Making Homegrown Nachos with Heirloom Corn and Beans!

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In this week's video we're using our homegrown heirloom corn and beans along with some ground venison and preserved garden veggies to make our favorite nachos!

[@TeresaCatherine-wi9co]

I live north of you in Conneaut Lake, PA. I have tried to incorporate things you guys have done with your garden and food preparation in my daily life; I'm not the greatest at it but I keep on trying to make one or two changes each year to improve my health while making delicious food from things God has given us to use. I am trying the 3 sisters this year in hopes I can make my own tortillas and use the vegetables in soups and stews. I harvested black walnuts this year and gathered acorns to make my first acorn flour, both ideas I got from you guys. I also pre-ordered your book...I can't wait to get it! Thanks for all you do to help us all love great food from Mother Nature!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

That's so great to hear! And yea, making a couple changes to improve each year is the way to go. That way you don't get overwhelmed trying to do everything perfect all at once and in a couple years, you'll be a pro :) And thank you for pre-ordering our book, we can't wait for you to read it!

[@lisaphares2286]

I enjoy how as you add ingredients you play footage of harvesting and processing that ingredient. It really emphasizes that field to table vibe and is inspiring me to be more ambitious.

[@KristelViljoen]

Maybe I'm just tripping but your footage is becoming increasingly pro. Absolutely beautiful...everything.❤

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Haha well I’m glad it seems that way, but we filmed this whole thing on an old iPhone so very much NOT pro 😅 So happy you’re enjoying it though!

[@da1stamericus]

I'm a simple person. I see how to make food from something homegrown... I click😅 greetings from the Netherlands.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Haha same! 😊

[@OohpreddynailsAngie]

My favorite parts of your cooking videos are the harvest flashbacks. It's so satisfying.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

That’s our favorite part too 🙂

[@hambonelee]

Love the flashbacks to the harvesting, really brings the video full circle

[@MichelleTech]

I'd love a tour of your new place! My hands get all cut up getting my dried corn off the cob. I bought a metal hand sheller, but also have seen a board with old fashioned nail spikes driven in at an angle with only the closely spaced grid of nail heads expose to run the dried cobs over, and I recently saw a more-than-cob-sized diameter hole cut into a plank with 4 nails driven into the hole from each of the sides that you can shove the cob into to strip off the kernels. It's so satisfying to grow, process, preserve, and cook your own food!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea there are some cool little jigs for removing the kernels, but we actually kind of like breaking them off by hand haha. And we’re currently living in a barn that we turned into a little cabin, but we’ll definitely show more once we start building our house later this year

[@pixieazul19]

I would absolutely love a life like this...❤ Congrats on cultivating your life like you do your gardens!

[@anak657]

I am truly so excited for the growing season to start, so I can plant my own little container garden, but also see what you guys do with your friends and your land! You guys are so inspiring and brighten up my day + make me feel at home :) Thanks for sharing, as always

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We’re also so excited for this season! 🙂

[@Earwen999]

I love the idea of nacho sauna! I mean, the traditional Finnish sauna layout does include a second stove, which has a large iron cauldron inside the stove for heating up water. It has been traditionally used for washing up clothes and making beer, but why not making hominy.

[@melified]

usually i tend to not rly interact with this kind of content, but you guys are just so lovely to watch :)

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Aw thanks, glad you’re enjoying it 🙂

[@jameskniskern2261]

As someone who has a 4 year landrace of corn going in central Kentucky, may I "steal" your grainbow word? It is amazing! Love what you all are doing!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Haha of course! We can all have our own grainbow 😊

[@tinad6812]

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you. How is Jordan’s health? He looks well. 😊

[@justalittleguy733]

incredible as always. as a student who lives in a city in snowy quebec, i am always endlessly inspired by you two. can't wait to work towards a life like yours.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks! And I’m sure one day soon you’ll be making that life happen

[@daaara]

My two cents: I don't put meat in my beans, but I reserve the lard from when I make carnitas (which absorbs a bunch of flavor from the oregano and cumin I use), and I use that. I've done it both with the lard and with just spices and no fat, and there's a big difference. I think the key to a good pot of dry beans is adding a big dollop of saturated fat. Whether that renders out of some meat or comes from a jar of coconut oil - I'm not sure if that matters so much.

[@danielasarmiento3101]

If you ever want to learn how to make cheese from scratch, i would recommend " the art of natural cheese making" the book teaches how to make cheese from raw milk starting with the most basic cheese all the way to Cheddar

[@Lifeinthemidst]

A dark beer in beans is also pretty good.

[@s.w.a.l.k.]

Everything about this video is perfect! The music, the information, your guys vibes. It made me so happy. Vicariously living through you two right now but hope I can one day grow and sustain my own food. You’re both very inspiring. Thank you!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@kimsome8334]

Love your channel and the joy and hope you inject into our world 😍😍

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

So glad to hear that, thank you! 😊

[@AlicedeTerre]

Would love to see more homegrown handcrafts to decorate your place!

[@fatherofchickens7951]

I missed you guys ❤

[@amypayjack6481]

These look so good. I just ordered some painted mountain corn seeds

[@coljar100]

you two are simply amazing.. I've been following for a few years, and am so impressed.... what is there left that you have to buy in a grocery store. kudos...

