How Do We Get Better If We Don’t Try | Homestead Vlog | March 15, 2024

Today I am trying something that is very intimidating to me. Making fresh mozzarella cheese, I've tried before and it wasn't great, but I'm not one to give up on the first try! We are having pone bread, pork chops, green beans, and corn on the cob tonight for supper and we also had to get a little more garden work done today, these longer days will work us to death before it's over!
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Pone Bread Recipe
2 1/2 cups self rising flour
1 1/2 Tbsp sugar (optional)
1/4 cup lard (can use shortening or more butter)
1/2 stick butter
Approx 1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. Cut in lard and butter with fork or pastry cutter. Add buttermilk, mix until all dry ingredients are moist. Pour in cast iron pan or glass baking dish, cook for 20-30 min or until top is golden brown. Let cool and enjoy anytime of day!
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If you enjoyed this video be sure to check out more here My Original Oldie Goldie Pone Bread Video kzbin.info/www/bejne/anKmd6OFq5ZsqsU Cooking Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLnKpaj6ZJDIrhfM0GAMF2KDhNhHZTyJpw Gardening Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLnKpaj6ZJDIowwC1Refr3PX28dOT3I1Yq Pone Bread Recipe 2 1/2 cups self rising flour 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar (optional) 1/4 cup lard (can use shortening or more butter) 1/2 stick butter Approx 1 cup buttermilk Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. Cut in lard and butter with fork or pastry cutter. Add buttermilk, mix until all dry ingredients are moist. Pour in cast iron pan or glass baking dish, cook for 20-30 min or until top is golden brown. Let cool and enjoy anytime of day!

[@nickcampbell8747]

I’m a cheesemaker by trade here in Northern California, and it took about a year of me taking home a bucket of Jersery cow milk and experimenting with mozzarella making before I got something I was proud to share with others. Lots of folks don’t try it and I’m glad to see you are!Keep at it, stay encouraged, and always remember the chickens can’t tell what your opinion of the cheese was if you didn’t end up liking it! Kate’s cheesemaking (especially the kind with homemade clabber) is excellent and I improved a lot watching her.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!! You are so right about the chickens 😂 and I just adore Kate and love her content

[@chicodillon]

I find myself coming more and more to see y'all on youtube. You are such a breath of fresh air and I'm thankful I found your channel! Have a blessed day!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much!

[@lodiesalazar8091]

Love to watch your daily life on the farm. Your children are the best well behaved I have seen in a long time and your guys have so much patience with them. Good luck with your vegetables.

[@jvin248]

Brown Swiss/Guernsey cattle are famous among cattle breeds for their cream content, you chose wisely! You can make yogurt If you whisk in starter culture; plain no-sugar store-bought yogurt around 4oz per gallon (possibly half or less but first time more is safer, whisk the starter in a little milk so it's finely dispersed then stir in with the bulk milk) let sit on the counter at around 70deg room temp until the next day (winter time I've used a warmed oven turned off to get it started) check for done and refrigerate. Make simple cottage cheese with the just lemon juice like you used in heated milk. Saturday mornings as kids we'd turn the crank on the old paddle butter churn while watching cartoons.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!

[@MNTNSTARZ80.]

My husband of 43 years drives me crazy. He either automatically says he can't do something or barely tries once then gives up. Me I try and if whatever fails or isn't as good as I want I step back to access the whole thing, figure out what can/needs to be done and keep trying until it's right. To me if you go in with the attitude/fear that you will fail then you're defeated at the start.. Whereas if you just remember that each failure is a learning experience and try again adjust as you go you're going to get it right eventually. Heck, when I was paralyzed I was told that there were things I'd never do, I took it as a challenge, adapted my way of doing things, no most things I can do like walk, cook, sew etc etc aren't done the way I used to but they are done and that's all that matters overall. It's the same with most things you attempt, it may not be exactly how the person, recipe etc says to do it, the ultimate goal is to get to the end and have something you're happy with. There are many ways to do things all that matters in the end is finding a way that works for you

[@Maria-ql3fc]

I grew up and lived the majority of my life like y'all live now and I'd never heard it called homesteading until KZbin . We always called it farming lol. We raised our own meat, plus the hunters in the family supplied the wild meat and birds. Always had a big garden and our own fresh milk.

