meg making up the biscuits song. What's not to love! ❤❤

[@TheHollarHomestead]

I love this parallel! Thank you ❤️

[@BirdYoumans]

@@TheHollarHomestead ❤❤

[@janetmccullough7436]

Came over to watch, thanks to Becky at Acres Homestead. Glad to find your channel.

[@harvestenthusiast4519]

Becky!!! We saw her. Also your little Buggys song 😍💖💖💖 the best.

[@miaf8393]

Oh sweet you - pregnant and saying - making all this food to a flock of people - is easy... you are a superwoman 💛🧡❤

[@brelsfordfamilyhomestead]

Well done Hollars! Love seeing the way you do things. Buggy singing the biscuit song was so stinking cute!

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

Awesome!!! A pork cookbook?? Yes !!!😋💓👍🏽🙏🏽Becky for Acre Homestead was there !! Great company!

[@glennienewton6586]

Nothing negative here, just surprise. I have followed you & Acre Homestead for years now, so I recognised Becky in your class. A wow moment. I love when homesteaders visit each other. But every time other homesteads go to another homestead they do a ‘talk bit’ with each other. I am surprised & a little disappointed you & Becky didn’t.

[@denisethomas9830]

Loved this video. Thank you Beckie for sharing your class. I will be watching more.

[@codyleeser392]

Loved Buggy singing everything. You two worked real hard for this event.

[@sherriekemper1828]

Cool! I noticed Becky from Acre Homestead at the class. Good for you--teaching the teachers.

[@MarciPrice-cl6eq]

Amazing! My 15, 13, 9 yr old granddaughters want to be Meg when they go up!

[@whitestone4401]

I love we got to see this from Meg’s viewpoint this time. Amazing as always, Meg. A cookbook? Woohoo! Thanks!

[@Momma4Freedom]

Loved it! I saw Becky from Acre Homestead! I love Buggy’s singing! My daughter and my granddaughters are the same way. My daughter sang everything she did! Great job and the food looked amazing!

[@saraoum91]

I got to see the final product / lunch in Becky's youtube channel "acre homestead" it looks so yummy 😋

[@paulaelves5160]

ooo i spotted beccy from acre homestead,,i,ll look forward to her telling us all about her experience, and little buggy is such a joy to watch growing,,and the biscuit song melted my heart xx

[@nickgrimmer7274]

What a lovely vlog , with buggy singing away , enjoying working with mum, and everyone there seeming to enjoy the reason for being there.. ❤️🇬🇧🙏

[@sheilaholmquist6648]

What a wonderful couple of days!! I recognized a face there! Becky from Acre Homestead!

[@grandmasewhappyhomestead187]

Oh my goodness, this looks amazing.❤Meg I will say the wives of your boys will have to be a good cook, But they've got a great teacher you. You and Ben show that you can accomplish anything in whatever space you have. I admire that. Buggy singing her song. Your heart has to be so full Meg overflowing. God is so good❤ The wealth of knowledge people walked away with. Couple years ago my daughter (23) and I got to put her a hog with someone in our town. They had four and we bought one and butchered it. We went through the process of dispatching it, butching eating. But what we learned was so minimal, Just an older couple getting the job done. By watching this, I think wow. I wish we could have done it all over again and done it different. Over the years I'm so thankful for all that you share. I know I was walk away with something new learning from you all. You do it all with such joy and smiles and laughter in it all. We sure can learn from you. I know I do.

[@sandiebrown8291]

Oh wow I saw Becky there. Love your teaching video

[@lisamaisch3811]

Do I see Becky from Acre Homestead? Love your channel and family Meg!

[@marymorgan3843]

Thanks

[@cecilyyork6146]

Loved Buggy singing with her Mom in the kitchen! Acre Homestead learning from one of my favorite channels is so great! Becky and Meg should collaborate!!!

[@angieasbell9305]

Oh my gosh! I saw Becky from Acre Homestead at the pig butchering! So cool your influence is reaching so many people! You guys are awesome! ❤

[@deborahstewart2322]

Cutie pie singing putting biscuits on the pan ❤