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Aw thanks so much!

[@tereclemmer7923]

As always, I enjoyed watching your amazing cooking. Thanks.

[@deborahmcsweeney3349]

Beautiful! I could almost smell them!!!!❤

[@roxanamashek767]

Was there ever a walk through the property and the apartment barn?

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

What an inspiration! I hope to grow enough corn for tortillas this year.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Nice! What type of corn are you growing?

[@kellybryson7754]

I LOLed at "grainbow"

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣

[@HEYWANDERER]

We grew corn the past two years specifically to nixtamalize and make tortillas, but haven't done it yet! This makes me want to get on it already :)

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

You should do it! It can seem a little intimidating at first, but it’s really pretty simple and the result is worth it

[@Olga-gs5lc]

❤❤ love this channel

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

So glad to hear that! 🙂

[@LaikasFriend]

wow, that looks amazing

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks!

[@LengthyObservation]

Can't wait to see a homemade cheese curd video :) Great video !

[@lolli_popples]

Yay new video!

[@jenniferbanister4895]

Love this video. What kind of grinder are using and what kind of dish are you using to serve your nachos in? and are they available online?

[@robertcotrell9810]

Silly and unsafe are probably not words to put together 😬 I heard Jordan say "Landrace" in regards to corn. You should do a video on that idea and also your thoughts on seed saving!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Okay we’ll make sure to film some of the landrace corn process this summer

[@junewrogg6137]

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Awesome!

[@da1stamericus]

Stomping the ice. My heart. 😂

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣🤣

[@oatlion3924]

wow. miam.

[@inediblemangoes7797]

Could you guys do a video test where you guys don’t use any music and see the feedback. I personally really like the sounds of just doing the random activities to get the food ready.

[@TashaSewingTutorials]

Where can we get a grinder like that? I need it in my life, like yesterday

[@ravenpineshomestead]

Did you guys do water tests? The area we bought our property has high pfas contamination so any water not from an artesian well needs to be filtered

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea the water’s very clean up here in the mountains. Most of our water comes from a public spring house down the road and we have a filter, but when we’re boiling it we just use the creek water. It’s a source stream coming right off the mountain.

[@ravenpineshomestead]

@HomegrownHandgathered that's awesome! It's a resource I took for granted growing up and didn't think much about when we bought

[@abcb8665]

Hey can you plc make the music less loud as in to your voice proportions😊 im bid struggling to to the tism

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We lowered it pretty far for the voiceover. Do you mean like when we’re just chatting in the background of the b-roll videos while we’re doing stuff?

[@inediblemangoes7797]

Yea I think it should just really quiet background noise. Makes for a more comforting feel IMO

[@KateInColor]

Flaky, buttery crust! 🤣🤣

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

What did you add in the beginning when first boiling the corn?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Pickling lime aka cal

[@KO-vb4tg]

I think it’s pickling lime. It makes the water alkaline, which is required for nixtamalizing corn. It changes the flavor/texture but it also makes more B vitamins bio available, which is important if corn is your major source of those.

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

@@HomegrownHandgathered Awesome thank you! I was just looking at 2 jars of dried corn kernels when this video popped up lol

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

@@KO-vb4tg Fascinating! Thanks!

[@yickyhite1725]

😊❤

[@roshwall]

❤

[@archierowe3893]

“Don’t stick your fingers in that oil. You’ll burn yourself” - Sylvan “Challenge accepted.” - Jordan

[@MrThomascor]

So are you guys going to develop your own strain of landrace Corn for the Farm? By letting these variaties freely cross pollinate over the coming season?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yup, that's the plan! We'll still grow our other varieties and maintain them in other plots on the land, but the landrace variety will be in a little isolated patch on it's own

[@MrThomascor]

​@@HomegrownHandgathered if you need or want some more genetic diversity i have a landrace that i have been developing for the last 12 years, it highly diverse and it has been bred to thrive in the Netherland.

[@Zoe-hx6ly]

i’m so high rn and this is absolutely ruining me with the munchies

[@Zoe-hx6ly]

i ordered nachos bell grande, honestly basicially the same

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣🤣 basically, yea

[@one_who_walks_in_front1145]

What variety of red peppers are those?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Guajillo. They're so good smoked

[@dillionflowers333]

Be careful around your house at 17:26 it looks like you have electricals wires exposed. sorry to sound alarming, i guess its just the electrician in me seeing something a little off.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

It’s a construction site so there’s a lot of potentially alarming-looking stuff haha. Funny enough, we actually finished that wall today and the wire you’re seeing is no longer visible

[@MissBabyNe]

bio vacuum = little moo

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣 okay gonna add that to her list of nicknames

[@melaniemcmanus8009]

Love the content, But the piano music is ofen too loud. It can be difficult to hear what you say because it’s repetitive and drowns you out a lot. Sometimes you turn it down when you speak which is helpful. Could be just on my end but it happens in most videos. I just wanna hear you 🙃

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Well we turn it down for the voiceover part because we’re usually not saying anything that interesting in the b-roll background. Those are just random convos we’re having while we do stuff

[@Jordan-xg4pn]

Agreed in the other videos, but this video I found completely fine actually.

[@beunknown4812]

1hour!