[@miephoex]

Since discovering your channel a month ago I’ve found some wonderful peace in following your gentle real life. Your membership is growing fast it seems and I can see why! God Bless and I’m glad I found your family. 🙏

[@Redstagwsmnp]

Always look forward to a new video. You have made my retirement easier. Thanks

[@peelmeone]

Sun tea jars make good cream separators. Use the little spout with a push button to drain the skim until the cream reaches it.

[@wvhickchick]

What a great idea..

[@laurarowland7926]

Thats a cool idea

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!

[@wvhickchick]

I'm making stock fight now... wonder if that would work for separating the fat and broth...turkey broth is the hardest to make .

[@laurarowland7926]

@wvhickchick for any type of meat stock I get a large jug and put it in there..put in frig overnight and the fat will come to top ..skin off next day..reheat and pressure can for 20 mins for pints

[@territn8871]

So happy I found your channel the other day (watched your pickled eggs vid). I'll be watching the older videos along the way til I'm completely caught up. Those onions you planted are pretty neat! Growing up (back in th 60s), from the time I was just a little girl, it was "my job" to plant onion sets each spring. We'd always have 2 big long rows of them. I always loved helping to plant garden. Not so much harvesting, but enjoyed planting. And as I grew, I got to help plant/harvest everything. Now I'm 70 and unable to have a garden where I live. I do put tomatoes alongside a chain link fence.

[@lesterwatson8519]

Enjoy your videos. It reminds me of my youth growing up in the 50's and 60's in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Good Life Good Memories.!!!

[@user-qi4ks2cp3d]

I tell you the truth, your supper always look so delicious, another great video ❤

[@kerriskitchen4747]

❤ I just love watching your family work and play together! I didn't have that a lot as a child, and I tried hard as a single parent to do it with my children. I for sure do it all with my grandchildren

[@user-hx5xy1tz4w]

Nicely done! Of course, the work doesn’t end. My momma always said. “Never a dull moment!” Have a blessed night!

[@oldtimer7835]

Good morning from the Missouri Ozark’s

[@Candys_Corner]

I have had green onions for years, and all I do is go back to the store, buy another bunch and plant them. I am good for another 5-7 years or more...🌱🌱🌱

[@freesianlover]

Are we used to catch tadpoles and then minnows and crawdad later😊 Fun time

[@jerrylee690]

I just watched your video on Power bread thanks ,I will be making it to day.

[@chrstdvd]

It is such a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks!

[@Laura95000]

Just love so much watching you sweet people! Precious, Precious family!💛

[@debbiew6780]

I just found your channel and love it! You two are such a delight to watch. I love your complete honesty and tell it like it is. Your kids are so cute and sweet. I stumbled across a video where you two were shocked at your (5,000?) viewers last year. You were honestly so grateful, it was heartwarming. Now you have thousands more and you will be amazed how your channel will grow I am sure because of your genuine honesty. This world needs more people like you and your family. I live in western Colorado and just love hearing “y’all” talk lol. Bless you both!! And thank you for continuing your channel and sharing your life.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you so much! yes the growth over the last few months has truly blown our minds, its definitely a blessing

[@jerrylee690]

I don't know how I typed Power, I meant Pone. I see what it did,it changed my words.

[@a.p.5429]

😂 I hate auto correct. Never what I meant.

[@adigmon]

I wish I lived closer! I’d pay good money for that milk and cream! I do make homemade ricotta and it’s so delicious…especially in the summer with fresh tomatoes! That supper looks so good! I LOVE that you use the term supper! Growing up and still in our house…supper is in the evening and dinner is lunch! Makes me think of when I was a little girl! Try roasting your corn in the oven! I think roasting it at a high heat for a short amount of time concentrates the flavor a little…even when it’s been frozen. I’m not THAT much older…maybe 10 years than you but you make me so proud! My baby is 19 and my sister in law to my baby brother is 23 and they can cook like we do! It’s so important to teach people how to cook a real supper for their family! Keep doing you girl! You’re spreading so much important knowledge that literally can MAKE people’s lives. I couldn’t be more proud if you belonged to me! 😂

[@marywesley316]

We would catch tadpoles and I took a bunch to a science teacher at my Middle school, and we got little frogs. We took them back where we caught them. Thanks for reminding me of that awesome memory.

[@timring7479]

Another great video. Thank you for who you all are!

[@lisalee9182]

One year when I was younger I had a bunch of tadpoles in a container in the house. Came home from school and they were all gone, jumped out. We never found those frogs. 🤣🤣

[@elt.214]

Perfect timing! I thought I would try my hand at making mozzarella myself and now I have the motivation thanks to you. 🙏

[@carolcorley6634]

Enjoy your videos hi from Texas.

[@stacypotts6341]

A cake of pone slathered up with some butter... Oh yeah.

[@ritasnider2998]

Love watching

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Hi Andy and Megan! That pone bread reminds me of Grandma. She used to make 2 pones which she called wheat bread along with a pot of potatoes and dumplings and that was all we needed. Your cheese really looked good. Seems like I remember someone around here that used to plant multiplier onions but I can't remember who it was. Y'all have a great weekend!

[@robertbates6057]

Man! Those chops and that ponebread looked great!

[@brendawoods554]

I always enjoy your videos.

[@paccur1252]

Great job with the cheese.. Prayers for the herbs.. Love the bunched Orion.. l have never seen them before.. Beautiful way to end the day.. Much love and appreciation from Australia God bless you all

[@stacypotts6341]

Most folks give up on making cheese after one try. If you want to get good at anything, you've gotta practice. Never seen a recipe that didn't involve pulling by hand, but have told folks that can't stand touching something hot to use two pairs of tongs, I don't use them myself, but the ones I suggested it to love it now.

[@cecilbrown6692]

Here in north GA we called it a biscuit cake. My mom would get tired of making up biscuits and do the cake. I think it tastes better than the biscuits. I love your videos and learn something new every video

[@MitzieTilley]

I can say young lady your not afraid to try anything!

[@cheryllamb8831]

Good morning! Thunderstorm here this morning. I sure enjoy all your videos, feels like I'm with friends! And I learn a lot. Your pone bread looked great - but the pork chops, omgoodness, yeah! I am a little envious of the fine compost y'all made. I do my best but only on a half acre here. Blessings

[@sherry3191]

I really enjoy watching you and your family! 😊

[@jayhemphill2666]

Finally caught up on your videos .. Love them all !!

[@user-sr1vk8cm5q]

That way you cooked the bread( cornbread) is the way I grew up and it's delicious! great video.!

[@susanalberts776]

Love your place if you walk out off you're house everything is GREEN goch it's beautiful there 😊😅😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kathymonica7516]

The best thing about your channel is listening to your accents!!! 😁

[@destinyandpurpose]

My Momma made pone bread for us (4 boys, 2 girls) growing up. We had it for breakfast with streaked meat and gravy. We also had it for supper, it was great for sopping up all kinds of pot "likker", thanks for the memories. My son is a culinary student and he made mozzarella cheese for the first time this week. He said it was hot on the hands, lol. I will tell him about your video. Candy is a real asset to your homestead, love fresh raw milk. I make a lot of milk kefir and flavor it. Y'all are one of my top favorite channels now, because you always keep it real!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@Dbibb1]

New subscriber over from Hoss Tools. I an already tell just from this video that you will be in my regular rotation. I can’t claim the title of “homesteader” because I don’t have any farm animals but I do raise a lot of my food, cook from scratch, can the abundance of food that I grow, and purchase what I don’t have from local homesteaders. So happy to have found your channel.

[@RocandTom]

We love watching you and your family. We always say Hello back to you. So hello from Kingsland, Arkansas! 😊

[@susanalberts776]

And now one have your view love it!!!!!!!! ❣️😍❣️😍😅😂❤❤

[@glendabenard3772]

I seen a video where she used her milk that was about to expire she would save it to pour over her vegetables in the garden. She said it made her vegetables grow better.

[@nancyhaywood6486]

enjoyed watching you all doing chores, planting the garden and dinner. thanks for sh aring, see you next time. god bles

[@ericboutwell3413]

Already miss yall keep the videos coming

[@lindamckeller3990]

My grandma had a big clump of garlic that wintered over. I’m in East central Illinois. That stuff was about a 4’ circle at the edge of her garden. ❤

[@phyllispitts6656]

Howdy! I tell ya, that supper looked some kind of good! Enjoy y’all’s videos. Look forward to seeing ‘em everyday.

[@goatstead814]

That brings back memories when we had a jersey. Loved making cheese. We have goats now, Alpines and Boers. We milked for the first time in a year today. We were on your livestream today, I commented on the Irish spring soap for deer. We have a bottle baby Alpine kid in the house that I had to take care of and cut out early. Love your content you guys are the real deal

[@jerrystout3032]

Great Job Meagan!😇!😇!😇!😇!

[@rbirkheimer59]

I so enjoy everything you all do. The eggs are beautiful, the milk is awesome. The cheese looks so, so good. The food you have to serve to your family is the best a person could get. God Bless, Hugs, Rebekah

[@dannyhannah2152]

Hello from a little further south and west of hoss Brandon miss . Gotta get me some of those multiplying onions next year from hoss . He has the best seed I’ve used from anywhere.

[@nanny0647]

I love watching you guys homesteading. Great videos!!!

[@deborahjennings4119]

We dig our multiplier onions when they die back, divide and replant in September for onions all winter here in western NC. It's nice having fresh green onion all winter.

[@lesterwicklein717]

thanks for vid, got the cook book in mail today awesome!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!!

[@cathybrown7369]

Check out Homesteading with the Zimmermans she does Mozzarella cheese 😊

[@SamanthavanDalenLondonUK]

Thank you for your videos. You have a wonderful family and life. Watching from France.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning to you all. What a great video, so peaceful and great vittles. Thanks for sharing with us always enjoy watching you folks at the dinner table. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@paulabrown5685]

Andy, there are many varieties.. I also live in Georgia. Here I got “nesting onions”. I think the real name for them is Welsh Onions. I call them survival onions. I keep them from year to year. I freeze dry them (could freeze or dehydrate). They are the best onions for seasoning anything. I call them survival onions😁. Love, love, love them.

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Omgosh I did similar with planting yarrow years ago. I was just getting interested in herbs and I bought yarrow plants because I had no idea what it was. After planting it I realized we have it growing everywhere around our place. lol I did finally get it out of the bed I planted it in. Love your videos! God bless.

[@fionaworrell4535]

I've just been out planting new to me perrinial vegetables too,can't wait to see how they do :)

[@lindabyrne1645]

Love learn how to make cheese. The sunset was beautiful. Enjoy watching your videos.

[@musicmanhunter1]

another great video , Great dinner

[@cindym7234]

I am thoroughly enjoying your videos! I will binge watch as many as I can! 😁 Love from Texas ❤

[@user-wq9rx6xi5q]

Grew up on multiplying onions we had a row about sixty foot long and two foot wide and picked them all year long whenever we wanted them.

[@teresahix5658]

My brother still makes what we call ho cake. Born and raised in NE Ga. Enjoyed your video.❤

[@juanitataylor6947]

Grandpa was from Missouri and he always had bundled onions

[@alanwilliamson2259]

Always look forward to your videos and thankyou very much for them. Just managed to make "biscuits" ( very close to our scones) after a couple of tries and an eager to try pone bread. Best wishes to all your family from ours in Queensland

[@donhawkins8366]

Really enjoy watching y’all’s videos they are wholesome families need to sit down together and watch these videos

[@dianesmith3225]

Meagan, I ordered your cookbook from Amazon. I'm so excited it will be here tomorrow. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much!

[@jerrylee690]

Good to see yall, and a great looking supper What did you put in the ponbread. I will bake us some. Hope the multiplying onions make. Enjoy your videos God bless yall

[@kramitdreams]

I dont have multiplying onions but i do have walking Egyptian onions. They dont get no bigger than that either but the fall over or "walk" and multiply. I never buy onions and Givin so many to friends to start in their own gardens. They are perennials. The seeds are on top when they seed you can dig you onion and plant the top😊

[@jesseblackburn8437]

Congratulations on hitting 30000, love yall, God bless!❤❤❤

[@agapefield]

❤❤❤

[@vicky52557985]

yes they still have the pot cause the first time i saw yours i fell in love with the pot. So i got mine about 2 years ago.

[@tonjaruff223]

Hey from Lakeland TN. I couldn’t comment on the live don’t know why!!! But when I do corn. I leave it in the husk put it in a garbage bag and freeze it. When I need it it cooks up like fresh!!! My grandmother did this it’s so easy. Love your channel!! Please make a video on the fried corn. Take care love y’all

[@tomjernigan3010]

I enjoy your videos, don’t change and you keep making them and I will keep watching. Thank you for sharing your life.

[@susieq23]

I'm watching another video on TV Y'all are putting straw out around your watermelon plants. You mentioned that wheat would probably come up. I've always had a issue with that when I tried to put straw out. Luckily I saw a video recently saying to compost out your wheat Straw for 2 years to prevent the issue. Hope it helps!

[@lauraklein6405]

You probably know this already but you can use the whey liquid in place of water or milk in recipes for baking. You can’t taste it but it sure does make bread and baked goods fluffy 😊

[@sojourning7]

Proverbs 31.10-31

[@beckymoore2401]

I always look forward to your videos! And I always learn something new from you. I just love your channel!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@CarolCarter-wb1ft]

Love watching and learning❤

[@user-pc9nr2mc4r]

Great video! Never heard of the multiplying onions, Interesting. Awesome pork chops too. 😊

[@GardeningLady]

This was a great video. Yay Megan on the mozarella. You did it. I love pone bread too. Looks so good. Supper looked good! Need to try the bunching onions. Have a blessed night.

[@909garrap]

Good video as always

[@hansonlegacyfarm]

Darran and I (Sharon🤣) want to get a milking cow. However, most everyone tells us that we would regret it… I don’t think so though. What suggestions would you have for someone wanting to start the journey of purchasing a milk cow? Enjoy your video’s! Gotta at least try!

[@carolefearnley1990]

Hi there,new subscriber here from UK,I love your channel I've been binge watching all afternoon,not in any order it's playlists put up by you tube,your content is amazing,so many interesting topics😊

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@richardatlavenderhomestead3170]

I had never heard of pone bread it looked delicious we’re gonna give it a try . We eat a lot of corn bread we grind our own corn meal . I just got some potato onions from rabbit den farm in Marshall . We picked up some seed potatoes and bare root fruit trees at the organic growers school they had at Mars Hill College this past weekend .

[@Rich386a]

Sayin Hello... i gotta get me some of the onions..

[@musicmanhunter1]

may have to try those onions to grow

[@jackieclark5814]

Your grass looks so green!

[@deanncummings9870]

Good morning

[@donnasimmons2202]

Hey guys I love to hear y'all talk

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Always love your videos.

[@JamesJones-rn1bf]

Hello have great garden season.